Atlantic City

Eric and I decided to explore some of the East Coast.  My choice of exciting places to visit was Atlantic City in the winter.  AND I decided not to stay in one of the gorgeous casinos on the Boardwalk.  Doesn't it make more sense to stay at the Day's Inn in the middle of a deserted portion of the area?  We were just inches from the Boardwalk, over 2000 of them.  A lot of the shops and restaurants were closed.  It was very cold out so we didn't go over the Boardwalk to the beach.  But, we had a good time.     

We met a push cart "driver" who pushed us all over the Boardwalk. He was from Haiti and the rest is what he told us.  Not that it wasn't absolutely true, but you never know with sales people.  He was a teacher and politically active when in Haiti.  Because of the last part, he had to leave.  He is in the U.S. legally, has a wife and very bright child in Haiti who he would love to be able to bring here.  Now the part I believe implicitly is that he hasn't had many push jobs lately since it is so damn cold and there is not much happening at the moment. Eric said I gave him way too much money, but we weren't spending it on anything else anyway.

I did gamble a little.  Very little because Eric does not like to gamble at all.  I won $5.00 and Eric said that he is responsible for me winning.  If he had not intervened, I would have stayed much longer and lost my meager winnings.  But now I know what Atlantic City looks like and I don't have to come back when it is mega-crowded and hot.  That's a good thing. 

Edward Sawtelle has been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times.  I love this review.  It is right on target AND the writer liked the book, as I did.