I beckoned my aunts (on a visit from Manila) to the waiting car as I prepped the engine for our trip to the Black Oak Indian reservation casino situated in Tuolumne, California — about 8 miles east of Sonora. The day started on a misty note as the sun never showed up in Fremont on…

Once more, this time with my visiting aunts in tow, we visited yet another Indian casino called Cache Creek — one of the several that had mushroomed (and continues to) around California. The drive was a leisurely one since we embarked immediately after the rush hour traffic on a Thursday morning. In about two hours,…

We made an impromptu trip to Reno, NV last Saturday – after heavy rains lashed the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday and Friday – to pump up our sagging adrenaline levels and to try our luck in the numerous casinos there. The trip was smooth as silk and the weather was simply spectacular. In…

During one of our trips to the gambling mecca this side of Nevada, we usually leave the house at around 7:00 in the morning. That normally allows us with enough time to make sure that someone had already heated up any one of our favorite nickel or penny slot machines, when we arrive. But, on…

I was feeling bored that I decided to make the four hours plus drive to Lake Tahoe, to take a breather. After three days of revamping this site, the occasional tweaking of all the computers in the house and my fix-your-PC moonlighting, I had it for a while. After all, it had just been just…