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  1. The main difference between the Paesanos food wise is that at the 1604 location the salad is superior (it’s totally different) and they serve a bread/oil/hummus starter. Not sure why the Alamo heights one doesn’t. 

  2. 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

     

    Human ingenuity gave us a way to all but defeat COVID.  But human stupidity is stronger and ultimately will win, so we just need to negotiate the best armistice that we can.

    Agree with most of your post but have to disagree here. I realize people want someone to blame when things go bad, but it looks like the vaccines were never going to all but defeat covid.
     

    We rolled them out as fast as we could. Spread them around a decent percentage of the world. The violent outbreak in India almost a year into the pandemic created the Delta variant which appears to be so contagious it gets around the vaccines to an extent. Look at country with better vaxx compliance than us. Israel, UK are getting hit now. Nature finds a way. We will all be exposed and if you’re vaccinated before you get it you will do better. The hard part will be getting there.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, Eggo said:

    North Italia is a chain. Better than Olive Garden, but there are better options.

    In addition to Battalion, Nonna Osteria is quite good.

    I haven’t been to Nonna since covid. Before that I had the pasta where they light up the  parmesan wheel and make the sauce table side. Was excellent. 

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  4. 31 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Unvaccinated kids create danger for others. That's the point for them, and basically everyone to get vaccinated. 

    So vaccinate kids with a novel vaccine under emergency use authorization for a disease that rarely causes them serious harm, that they don’t spread as much as adults, to protect adults. That is a truly warped, selfish view.
     

    Tell me you don’t have kids, without telling me you don’t have kids. 

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  5. 7 minutes ago, Doc Reeves said:


    would second this for the area. 

    Bohanans is a solid steak place and the best place in town imo. They do have their good/bad nights tho.

    check out Bigas on the Banks. Just down the street and  I’ve always like that place.

    also bliss was mentioned earlier. It’s in King Williams is good

    I can’t believe I forgot Biga. Dumb 

  6. 54 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    It's no more worse than the flu even though it's 2 to 3 times more deadly and can bring along MIS-C with it.

    Given the low risk of Covid to children, why not wait for more data to get my child vaccinated?
    While children are less likely to develop severe illness from Covid-19, they are still at risk. Nearly four million children in the United States have tested positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, and more than 300 have died. This past winter, doctors reported growing numbers of patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C, a condition linked to Covid which can affect multiple organs, including the heart.

    Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and professor at Brown University in Providence, R.I., said she had “zero safety concerns” about the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, noting that hundreds of millions of people worldwide had received it. Her 12-year-old daughter will get vaccinated, and her 9-year-old son will be immunized when he’s eligible, she said.

    “The risk of your child catching Covid and getting really sick is low, but it’s not zero,” said Dr. Ranney. “And the risk of them getting sick or hospitalized or worse with Covid or with the post-Covid multi-inflammatory syndrome is higher than the risk of something bad from this vaccine.”

    Currently about 24 percent of the Covid cases in the United States are in young children, said Dr. Offit. He notes that more American children have died from Covid during the pandemic than die annually from other illnesses for which children are regularly vaccinated. About 75 to 150 children in the United States die of flu each year, he said, and about 100 children die of chickenpox.

    “If I had to convince a parent, I would bring them into the hospital with me and let them round on our Covid ward to see what this disease looks like,” said Dr. Offit. “There’s every reason to get them vaccinated. If I had a 12- to 15-year-old, I would vaccinate them in a minute.”

     

    24 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

    This cavalier attitude of "go ahead, let your kid under 12 get Covid and they'll be fine" pisses me right the fuck off. Serious illness in kids from it is rare but kids do and WILL die unnecessarily from this -- and more so than from the flu, as pointed out above. Kids' schooling and lives will continue to be disrupted in large part because older people refuse the shot. 

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127698/influenza-us-deaths-by-age-group/
     

    This site says 477 deaths for flu in 2018-2019, most of them aged 0-4. In any case, the numbers are minuscule. Going on tv and screaming about how the kids are in danger is largely false.

    If that analyst or whoever wanted to save more kids’ lives he’d go on TV and scream about the importance of your kids getting swimming lessons and safety around water. 

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  7. 23 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

    This is what really pisses me off.

     

     

    This is fear mongering. It isn’t any worse than RSV or the flu to kids.
     

    Here’s a newsflash. With the delta variant around, before the vaccine is approved in kids almost all your children will be exposed to covid. And the overwhelming majority will be fine. 
     

    20 hours ago, Anastasis said:

     

    My almost ten year old spent the ride home from church this morning trying to convince me to help him get a shot. 

     

    Did you tell him he doesn’t need to worry about it?

    17 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Reports that I’ve read are that African-American and Hispanics populations are being vaccinated at a much lower rate that Asians and Whites. I’m not sure your theory will play out that way.

    I currently have a young black patient at my naturopathic gender transition clinic that is a covid denier. Refused to be tested because it’s fake. I was honestly amazed it wasn’t an obvious redneck. 

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  8. For this kind of trip you’re not looking to drive much.
     

    Another close place to downtown that is quality Mexican food is Rosario’s in King William. 
     

    Also if you want to go non Tex-Mex close to King William, Bliss is excellent.  

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  9. 3 hours ago, tigol said:

    I've looked through the thread and tried to find websites for some of the recs.  Staying at the Westin on the Riverwalk this weekend for my husband's birthday.

    This is what I have so far for him to chose from:

    Breakfast:
     
     
     
     

    Lunch:

     
     
     
     
    Dinner:
     
     
     
    Thoughts?  Recs on the RW (I know, I know) would also be appreciated.  Walking distance would be nice.

    For this kind of trip I would also consider a place like La Gloria at the Pearl. Food is good. More like tacos and quesadillas. I like the queso fundido with chorizo. But it has a good  relaxing vibe for a trip with your husband and will give you a chance to cruise around Pearl brewery. Just a thought that came to my mind. 

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  10. 7 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

    This strikes me as an attempt to paint the "Biden economy" as inflationary.  

    Dude, c'mon.  2020 went nowhere and now we're making up lost ground (you remember why, right?).  I hate to tell you this but a lot fo commodities are coming down again (lumber is a good example).   

    I find it sad you want Biden to fail.  

     

     

    The old white guy at the computer is always funny. 

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  11. 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Dude the science is the same for both countries. It is what the reports and publications say. Your issue here is the judgements being made, maybe phrase it as such. That’s not science. 

    Exactly. There’s multiple reasonable interpretations of the same data. People here act like our judgments are infallible and final. #science 

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  12. 1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

    So...you're telling me it's ok to let people lie?

    Got it.

    We should allow disinformation and misinformation to go unabated.

    Right.

    Why don't you continue to fuck off?

    Such a simple minded response. Anyway, here’s what I think about it. 
     

    Lolololol

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