Orleans T.R.
T-Bone
last minute thought where we invited my daughter and her husband with
us for their 1st anniversary. My daughter wanted to stay at Bally's
but was sold out and Bellagio's was full. Rio wanted a whopping $229
so I just went ahead and booked a couple of rooms at Orleans as I've
always read good things about it here in the N.G. $65ea for 3 nights.
Check in was fast. I'd booked Mystere tickets for Monday and we had
dinner at Canal St in Orleans.
ORLEANS HOTEL: Cheapovegas has a pretty accurate discription of the
place. I thought the pool was better than expected as it was never
crowded and besides having several trees there were several patio type
covers with slats for partial shade. May is a perfect month for L.V.
as the weather was perfect for laying out by the pool. Table games
were comfortable. B.J. was almost all $5 limit with one table @$3 and
one @$25. Drink service ranged from exceptional to spotty. All of the
cocktail waitresses were attractive and friendly and I couldn't help
noticing they were all on the 'buxom' side. The costume is one of the
best in L.V.
I'd ordered some coupons from WWW.billhere.com to be delivered to the
hotel ordering on the Friday and arriving on the Monday. We left the
following Friday and they never showed up. I'm not sure who dropped
the ball on that one.
Monday night was dinner at Canal Street in Orleans. The wife ordered
the Alaskan crab legs and at 1 1/2 pounds there were at least 8 huge
legs there. I had the 10oz fillet. Escargot and oysters on the half
shell appetizers. For 4 hungry people $150. Zagat rated and T-Bone
recommended. Mystere....what can you say about this show! It must be
the 6th time I've seen it and I enjoy it every time. The kids were
highly impressed.
Tuesday they bought us a tandem cross gender massage in Orleans Spa.
It was my 1st massage and after I got out decided it would be a
regular part of my L.V experience. I had fairly strong young woman,
Jennifer work out all my kinks while Ryan worked on the wife. For $130
a couple the 55 min. massage will take you into a different world.
GAMBLING: This is one trip I'll remember for a while because I was
having trouble doing anything wrong. It started when I sat at the bar
playing 8/5 V.P. drinking ketel one and cranberry. After 3 of them I
still hadn't lost anything. I asked the wife who she liked in the NBA
playoff game and we bet against Miami who lost by 3. We gave 3 1/2
points so lost by 1/2......what a nailbiter. We won on the UNDER score
so broke even (-$5). Tuesday she picked Sacramento over Minnesota. We
got 5 points. I bought one ticket to win $200. Later in the day the
wife gives me $100 to buy her a ticket. I took it to the counter
handing over $525 giving her the ticket telling her not to look at it
as it was a gift. At some point we bought another ticket on the UNDER
score for #105 and just before tip off I bought another for Sac. $315.
My heart sank when I saw Sacramento play. I'd never seen a more
pathetic performance by a professional team. An ass kicking was an
understatement. We left the bar to go to the room. I buried my head
under the pillow while the wife watched her $100 disappear. At some
point Minnesota got REALLY bad and Sacramento climbed the huge
deficit. At about 2 minutes to go I realized there was a SLIM chance
we could make it (sure!!). Miracles can happen as Sacramento lost only
by 3 making us winners. Hugs and kisses and we hightail it to the
sportsbook. To be honest I'd forgotten how much I'd bet on the game as
the wife had the tickets. When the clerk rang them up and I saw the
number something like $2265 I thought he'd either made a mistake or I
was looking at the wrong cash register. I gave the wife $800 as she
picked it. Boy, was she happy. My daughter won $500 at B.J. so it was
off to a good start.
JUBILEE: I got last minute tickets for Jubille, a show I'd missed in
the past. Our seat were about 10 feet from the stage where they
shoehorn 20 people into the space for 10. My seat faced away from the
stage on the far left side. I think that upfront seating on long
tables is a crappy way for a layout. About the only purpose it serves
is for a cocktail waitress to sit your drink on. For 2 hours I can
survive without a drink (maybe not 3). The seat was uncomfortable as
hell too. The show was pretty much as expected. The sets and costumes
were exceptional. No one would go to that much trouble anymore. One
thing that caught my eye was a singer that was my son's double + 5
years. He even had the same manueurisms. I enjoyed the topless part
and the singing and dancing seemed fine. At $71.50 (full price) I'd
say overpriced. Good for a 2 for 1 (curses to Billhere or Orleans who
screwed up my coupon).
ORLEANS BUFFET: Breakfast. For $6 it was worth it to get a fresh
cooked omelet. For me I'd spend $6 on any breakfast so it wasn't a
bargain. Lunch. For $7 I thought it a great deal. The roast loin of
pork was beautiful as were the beef and pork ribs. Something you don't
see everywhere is crawdads and liver and onions. I hadn't had liver in
over 20 years and found I still liked it. The crawdads were fine too.
