Oh right.

Every time I start thinking Reno is a real sort of semi-metropolitan, cosmopolitan-sophisticated type of city, someone pops up to remind me, oh right, THIS is Reno.

A couple of weeks ago a coworker and I were dropping a work truck off at a dealer repair place. We chatted about where to have lunch as we waited for the paperwork or whatever, and as always I proposed going to a Vietnamese restaurant. The receptionist looked at me wide-eyed and said "Vietnamese?"

"Um, yeah, it's really good. I eat it all the time. Pho 777 is the best, but we might go try this new place--"

"Do they cook, you know, weird stuff?"

"Well, you know, they cook noodles and rice and beef and pork."

"I mean, you know, [stage whisper] LIKE CATS AND STUFF?"

Oh right. This is Reno.

Later she asked me, "Have you tried...SUSHI?"

Wow. Yes.