I don’t know where to start about the exciting weekend that
was just had. So if it seems I’m jumping
all over the place I do apologize. I
will try to keep it contained and on one subject at a time.
Clairy Browne and The
Bangin Rackettes
Love this woman.
She’s bluesy, gritty, rock a billy, rock-n-roll and dresses like a pinup
girl from the 40’s. The Rackettes do
too. I bought her album last year when
it had to be in an import and she was signed in here in the States this
year. They’ve already toured once
earlier this year but the closest they came was San Francisco. I wanted to go, but it was the middle of the
week so I pouted but silently prayed that they came back. Sure enough they did so I jumped on those
tickets. I’m sure glad I did, because
her show was sold out. She was playing
at the BuBinga Lounge in Reno, Nevada. I
asked Craig if he wanted to go, but he wasn’t sure what time he would be
getting off of work as the concert started at 7pm and it takes a couple hours
to get up to Reno. As I was thinking
about who I wanted to join me in my concert adventure, I thought my sister and
I haven’t done our sister weekend yet this year and this would be perfect!!
It just so happened that the seafood buffet was right next
to the BuBinga Lounge, so we ate seafood until we were full and happy (oysters
on the half shell were just delicious).
Then we went over to BuBinga, listened to the sound check and watched
people. Before I knew it, there was the
band. Standing right there!! I felt like a little kid, got really excited
and a little star struck. Watched them
walk into the very buffet that we had been in about 30 minutes prior. I didn’t talk to them, just watched and
stayed star struck. Roxane was laughing
at me and I was kind of laughing at myself too.
The lounge opened at 6:30pm, so as soon as we were able to
we got the table we had scoped out earlier and settled down for a great
time. Ordered some drinks watched the
cheesy lounge singer guy as the opening act and then they came out on stage and
killed it. It was great. They are just as good live as their cd. I cannot wait to go see them again. I had purchased a couple pictures of the band
and brought my cd with me to get autographed.
We got to talk to them a little bit while they were signing the pictures
to the nieces and my cd. I did go purchase another cd, so the autographed one
does not get ruined. It’s getting framed
along with the ticket stub and will be hung somewhere in the house.
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| Waiting patiently for the concert to start |
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| Up on stage just killin it. I would see them again in a heartbeat |
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| There she is walking about out of the buffet with a Rackette |
Casinos
The Hotel room at Circus Circus was reserved (way cheaper than
at the El Dorado Casino) and the countdown began to the big weekend. We got up to Reno, checked into our room (that
was on the 19th floor and I hate elevators) and decided to go play
for a bit before eating and concert going.
We wandered around the casinos for a little bit and decided to finally
play a couple machines. It was exciting
to know that they still give out free drinks.
So we ordered our drink and settled down to play the penny slots. I
know, big spender, but your money lasts longer that way. The machines we sat at were okay, so we
decided to cash out what we had left and wander around some more. We settled down again at the Wizard of Oz
machines, they looked fun and fancy. I
was watching Roxane play for a bit then decided what the hell, I will play
too. Well, I activated the Ruby Slipper
feature and hit a decent amount. I
almost cried as that is the most I had ever won. Last time I played and won anything I was my
21st birthday.
Roxane and I wandered back over to Circus Circus and walked
the midway; she chose a basketball game to play. We gave the gal the money, we each got a
basketball and holy cow we both made the shot and got a nice little stuff
flower. We decided it was time to call
it a night after that. So we went to our
room. The next day we thought we would
hang around for a bit before leaving, so we checked out, put our stuff in the
car and went back in for more fun.
Played a machine called Buffalo, now, my uncle loves this machine
because if you hit it just right you get free spins and can possibly get more
free spins from the free spins you won the first time. He’s hit decent jackpots playing this particular
one. So we thought we would give it a
whirl. Settled down to our machines and
I was excited as I got free spins. Then
more free spins, and even more free spins.
I cashed out my winnings as soon as it was done free spinning and it was
about time to head home.
I had to tell Craig about my luck and he told me to go buy a
lotto ticket, but I haven’t yet.
Probably should. Overall, it was
a great weekend. I could care less if I
won anything or not. I got to see Clairy
Browne and spend time with my sister (which by the way had no idea who the band
was, but really enjoyed herself). To me
that was all that mattered. The rest was
an added bonus. I would do it all over
again too.
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| Our lovely flowers from playing basketball
Random
Emily and Autumn were excited to get their autographed
pictures. April and I went over to
Michaels and picked out the perfect frames for them and they received them
Monday night. Emily was a little more
excited than Autumn. They both could not
believe that they each had their own signed to them. I told them all about it and showed them the
pictures that were taken. Told them that
I talked to Clairy a little bit and hopefully they will be able to come with me
next time she comes around for a tour. I
know I will definitely be there.
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