French Lick and a dose of Kenny Rogers

Why the photo of The Gambler?  Read on to find out!

My first overnight away from the husband since our wedding had finally come upon us.  Emily, Ashley and I headed to French Lick on a Saturday for girls night.  We headed up mid-morning and arrived at French Lick right around lunchtime.  After checking into our room at the hotel, one of the fabulous hotel workers offered to drive us to the winery for lunch.  The best part of the drive was that he drove us in a Ford Model A. 

Ashley and I sat in the jump seat while Emily took the passenger seat.  I had never seen a jump seat before, much less sat in one.  Our driver basically pulled open what I thought was the trunk to reveal a little bucket seat.  Luckily, we were having an unseasonably warm day and the sun felt great on our sun starved faces.  

Once we arrived at the winery, we happily dove into our pasta dishes.  Emily hit the wine samples while Ashley and I let our food digest.    We love coming to the winery and the food is so good!



Ash and I in the back of Model A

 After lunch, it was back to the hotel to hit the spa.  Ashley had a scrub which she loved so much that I am now convinced that I must have a scrub.  Emily had a massage which left her relaxed and ready to nap.  I decided to have my first manicure ever.  Normally I chew on my fingers and pick my nails to the point that I never wanted to spend money on a manicure that I would promptly chew off (gross, I know).  However, I am doing better about keeping my fingers out of my mouth so I figured I would reward myself with a manicure.  I was so glad I did! 

My manicurist started out massaging my arms with a pomegranate scrub.  Oh my gosh...I never knew how good it could feel to have someone else use a body scrub on my forearms.  I never wanted her to stop.  After a quick rinse off she massaged pomegranate lotion into my arms.  Once again, my toes were curled with delight.  After all that pampering, she started working on my nails.  I chose a pale pink color for my nails and before I knew it, I was under the dryer with pretty hands.  A perfect hour of pampering. 

I met up with Ashley and Emily and started getting ready for our evening.  Since none of us are gamblers, you may ask what 3 girls would do at a casino?  Kenny Rogers just happened to be performing at the French Lick casino that very night.  Ashley's father was nice enough to score us really good seats in the 4th row.  Now why you ask would 3 girls under the age of 40 have any desire to see Kenny Rogers....One reason..He's a legend!



The one, the only, Kenny Rogers

 When he first walked on stage, I admit, I wouldn't have recognized him if I had passed him on the streets.  I had an image in my head of what he looked like and he didn't look anything like that image.  I'd heard about all the plastic surgery mishaps he had, so I guess I was expecting his face to look like a melted candle.  I never would have looked at him and thought he had a botched face lift, but I also never would have looked at him and thought he was Kenny Rogers.  But anyway, here he was in front of us and I was happy to see him.     


I didn't expect to know many of his songs, so imagine my surprise when I actually did!  Apparently some newer country artists cover his songs so I was able to sing along with a few.  Kenny engaged the audience by joking how many men were in the audience on their own free will vs. how many of their wives made them come.  A few of the songs he sang;
-Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition)
-The Gambler
-Daytime Friends
-Buy Me A Rose
-Lucille
-Islands In The Stream

At the end of the concert, he said he was too old to go hide behind the curtain and wait for us to applaud him for 3 minutes before coming out and singing a couple more songs.  He told us what he was going to sing  a couple more songs then he was going to walk off the stage and not come back.  And that's what he did. 

I was super impressed with his caliber of performance.  He is truly a performer and he has a really good voice.  After the concert was over, we headed to "Scoops" the ice cream parlor to have our night cap.  Mine was in the form of a chocolate shake.  I drifted off to sleep listening to Emily cry into her pillow as she watched the movie Titanic. I loved my time with my girls and Kenny Rogers.

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