This is one of those cherished activities that everyone loves.  Like a dental exam, or a bikini wax.

It can be awkward and uncomfortable and make everyone wonder if "dining and dashing" is really as unethical as it sounds...

Often, when dining with several friends, everyone will order nearly identical meals, and the issue of splitting the bill is a no-brainer.  You just split it evenly.  Those are happy times, indeed.

Then, there are the other times, when there are 8 girls, and 2 are pregnant and not drinking the outrageously expensive wine, and 3 are dieting and eating a small salad as their entree, and so on.  When the bill arrives, the drunk friends want the least amount of hassle, and just say "Letsh shplit the sheck".  Because alcohol makes the world seem like a fair and just place, and everything will all just even out.

But the pregnant girls, and salad girls probably owe a solid $20/each less than everyone else.  Even in our pseudo-recession, $20 can buy a lot!  A cheapie pedicure, a Bobbi Brown eyeshadow, the DVD of "The Pillow Book" (full-frontal Ewan MacGregor; you're welcome), and myriad other necessities.

It's not such a huge deal to divvy up the check by person, but it will take a few extra minutes.

Some people would whine "oh, it's so embarrassing - just split it evenly", but then you have to think:  why are you feeling more loyal to the waiter/waitress (in wanting to save them time) - than your own friends?

It is a bit of a chore to have to do math right after a large meal, and we here at Holiday Golightly, have actually created a fantastic tool to help with this (we will alert you when it's ready).

Until then, just grab a pen, and mark each girls' initials next to whatever items she ordered on the receipt, then run one total for each girl.  The girls who don't eat or drink as much will really appreciate it, and they are your girlfriends after all.

STAY TUNED FOR NEWS OF "DIVVY IT UP" (that's the name of the tool - easy no?).

The 7 Deadly Sins are also known as the Capital Vices, and where are you most likely to find an overdose of vices?  Sin City.  Since "whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", we'll set you up to indulge in any and/or all 7. 

Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.  We've got you covered.

Lust - Strap on those stilettos for your choice of burlesque show, Thunder From Down Under (all male revue), or Pole dance class (You may want to take the stilettos off for this.  Or not?).

Gluttony - The diet starts when you get home.  Vegas is host to some of the top restaurants in the world, and now is not the time to order a salad and water.

Greed - Sidle up to the blackjack table (okay, or the nickel slots), and summon your inner-Gordon Gecko.  Greed is good!

Sloth - Loll about like the ancient Romans, and demand that someone peel you a grape!  Steam, sauna, massage, facial;  luxuriate while recovering/preparing for your night of debauchery.

Wrath - to be honest wrath belongs only in the gym.  So workout your stress and anger at the hotel’s fitness center  with a kickboxing class.

Envy - Incur it when slipping past the velvet ropes.  Your names are definitely on the list. 

Pride - Take a little pride in your appearance, and adorn yourself with new rags and baubles on your shopping tour.

The Vegas - 7 Deadly Sins Getaway includes:

• Hotel accommodation
  
• Round-trip transportation between airport/hotel
• Show tickets
  
• Reservations at restaurant of your choice
• The Official Holiday Golightly Guide to Vegas
  

(For all other Optional activities on this Girlfriend Getaway, please click the "Activities" tab.  Optional activities may be substituted for "included" activities - prices may vary.)

Upon arrival at McCarran airport you will be picked up and taken to your fabulous hotel.  We recommend lounging around in your fluffy hotel robes (we love robes!), and catching up with each other, until it's time to dress for dinner.  Dinner reservations will be made for you and your girls, so all you'll need to do is show up!  Apres-dinner plans are optional, but we are happy to make concierge reservations at one of the dance clubs for you.  Play some of the nickel-slots on your way back to your room before you tuck in for the night.  The next day can be a combination of lounging by the pool, shopping, and spa treatments, just make sure to take a power-nap before dinner.  Dinner, then a phenomenal Vegas show (of your choice), then...who knows?  On your final day you'll be picked up at the hotel and taken directly to confession.  OOPS, sorry, you'll actually be taken back to the airport.   

Holiday Golightly does not "do" air.  Booking flights is an impossible, thankless task, and we are all about being thanked.  We recommend Kayak.com, and the destination airport code is LAS.  You're welcome! 

The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago has created a Manolos and Martinis Package in honor of the new Sex & the City movie coming out in the U.S. on May 30th.

Package includes:

Complimentary copies of Vogue magazine - one for each guest

Complimentary in-room visit and cosmopolitans from the Martini Man

$700 gift card to Barneys New York on Oak Street to purchase a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes

$50 gift card in the 900 Shops on North Michigan Avenue

Complimentary desserts in Seasons Lounge

Movie tickets can be arranged via concierge

Address:

120 East Delaware Place

Chicago, Illinois
60611-1428

Call Four Seasons for more information

Tel.

1 (312) 280-8800

Fax.

1 (312) 280-1748

One dilemma that sometimes arises on a Girlfriend Getaway is that one of your girlfriends arrives late. Say everyone else arrives at 5pm, and her flight is delayed until 8pm. Do you leave her and go out to dinner anyway?

Time is precious on a weekend trip, and while it may, at first, sound a bit callous, we think everyone should keep their dinner reservation, and here's why:

1) Non-delayed girlfriends will be hungry. Hungry girlfriends=cranky girlfriends. It's unfair to punish the other girlfriends by making them sit around and wait, when the weekend is ticking away, and that table at Charlie Trotter's sits lonely and unoccupied.

2) Delayed flights can be super-delayed, and if all the girlfriends are just sitting around, eating peanuts to curb their hunger, and waiting, waiting, waiting, there is going to be some pent-up resentment toward poor delayed girlfriend, when it wasn't even her fault.

3) It will be no problem at all for your delayed girlfriend to catch up with you, when she does finally arrive. With cell phones and Blackberrys and Treos and helpful hotel concierges', there is little chance of delayed girlfriend being stranded at the hotel with the jar of peanuts.

Plus, by the time stranded girlfriend shows up, everyone will have missed her so much she'll be the most wanted and popular table-mate.

We love the W Hotels. They're always cooking up something fun. If you're going to New Orleans, stay at the W - French Quarter, and enjoy this:

"BELLINIS, BIKINIS AND BRUNCH
WHO

W Hotels and you
WHAT

Who lets you brunch in your bathing suit? Unwind every Saturday with W New Orleans - French Quarter’s Bikini Brunch. Sip a Bottomless Bellini, nibble on bites from the brunch menu and listen to tunes from the Thelonius Monk Institute. Indulge in bites from Bacco's Bikini Brunch menu for $15 or sips from our bottomless cocktail menu for $30. Brunch with the Monks 10am - 12pm and bottomless cocktails until 3pm.
WHEN

May 31, 10:00 AM - June 29, 03:00 PM
WHERE

W New Orleans - French Quarter

316 Chartres Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

(504) 581-1200
RSVP

97508.rsvp@whotels.com"