Also creditable are staples like lasagna, an overwhelming paving-stone slab of meat and ricotta with micro-greens on top.

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The interior of this Reno home continues the stone theme with slab floors and an enormous, multi-level rock fireplace.

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Ahead, a giant man sprawls naked atop a pink towel on an inclined slab of stone, holding his chubby arm over his eyes to block out the sun.

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Relics of Goat Island's convict origins remain, including a seat carved out of stone by Charles Anderson, an inmate who was sentenced to be tied to a particularly large slab of the island for two years.

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