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  1. For those of you with equally bad math skills, here's the actual math:
  2. At the game and missed it. Think it was a foul ball into the Aggie dugout. Don’t know who it hit.
  3. hornian

    Cajun

    I went to the one up north a bunch of times before it closed, but never the south. Assuming it’s the same, it’s worth a stop.
  4. I went with my wife and some friends to Ling Kitchen last night for my birthday. It's a chef's table dining experience in North Austin (near Ohlen Road and 183 - so not the best part of town - they have you park in the back behind a gated entrance that you have to have a code to get into). It's by Chef Ling Wu, who also runs Ling Wu, Qi, and Lin Asian Bar in town. You have to make reservations ahead of time (duh), and they don't open up reservations for the following month until the first of the preceding month. The setup is a 10 course tasting menu, $150pp, reservations only in groups of 2/4/etc. They advertise it as a 10 seat experience, but last night there was at least double that. Still small, and intimate - but they must have gotten their sea legs and feel comfortable with a larger group now. The dining table is in the kitchen, so you see most of the dishes being prepared - but it's not obtrusive at all. Let me get it out of the way - this is worth doing. It is one of the best dining experiences I've had in Austin (not the best - that would be at Restaurant Jezebel (RIP)), and well worth $150 per person. They do not do a wine pairing, but they have an extensive wine list and spirits list, so you can certainly add on as you please. There is only one seating a night, and only 3 nights a week (Friday/Saturday/Sunday), so you do need to book out in advance unless you get lucky and they have a last minute cancellation. The dinner starts at 6:30, but they have a hot tea/champagne meet and greet starting at 6:00, and they ask you to be there on time so that they can star at 6:30 on the dot. Start to finish, it is just about 3 hours, and you don't feel rushed or like it is dragging on. The do have some breaks in between the courses, and they do things to make it more communal (like having you go around the table and introduce yourself and give a fun fact - which sounds corny but it was actually fun - I guess I'd had enough wine by then). Long cat post with photos in the spoiler below: It was a great experience - I would gladly go back for future special occasions (so if anyone wants to invite me, feel free). With wine and drinks and tip it was close to double the price as the food alone, which is not unexpected, but want to make sure that people aren't surprised. I do wish they had a wine pairing, because I'd rather have several different wines instead of sharing a bottle or two, but that's just a personal preference. All in all, I'm happy I finally made it there, and I'm glad we have this restaurant in Austin.
  5. hornian

