I often relax by being a loner and meeting interesting individuals and street people
All alone on a five mile hike pass the soon-to-be Raiders stadium to Ellis Island Casino for lunch (Fish & Chips - the best I've ever had) and then buy-in for a hundred at the $5 Blackjack table ...... where I'll quit when I'm $50 ahead or when I've lost $50 ...... after enjoying a few beers and conversing with new-born player's who don't know what the hell they're doing .... but enjoy doing it anyway.
Then off to an old red-neck bar (Stage Door) for one or more $3 Bud Lites with a five dollar bill in the bar-top poker machine.
DAN18, if you ever find yourself in that joint, wear your USMC cover/cap ... and you'll never pay for a beer or a solid drink which simply appears like magic before your very eyes.
Then I walk a crooked line for half the way back home until one of the kids with the two dogs comes looken ... always asken about my 4 hour venture when and where interesting shit always happens.
Such as Jon Cena stopping me to say, "Thanks for your service!" and a gripping handshake. Or the black street girl who came running just to say "Thanks!" just because of the MC logo on my cap.
That impressed me more than Jon. She was over-weight but ran pretty damn fast!
Best way to relax away from everyday family life .... but twice a week is just enough.
