The hotel is beautiful enough that it deserves its' own narrative. Located in the middle of Cincinnati, it's an old, elegant hotel, with all the accoutrements of a city hotel. After checking in and leaving Snowflake to the tender mercies of a valet, we settled in to get the verdict of the Jodi Arias trial. Harrah's runs a shuttle from the downtown hotels to the Horseshoe Casino. I originally thought it was a riverboat on the Ohio River; however, nothing could be further from the truth. It's a huge building, very nicely furnished and with all the latest slots and table games.
We had dinner at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville and had fun people watching. One party of young women was being festooned with balloons. Must have been a bridal shower or something like that. Two guys on stilts started out with making a balloon centerpiece and then individual balloon caps for the women. Then the real artistry started - vertical balloons which were attached to the balloon caps and finally horizontal long balloons which connected the vertical balloons. I guess the idea was for them to leave in a group trying to keep the balloons all connected. Unfortunately, we left before them, so missed that spectacle. Have to see it to believe it.
Took the shuttle (more of an elegantly, dressed out airport limousine type vehicle) back to the hotel for the evening. Took a walk down to a local store and got caught in rainstorm, complete with thunder and lightning. Waited a while and then dodged from overhang to overhang to get back to the hotel. Haven't seen rain like that for quite a while, but it looks like it might be around for a while.
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