does st. louis count?

my newest bestest friend lou, who is 7 stars at harrahs, was invited to go to st. louis for the
packer/rams game. again, his son and two friends couldn't make it; so, i was the you're invited guy.
i don't mind. i don't expect it, and it's a nice surprise. his host was former harrahs who works at
L'miere(sp) just across the street from the football stadium. they are affiliated with pinnacle.

8 of us flew free out of milwaukee 10-20. 55 minute flight to st. louis. met at the airport with shuttle. two others would be joining us.

stayed at the four seasons across from the football stadium. rooms were goofed up. each pair should have
two queens. my room ended with tom using the king bed and me in a delivered rollaway. tom is taller than
i am, so i volunteered and it worked out fine. the rollaway was comfortable.

we all met at the check-in area. lou's host came and led us to the casino, which is right next to
our hotel. she made sure we all got cards......diamonds and lou were upgraded right away.

it was 4pm, and we made dinner reservations at the sports bar for 8pm. we all split up and went our
gambling ways.

i'm just adding now that larry hit a $3,200 slot within the first two hours. he was playing a $5 machine. he said that he hasn't seen as many pay outs for a long time.

before we left i went on vpfree to find the good machines. there is decent .25 job and .50 1.00 almost everything else that i play. lost right away. i hit the $5 craps table and was plus about $130 when they changed to a $10 table. of course, the first four shooters, me included, established a number and after a few
rolls 7nd out. so, this was a losing table.

i made my way to our reservation. no surprise that i was the first one there. this place has a nice
selection of tap beers. i ordered one and waited for the others. five of the rest arrived. rick and joe
went to harrahs st. louis to check in for rick's son and joe's nephew. they played there the rest of
the night. lou was not happy about this since he/we were getting so much on this trip that, of course,
we all should play here. six of us ate. my meal was not so good. something bar-be-que. lou didn't like his ribeye at all. tom had the fillet and said it was very good.

after dinner we split up and gambled some more before hitting the hay at 12:00.

we were the chicago group if we wanted to go up to their equivalent to a diamond lounge. food is
served at 5:00. there was always a line for the fresh food. nothing special. drinks were free, just tips.

there were many hosts working this room.

oh. after dinner i walked outside on the river side. there is a cobble stone street with some 6-8 bars.
i hit one that has a brewery and had a beer. there were a lot of green bay fans out and about. i didn't
walk around as i usually do in vegas. i don't know st. louis at all; so, didn't want to be daring/stupid.

sunday game next

Thanks for a good report.Looking forward to the next chapter.

Yes, thank you for posting Section 1 of your report! Looking forward to your next installment.

Actually, I live in Los Angeles and still have some slight passing interest in The Rams. But it's unfortunate that they haven't been much of a good team in a while.

RecVPPlayer

sunday we had to meet at 10:30 in the lobby to go across the street to the game.
tom and i went earlier to the breakfast buffet at l'miere. it was okay. nothing special.

we all were on time and walked over. we had these tickets with holograms on them.
i gave mine to larry to give to his grandson. i don't collect things.

we went to the l'miere suite. it could seat at least 60 comfortably. we were the first
group there; so, we snagged front row seats with a counter in front of us to put whatever.
this place had more square feet than my house. we were on the side of the end zone
even with the goal post. there were paninis, large subs, fruit, cheese, sausage, hot dogs,
wings, chili, and whatever other bar/football food you can think of. any drink you wanted
was free. geez, i get tired watching a game like this all the time.......not!

packer fans were the majority in the suite. it sounded like 1/3 out in the stadium.
we travel well.

of course the dessert cart came around at the end. nothing for me thank you.

packers won. we're happy. head back to hotel.

i don't know what the rest did, but i hit the pool on the eighth floor for 1/2 hour. it
was heated. so this is how some people live.

about 5:00 i went to the casino. stayed away from craps. $10 and packed. played $1 vp
for a bit. did you know that if you don't hit 4 of a kind you pretty much are sunk?
played bj for about an hour. that's the most i've played in years. this game bores me.
plus it drives me crazy when i have a 20 and thinking about my next bet when the dealer
hits 21 three out of five hands.

i'm done gambling. i hit the sports bar for beer and sports tv. 2nd football game and
baseball playoffs. we were all supposed to eat here again, but nobody else showed.
maybe that's my i will never hit diamond or 7 stars. larry brought me a $20 comp that
i used on a nasty reuben.

monday we meet in the lobby at 6:30 for the bus to the airport. st. louis airport
is not that big. check-in was smooth. flight was bumpy. pilot said no service today.
i agreed.

had monday off. i voted and got my flu and tetanus(sp?) shots.


watching tv right now. good luck to the east coast. looks like sandy is a bitch

wayne

Thanks for part 2.Sandy does sound like a nasty one.Hope whatever damage is minimal.

For your own safety it is good you did not roam too much. That area is known for violent crimes, and St Louis is not Las Vegas.