I've got a brother in Memphis, so I'd have additional incentive if someone were to pimp that, but I've heard that's not a particularly good walking city. Granted, I heard that about Atlanta too, and where we were for the F2F worked out just fine.

I don't get the Branson thing. And now for some reason I'm earwormed with Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO.

Also, there should be a Sizlack, MO. And a Flaming, MO.

I'm also big on Kansas City as an option.

Between St. Louis and Kansas City, . . . I'd choose Dallas.

(All three are places where my DH has family/grew up so they're all linked in my wee brain.)

It would be interesting to see proposals from St. Louis and KC, to see what folks who aren't in-laws do for fun.

Nashville's come up in the past - is that central? Milwaukee's also an option, as is a return to Chicago.

I've got a brother in Memphis, so I'd have additional incentive if someone were to pimp that, but I've heard that's not a particularly good walking city. Granted, I heard that about Atlanta too, and where we were for the F2F worked out just fine.

I could look into some possibilities. Some new downtown hotels have opened up since 2005. If we kept everything central to downtown, it'd just be two cab- or rental car-rides for each person flying in.

I don't mind Memphis, it is the Place 'O Matt.

brenda, Nashville was nominated last time the central's turn came around. As was Toronto.

Kansas City: walkable, cheap, jazz, steaks

Nashville, Toronto, and Minneapolis were all nominated last time. I am pro all of those cities. I am also pro-Madison.

I am NSM on the Dells.

I am Hell No on the Dells. Sorry. All of the downsides of overbuilt, overhyped family tourist traps, with none of that pesky convenience to anywhere you might actually be coming from.