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Archives for December, 2010

Happy Holidays To All

I will be taking a blog break for a week or so while Brad and I spend the holidays with the Frugal Princess family in Columbus, GA.  And,  as usual, we will drive to Harrah’s New Orleans for a few days stay so that a tough ex-Ranger and a couple strapping grandkids and perhaps some of their teenage friends can help us eat up hundreds of dollars of Seven Star food comps.

And I wish all of you peace and joy this holiday season, whatever holiday you like, or don’t like, to celebrate.  And may 2011 be a very good year for you, in every way!

Out-of-Vegas Casinos

To answer a couple of questions in some recent Comments:  We have gambled some in Primm and Mesquite, but not for a number of years.  Never in Pahrump. Read more… »

Return From Laughlin

My second out-of-town trip report this week – an unusually busy travel month for us!

This trip to Laughlin, however, not like the 4-day visit to Reno via jet, was a short overnight visit via the Frugal Plum, our trusty little PT Cruiser. Read more… »

Return from Reno

We just got home from a trip to Reno, where we stayed at one of our  favorite casinos, the Atlantis.  They may have the best variety of good video poker anywhere in the country.   Read more… »

Interesting Reads

A couple of articles that were interesting to me: Read more… »

Gift Card Details

I wish all casinos would put complete details of promotions on their Web site.  But many don’t.  Here are the facts that I know about a couple gift-card promotions I mentioned earlier in the week.  We haven’t done either one of these yet so I may not have mentioned all the relevant details. Read more… »