Atlantic City, NJ (USA)

[up around 0600 to resolve an issue with work email - took care of that and then went down for a leisurely breakfast in the lobby - lots of Red Cross and FEMA folks staying in the hotel (overheard some interesting day-planning discussions) - Sabrina didn't arrive until our departure time, which concerned me (thought we would be late), but then I made it worse by taking a bad shortcut... - still, we got to the conference room on time (0830L) and got set up for a long day of discussions - busy all day with only a short lunch break (at the cafeteria) - then wrapped up around 1700L - everyone headed over to the East Bay Crab for their Tuesday special (Shrimp Fest!) and Happy Hour - chatted with the entire group until around 2030L - afterwards, Bill said he wanted to go out to the casinos - Sabrina and I went with him (still in our work clothes) - this time, we checked out Harrah's - I didn't gamble, but I looked around the place (very impressive stores, pool, restaurant, etc.) while Bill and Sabrina won lots of money at the craps table - when Bev and Julio showed up later, the whole group experimented with Blackjack and the Dollar Wheel (losing, mostly) - we left around 2300L and drove back to the hotel - some of these "jug handle" turns are pretty annoying... - went to bed as soon as I was back in my room at the Fairfield Inn]