Good Tuesday

Today was a good day. First it was extremely hot. Real summer day in the spring. I could have gone to the beach to soak up some sun but since we had something else planned I stayed home until midday.

What we planned to do was to go to a casino. There is one in New York City, more precisely in Queens that is not very far from where I live. I have been there several times but my friend never did.

Thus, today was the chosen day to go there.

We got there just before 2 pm and since we were both hungry we immediately went to lunch. One of the better attractions the place had was a fairly good buffet. Well, like a lots of things that I got used to the buffet was no more.

It turned out they closed it last January claiming it wasn't making any money. Therefore we were forced to eat in the food court. The selection was not great but we chose a good looking Chinese place. Amongst all the eating places in the food court this Chinese place was the only one doing really good. Actually, it was mobbed.

We stood in line almost a half an hour before we were able to order. But truthfully it was worth it because the food was good. The casino has an overwhelming Chinese clientele and that's the reason the Chinese eatery is doing great.

After eating we visited the machines. There are only machines in this casino, there are no table games except electronic roulette and baccarat.

My favorite machine is the Sex in the City machine. I find it very player friendly (until now). I played this machine in another casino and it never disappointed me.

I put in $10 that I lost fairly quickly and then another $10. Oh, this was a penny machine. But that is a gimmick because the minimum bet is 50 cents. I played for $2 per play. That's my "usual" style.

Anyway, the second $10 worked great. Things started to go my way. I was up to $80 plus when slowly the tide turned.

When I stopped playing I was still had $20 more than when I started. We walked around a bit and little by little my $20 became $10.

Parking was $5 so I finished with a net gain of $5. Better than a negative gain and we both had a good time.