The casino itself is beautiful, and so was the 5,000 seat theatre they have there. Huge names in the entertainment world have played there. From Kenny Chesney to Cher and Kiss- the walls backstage were covered with photos and autographs. The way a casino show works is different than a regular venue. The casino "buys" the show from the the production company for the week and essentially gives away all of the tickets to patrons to get them to come to the casino and lose all of their money gambling. Genius. So even though we had audiences of over 4,000 people, not many of them had bought their tickets by choice. And oh my god- the bus tours with the old folks... wow.
We were pretty much either in the hotel (the fabulous Days Inn across the street), or at the casino for work and food. I only gambled $15, which I of course lost. One positive aspect of the week was that the casino gave us food vouchers to use during our stay, so it was a pretty cheap week. My biggest night of entertainment was playing cards with some bottles of wine and an iPod in the Days Inn breakfast room, if that tells you anything.
I had my car for the week, so I was able to get out of the hotel every so often to run people to the grocery store and liquor store (which is disgustingly expensive). Other than that, there really wasn't anywhere to go. A few friends and I took a bit of a drive to a town called Gravenhurst for lunch one afternoon, just to get away. We found a great little tea house right on the water (meaning ice) that we loved! What I didn't love was paying $6.00 a gallon for gas. Ouch.
I am home for over a week in Cleveland now, thank god. I took some paid and some unpaid time off. I just needed to come home for a while and see my family and friends. Some "me time" if you will. I have lots of plans for the week and weekend, which will hopefully make up for the lack of doing anything last week!
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