Still Sick

I have been fighting some kind of upper respiratory infection for more than a week now and while it hasn't completely kicked my ass it has had me down and out of action for most of the past week. I am actually going to finally see a doctor and get something to get rid of this because I have had it with being sick. I made it all winter with a clean bill of health and now this.
I finally got my new Verizon FIOS service installed last week and have been back in action on the virtual poker tables again. I have been playing single table "sit-n'go" tournaments on PokerStars which are nine player mini tourneys where the top three players cash (50% to 1st, 30% to 2nd and 20% to 3rd place). I won two events back to back and came in third in another with only only one other entry where I busted out early out of the money (even though I went all-in with the best hand).
I enjoy the easy access but miss the face to face action of live play at the casino. I just haven't been feeling very motivated to make the drive to the Borgata lately. Hopefully when I am back to complete health I will be back in the live action, as well.

Bed & Breakfast

I have returned from my Buck's County weekend getaway with Lauren and it was a great trip. We stayed at the Golden Plough Inn, right near New Hope, in Peddler's Village. The room was fantastic, with a first floor living area that included a two person jacuzzi tub facing the fireplace and a high vaulted ceiling with skylights. When you went upstairs their was a king size bed overlooking the living room like a giant loft. Very comfortable with the feel of a warm townhouse more than a hotel room. Since this was a celebration of Lauren's Birthday, I treated her to a "Queen for a Day" package at the spa on Friday. She got an hour and a half facial treatment, a 1 hour massage followed by a manicure and pedicure. She loved it! The girl that did her facial use to work at Bliss Spa in NYC and use to treat Uma Thurman and Sarah-Jessica Parker!
I couldn't resist and ended up getting a treatment, as well!
I strolled around New Hope while I waited for Lauren and then we had an awesome dinner at Earl's Prime, right in Peddler's Village. This place is so upscale it feels a bit out of place in this location. Everything is cooked to order and they have aged steaks, even Kobe beef. Of course everything is a la carte so you can easily go over $200 a person here with drinks. Lauren had the filet mignon and I had a macadamia encrusted sea bass over lobster risotto. I have to put that one down in my top five list. And the desserts were huge. They even had ice cream from the Creamery at PSU! We got that to go!
We did alot of relaxing and sleeping in so it was more like a Bed & Bed since they stopped serving breakfast before we woke up each day.
Anyway, I highly recommend this place and while we were both sorry to miss Ted's bday bash on Friday, we had a great time.