therealdeal.com – The whirlwind of meetings, negotiations, emails and parties that fertilizes the soil in which deals take root each year at RECon in Las Vegas is also, frankly, exhausting.

Even for hardy New Yorkers.

To cope with the unrelenting intensity of the annual International Council of Shopping Centers’ convention, many attendees have come up with ways to find nirvana in the desert.

The Real Deal surveyed New York dealmakers on their coping mechanisms. We found a wide range of activities, including mellow morning rituals as well as planned post-event vacations to look forward to. Others indulged in hiking, biking, fast cars and gun smoke.