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  1. i would not recommend the uber. if you fly into nashville, rent a car and you are free to design your own tour. drinking too much is easy to avoid. the roads are narrow and curvy and have lots of tourists on them. just stay moderately sober/slightly inebriated, sample an oldfashioned here and there, sample some tastings, enjoy your time there. i just like the freedom of having your own car and being able to hit an extra distillery if youre up for it, skipping one if youre not, etc. the other option is you will see a ton of tourist shuttle vans in every distillery parking lot, dropping people off, picking people up, taking them to the next stop. bourbon boys, bourbon bros, just google it and you will find plenty of options to shuttle you around. those people seem to be having a good time. dont know anything about the cost, or the flexibiliity, but thats what the internet is for.
  2. i did two nights in bardstown and 1 in lousville, and it was about 2 nights too short. in bardstown, really enjoyed willet, makers mark, and evan williams. not sure which direction lexington is but we took the backroads from bardstown to louisville and hit four roses, woodford, turkey, and then on to frankfort and buffalo trace, which is pretty much the outskirts of louisville.
  3. i lived in san antonio for 11 years, and i could have my kayak in the water in 2 hrs it's closer to 4 now that i'm back in austin. so much harder, plus having to deal with the ferry now. if you only went once or twice a year, you could deal with it. but its a real bummer to try to get down there for a quick day of fishing with this drive. has definitely put a damper in my fishing.
  4. was in frankfort for spring break and they were flying off the shelf like they were gold. i had no idea it was hard to find now either, but was at 3 liquor stores here in austin on monday and didnt see a bottle.
  5. i've gotten turned off of specs and rarely go anymore. i've had some suspicious suggestions, that probably work on a lot of bourbon shoppers, but that's not really it. i just think total is a more pleasant experience. the one suspicious thing about total is, that have about 10 brands you never heard of or seen in your life. makes you wonder. and they'll have 8 cases of one of them stacked in the aisle. if a liquor stored ordered a case of buffalo trace, they might get one bottle. how you gonna get 8 cases of something? red flags a-flappin. if you buys 8 cases of this i'll let you use my timeshare in cabo. somekind of kickback deal going on. when i lived in san antonio it was a dearth of liquor stores. austin is lucky to have many quality independent liquor stores. i hit a few routinely, and still like to visit total but mostly for non-bourbon things.
  6. he was the first choice but wasnt sure he wanted to do it.
  7. ken jennings says hi
  8. You don’t need to hike or raft. Lots of scenic overlooks, most you have to park and walk to so there’s your exercise.
  9. agree with all of this. liz was one of the worst players in the history of the series. epic failure on the producers for not vetting better. for her to say they were toast, that she had them so beat, what the hell? she needs to get out of her head a little. and blaming her wrists for not being able to make fire? she can hold a fork okay at applebees, but not a knife? going into the final three, when it was up to the jury, i thought charlie had it. he was the most strategic of the three. he lost it at the last tribal. totally came off poorly, like you said, whereas kenzie came off as the nice one. i think it was one of the best seasons ever though. so many wild turns and unpredictable stuff happening. never has there been a more unpredictable final 4 than that one. the nerdiest, mousiest, least intimidating final 4 ever. no one would have predicted those 4 to be the last standing. crazy season.
  10. i had forgotten about martin brothers. according to the google, they opened in '80, same year as whole foods (because they were in whole foods for awhile). closed in '97. el patio is a place i forgot that is also still there on that stretch from the early 80's.
  11. i cant think of too many places that were around in the early 80's that are are still around on that stretch of guadalupe. party barn and thundercloud are about all that come to mind. what i always thought was funny about wheatsville was there was a birkenstock store right next door. wheatsville pre-dates whole foods by 4 yrs. i doubt they give them credit but i dont think there would have ever been a whole foods without wheatsville giving them the idea.
  12. my thought was she had every intention of voting for him until he said he was using her as a shield. her eyes got real big as if he was shocked thats how he saw things.
  13. i lived a couple of blocks away from '82-'92. i shopped there a couple of times. i respected it for what it was and what they were trying to do, but surprised it lasted this long.
  14. i'm sure i watched it but dont recall that season at all. just googled all the locations for all the seasons and seems like they've covered them all (except maybe new mexico). no wonder they picked wisconsin. whats next, iowa? I think the blandness of wisconsin, coupled with the missing padma was a double whammy. kristen hasnt done a terrible job though. homeboy might win this thing. he started out shaky but is hitting his stride at the right time.
  15. its been a pretty boring season, but that's wisconsin for you. you kind of knew going into it this was going to be a stretch - beer, cheese, bar snacks. this is not a good food destination. the chefs are having a hard time with it, but the producers are having just as difficult a time coming up with decent challenges. i would have saved the cranberries for a new england season (which i hope they think of soon). i dont think the chefs are that bad. a lot of talent. they're just young, theyre no masters or allstars but all decent chefs putting out good food.
  16. i thought it was one of the best movies i've seen in month. saw it a few weeks ago the weekend it came out on whatever premium channel it came out on. very well done.
  17. tom holland, jennifer lawrence, timothee chalamet
  18. i dont agree with this at all. you could have said that about the last 5 tribals where someone has gone home with an idol. anyone could have told that person to play their idol but chose to mislead them. thats part of the game. kenzie knew people wanted to vote tiff, but never mentioned it. she told them it wasnt the right time and mistakenly thought they agreed with her. maria mistakingly thought everyone agreed to vote charlie so didnt warn q. and i also disagree that it was stupid to take liz over maria. i believe all 4 left are crystal clear that maria is going to win this thing. it needs to be 4 against 1, and maria has to know that too, and that the day she loses immunity is the day she goes home. what i thought was the most interesting part of the episode was charlie and maria sitting on the boat together saying how close they are and how i cant wait for my kids to meet uncle charlie, while behind their backs they're plotting and scheming to blindside the other.
  19. looks like lakeway marina.
  20. just what we needed, another unicorn. they have a vodka that's outrageously priced too. i'll take the wheatley for $20, thank you.
  21. this has to be the best liars of any season. hunter was the only one that had an intuition he might be blindsided. no one else had a clue. we have to be getting close to a record for players voted out with idols in their pocket. pretty impressive run for maria to be near a record for immunity wins by a female. will be interesting to see how she handles being on the wrong side of the vote for the first time.
  22. you obviously arent a bourbon fan. you could probably hit 3-4 civil war sites on this trip. if you had time, maybe visit some of the barrier islands off georgia. tybee is real close to savannah.
  23. forgot about barzini's. that was awesome. the other thing i forgot about is how fantastic and well-casted the two dumpster-diving kids were. they were hilarious.
  24. i watched it last night and laughed my ass off. i thought it was hilarious. its ron burgundy/dumb and dumber kind of dumb, but as long as you arent expecting something highbrow you should be fine. ironically, jerry seinfeld is the worst actor in the movie and probably the least funny. i do agree with one of the posters above that commented about the target age demographic. it definitely helps to be over 50 to get this era of american society. last comment: hugh grant was almost academy award worthy. great performance from him in this.
  25. thrillhammer

    TexMex

    i came across a newsfeed article about a place off jones or west road - jersey village/cyfair area. can anyone think of a place out that way that would be worthy of writing an article about them? may have been about barbacoa, may have been about menudo. there was something that stood out there. i meant to save but seems lost forever now.
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