I'm just back from Sin City from a 4 day real estate conference -- if there is a group going and I can make it once I have dug out from endless emails and other stuff, would almost certainly hitch a ride down but don't want to commit to driving in case I am just too dead beat (too tired) to go. So Mary or Jacqui, if one of you want to commit to driving let me know the time and place to leave and I will come along if I possibly can. After four days of conferencing, smiling, being 'on' all the time, exchanging business cards with people you will probably never see and listening to hideous background music, a nice clean sounding sea shanty would be a treat.

The one day my roommate (another British Deborah) and I managed to actually leave the hotel conference center, yesterday, we were walking around in t-shirts, no jackets, looking with wonder at the residents of Las Vegas walking around in - I kid you not in one case - boots and a fur coat!!!