Had a nice quick weekend get-away in Atlantic City for a v-ball tournament. The last time I was in Atlantic City, I was pregnant with T-bone. We were there for a security industry conference and I remember being bored out of my gourd because I couldn't really be in the casinos -- at that time they weren't smoke free and the secondhand smoke was horrendous! Being pregnant I couldn't drink either so I remember we went to a female impersonator show at Bally's Park Place one night and I went to bed early while everyone else hit the casino. We had a great room overlooking the ocean and the bathroom was spectacular.
This past weekend we stayed at the Sheraton which was incredibly convenient to the Convention Center. We valet parked on Friday and didn't use the car again until the tournament was over on Sunday afternoon. We literally just walked across the street at game time. The Sheraton was a beautiful, art-deco hotel with Miss America memorabilia on display -- some previous winner's gowns, and crowns and they had an awesome display on the second floor from the "Show Us Your Shoes" Parades. And of course, we were dorks and had our picture taken under the Bert Parks statue!
Margaret Gorman, 1922
Lee Meriwether, 1955
We had an easy drive Friday night and her Saturday wave was done by 1 PM. We went to lunch with a couple of her teammates and their families and then KJ and I walked up and down the boardwalk while Cosmo hit the casino. It was a beautiful, bright sun-shiny day and we even walked on the snow-covered beach for a bit. We watched a group of high school boys and their wrestling coaches do a polar plunge in the ocean which was pretty funny. The coach said they did it every year as a group right before states. There's always something going on in AC ... NJ High School State Wrestling championships were going on and there was a HUGE dance competition at our hotel (think along the lines of Dance Moms -- big stage, massive lighting set-up, audio/visual, etc.). Cosmo won about $100 playing slots and promptly spent his winnings on his girls at the Under Armour outlet! Such a great dad!
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