But those damn slots with their incessant clanging and frenzied coin-spitting often had me grabbing a plastic container to collect cash rather than seashells. I wanted to be near the ocean, digging my toes in the sand, collecting pretty seashells and walking along the shore. I had little interest in gambling and would take the $20 in quarters she gifted me and do my best to lose them to said machines as quickly as possible. Birthdays were especially coveted times for overnighters, for they included celebratory dinners at upscale restaurants along with a show. While she enjoyed playing the slot machines during solo day trips, even better were those sleepover bonding excursions with her daughters. I know my casinos, empirically speaking, that is.īack in the day and thanks to an accumulated bounty of comps from her favorite Atlantic City casino, my mom and me would hop a Bieber bus from Coopersburg to overnight it in AC. You are, in this writer’s opinion (and as reviewed by many others), a smashing success. Happy first anniversary to Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort! You’ve done good.
Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” – Erma Bombeck
You’ll find an entire playground in that “Ocean.”
