I returned from Las Vegas a few days ago. I haven’t uploaded photos from the trip or found time to sit at the laptop. If I could describe Las Vegas in one word it would be: artificial. (But fun, of course).

At the moment I’m sitting at Espresso Royale Café suffering through the barista’s music selection. My sandwich arrived cold in the middle and my drink is sub par. This is not the coffee shop experience that makes leaving the apartment worthwhile.