I saw this headline and immediately thought of Being There: al.com: Casino Night in garden will do local hearts good
The story is about a charity casino night in Alabama that seems all inclusive: from Al.com:
Be a little bit bad for a good cause next Friday. Casino Night in the Garden of Good and Evil will be an opportunity to try your luck at games of chance in the inviting setting of the Huntsville Botanical Garden Arbor.
The Madison County Medical Alliance is presenting the charity event. Enjoy an evening of roulette, black jack, craps and poker, raffles and auctions of fabulous prizes including Lasik surgery at Huntsville Center for Sight, a sunset cruise on a 60-foot yacht, two round-trip airline tickets, a Christmas breakfast, a handmade gemstone and pearl necklace and one week at The Royal Sands Villa in Cancun. But if you come only to eat Narvell Patton’s wonderful cooking, your evening will be well spent.
The MCMA will donate all proceeds to purchase automated external defibrillators to be placed throughout the city of Huntsville.
They’re just giving stuff away: cruises, necklaces, eye surgery. And it’s for a good cause, though I remember when one article talked about automated external defibrillators as one of the “comps” that casinos offer to lure in older patrons.
Blackjack, prize giveaways, and food? As Chance might have said, “the garden that I left was such a place.”
Thanks to this Being There page for the image.