Melting Pot/Snow Storm

March 1, 2009, the meteorologists were forecasting a storm with a lot of snow starting late in the evening. I decided to take advantage of a free room I had at Bally's Casino. As I am delaying get ready, my friend Shelly messages me because she saw a comment status I left on facebook that said something like: Bob ...someone save me and take me out...i'm off sunday. It happened to be the start of Restaurant Week. She asked me if I wanted to go somewhere and I was definitely in. We first agreed on Buddakan in The Pier at Caesars but they didn't start their "specials" until Monday, so that was out. Then we tried something else until I came across The Melting Pot. I had always wanted to eat there. So Shelly called and made a reservation for 4:30. When we arrived we decided to take a quick run to the Polo outlet which made us a little late for dinner. We didn't get there until around 4:55 but only had to wait 5 minutes for our table. The "special" was $33 and change for the 3 course dinner but they always try and get you to spend more when you get there. For example, we added another course for an additional $6 for the salad course. The dinner was AMAZING. It started with the cheese fondue, then the salad, then the main course and finished with the chocolate fondue dessert...we chose the chocolate smores...OMG everything was sooooooo good and we even had a martini. we ended up spending a lot more then we had orginally wanted but it was so worth it and I want to go again. The waiter was excellent, and I mean excellent. He made the whole experience that much more for our evening...Cameron was so cool!!!

Well as we were leaving the restaurant, the ground was already covered in snow so Shelly wound up staying at the hotel with me. We had a great time and ended up at the Bally's bar and each had a drink and a shot (those damn shots cost $17 for both). Yikes!

that's us having a drink and me wearing my new scarf I just bought at Polo...lol

It was a great time all around...Thanks for inviting me and I'm glad we've reconnected after all these years. Good Times and Good Friends...