I'm finally packing for the business part of my 2 week trip. It's a business unit "managers" meeting. Don't ask me how we can have about 60 managers in such a small business unit but we do. Anyway, the only instructions say "MEETING ATTIRE: Resort/Business Casual (bring comfortable footwear)." We're staying at the Marriott Resort, Spa and Golf. I did find out dinner is "on the strip" one evening.

How casual can I be for "on the strip? At 100 degrees, I'd be in my Sportif skorts and a Royal Robbins blouse normally. Will this be OK? I know that the evening acitivities last winter were such activities as pool at the sports bar and watching an NFL game. Yawwwn. Oh well.

How casual can I get away with for the evening of "dinner on the strip"? Do I need to wear a simple summer dress and flat sandals?

And, BTW, a curse on companies that start meetings at 8 am and then plan evening activites from 6-10 pm. How not to keep your employees healthy and happy? Run 'em into the ground. You know the sales staff will still expect me to keep up with their requests. Grouse, grouse, grouse.