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  1. I'm down with that. I heard the area closer to the zoo is good... maybe read the beach was less crowded. I also like visiting local zoos. No idea what theirs is like. Any good cheap food options in that part of Waikiki?
  2. Welp, lopped a week off of our trip because "weird economy" + "damn, Hawaii is expensive" So, we'll stay 3 nights in Waikiki without a car and 4 in nights in Punalu'u with a car. We'll be staying at the red dot. What's good in the hood?
  3. Gracias. Wish I could figure out how to get two more days on the mountain this year
  4. I had a great time at SXSW week. Saw lots of great music and I'm pretty sure I attended 0 official events. Z e r o.
  5. I would go with Lauderdale by the Sea. Very laid back and chill.
  6. Must be them except this gaggle was running the red, maybe to get away from hot pursuit!
  7. That'll do. I just remember one visit. We stayed in Dorsoduro for three nights and then our train back to Rome was cancelled due to a train strike so we had to find a hotel and ended up very close to San Marco and had to stay there. Room was 1) way worse and 2) way more. So was everything else price-wise.
  8. Speaking of street takeovers... My wife and I were leaving east 6th street on Friday night around 10:30. Drove down 7th, made it over and across 35 and then zig zagged back over to west 6th from Guadalupe to take it over to Mopac. So right around the intersection of San Antonio and 6th we stopped at the light. Waiting... waiting... light turns green but just as we're about to continue down 6th, two motorcycles go flying through the red... and then a few more and then tons of motorcycles/e-bikes are flying through the intersection, all running the red light traveling on San Antonio towards 5th street. So, we just sat there and watched the lunacy until we saw two police cars (one was DPS) hauling ass with sirens blaring as they weaved through the masses of motorcycles. Eventually the last ones went through, the police was gone and we continued on our merry way. I have no idea WTF that was about and didn't see anything on the news. Any ideas?
  9. Stock up on Valentina
  10. Some good recs here. I will add that we enjoyed taking a quick day trip out to Tamsui and just walking around, eating, enjoying the day. Can confirm Raohe is great but its been a few years.
  11. Parker Livingston Can't Lose
  12. My only recommendation is to not stay in San Marco. You'll pay too much for lower quality. Look at Dorsoduro, especially in the more residential area.
  13. That I don't know. One I am not qualified to answer. Man, in France I could have picked up rental skis for 200 Euro... skis, bindings... good quality ones. Was really tempted. On a side note, does anyone wax their own skis. There was a guy named Paul at St. Bernard in Austin that would do a good job but he left and I wasn't happy the last time I went there. Anyway, starting to realize that I should just start waxing my own skis between trips and when putting them up for storage. Looks like you can get a basic rig pretty cheap as I just care about waxing, not doing my own edges.
  14. Some of my favorite labels at TJs... most of these are simple, everyday table wines. Nothing fancy. Nothing complex. Just food friendly or hot weather friendly wines. Any of the Prosecco by this winery is excellent Lastly, this is a great stand-in for Prosecco in a spritz...
  15. Depends on each kid. Mine was on 168s this past trip and I was thinking that for skis, I could do it. Boots is still too risky.
  16. We would occasionally go because, why not... its sort of weird... you know, you just go because its there. In Bee Cave? Yeah, that sounds really really terrible. Its basically going to be some lameass Lakeway area Farmer's Market without anything weird about it. Pass.
  17. Just got back from France where seeing dogs in restaurants was not out of the ordinary. I don't have a dog but I was totally fine with it.
  18. Yeah I think certain resorts. You can work the game and try to find some decent deals like the Epic Day pass at CB or some of the packages at Copper. If you want to go somewhere like Breck or Park City, geeet ready. And you will still get bent over on lessons and rentals. Honestly for my money, I'm always going to try to go to Taos or Crested Butte. I feel like the amount of value I get in those places is great. I need to buy my youngest his own pair of skis. He was on 168s this past trip. I was super tempted to get him a pair while in Europe and bring them back because they were having amazing end of season deals. Like stupid deals.
  19. Was out of town during the rain but saw we got 1.4" of rain...
  20. Yeah but it sucks to have to play the pass game. And even when you buy passes, unless you live within easy reach to the mountains, you're probably paying too much. Its a racket. I'm not going to do all the various vacation cost comparisons but if you have a family of four like mine and you buy 4 passes for 6 days at the resort I mentioned, you're at about $1300 for four people. If you want to do the same at Breckenridge using Epic Day Passes, here's your cost below. That's a $1200 difference. We haven't even touched rentals, lessons, guiding, etc. I mean, let's look at this... So... let's say you pay $63/day for equipment... I went to a local INTERSPORT shop in the town where we were in France. I had already rented six days of equipment for my other son and that was all paid up for about $200 for higher end all mountain gear. Anyway, I then added the following: * 2 days of intermediate rentals for my other son * 1 day of avalanche gear rental for me * 1 hand wax of my skis Total - 87 Euro
  21. Yes! While I am not a fan of the European tendency to use buses to go to/from the terminal, I do appreciate using both doors. Posting this from a plane and the dude in the row in front of my had a ridonculous carry-on that barely fit in the new, upgraded UA bins. F that dude.
  22. Slow ass people who clog the aisle during boarding/deplaning
  23. Funny... all depends where you go because it can get very mellow. But the big cities, yeah.
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