Remembering when the Showboat was part of the local gaming universe
Remembering When Recently, a friend of mine asked if what is currently called Showboat Hotel Atlantic City would one day re-acquire the gaming license it voluntarily forfeited when it closed in that darkest of casino-era years, 2014. In an instant, I mentally accessed...
Headliners who became lounge acts
There’s an old show business adage that says casino lounges are either for performers on their way up, or on their way down. There was a time in Las Vegas and Atlantic City when that was true. Comics Don Rickles and Shecky Green first worked the Vegas lounges, then...
The Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall is anything but conventional
Since it opened in 1929, Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, renamed Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in honor of the late mayor in 2017, the iconic venue has presented everything from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, to the Democratic National Convention and the Miss...
Sports card throwaways now a treasure
Card collectors know the thrill and anticipation of going to their favorite store to make their weekly purchase of the pack of cards for the current sport (baseball, football, basketball or hockey), or in the case of non-sports, whatever is current, be it a recent...
A Senior’s Observations, Opinions and Rantings: The nudist colony crew team
Senior Moments The Oct. 9, 2025 edition of Shore Local Newsmagazine ran a story by Mari D’Albora Dattolo on the old Sunshine Park Nudist Colony, formerly in Mays Landing. Allow me to share my personal experiences with the nudist colony, and it’s not what you may...
