Over the weekend, Will and I decided to take a trip out to Atlantic City, New Jersey. We hadn’t been there for about 8 years and we wanted to see how it had changed. Although it’s still rough around the edges, it’s much nicer than it was and it seems to be heading in a very positive direction.

The new Borgata hotel and casino and its attached sister hotel, The Water Club, are absolutely beautiful. They are spacious and relatively uncrowded because they are located in the marina section of the city. Over on the Boardwalk, things are still a little seedy, but many of the hotels have undergone or are going through renovations. The Trump Taj Mahal has a great updated eating and shopping area. There’s also a huge outlet mall that opened in 2003 with over 100 high end stores at the end of the strip. It has really improved that area and made it cleaner and safer and a pleasure to walk through. Of course, no visit to AC would be complete without a fresh squeezed lemonade and I’m happy to report that those haven’t changed at all and are every bit as delicious as they were the last time I was in town.

Atlantic City Official Site