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Out on a Saturday Night
Feb. 23rd, 2014 09:38 pmThere was a lot of things I didn't get done this weekend, but I don't necessarily regret it.
Saturday night, I met up with Brian (cincycub) and his sweetie, along with a friend Dustin and a new and adorable couple, Geoff and Terry, for Thai food in an area near Cincinnati's Mount Adams area. I've lived here for over 15 years now and I generally never go to Mt. Adams, because it's primarily a bar area and the college kids often overrun it on the weekends. Still, it has some really cool restaurants.
I liked the restaurant, but the service was unbelievably slow and our food was lukewarm when it arrived over the course of two hours there. Complaints were raised and gift cards were provided. After dinner, we walked to a little underground tavern called "The Blind Lemon" for drinks. I got a hot chocolate with butterscotch schnapps, which was delicious.
Not wanting the evening to end, Dustin suggested we go to the new local casino, the Horseshoe Casino. It opened a year or so ago, but I'd not been in it. I'm not against gambling, but it's never really been my thing. So we trekked to it in mass and started playing games. While some games make sense, like slots, others of them are confusing, like slots with five rows and multiple ways to make connections. I was down $30 and was getting worn down, but my friends were at a "Michael Jackson" slot like game. I parked myself into one of the chairs which had speakers near the head and played music. I put in another $20 and after three hits, it went wild with "free spins" and the points just started racking up. When it finally finished, after going through the full song of "Smooth Criminal," I had won $116. Minus the $50 I had put into the machines, I had made $66. I decided to quit while I was far ahead.
We finished up around 1 AM and I went home. It was a pretty good evening, a full night out and I'd not done that in a while.
I needed that. Back to work tomorrow. Ugh.
Saturday night, I met up with Brian (cincycub) and his sweetie, along with a friend Dustin and a new and adorable couple, Geoff and Terry, for Thai food in an area near Cincinnati's Mount Adams area. I've lived here for over 15 years now and I generally never go to Mt. Adams, because it's primarily a bar area and the college kids often overrun it on the weekends. Still, it has some really cool restaurants.
I liked the restaurant, but the service was unbelievably slow and our food was lukewarm when it arrived over the course of two hours there. Complaints were raised and gift cards were provided. After dinner, we walked to a little underground tavern called "The Blind Lemon" for drinks. I got a hot chocolate with butterscotch schnapps, which was delicious.
Not wanting the evening to end, Dustin suggested we go to the new local casino, the Horseshoe Casino. It opened a year or so ago, but I'd not been in it. I'm not against gambling, but it's never really been my thing. So we trekked to it in mass and started playing games. While some games make sense, like slots, others of them are confusing, like slots with five rows and multiple ways to make connections. I was down $30 and was getting worn down, but my friends were at a "Michael Jackson" slot like game. I parked myself into one of the chairs which had speakers near the head and played music. I put in another $20 and after three hits, it went wild with "free spins" and the points just started racking up. When it finally finished, after going through the full song of "Smooth Criminal," I had won $116. Minus the $50 I had put into the machines, I had made $66. I decided to quit while I was far ahead.
We finished up around 1 AM and I went home. It was a pretty good evening, a full night out and I'd not done that in a while.
I needed that. Back to work tomorrow. Ugh.
