Friday, February 22, 2008 | by nathan

If It’s The Last Thing We Ever Do

There are two times of year that I generally hate. One is late summer, near the end of August and the beginning of September, when the summer’s been going on too long and you’re just staring at your sweaters and jeans, begging for an Arctic blast to come so you can dig them from the closet once more.

The other time of year that I find myself, um, just a little cranky is now-ish. Late winter. It’s been going on for too long, and I think we’re all beginning to believe that this is the year that it just stays cold and that nothing ever warms up or gets better. In late winter, it’s malaise.

Brian’s been feeling it too, and we need to get out of this town, out of our lives for awhile. A trip to Vegas would be nice - I’ve been pricing deals at Worry Free Vacations and Orbitz and found one in particular that was incredibly tempting, as it offered a weekend staying at the Wynn, and another which had a room at the Venetian.

But to be honest, at this point I’d take a weekend in Dallas or Austin, anywhere where it’s marginally warmer and sunnier than here, where I can pretend my e-mail is broken and where I can just relax and be for awhile, where I can have a few drinks, take some photos, maybe play a slot or two. We did Vegas about this time last year and it was completely restorative and lovely, despite my initial reservations about going someplace so touristy. Seriously, we’re going nuts here; it’s time to pull out the big guns. Suggestions?