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<\/a>South Point Hotel & Casino<\/p><\/div>\n
It was Monday, mid-morning, work was slow, the guests we had coming for dinner on Tuesday had canceled due to illness and I knew the answer to the question before I asked it, so I wanted to make sure I was ready when I said, \u201cHey, Linda, wanna go to Vegas?\u201d\u00a0 Without missing a beat, she said, \u201cI can be ready in an hour.\u201d She was ready in half an hour!\u00a0 I had just filled the car with gas the day before, so off to Vegas we went.\u00a0 Linda had called for reservations at our favorite hotel, South Point<\/strong>, but had rooms only for Tuesday night, but nothing for Monday.\u00a0 She called around and discovered that this time of year was \u2018convention time\u2019<\/strong>, so not only were most of the hotels filled, but those that weren\u2019t were charging exorbitant rates, but I assumed the ‘Ms Bargin Hunter’<\/strong> would find us a place.<\/p>\n As we headed to Vegas, I was excited about placing a \u2018real\u2019 bet on the Monday Night game, since my brother and I place \u2018pretend\u2019 bets on both college and pro games every week – this year we’re making some ‘pretend’ money.\u00a0 It was the Bills<\/strong> against the Jets<\/strong>, I liked the Bills to cover and the over, but called Jack on the way out and asked him to \u2018research\u2019 it and call me back with what he found.\u00a0 We were about an hour out of Vegas when he called back, \u201cparley Buffalo to the over\u201d, he said; we were on the same page.\u00a0 This was going to be fun!!!\u00a0 We stopped at South Pointe to place the bet and watch the game, plus had a gourmet dinner of a hot dog and a beer. Jack & I were definitely on the same page, but we were in the wrong book!\u00a0 Jets won and the score was under.\u00a0 After the game we head further down the strip to Circus Circus<\/strong>, the only hotel with vacancies and a reasonable rate.<\/p>\n Circus Circus made my list<\/p><\/div>\n Recommendation #1:<\/strong> Don\u2019t ever stay at Circus Circus.\u00a0 It is very tired, the circus left town years ago; after waiting 40 minutes to check in, we had to walk across the street into a low-rise, low-rent building with no elevators to our second floor room.\u00a0 Our room was possibly where they kept the elephants before bringing them across the street to the \u2018Big Top\u2019 during Circus Circus\u2019 hey day.\u00a0 We played some slots (they still had the kind with handles!). then retired for the evening.<\/p>\n On Tuesday morning we could not get out of Circus Circus fast enough, although we felt like we were abandoning the cockroaches that we had befriended there.\u00a0 So far, our \u2018spur of the moment\u2019<\/strong> get-away had included a hot dog dinner, a bad room at a bad hotel and $200+ in gambling debt.\u00a0 A Denny’s down the street seemed like the appropriate place to stop for a gormet breakfast!<\/p>\n Checking into South Point felt like checking into the Ritz<\/strong>.\u00a0 I found a craps table and had great fun and very nice winnings before we noticed a show in the South Point theater featuring The Bronx Wanderers<\/strong>, and thought how bad can they be after our Circus Circus experience, so we bought tickets.<\/p>\n While this spur-of-the-moment escapade started out as a disaster, it ended with me thinking I just might ask Linda again, \u201cWanna go to Vegas?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow It was Monday, mid-morning, work was slow, the guests we had coming for dinner on Tuesday had canceled due to illness and I knew the answer to the question before I asked it, so I wanted to … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Circus.jpg\")
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<\/a>Recommendation #2: <\/strong>If you ever get a chance to see The Bronx Wanderers<\/strong> \u2013 do it!!!\u00a0 They are a father (Vinny Adinolfi, 65 years old) and son (Vinny Jr, 35 years old) band, both play the guitar, keyboard and are lead singers; they also have a great saxophone player and the group has awesome harmony.\u00a0 They do rock and roll classics from the \u201860s, \u201870s and \u201880s and do it very well \u2013 they killed Bohemian Rapsody!!\u00a0<\/strong> Vinny, the dad, was a successful record producer in New York and worked with, and had great stories about, most of the popular recording stars of the day. \u00a0We finished the evening with a nice dinner at the Silverado Steak House<\/strong>, gambled a bit more and retired to a much nicer room.<\/p>\n