Vegas in July, sounds like a great idea, right?  109 degrees in the shade... tourists in wife-beaters... wondering if the misters use "reclaimed" water.

Scary as it sounds we had a fab-tastic time.  We ate some great food at Delmonico Steakhouse (the waiter screwed up my order... but brought me something delicious... no harm no foul), we watched a great show, Zoomanity (the reviews were mixed on this cabaret-style twist on Cirque du Soleil but Paula and I loved it) and, above all, we had some great company.  It was a great way to spend Mike's 40th birthday.

One fun part of the trip: Dick had never been to Vegas.  Claimed he was never going to go... would have anything to do with it.  Can you guess?  He loved it.  He's going back.  In about a month.  My prediction: he'll go every weekend for a year then we'll need to perform an intervention.

Here's a picture of some of the gang walking through the Venetian... looking very much like a still from a Vegas heist movie.

What's Omar looking at you ask?  I'd wager it's his Treo™ 650 smartphone.  He's the next one who will need an intervention after Dick.

Oh, and yes, the cheese sticks were very good.