I took a lot more photos than these, but I want to wait until I get back to the MacBook and iPhoto before I post too many. Some of them will need cleanup, I’m sure, and I would prefer to be able to work with the RAW versions.
Here are two high points of the day, though.
Bag found and delivered to hotel.
Blogger awake, biological clock mostly reset, soon to shower and go forth in search of bagels and coffee.
More later, including photos, I hope.
(Subject line hattip. Much much thanks to TJIC for the pointer; Abney Park’s “Under the Radar” is the official theme song for this trip.)
Events and discussions from this past weekend have led me to believe it would be worthwhile to remind everyone of Tim Cahill’s rules for travel. Particularly rule 6, corollary 1:
This can’t be stressed enough: No one wants to hear about your last bowel movement.
So where did I eat while I was in Las Vegas?
Well, I had a great meal Thursday night at Lotus of Siam, one of my favorite restaurants in the world.
Breakfast on Friday morning was at Blueberry Hill on Flamingo, one of the locations of a very good local chain. Friday night dinner was at a place called Himalayan Cuisine, also on Flamingo, which serves Nepalese, Tibetan, and Indian food; the lamb Sekuwa was quite good.
Saturday night, I decided to try one of the local oddities (at least, I think this is local; I haven’t run across it in Austin or any other cities); all you can eat sushi, in this case at Yami Sushi, also on Flamingo. (Are you detecting a trend here?) Decent sushi at a reasonable price (about $23 for the all-you-can-eat option). However, there’s an extra charge if you don’t eat the rice, there’s an extra charge if you don’t clean your plate…I was slightly put off.
Sunday breakfast: The Egg and I, one of two locations of a local family-run chain. The egg puns are a little tiresome, but the food is wonderful; this gets an official Whipped Cream Difficulties endorsement. (Try the Collision Course; it will keep you going all day long.)
Sunday dinner: I was a little disappointed by the Tillerman last year, and tried to come up with a better idea. However, I couldn’t, the closing ceremonies ran long, and…well, I ended up back there again this year. Good thing; they’ve added a new “Monthly Specials” menu (not on their website), and the rainbow trout with a honey/citrus sauce was very good, and a steal at $22 (including mashed potatoes and the Tillerman’s massive “salad bar”).
Sometimes, life is nothing but “bad news and the pills that go with it” (to quote Achewood). And then, sometimes, something goes right.
I’m in Las Vegas for DEFCON, so posting may or may not be light.
I may try to do some live (or semi-live) blogging from the convention, depending on how things go. I may end up just compiling notes and posting when I get back to the room at night. (For those who are not familiar with DEFCON, one of the things it is most famous for is having the most hostile network in existence.)