I had been craving italian ice since we had passed a place on south street earlier. However, with our ticket for the parking lot only good until six we ran out of time and didn't make it back. This was fine as I remembered a favorite place of mine from my Philly days... Rita's! They have some delicious Italian ice/custard combinations. I looked up directions, cleaned up the front seat, looked up info on atlantic city, and then we were finally out of rush hour traffic and on our way. We got out of the car at Rita's and it was freezing, geesh. Oh well, ice cold treats are great whatever the temperature. Kat got chocolate custard with cheesecake and black cherry ice while I got chocolate custard with mango and Swedish fish. The large was 50 cents more so we had to go with that. Yummy.
Next up was a bit more traffic before we finally reached the bright lights of AC. Finding the garage was easy, though finding a spot took a bit longer. We headed into the hotel and met my Uncle Bobby at the front desk. As we walked back to our room at Ceasers we passed a beautiful blue ceiling and a number of statues. It was pretty fun. We put away our stuff and it was down to the casino.
First up, nickle slots. We sat for quite a while and were entertained by the numbers running up and down. I actually left this seat with three times what I started with. Sweet! However, this was not where we stopped and so ended the night 5 cents up between the both of us. Up is good :) We were up $20 when we decided to try our hand at roulette. We managed to get all the way up to $24.50 at one point, but at $5 a hand our winnings quickly dwindled to $4.55. Not having enough to play even one hand, we decided to leave the roulette table. We headed to the blackjack table next. At $10 a hand, we still weren't up enough to play ourselves, so we waited until we "felt the vibe" and then threw a dollar chip on Uncle Bobby's bet. This worked well. For a while. And then we lost all our dollar chips. And cashed out up 5 cents.
Dinner with my uncle in the Diamond Lounge was also good, awesome even. We had dinner and drinks and told a bajillion crazy stories between the three of us. Good times. After my uncle left we wandered around a bit more and headed over to the wild west section. We didn't wander too long though, comfy hotel beds were calling. Day 37 to an end. Definitely awesome, though five weeks and two days, definitely feeling the wilt.
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