I just visited Vegas last weekend, and in a month, give or take, I'll be pulling up stakes and moving to the Twin Cities, which I've visited exactly once. Whee, adventure!
The Vegas Strip appeared to be pretty much a monument to things I despise--greed, overconsumption, wastefulness, and people who are bad at math. But, on a friend's recommendation, I ventured a few miles south and found the
Double Down Saloon, which is the awesomest dive bar ever and I absolutely loved it and I miss it already. Alas, my little Indiana town could never support anything half that cool.
Steve, when you say to eliminate a pound of beef from your diet, what time period does that cover? A pound per week, per month, or what? I sure don't eat anything like a pound of red meat per week...ugh. Maybe I'd eat that much in a month, some months anyway.