AS A BACCARAT GAMES SUPERVISOR AT THE CLAIRIDGE CASINO IN ATLANTIC CITY ... I MARRIED ONE OF MY BACCARAT DEALERS AND WENT ON A FANTASTIC HONEYMOON TO MIAMI BEACH AND PARADISE ISLAND BAHAMAS. WE STAYED AT LOWES HARBOUR COVE HOTEL ...OUR FIRST NIGHT THE ROOM NEXT DOOR TO US HAD A BIG PARTY GOING ON ALL NIGHT WITH BOOM BOOM LOUD MUSIC ... I WAS MAD AS HELL ... COULD NOT SLEEP ... SO I KNOCKED ON THERE DOOR AND ABOUT 15 GIANT BLACK MEN HALF DRUNK SAID BEAT IT! .... WELL I DID ... REMEMBER THIS WEEK I'M A LOVER, NOT A FIGHTER. NEXT MORNING MY NEW BRIDE COMPLAINED TO THE MANAGER AND GUESS WHAT? ... WE WERE MOVED UPSTAIRS TO A PENTHOUSE CORNER SUITE AT THE SAME RATE WITH A FREE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE... THANKS TO THE NEW WIFE!

LATER THAT MORNING WE GOT ON THE PENTHOUSE ELEVATOR AND MUHAMMED ALI WITH ANGELO DUNDEE AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WERE ON THE ELEVATOR ... WOW ... I DID'NT SAY ANYTHING ... BUT MY NEW BRIDE KNEW WHO ALI WAS AND PINCHED HIS ARM AND SAID ARE THOSE REAL? .... HE LAUGHED AND I WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED ... AFTER WE GOT DOWN TO THE LOBBY THE PRESS WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE ... LITTLE DID I KNOW THERE WAS A BIG HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT HAPPENING THAT WEEKEND ... ALI VS BERBICK " THE DRAMA IN THE BAHAMA" .... ALI'S CAMP WAS STAYING AT THE BRITANNIA BEACH HOTEL .. AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS WERE AT OUR HOTEL. THAT NIGHT WE ATE AT THE AMBASSADOR BEACH HOTEL'S GOURMET ROOM AND LATER PLAYED 21 AT THE NEW PLAYBOY CLUB CASINO INSIDE ... I STILL HAVE MY PLAYBOY BAHAMAS FREE TEE-SHIRT AND A $1 BUD JONES CHIP AND A $1 SLOT TOKEN I KEPT AS A SOUVENIR. THE NEXT DAY WE WALKED OVER TO THE BRITANNIA BEACH HOTEL, FANCY DINNER AT THE CAFE MARTINIQUE ... PROBABLY ONE OF MY BEST GOURMET DINNERS EVER ... WE HAD "CHATEAUBRIAND" FOR 2 ... A LARGE FILET MIGNON IN A PUFFED PASTRY ... FOLLOWED BY NASSAU ROYALE RUM & COFFEES ... YUMMY! .... NOW WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GAMBLE IN NEW JERSEY DUE TO OUR BEING EMPLOYED IN THE GAMING INDUSTRY THERE ... WE NEVER TRIED GAMBLING AT BACCART ... SO WE WALKED BY THE PIT DECIDING, DO WE OPEN THE DEAD BACCARAT GAME, OR WILL THE HATE US FOR MAKING THEM SHUFFLE? WELL WE DID BUY IN WITH ONLY $100 EACH ... $20 MINIMUM BETS ... WE BET THE BANK AND A FEW TIES BETS ... AFTER ONE SHOE... WE QUIT AND WERE UP $300 .. ALOT OF MONEY BACK THEN ... I LOVED PLAYING THE ROLE OF JAMES BOND AND SOMETIMES DR. NO .... I BOUGHT A NEW WATCH AT JOHN BULL JEWELERS IN NASSAU ... STILL HAVE IT! ... HERE ARE SOME OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY DRAMA IN THE BAHAMAS .... THANKS FOR READING AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOMED! RICH BURGEL