365 Blog Challenge: Post #13
Last night, Scott and I took a 2.5 hour road trip to Atlantic City with my friend and co-worker, Miriam. To be honest, I'm not much of a gambler, but Scott and Miriam were quite excited to win some big bucks. Also, I'd never seen the bright lights of Atlantic City so I was happy to go along. Scott and I ended up not being so lucky. We lost all the money we brought (although we made the last 11 dollars last for a good hour....we're big spenders, I know.) But Miriam came away with some winnings and we all had a good time!
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| "Good Luck" in Hebrew...didn't do us so much good.... |
The Borgata is the casino we chose, and Scott reports it was much less tacky than Caesars, the last casino he went to in Atlantic City. But I was more impressed with the clientele and the staff when disaster struck. (Ok, not so much disaster. But it felt like a disaster to me!) After we left the Borgata, around 2am, and got an hour or so away, I reached into my purse to see if I'd missed any very important emails, texts or calls. (And by very important, I mean any emails, texts or calls because I am a addicted to my "crackberry".) I couldn't locate my phone in my purse or in my jacket so I called my phone from Miriam's blackberry. Strangely, some man with an accent answered it. I was flabbergasted. I asked where he was and if he worked at the casino and he seemed to have a hard time understanding me (drunk? non-English speaking? not sure) but was able to communicate that I left my phone on a slot machine (Gold Fish by chance? That was a good one.) Not able to understand me well, he kindly passed the phone to a sober woman who graciously took the phone to the front desk of the casino. We got home at four, and after getting a few hours of sleep, I woke up to call the Borgata and spoke to three different people (information, security, lost and found), all very kind, and they happened to have my phone! (Yes, that is my blackberry with the red rubber bumper and the picture of the beautiful baby on it (i.e. Dani.) The Borgata is shipping my phone to me UPS and I should receive it by Monday. Now that's luck!!
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| Me and Miriam, gambling it up. |
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| I'm blowing up this picture to show you the ridiculousness of it. On the ATMs at the Borgata were these signs offering help if you think you have a gambling problem. I think by the time you're at the ATM in the casino, it's probably a bit too late....though it's a nice thought (and maybe required by law?) |
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| Scott, Me and Miriam with the winter wonderland fountain behind us. |
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| Miriam with her winnings and "Good Luck" in English. At least someone came out on top! |
1 comment:
Love your blogs and love that they commented about the beautiful baby (a.k.a Toots/Dani).
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