Part three of a series-
It is so nice to park the car in your home casino's lot. At Main
Street Station self-serv park is painless. Some downtown lots are
adventures, led by the Fitz's first seven floors are valet/two way
traffic lot.
By 11am on Thursday I am walking up to the MSS registration desk.
The gal gets the paperwork going...show her the offer...stamps
it...gets me into the system. Take the mailer to the no line slot
club to get my triple points going. It is really too bad I don't
have any monies to gamble this trip...buying four tires and a battery
for the charriot burned it up. It is just a vacation.
I get the info about the dinner, "gobble-gobble/drawing", that is
part of the offer. The MSS "Social Club on Friday Night at 5pm" are
the key words on the handout.
I then go look for my bartender and cocktailer...that would be
Richard (from Boston) and Lori. Lori recgonized me from past trips,
she usually does days and the south end of the casino. She has seen
my Nov and Jan royals (before TITO) on that south end of the Boar
Bar. Frankly, she only has served me a few times playing Deuces on
the floor, but still pays attention.
She tells me Richard and three other tenders got canned. This is
disappointing. Richard was a good bartender, maybe the best.
The bartops indeed have been re-converted to 9/6 Jacks at three
levels, but the Bonus game is now 7/5 with a progressive on the
royal. Someone should take Hal Welch down to the Boar bar since
Jacks is the only playable game. Nothing else is fun...fun bartops
will be found at the Four Queens.
Wander around under the canopy a bit, eat a couple of Golden Gate
shrimp cocktails for lunch, almost barf looking at the new carpet on
the Cal/MSS walkway...purple spots.
Get my keys for room #1705, top floor looking south. This is the new
edition/remodel. Nice understated tones. Hell, I don't know! They
stuck in a hair dryer, an iron/board, a writing desk, new wall paper
and lighting fixtures.
What got my attention is the curved shower rod and new fangled
curtain. Wow! Why didn't I think of this! I bet this will be the
trend in Vegas and the World.
Let me explain. The shower bar is now curved with maybe a ten inch
flair in the middle. It bows out, so the curtain doesn't attack you
in static cling. This is good for you.
But, the ergonomics come from the shower cutain itself. There is a
clear window of 18 inches at eye level. But, the labor dollar
savings come into play with the unique design of the fasteners.
There are no fasteners/clips/hangers.
The rod is about one inch in diameter, the holes in the curtain 1 1/2
inches, with slits between paired re-enforced holes. You can
probably install a curtain in 20 seconds and rip one off in five
seconds. It is a weave! Someone is going to make millions!
I initially have no clicker for the TV (resolved in five minutes) and
no working ice machine on my floor (never fixed). The view is south,
with the Wynn and beyond.
Next: The Social Club at MSS