Las Vegas

M&D flew in from SFO earlier in the afternoon, so by the time I arrived from Seattle that evening D was finishing his first round (he won).

It would be hard to tell the economy was in crisis from the activity on the Strip, though I can't imagine that the folks paying for all those construction cranes across the street at MGM's new CityCenter complex aren't a little nervous.

The city remains appalling, but the mountain desert that surrounds it is still inspiring.