It's Show Time!

The next week will find us seeing a couple of fun-sounding shows. Helen and I are looking forward to seeing "Hitzville," a Motown musical show tomorrow night at Planet Hollywood. Then a week later we're going back to re-see "Million Dollar Quartet" with Scott at Harrah's. Scott has a business trip to Arizona next weekend, then will make the drive to LV on Monday and spend that night and Tuesday night with us before flying back to Michigan on Wednesday. So we're all going to MDQ on Tuesday night. Should be fun.

Over the weekend I had one losing session and two winning sessions on The Strip. On Friday, I lost $70 in poker at Ballys. but bounced back with a nice $550 win on Saturday and another $440 profit yesterday. Both of those were mostly blackjack. I was playing a lot of poker at Ballys where I ran into a guy who grew up in Traverse City. His name was Tony and he played football for Jim Ooley in the 1980s. Now he's a sales rep in the Detroit area, but would like to move back to TC some day.

Also had some football success during the NFL playoffs. I played a teaser of Chiefs +11 and Packers+13.5 that paid $183. Another teaser of Pats +1.5, Cardinals -1 and Broncos -1 paid $109. Lost a parlay with Cardinals -7 on the Packers Hail Mary pass that tied the game, but that's football.

Yesterday I played both poker and blackjack at Ballys, but took some time for a Strip walk. A stop by Cromwell was successful, with a $300 win. But the most important stop was at the Ghiradelli chocolate shop where I snagged a bag of their 80-piece chocolates for $27.95. They offer you $20 off if you buy 3 bags, but I just wasn't up for that yet.

While I was on my Strip Trip, Helen was on the phone with friends and family. She's also enjoying some of the movie channels we have on our Cox Cable subscription. On the way home, I picked up some BBQ chicken salads from Capriottis. The plan was to eat light/healthy to offset our later gorging on chocolate. Well, gorging might be an exaggeration. Helen and I are able to limit our intake to 3 or 4 pieces each and call that good. We enjoyed the treats while watching "Downton Abbey" then it was time for bed.

This morning I need to get over to Red Rock Casino where they are giving away Fleece Jackets to club members starting at 10 a.m.  Because I am one of their higher level club members - I'm a President Level Player - I can pick my new free fleece up starting at 9 a.m. Then I'll head to Ballys where I need less than an hour to qualify for the Wednesday night Free Roll Tournament.

And so our LV adventure continues...