I wasn’t able to discuss this previously but I just recently moved to Las Vegas.  I relocated here with my business partner Mike and his wife.  It was a pretty crazy last-minute decision.  About a month ago I had no idea I was moving and as recently as a few weeks ago I didn’t even know where I was moving to.  But once we decided to move, we sold stuff in Cayman in a matter of a few days and got on a plane to Las Vegas.  We shipped a whole bunch of boxes and we’re renting a house in Henderson while we search for office space.  Once we finalize office space I’ll get a more permanent place to live.

I bought a car last week also.  I ended up going with a 335i coupe because I wanted a stick shift and it was the best overall option in the area.  I was basically debating between a 335i coupe and a G37 6MT (similar to what I had in Atlanta a few years back).  Here’s a picture of the car:

We still have our office in Costa Rica and we plan on keeping it there. We’re actually about to move office spaces down there as well. But we want to hire some US-based people and this seemed like the best overall way for us to accomplish our long-term goals. I don’t think any of us are so sure how the hiring process will go but we shall see.

While I’m sad to leave Cayman after only a year, there is a part of me that feels really happy to be back in the states. There are upsides and downsides to everywhere but some of the upsides to the US just can’t be duplicated elsewhere. Cayman was ridiculously expensive and moving here has cut my monthly living expenses by about $3k. Maybe even more. And Costa Rica was cool in some ways but the infrastructure there is just incredibly tilting in a bunch of ways. The US (and especially LV) offers a pretty good combination of high quality of living, low cost of living, great entertainment options, etc. So overall I’m happy about the move although a part of me would have been really excited to stay in Cayman for another year or two.

Other than car buying and office hunting I haven’t done too much since I flew in to LV last week. I did go down to the Wynn to meet up with my high-school friend Raphael who was in town for a long weekend. The two of us went to Naked Fish for sushi and I definitely recommend that place. Reasonably priced and very good sushi. Last night I went to Nobu at Hard Rock which was a lot less reasonably priced but very good nonetheless. It’s a good place for me to go every once in awhile but I don’t think it’s worth paying for it on a regular basis. For the stuff I got (cut rolls, nigiri, etc) I couldn’t tell the difference between Nobu and Naked Fish except that one was in a nice casino and one was in a strip mall a few miles off the strip.

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