Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey
With nothing better to do on our President’s Day off, Mark and I hopped in the car and drove down to Atlantic City and found it to be so much like Coney Island with Las Vegas casinos. I had a lot of fun but found it to be a little sad knowing that this was one of our last adventures together for quite a while.. Mark has a new baby on the way and I’ll be moving off to Chicago.
11 responses so far ↓
1 tien // Feb 17, 2004 at 11:39 am
nice pictures…i’m now itching to go to the casinos.
2 Mark Shewmaker // Feb 17, 2004 at 11:48 am
Atlantic City is a DUMP. The casinos are bland, the surrounding neighborhoods appear as if they’re awaiting condemnation and I was half expecting hypodermic needles to wash up on the beach. All of the “Disney-ification” of Las Vegas certainly hasn’t made it to the east coast.
AC’s un-photogenic nature may have been a blessing in surprise. Our lack of stimulation kept us talking the entire trip…about Chicago, San Diego, New York, New Jersey, babies, friends old and new, blogs, kitsch, families, co-workers…everything, really.
I will certainly miss chatting face-to-face with Rachelle after she heads off to tackle new challenges in Chi-town. She’s even more interesting in person.
3 rachelleb // Feb 17, 2004 at 12:59 pm
aww. ill miss face time with you too.. for more than four years you’ve been a bit of stability in my life. and i cant believe im going to miss the birth of your baby!!!! i will see her soon though.
4 Chris // Feb 17, 2004 at 1:57 pm
wow nice pics
5 Marc // Feb 17, 2004 at 2:51 pm
Yep. Atlantic City is what it is but even more so in the cold of winter. Old, dark, dirty and unapologetic about all of that and more. It says, “Sink or swim.” Vegas is more like, “Sink, swim or go and wade around in the kiddie pool if you want.”
6 Jeff // Feb 17, 2004 at 5:38 pm
“Atlantic City” is one of my favorite Springsteen songs.
http://brucespringsteen.net/songs/AtlanticCity.html
I like your photos of the boardwalk.
7 Dana // Feb 17, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Wow, I just moved from New York to southern Jersey, and you actually made it seem like a worthwhile place to visit!
8 joe s // Feb 17, 2004 at 11:08 pm
Paul Bunyan, or a Muffler Man?
9 Arthur // Feb 18, 2004 at 7:08 am
I’ll miss your NYC life. I guess I’ll get to know more of Chicago and your new friends there. I’ll skip Atlantic City and just head for Coney Island.
10 Richard // Feb 18, 2004 at 1:13 pm
What the crap, you get off for friggin President’s Day?!?
11 Stephanie // Mar 10, 2004 at 2:45 pm
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