We have a ceiling fan in our dining room! We had asked for one because our dining room light was frayed and unusable and our landlord had said we could buy one or he would replace the light with a fixture of his choosing. We told him to just put what he wanted there because we didn't want to pay for something that we would have to take down when we moved, and he surprisingly chose a ceiling fan! It's probably the cheapest model they had at Home Depot, but it's something.

Doberge cake is a traditional New Orleans style that involves many thin layers of cake with awesome filling between them with a hard-ish frosting exterior: [link]

The ones that Twelve Mile Limit serves are by Debbie Does Doberge: [link] She does cupcakes and "bites" in addition to cakes. Usually 12ml just does the cupcakes and bites but they were selling slices of a blueberry cream cheese doberge cake last night.

Hooray ceiling fans! I couldn't live without ours.

Sounds a little like Smith Island Cake.

Pretty sunrise in the desert. Guess the window isn't facing true east. Thus proving, my sense of direction at night is still kafloey.

Yippee ceiling fan! They really do help a lot. I keep wanting to make one that works on counter weights instead of electricity. Dunno why. I'm not that big of a tinkerer.

Mmmm... doberge cake.

I have never been to Vegas. It's on my list. I was very disappointed when we stayed overnight at the Pala casino that they don't seem to have Texas Hold 'em like you see on TV (or, to be honest about what I was looking for, Red Dead Redemption). The game we sat down to, everyone played against the dealer's hand and there was no rebetting after the flop, turn, and river. Is what I'm thinking of called "sit & go"? Do casinos sponsor casual games like that? (But how would they make money off it?) Or do you have to join a tournament?

(Yes, D = Spidey... aren't we FB friends, omnis?)

I've never been to Vegas either, which is probably a good thing. I like gambling a bit too much so I don't go to casinos very often.

The things that attract me to Vegas are the most expensive things. I get bored with slot machines and I'm terrible at blackjack. I should get my brother to teach me his craps method. It's bad karma because you have to bet against the players but he tends to win money (of course- for all I know he is, like most gamblers, simply forgetting the times he loses).

But I want to go see Penn & Teller and Cirque du Soleil and some fabulously extravagant strip club. And that stuff ain't cheap.

I was in Vegas ... 30 years ago, working at a conference my work place was putting on. We were at Caesar's Palace, which was a really good place for us. I discovered I don't have any taste at all for gambling. However, staff got comped to a show ... Tom Jones, I believe.

Liked Vegas(Anthony Bourdain needs to fucking lighten up...I'm from Phoenix and I still know "NY, NY" is not like New York for real. Duh. Next he'll tell me that isn't a real pyramid and my cosmology will be completely fucked...) Not a gambler.Although ironically, I fit the *profile* of a female gambler almost perfectly. Isolated, chronic condition, looking for excitement. I played on twenty dollars for a few hours, than thought "Why can't people stop doing this?" although I was on the smallest slots so neither won big nor picked up any vibe from fellow humans...maybe those are the attractions. ETA, though the conversation has moved on, I cannot say enough good things about Sensodyne toothpaste. Or my Water-Pik.