Ahhhh. I wish every weekend was like that!; Progress on "Marty"

Well, Tom, Lisa, Dean and I had a great weekend away! Oh and the dogs did too! As I posted previously, we went to the Holiday Inn in Uniontown for the weekend and made the trek up the "mountain" to Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (http://www.nemacolin.com/) for dinner, drinks and to see the Fabulous Gunslingers (http://www.fabulousgunslingers.com/). Since we just ate at the bar where the band was playing, the menu, of course, was bar food. Wings, Nachos, Pizza, Steak or Grilled Chicken Salads, etc. Dean and I got a Pizza that was huge and an order of Nachos that came with everything-Chili, Salsa, cheese, black olives and chives all piled on top of a liberal helping of chips. Our server, Tia, was incredible. A very nice, perky but not to the point of annoying, (which was a feat in itslf since she had worked since noon that day!) girl who kept checking on us and never let our glasses empty. She was also very knowledgable about the attractions on the property which she told us is part of their training which is two weeks long.
Then we moved to the bar side of the establishment to get seats near the band. We let Tia know and it was not a problem. The only seats however, were at the front side of the mechanical bull ring. So we took 4 stools. Then a table in the back opened up, and we moved again, letting Tia know about yet another move. Still not a problem.

Then it was time for the band to go on! Yea! They tuned up, did sound check, then Danger from Froggy Radio (http://www.froggyland.com/) introduced them and they rocke the house! Halfway through the 1st set, they do a song called "Dance With Me Tonight". I freaked. That is a song from one of my favorite movies "That Thing You Do" with Tom Hanks starring and directing! When they took their break between ets, Scott (the lead singer) asked me how they did! I said wonderful and told him how geeked I was about "Dance With Me Tonight". He said that they are putting it on the new CD. Now I am even more geeked and ask him to play it again. So, guess what the last song of the evening was? Yep, it sure was!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch..........Tia's shift was over at Midnight. She told Dean who would be taking over for her, but I couldn't hear what she said. She said she could leave our tab open and we could just settle at the end of the night. So, we gave her a cash tip right then and there.
I am glad we did, because whoever was supposed to take our table over, we never saw till last call. We had been going to the bar ourselves to get our beverages. So, when they announced last call, Lisa made her way to the bar once more to get our drinks. So, we told her we already got ours. She asked if we had a tab and we told her our names so she close out the bill. Our total, including the food.........$31.00. Tom and Lisa's including food..........$38.00! Neither of us added a tip to the bill. Why should we tip when we got no service from the second girl?

Now to back up to Friday night. We all got to the hotel and unpacked and dean and I went to dinner. Ponderosa, which is usually very good there in Uniontown, was mediocre at best.
Then we went back to the hotel and we all headed to the pool/hottub area. We played ing te pool, then drank some. They had beer, I had Sangria. I drank half a bottle! It ws fun, sitting aroud the pool, drinking, enjoying the hottub. We met a nice couple, Stormy and Todd. So we talked to them quite a bit. The pool are closed at 11 on the weekends, so the hotel employee or guard or whatever he is told us we had to go. And by the way, you are not allowed to have alcohol inside the fence of the pool area. Oops. We didn't see a sign, so we didn't know. I don't think he would have said anything if it hadn't been for the empty beer can pyramid Tom, Dean and Lisa made on the table. 50 beer cans makes a hell of a pyramid!

So, we made our way back to our rooms, and I dried off and put my pj's on. Then the three of them decide to go to the bar. My stomach was hurting from the half bottle of Sangria on top of that mediocre dinner, so I didn't go. Those 3 closed the bar. I was asleep. Dean said the bar bill was $27.00. Now, one would think that the 5 star resort bar bill on Saturday would have been substantially more then the one at the bar at the Holiday Inn. I guess they figure that with the rooms being over $300 a night at Nemacolin, they down't want you to pay out the wazzoo for food and drinks at the bar............

We had a great weekend! Alot of fun had by all. I wish we could live like that every weekend. I'll post pictures once I upload them from the memory card and edit them..................
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Henry Michael, who I have now decided to call Marty since he was born on MLK day, was a week old on Monday and went to the pediatrician for a check up. He grew a 1/2" and lost 2 ounces. So, he weighed 6:12 at the doctor's and was 19 1/2" long. Mom and baby are doing well and Jordan loves his little brother. He can't say Baby Henry, so it comes out Baby Honey. Too Cute!
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PS. On Tuesday, I called and talked to the Food and Beverage Manager at Nemacolin. She told me they were all having a meeting on Friday and that the issue of the take over would be addressed. It's a 5 star resort after all! We shouldn'thave even noticed a difference in service from one girl to the next!

FYI Nemacolin is owned by Joe Hardy who owns the 84 Lumber Company. He is now 84 years old and on his 4th wife. the last 3 all were in their early 20's. His first wife died a few years back and he has been looking for another to love him for who he is not his money. Good Luck with that!