Sunday started out at the Palms with their new promotion
of guessing how much money in a jar which was not
actually a jar. Then another swipe of the players card
and the wife won a two disc cd movie of American
Gangster, I won 400 points. We had eaten Saturdays dinner
at the Palms Bistro Buffet on a 2/1 promotion received
in the mail. Also the total win this month for the wife
on the free Megabucks pulls is $105. The wife started
today with a $2 win on the duces wild machine.

Then off to the ElCo and $10 free slot play from
the POV. The wife won $13 on the duces wild
and cashed out. The players club keeps good
records of the free play and noted that I had used
up the American Casino Guide & POV for the
year (one each for the year). You have to sign a
voucher to get the free play.

The ElCo has removed several banks of machines
on the Fremont side of the sports book and replaced
them with six brand new blackjack tables which were
not in use.

Next it was off to the Western were we quickly
won $30 and left to go to the Rio Buffet.

The dinner hour starts at 3:30 and we arrive at 4pm.
There is a seperate line for coupons and with the
2/1 from the POV we were charged $25.85.

They also had three other lines where people
used an automated atm machine like devices,
insert cash or cards and it issues a dinner
receipt. Sort of like subway turnstyle lines.

Each line was about 10 deep but moved quickly.
This is the first time for us at the Rio Buffet, in
the past what I heard many times it has gone
downhill since it was Harrahized, so I have
nothing to really compare it too. Besides the
automated system to pay and a buffet that
actually has restrooms in the buffet area, the
only other observation was the serving stations
seemed longer than the Fremont Experience.
About twice as long as the Main Street Station
Buffet or even longer.

I had the prime rib & pork roast which was
quite good. My sweetheart had the anemic
snow crab legs & sushi which she did not
care for amongst other things. Since she
is Asian & when I met her a cook at an Asian
restaurant here in town. One time at the Elco
Chinese Buffet she went into the kitchen to
give the chief some cooking advice.

Needless to say my dinners at home are
wonderful. When we go grocery shopping
at the Seafood Market, Diho or 99 Ranch
market, I don't know what most of the stuff
she is buying, especially the vegetables.

At almost every buffet she ends up with
many plates of food, just taking a bite
out of this or that and saying yuk or good,
judging the other cooks. When we left
about 5 pm, there was no line. For $25.85
for two people it is ok, but if your going to
pay full price, Red Rock or GVR is a better
value.

We spent some time in the casino where she
turned $5 into $7.50. We watch some blackjack
play and one player made a green chip bet for
the dealer and they both lost. He did this a
second time and they both lost again. Then a
third time when he hit a stiff to an 18 against the
dealers face card. She flipped over her down
card, a seven, screemed and jumped
about ten feet in the air. I was tempted to
ask the player if he was Tom from Ct.

When this was over we were just in time
for the Masquerade Show in The Sky. I
was just as impressed as the first time
I've seen it. One of the better free attractions
in Vegas. The POV has 2/1 Masquerade
ride ticket which I did several years ago and it
was fun, if you have the POV, do it

dr. baf.

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