OK so I wanted to do a little followup on my Casino experience I was hoping to have some pictures to go along with this but as is the usual I am procrastinating about getting the pictures. Mostly this is going to be a post about the food that I was able to enjoy (being as it was free). Well the limo picked us up about 5:20 pm. I must say that I do love riding in a limo I wish I had a job that would allow me to ride in one on a daily basis (being a drive is excluded). I love when people strain to try to see who is in the limo hoping to catch a glimpse of some celebrity but alas all that was there was me and my friends.
Upon arrival at the casino, which is a pretty large building considering where it is located, we made our way to the back of the casino to the restaurant where are free meal would be enjoyed. It was a wonderful little place called Chickie's and Pete's It is a very nice seafood place that has several locations in the area. I must say that the Parx Casino location is by far my favorite. We got to the table and started with a round of drinks. I pretty much stuck with Yuengling Lager all night. Then we ordered two orders of their famous Crab Fries which are utterly wonderful and incredibly bad for you, but I won this so I ate and ate a lot. We also ordered to orders of their Crab Nachos another utterly decadent delight. It is tortilla chips seasoned and covered with greens, cheese, crab meat, red peppers and a wonderfully spicy secret sauce. Again I ate too much of that. I then ordered about 3 more Lagers.
We enjoyed seeing a live broadcast of probably my favorite radio sports show, Talking Baseball with Dutch. It is on the Fanatic a local Philly radio station. They were actually the ones that I won the contest from. Darren "Dutch" Daulton is a bit of a legend in the Philly area he was pretty much the heart and soul of the 1993 National League Champion Phillies. Not to mention probably the nicest guy you will ever get to meet in your life. The other host to this show is Jon Marks who is a bit of a broadcasting legend in Philly at least in my eyes he is. It was great to meat those guys.
Then it was time to order the actual meal. Now I know it is a seafood place but I had to try the Italian Burger it come with mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula and a wonderful Italian dressing. It was to die for. I devoured that with a quickness, and followed that with another Lager.
After the broadcast was over we took some more pictures with Dutch before he had to scram and then the Parkette of the Month Lily took us for a tour of the Casino. This place is pretty awesome I must say. There are slots pretty much everywhere and a good deal of card tables set up they are actually in the process of adding more gaming tables because when the casino originally opened up the state would only let them have slots. They also have a very cool dance club that is set up with a stage for live bands to perform. The bar actually runs around the stage. After the tour was over we drank some more and played some slot machines and tried our hands are roulette. I made sure that I only spent the money that I set aside for myself to spend for gambling. Turned out good. I didn't win anything but didn't lose anymore than I was planning to lose.
After several hours we called for the limo and he took us home. That was my casino adventure in a nutshell I do plan on going there more often since it is pretty darn close.
M.
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