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May 29, 2005
I hate casinos...
I had wandered up to our neighbors place this afternoon - they're hosting a 3 day party over the memorial day weekend - when Brad and Kat called asking if I wanted to join them for dinner. "Sure" says I - and Brad asks if I'm opposed to checking out the buffet at the Clearwater Casino, just across the Agate Pass bridge.
At first glance it looked like any other casino - lots of video slots, a handful of card tables, and a few restaurants (a steakhouse, and the buffet). The buffet was themed - a different theme each night - tonight (Sunday) was "homestyle cooking." Uh-oh.
Dinner was, without putting to fine a point on it, disappointing. Brad was looking for Vegas-style casino buffet, and got a pale shadow of it. What selection was had was of reasonable quality, but the selection was lacking. At some point during dinner it was observed that Vegas, which is land locked, is known for seafood, yet for some reason here in Washington, nearly surrounded by water, there wasn't anything resembling seafood to be had.
After dinner we stopped at a firework stand where Brad was - according to his wife - "acting like a five year old hopped up on pixie stix" before coming back to the house. Brad and Kat stayed for a bit, and we chatted over tea before they left and I wandered back up the hill and hung out at Toki and Gretchen's place. After a couple hours sitting around a firepit, listening to the group tell stories from their shared college experiences, I decided I'd had enough of being the odd man out and came home.
Time to wash the mosquito repellent off and hit the sack.
Posted by dberger at May 29, 2005 11:02 PM