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  1. I mean, I like all of it (screaming and less screaming) but you have to admit Hair of Dog is pretty damn good
  2. Good stuff @jimmyjazz
  3. I mean, this Target shooting... to be fair, have you seen how messy their stores are lately? One can kind of understand...
  4. Its called the GFS crying wolf. People love to post individual model runs or other scary pictures as clickbait and to drive engagement. When someone posts, "hey, look what's happening in two weeks", no one knows. Its too far our to be remotely accurate. https://theeyewall.com/long-range-forecast-scareicane-season-has-arrived-for-the-eastern-gulf/
  5. Man, I know what the numbers say but I also know what all four of us in the family felt this past weekend I used to say the same shit when I Iived in Houston and I'm telling you it feels absolutely more comfortable in Austin. Breeze in Houston was non existent this weekend. Nice wind tonight in SW Austin. That said, every time I go to POST I say it's one of the best things Houston has done in years.
  6. Visiting family and I was out walking along Terry Hershey this morning. How the F did I live in this for years? Insta-sweat.
  7. Duly noted although my chances of hitting that location are slim. @Nivek Mars was great. Went there during my bachelor party weekend.
  8. Ate here tonight so the world is good I will spare my Houston bitchfest for 12-24 hours. Oh, and no matter what, Go Astros. Suck it Yankees!
  9. texasdago

    2025 ACL

    Some Irish dude. Must be a leprechaun, I don't know.
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    2025 ACL

    Was looking at some of the early Friday acts. Saw a band named Amble. Don't know them. Google. First picture tells me its a hard pass:
  11. Whataboutism. They control Houston and the city just takes it to a new level. Always has. Ashby/Langley is a great example
  12. Not going to agree with you there. Austin food is better than it used to be. Leaps and bounds better than it used to be. But it has a long way to go to catch Houston. Now, I'm lazy and don't want to go too far so I know I'm missing out on places further north but I've had some damn good pho up north of 183 and great Persian closer to Anderson Lane and 183 but its not the same set up as Houston. Austin definitely kills it when it comes to food trucks but I will kill to find a truck like this close to me in Austin - https://share.google/7vmRMoUzFC4gbgkEo
  13. Yeah, Menil is awesome. I love that area - I saw they just closed down Bistro Menil which I really liked. Bummer. https://www.papercitymag.com/restaurants/bistro-menil-restaurant-closing-houston-chef-greg-martin/ Re: tourists visiting Houston... when I talk to people/clients who visit from out of the country they tend to do three things in Houston: 1. Eat 2. Shop 3. Go to JSC I don't think they ever tell me about visiting museums. If they go to Galveston, they certainly have opinions.
  14. THIS I have family there I have clients there Otherwise, I wouldn't go back. "Oh you live in Austin, you don't know" I lived in Houston for decades... and over time is slowly wore on me. The more I traveled, the more I realized that the parts of Houston I liked felt like other cities, not Houston. Yes, food scene is amazing... museums kick ass. I have a chub for the Mies Van Der Rohe MFAH and the museum district in general... I love Herman Park but that's not enough.
  15. F 99 and the sprawl it has caused... and the people that shaped policy to line their pockets. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/11/02/texas-sprawl-builders-funneled-taxpayer-to-highway-that-enriched-them Follow the money. In Houston, developers run the show.
  16. I'll see someone on IG post some restaurant in Round Rock or Cedar Park... shoot, anywhere near 183 and I'm like... Why my visits to the Domain are once a year and usually to meet a client. I lived on the west side of Houston and dated a girl in Spring back in college. That sucked sooooo badly. It was like the end of the world.
  17. Plenty on this board that live closer to town. People in Pearland, Katy, Pecan Grove, etc who would say they live in Houston. Nah man... you're in Katy or whatever, just like that guy in Leander saying he lives in Austin. Nope.
  18. Won't anyone think of the whales?
  19. Definitely worth going through her "work day"
  20. Did you go last night?
  21. https://www.threads.com/@douglewinenergy Also... https://www.threads.com/@douglewinenergy/post/DMvCrFYIYE4?xmt=AQF0fST6cSmPKPtur6NM7FcAIsOj1FG6ZmmovIrtVNdtHg
  22. Ditto... well, once. And when we lived in Houston, we would spend lots of time in the Heights, Museum District, Montrose area, other inside the loop areas... I always said that Houston had plenty of Austin-like weird in areas like The Heights and Montrose and closer to town. I go back at least every 3-4 weeks, mostly for business and mostly to visit my parents. Driving all over town is an absolute beating (ex: appointment in Westchase followed by an appointment east of the airport and then one in Tomball) but I do love going back to the Heights, Garden Oaks and into town to areas that probably feel more like Austin (ex: Sawyer Yards... that still a thing?)... but save for visiting a place like Truck Yard, there's just no draw to downtown. Sucks about midtown... I thought it would make it but I hear its gone really downhill. BTW last time I had a meeting downtown I also ran to Kefita Coffee which I thought was cool (https://maps.app.goo.gl/3sW6NooZDRRsRHND8)
  23. Is this thing still standing? Haven't looked lately...
  24. This is from 2023. Red is parking. Unless Houston solves this with density, residential, shopping, entertainment, etc. I don't know what to tell you. “This parking is often clustered around main streets, office districts, and historical cores, creating a dead zone around the city’s most valuable and walkable areas that limits residential and commercial growth. Cities with high parking have ample land that could be devoted to building walkable neighborhoods, vibrant parks, or office districts,” the group writes. https://cw39.com/traffic/paved-paradise-maps-show-how-much-of-us-cities-are-parking-lots/ Article has a pull-down menu that allows you to see other cities... I mean, y'all... this sucks. Dead zones. LOL Arlington
  25. Oh hai GFS Remember when NOLA was wiped out in June? Me either...
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