This has been a hard travel week. Chicago Monday, Las Vegas Tuesday, and Seattle yesterday and today. I was not in Vegas for NAB, where I could have talked to lots of DSLR video folks and played with tech toys, I was at Symantec's Vision user conference. Professionally it was very productive, but I would not say fun. I am not a fan of Las Vegas. I am a native New Englander, and I don't think there is any place more opposite to New England in every way than Las Vegas. Even LA has older neighborhoods and some eclectic spots. Las Vegas is wall to wall fake.
Despite my instinctive recoil against Vegas, I was very pleasantly surprised at the food. I stayed at the MGM Grande, and had both a convention lunch and a dinner at Nobhill Tavern. The lunch was one of the best 'serve 100 people at once' lunches I have had in a big hotel. There was some kind of baked fish with a citrus sauce, and a beef short rib. I would have paid for either in a restaurant. Nobhill served family style, and we had sliced strip steak, roast chicken, and lobster pot pie which I think is their signature dish. All were in sort of a 'comfort food' style, and really good. The wine was also good, a Panther Creek Pinot and some type of Torbreck Cab/Shiraz before dinner. Thanks to my Symantec hosts for a wonderful dinner.