Floetry in Atlantic City

After dropping the kids off to attend their event, we got dressed and headed off to Atlantic City. About an hour later, we entered the gateway to AC. It's been at least 10 years since I've been there, so I was completely surprised at how much it's grown. I usually don't take pictures of scenery without people I know in it, so it didn't occur to me to snap a pic. Next time, I'll remember. But AC is sprawling. As you entered, it used to be that you could see just about all of it without turning your head. Now, it looks like there are a million hotels and casinos, not to mention casual and upscale shopping (and the requisite Starbucks!). Since we had limited time, we only stopped at the Showboat Hotel and Casino, where the House of Blues is located.



Overall, it was a good show - when the show was on. Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was an extraordinarily long time between when the doors opened (7pm) and when the show started (almost 9pm). And the amount of time to set up between acts was long too, especially since the first two acts didn't perform for more than 10 or 15 minutes. There were two acts before Floetry - I can't remember the name of the first woman (and unfortunately, she was forgettable anyway) and the second act was a group called Algebra. Never heard of them, but that's not unusual for me. They were pretty good and I was actually looking forward to hearing their last song, but something happened. Suddenly, they just announced they couldn't do their song and said good-bye. As I said, I couldn't have told you beforehand what songs Floetry sings, but when they started playing, I was actualy able to identify two of them! They put on a great show and had everyone up and dancing.

Of course I had to take a picture, so this is us in front of the House of Blues. I decided to go with leather pants, the first pair I've ever owned. However, I kept thinking of Eddie Murphy thanks to my DH's comment!

Now what would a trip to AC be without a stop in the casino? I'm not gonna lie, I have absolutely no interest in losing any money, but we did put in a quarter and cross our fingers. Guess what??!! We lost a quarter. We got this one picture before security came and told us we couldn't take any pictures on the casino floor. Guess they thought we'd use it to somehow rig the slots.