Well, since the Club la Vela that we know is closing, let's put down some of our favorite memories of the place. Hopefully they will be bigger and better when the new la Vela opens up.

Here's a couple:

1) Spring Break 01, I will never forget walking up to pick up my VIP card the Saturday I arrived in Spring Break 01. It was a hot sunny afternoon, and walked up to the mechandise shop, and heard yelling and screaming over the hot body contests. I knew I was home.

2) Spring Break 01 and 03, Losing all of my friends.....not on purpose, but everyone was lost from each other, all 10 of us. We ended up at the same place at the end of the night.....without even knowing or planning where to meet.

3) Spring Break 03, the hot body contest was going on.....suddenly out of nowhere, clouds came and ferocious rain overcame us. We ordered more drinks and partied in the rain......it was awesome, nobody had a care in the world.

4) Spring Break 03, after about 3 buckets, minus what I spilt in the pool, I went back to the hotel.......it was wild on the way back.....just fell in the sand, and crawled back to the hotel.

5) Spring Break 01, the Boardwalk had 4 hotels at the time, and I went through two different hotels just to find my room.....I almost fell in the pool in the meantime. Never walk out of a club drunk alone, and expect to get home safe......I did, I'm still alive to talk about it.

6) 4th of July 02, All of us, after a night of partying at La Vela, decided to come home, change into our suits, and head out to the ocean......although, I almost got took out to sea a couple of times, we had a blast out there......

7) The moral of the story is that everything that came out of La Vela, ended up as an awesome memory. Even situations that could've turned bad, ended up being awesome experiences.

I'm sure Michad has some better versions of these stories.