    Burgers

    Except their house-made ketchup for the fries is an abomination.
  6. hornian

    Cajun

    Catfish Parlor down on 71?
  7. Madeline Connor is going to get the last laugh.
  8. How'd they find out? All my neighbors in that area always said not to involve the city and they wouldn't snitch on each other.
  9. It's good, but making rice with this is better:
  10. I asked this year … I was told by LHF you have to have $1MM of lifetime donations to even get on a waiting list for a suite currently.
  11. Last weekend of April and First weekend of May. But its out at the Race Track.
  12. We hit Atchafalaya for brunch on the way out of town and … was disappointed. I had high expectations and it didn’t live up to them. It started strong with the fried green tomatoes app (it comes with three but asked for them to plate it with 4 since there were four of us and they obliged). That was a very good rendition, but that was the high point. I had the breakfast risotto - it was pretty much a jambalaya made with boudin (I know it wasn’t actually that, but that’s the flavor notes it hit) with a poached egg and pork belly. It was … fine. Good but not great - and needed liberal helpings of crystal hot sauce. I also ordered a biscuit on the side, and it was dry. Came with jam but not butter. It was $5 and not worth fifty cents in my opinion - I didn’t even finish half of it. My sister had the shrimp and grits - this was probably the best dish at our table but it’s not the best shrimp and grits to be had in NOLA like some people say. My brother had the duck hash and it was good, and my mom enjoyed her crab cake Benedict. But we all agreed it was several steps below the other places we hit this weekend. Oh well - even a step down was still a pretty darn good meal, the weather was fantastic all weekend, and can’t knock spending time with my mom in a city I love (she’s in good health, but 70s are still 70s and you don’t take anything for granted). I’m back in Austin now and already counting down the weeks until I’m back for Jazz Fest.
  13. Typing this all on my phone so excuse any fat finger mistakes. We are here for my mom’s birthday - she’s turning 72 and hasn’t ever really been to New Orleans, so I planned to hit a lot of places that I’ve been and that I’ve been wanting to try to show her what she’s been missing. I’d never been to GW Fins, but based on this thread it was our first night’s dinner. We had an early reservation, but had to push it back because the rest of my family was delayed getting in. It was worth the wait. I didn’t get pictures of everything, just a couple of entrees - Scalibut was outstanding and the dry aged yellowfin was otherworldly: The table also had the lobster dumplings and smoked yellowfin dip for starters; Parmesan crusted sheepshead and sea scallops for additional entrees, and desserts that were outstanding - the Salty Malty ice cream pie took the honors. But no photos of any of those. So far it’s been the best - and most expensive - meal of the trip. We are staying off Magazine in the lower Garden District. This morning had some coffee at Mojo Coffee House and laughed about this flyer: Then walked down to Molly’s Rise and Shine for a light breakfast since we had Jazz Brunch booked at Commanders. It might not photograph well but this Roasted Carrot Yogurt with Granola there is one of the best dishes in New Orleans in my opinion: And this hash brown with anchovy crème fraiche and salmon roe my sister ordered was delicious: We went to Commander’s Palace for Jazz Brunch, and it hasn’t lost its fastball - everyone enjoyed it. My septuagenarian mom told the Jazz trio she was a Robert Johnson fan and they played a jazz version of Crossroads for her; complete with using her knife along the frets on the guitar to get the sound right. Bette than “somewhere over the rainbow” a table asked for a few minutes earlier. I forgot to take photos of much there, but I did get one of my entree - a duck confit / Leidenheimer bread french toast dish they called “Ponchatoula Strawberry Glazed Duck Pain Perdu” I don’t know how to describe it - it all worked but I’d never think to put it all on one plate. I went and looked up the description because there’s no way I’d remember it all: “Citrus confit picked duck leg rolled in macerated strawberries and sticky praline syrup over griddled Leidenheimer French bread stuffed with French Truck café au lait spiked Creole cream cheese.” I also had the turtle soup and the soufflé, and a lot of brandy milk punch and left happy - but also needed to walk around the Garden District after all of that. We did a lot more walking and sightseeing after that - took a street car down to the quarter, went to Jackson Square, etc. My mom is an artist (watercolors and printmaking for the most part) and has never met a stranger, so she was in her element. We came back to the Garden District for dinner tonight and went to Shaya. I didn’t get any good pics there and even if I had, it wouldn’t have done it justice. I don’t think fancy hummus/baba ganoush/masouka/kafta kebabs/etc and pita bread are all that photogenic, but it was all amazing. And the cocktails all hit it out of the park. I haven’t seen Shaya mentioned here much but it should be on your radar if you’re in town for more than one day. It was a great change of pace, and just plain great to be honest. GWFins gets the slight nod from me for best meal of the trip so far, but this was a close second. We have a late breakfast/early brunch reservation tomorrow morning at Atchafalaya which I’m looking forward to, and then it’s back on a plane to Austin while the rest of my family drives back to Houston/San Antonio/Corpus. All in all, not a bad first trip to New Orleans for my mom - I hope she comes back a lot now that she’s retired and has the time. There’s a lot more places I’d like to show her that we didn’t have time to get to.
  14. I am waiting at the gate at ABIA to head to NOLA. My stomach right now:
  15. I’ve got 4 tickets (2 in 109 and 2 in L3) and one parking pass to the game tonight and I’m out of town. If anyone wants them send me a PM and I can transfer electronically. EDIT: Tix are gone, hook ‘em!
  16. Just curious, and no judgment - did you sell to another investor, or to someone who plans to use it as a full time residence?
  17. In the past it was a player who had gone pro because you couldn’t pay the players for their NIL when the game was previously made. Now you can. So there’s no direct precedent.
  18. This is just the bullet points from BoR agenda, not actual employment contract. There is no way to know any of the terms, other than annual salary/incentives from the BoR agenda. Anything about whether it is fully guaranteed or not, what the buyout is, etc. is contained in the actual contract, not the BoR agenda. And since this is an extension, the most likely thing is that it is literally that - extending the prior contract and amending the annual compensation. Just wait, the actual contract extension will come out at some point and all your caterwauling will likely be for naught.
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