(switchin’ vote to Canada to hang out with Sue and Moosie)…Sorry…I’ve gotta go with anyone that plays Naked Twister…assuming the Canadian version doesn’t mean you keep all your clothes on… 
Atrael you are wise beyond your years!!
I am me… accept it or not.
Sue-
How do you know how old I am?..And wise in what aspect?..To switch my vote?..or in guessing that your version of Naked Twister is with clothes?..
Also, is there even a tentative date set for this?
Vegas would be awsome… I am moving there in a week beleive it or not! I would also go to Kansas City… I lived my whole life there up till a year and 8 months ago… be nice to see family again too… BTW if you need any info on KC just let me know, I know it like the back of my hand.
Actually, Coldfire’s suggestion of visiting his fair country is not so unreasonable. Provided one does not mind seeing Amsterdam in the January-March months.
I would love to see everyone’s reaction to the coffeehouses and prostitution.
There are always cheap flights during this time (From Detroit about $350 round trip) I’m sure from other cities (ORD, BOS, JFK, CVG) would be about the same. Those of you in Assboink, well, you would be screwed Or, everyone could go to Paris (prices about the same) and the damn frogs would think it was an invasion and surrender to the Dopers… Personally, I’d rather do AMS or Paris any day of the week, but I’m a travel snob. Coldfire can put us all up, I’m sure 
Anyways, there are very reasonable packages from all major US cities to Vegas. Roundtrip air and hotel (From DTW) runs about $380 per person, based on double occupancy.
You are never long in a hotel room once in Vegas so staying in something like the Mirage or Caeser’s isn’t necessary. There are lower status places like the Tropicana that are a block off the strip and you still can walk to all the sights.
If I could go, I’d pick Vegas only because it is very affordable and great gobs of fun.
Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.
Atrael… no idea how old you are… I was taught the fine art of Naked Twister by an American actually… altho I’ve never played… she tells me it can be very entangling
I am me… accept it or not.
Chicago is closer to me, but if given the choice between Vegas and Chicago, I guess I would pick Vegas. Not for the gambling, mind you, but for the Star Trek exhibition they have in one of the hotels (MGM Grand maybe, can’t remember off hand). I also want to see the Stratosphere. Me and the hubby could both fly there for about $500 round-trip.
Shadowfox
“We are what we pretend to be.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
My vote is for Canada too… If you get too hot playing naked twister…they have some wonderful fountains in front of their government buildings to play in. Not to mention what that mountain air does to one’s… hormone level.
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good
things.” --Edgar Degas
On the other hand, Amsterdam and Las Vegas have the bonus offering of legal prostitution…after the Hot Game of Naked Twister, where the hell would I go in Canada to “relieve stress”?
Atrael, you could try your luck on Jarvis St. in Toronto.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
– John Kenneth Galbraith
Moosie…gee thanks… Not was I was hopeing for…Anyway, to get back to the OP, I’ll go almost anywhere in CONUS.
I’m up for a trip to Chicago. What month are we looking at?
rubes
I vote for Las Vegas. Fun town and if you go in the off season you can get great rates. Umm, who is going to tally the votes and get this organized? Now, don’t all start pointing at once!
Best!
Byz
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Go, Assboink!
Damnit Beatle, how am I going to score brownie points with Sue and Moosie if the thing only lets me vote once?..I can’t stuff the ballot box… 
All right, who are all these people in St. Louis? I’m still stickin’ with Vegas, dammit.
Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
WHile there may be cheap food SOMEWHERE in Vegas, it requires knowing where they are and having a way to get there. When I was there I spent 3 days in miserable heat, starving to death in an overpriced hotel room, unable to shell out the huge $$$$ to see any shows or anything and being lonely while everyone else went off to see all the expensive fanciness.
I’d vote for Memphis, myself… Chicago is pretty forking expensive as well.
Now… what about DC? The suburbs aren’t too expensive (VA, MD, etc) for hotels and just about everything entertainment wise is FREE.
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Hell, I’ll vote for DC…I could (probably) even put some people up at my place if need be. (Need to ask roomie, but I think she’d be cool with it.)
“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” - George Carlin
again I vote for Canada. The dollar is worth a heck of alot more up there, and the food is plentiful. At least it is when Sue’s 8 yr old isn’t around =)
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good
things.” --Edgar Degas