After Mass we walked a block or so to the Rockefeller Center . The skating rink was going full scale, and the Christmas Tree was in place but covered with scaffold board and a banner. I guess they were still in the process of decorating it. I got a chilly dog with cheese and some Beef and Chicken Shish k-bob's for Remy.

When we finished our snack, we took a taxi to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. We saw the musical "Beautiful", about Carole King’s life. It was awesome. The bus station was only a block or two from the theatre, so we walked to there after the show and were on our way back to Atlantic City. Ate dinner at the cafeteria at the bus station and took a taxi back to the hotel. Thus completed one long day.

Everything we did was close by. Click to see a map of our adventure points.

Next stop was the Historic Smithville Inn for Lunch. We discussed ordering wine with lunch, but chose not since the wine tasting was next on the agenda. I ordered the Chicken Aioli, which had garlic, bacon, tomato, spinach, feta, penne in extra virgin olive oil. It was very good, and the serving was enough for two meals.

Lastly we sipped wine from Tomasellos Winery. Included was five tastes of various wines of our choosing. We got to keep a souvenir glass as part of the deal, and bought some wine to take back.

Tour guide brought us back to Bally’s where I lost $200 over the next hour or so. It went quick.

Today's A1 Tour is called: "Atlantic City Ultimate Wine and Dine Tour ". It was a rainy day so the view of the Renault Winery grounds was limited. We started off with a tour of a museum of antique wine glasses and a historical summary of the winery and the way they coped with the prohibition period. Tour included some interesting stories about how the lambrusco root saved the European grape varieties, etc. This is the second oldest winery in the USA. The California Wineries are all post pohibition.

The tour included views of some huge barrels as well as the various. corking and other apparatus involved in the business. The Renault winery is the only American Winery that can use the term Champagne in their repertoire, they have been grandfathered from their early history.

After the tour we got to purchase the various vines we tasted. They wouldn't ship out of state, so we had to limit our purchases to what we could pack.

Next we sat down to dinner in their restaraunt. The winery includes rooms for weddings, comedy shows and many other various events. We both ordered the Eggplant Rollatini stuffed with ricotta cheese. It was very good. It resembled a Cannelloni but with fried eggplant instead of a pasta shell. Never had that before, but Remy says she can do that. We will see about that.