For dinner we went to Todd English's Tuscany. It was pretty good - reasonably good food for that pricepoint. I had the mussels and thought they could be better though. And if you order the Herb Frites be forewarned - they are more like tiny hash browns than french fries. The potatoes are cut into tiny cubes - pretty tasty, just not what I had expected.
After dinner we wandered around the shops trying to get ideas for last-minute Christmas gifts, but found nothing. I'm not exactly sure who does a whole lot of shopping in those stores in the casinos. Their prices don't seem to be that good and alot of this stuff is just bizarre. Like a rhinestone-encrusted matching bra & panty set hardly looks comfortable, but then again I suppose comfort isn't their main priority.
Christopher played some Pai Gow Poker. This is my favourite casino game. When we were last in Vegas I played this for 2 or 3 hours while Christopher was in the poker room and when he came to get me I was up about $5, so I just tipped the dealer my $5 and walked away dead even, plus having ordered fancy drinks all night. This is my kind of game! (I know - I'm pretty lame when it comes to gambling) I'm glad to have found my game - you can play Pai Gow for quite some time and not be down too much money. It's a nice slow-paced game where you are only playing against the dealer, but the dealer has to tell you how to set up your hand if you ask. And it doesn't matter if you show your cards. People will commonly ask each other for advice.
Other than Pai Gow Poker, I like watching craps and seeing the excitement of the people cheering and the dice being tossed. But it makes me really nervous to play. The first time I played I quickly won about $130 and then decided to stop. When I asked Christopher how long I had been playing for, he said 'um - about 15 minutes?'. I was shocked - it felt like ages! I was just so anxious with every roll of the dice I suppose.
On Saturday I had a fun time watching Christopher play craps. There was this crazy old lady at the table and she was really entertaining to watch. Earlier on in the evening I had watched her get kicked off another one of the craps tables so I was kind of leery of her because I didn't want her to spontaneously get angry at us for some off-the-wall reason (you never can tell with these gambling addicts).
The woman spoke with an accent and was constantly talking - saying stuff to herself, the shooter, the dealer, anyone who would listen! And the poor dealers - she was often just tossing chips onto the table and muttering her bets. Because she didn't speak up and address any dealer in particular as she was doing this, very often the dealers wouldn't place her bets quickly enough and she would get upset, and other times they just couldn't understand what bets she wanted made with her accent.
Some other funny things she did:
- pulled out her cellphone and took a picture of the dealer (I don't think this is allowed at all)
- took a banana out of her pocket and placed it on the rail as she was trying to fish something else out of her pocket
- pulled out a fistful of chips from her coat pocket that she didn't know she had
- unwrapped some chocolate covered strawberries she had (yes - in her pocket!) that she had undoubtedly liberated from the buffet
- say things like "show me the money!"
- leave to go the bathroom - instructing the dealer and pit boss to continue to make all her bets for her (and she had a system going - this wasn't just a "let it ride" type of woman)
All in all it was a fun evening and a nice break for Christopher during a strenuous exam schedule.
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