They booked a room at Ballys, so I got us a complementary room there and we arrived about 5 p.m. on Thursday. Using the special "Diamond Level" check-in, I got our room - 5806 - in the renovated Jubilee Tower. Here's the view from our room.
We were all hungry, so we had Mexican food at Tequila Taqueria. I opted for chicken quesadilla, while Helen had 3 beef tacos. Norman and Lorraine both went for enchiladas. It was good and we left there filled. After dinner we hung out at the Paris sports book for a while before calling it a night about 11 or so.
The next morning we just relaxed until we got together about 11 or so. We walked over to Caesars Palace where we had lunch at one of Helen's favorites - Cheesecake Factory. Helen had a Chinese Chicken salad, while I had a chicken salad sandwich. Sort of a theme going here. Norm had, you guessed it, grilled chicken while Lorraine had something that I can't recall.
After lunch, Norm and I hit the sports book while Helen and Lorraine went shopping. Norm is a big LA Kings fan and he put $50 on them to beat the Rangers. I played a 3-team hockey parlay. Neither of our bets cashed but it was a lot of fun watching the games for 3 hours or so. We walked back to Ballys and Lorraine suggested we gather in their room, order a pizza and watch a movie.
That sounded great to us and it worked out wonderfully. Lorraine played hostess and went down to pick up a fabulous deep-dish Chicago style pizza from Giordano's at Ballys, along with a crunchy Caesar salad. We really enjoyed both the pizza and the salad which watching "American Made," a thriller starring Tom Cruise. The movie ended about midnight and Helen and I made the short trip back to our room.
On Saturday we again met up about 11 and revisited the Paris sports book where we took over one of their oversized leather couches to watch college bowl games and the Lions-Bears contest. Norm and Lorraine didn't have to go to the airport until 330 or so and that worked out great. Lorraine and Helen took a walk and picked up some outstanding sub sandwiches, chips and drinks and we had a tasty lunch there at the sports book. Norm put$50 on Detroit -3 to win the first half and he cashed that one. My two football bets went down in flames.
Then it was time to say goodbye as they caught an Uber ride to the airport and Helen and I drove back to our apartment. The day ended with frustration as Helen and I were greeted by NO CABLE service when we got home. It's out again today and there's supposed to be a tech coming tomorrow. The Cox service here is terrible...we've made four or five calls and been told 2 or 3 different reasons why our cable is out and no one seems to be able to help. And there are no techs on duty on Sunday, so our earliest repair is 1-3 pm tomorrow. We missed some of our favorite shows - PBS Midsummer Mysteries, CBS Sunday morning and NFL football. AAAAARGH!!
I made a quick trip to Rampart to watch the first half of the early NFL games and bought a 5-team $10 teaser that turned out to be a winner. Had Eagles -2, Vikings -6, Ravens -2, Rams +7 and Steelers +8. That will pay $50 when I cash it tomorrow.
Heading back from Rampart, I stopped at the Middle Eastern market and picked up fresh bread, lebne, hummus, tabouli and Greek feta. That's dinner tonight, as our adventure continues...
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