for w's milestone b-day, i surprised him with a trip to vegas!! and i pulled it off, he was actually surprised! i was very proud of myself cuz i've never done anything like this before. anyways, we stayed at the brand new ritz-carlton, lake las vegas, which is 17 miles southeast of the strip, and right down the "street" from lake mead. anyways, we went to kind of scope out the place, check out the new property, look at some houses. i've learned 3 things: 1) you can buy a REALLY nice house for REALLY cheap; 2) the way the market is, i think it will be a great investment and a great opportunity to make some money...but 3) vegas is vegas. it's still got that trashy feeling... *sigh* i don't know...i go back and forth about moving out there. we'll see... anyways, got some really great picks of the strip from the top of the stratosphere on saturday night so will have to post those soon... still working on my hawaii album (sorry it's taking so long...) but will share it as soon as it's ready!