I just wish there was someone from the south to show me the best way
to attack them.
SUSHI: We stopped for a light snack. The sushi chefs are actually
Chinese, from Beijing and my wife chatted away as she's from Beijing
too. We ordered tuna but was steered away from it as it wasn't fresh.
At this point you have to ask 'what is?'. While we sat there eating
some ell the tuna delivery arrived. 2 orders of tuna, 1 of yellowtail,
2 of eel and it was $47 with a small sake and 2 teas. For a light
snack sushi can be expensive. I'd pass on this place.
TERRIBLE MIKES: Not the most appetizing looking place but for some
fish and chips to watch the basketball game it was fine.
BRENDANS IRISH PUB: For those that enjoy GREAT beer Brendads has a
couple on tap. I define great as something that's withstood the test
of time. If you can make a beer and survive the marketplace for 300+
years you must have something great. Bass Ale served in a real English
pint glass was nectar to me. That's leads me to think if everything is
BIGGER in America how come your pint of beer is SMALLER. The pub
itself is a pretty poor imitation of a real pub. I was expecting a
hearty menu of steak and kidney pie or shepard's pie only to find no
food or menu in sight. Talking to a bartender he told me they are tied
to the Italian place next door and only serve finger food.
After the 3 nights I was still up over $1000 making small gains at
every attempt, even full pay V.P. so we stayed another night. For a
good value casino this one is hard to beat.
T-Bone
Generic
> BIGGER in America how come your pint of beer is SMALLER. The pub
I used to visit a relatively authentic pub (by US standards) and asked the
same question. The bartender said "cost per drink." People complained
about getting more than they wanted so they switched to small pint glasses.
They still kept the real ones behind the counter.
-John
T-Bone
feet apart. In the other line were a Vietnamese family, young woman,
son and grandma. The 5 year old kid had already crossed into a sealed
off area trying to rip off a balloon. Not a big deal. Because they
were tied down he couldn't get one and came back to the line with an
attitude. He took his heavy toy and rammed it into his mother's bare
shins and turned around and sucker punched his grandmother in the
stomach catching her completely off guard doubling her over.
I only have one son in a split marriage and never made any attempt at
special training my kid. He picked up the program without us going
over the rules. Sure I need to remind him to send his grandmother a
birthday card but he's basically a clone of me in the way I deal with
people in everyday life.
I'm usually laid back but I have a Chinese Grandmother and thinking
some young punk might be sucker punching her I jumped outside of my
normal personality and yelled over to the kid. The mother and
grandmother pointed him to me and he got my most scalding glare and a
constant finger pointing. He crawled into a hole to hide from me. I
had total control over him for the rest of the time we stood in line.
My wife was urging me to back off, which I didn't.
All I could think of was that's our next triad gang member in 10
years.
Was I out of line?
T-Bone
Nicholson
"T-Bone" <trev...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> As an addendum to the trip we were in line for the buffet, 2 lines 10
> feet apart. In the other line were a Vietnamese family, young woman,
> son and grandma. The 5 year old kid had already crossed into a sealed
> off area trying to rip off a balloon. Not a big deal. Because they
> were tied down he couldn't get one and came back to the line with an
> attitude. He took his heavy toy and rammed it into his mother's bare
> shins and turned around and sucker punched his grandmother in the
> stomach catching her completely off guard doubling her over.
> I only have one son in a split marriage and never made any attempt at
> special training my kid. He picked up the program without us going
> over the rules. Sure I need to remind him to send his grandmother a
> birthday card but he's basically a clone of me in the way I deal with
> people in everyday life.
> I'm usually laid back but I have a Chinese Grandmother and thinking
> some young punk might be sucker punching her I jumped outside of my
> normal personality and yelled over to the kid. The mother and
> grandmother pointed him to me and he got my most scalding glare and a
> constant finger pointing. He crawled into a hole to hide from me. I
> had total control over him for the rest of the time we stood in line.
> My wife was urging me to back off, which I didn't.
> All I could think of was that's our next triad gang member in 10
> years.
> Was I out of line?
> T-Bone
Not in my book you were not out of line. I teach preschool and love my
job and my students. But out public I see so much 'abuse of parents by
children' because the parents are too afraid to discipline their
children in every day life. At least your demeanor gave him the
impression that his behavior was not acceptable by all.
Cheryl
Thomas W.
;-)
I like Brendan's a lot too - especially with the two free beers you
get from the coupon book upon check-in. I remember it only were
domestic ones, though.
Thomas W.
Sr.
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