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  1. Can't edit for some reason, but ground lease may not be expiring in the "next few years". Don't recall exactly when, but remember it being a leasehold condo and not on a fee. If that's the case, it will foul up redevelopment for awhile.
  2. Greenwood Towers is on a ground lease (or was) that should be expiring sometime in the next few years. Had someone ask me to review the condo documents to buy a unit there a few years back.
  3. No smoked beef cheeks or garlic cauliflower (gluten free) Mac and cheese for sure. But the wings are very good and the chopped beef sandwich is delicious. And the beer is cold and the patio is awesome. So agree to disagree.
  4. City is apparently trying to put Green Mesquite out of business. Just drove down there from Westlake on Barton Springs and they now have yellow bollards (posts, whatever) preventing you from either doing a U-turn or turning left on Josephine to park on the east side of GM. Instead, you either have to turn early on Jessie and go up and around the Carpenter or turn left on Lamar and then around the block. Look, I realize that the food there (other than the chicken wings which is what I was going to pick up) aren't all that great, but sitting out back under the trees sipping down a Shiner or Fire Eagle while waiting on a to go order or meeting a few friends for lunch for way to long needs some sort of historical protection. And when everyone forgets about We Sorta Try Bluegrass band, they will have died twice.
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    Burgers

    Could you order ahead an OT Special with jalapenos and a side of tots and pick it up as the train went through? Because I would totally ride it then.
  6. Downtown Polvos has a nice patio.
  7. Furious downpour for all of about 3 minutes in West Lake. Over now.
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    Pizza

    Finally tried Jet's on South Lamar for lunch today. 2 slices of Detroit style and a drink for $5.97. Smoken deal and as good as Via's imo.
  9. Best match of the tournament this morning. Ireland v Scotland. Scots currently up 7-3 midway through first half.
  10. ELI5. How is this different than the S&L crisis where savings and loans invested long term (mortgages) and borrowed (deposits) short term and got whipsawed by rising rates in the late 70s/early 80s? And if so, did SVB's executives not study any of that in grad school?
  11. In the early 90s it was Colorado St Bar & Grill. At least the entrance off Colorado was. We offices at the Texas Commerce Bank building and would walk over there through the alley behind Gracy Title after work. Watched Magic announce he was HIV positive there
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    Hot Dogs

    Yeah I meant N. Burnet. Lo siento.
  13. ftf82

    Burgers

    Moreno BBQ smashburger
  14. The homeowner mispronouncing Bowie in that clip justifies everything that happened. Also, according to r/Austin, this happened off Cuernavaca, which nobody would call Northwest Austin.
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    Mexican

    Damn. That sounds awesome and I need to check it out. Reminds me of the place on 6th Street in the early 90s named El Chino, that had all you can eat Mexican and Chinese food lunchtime buffet.
  16. ftf82

    Hot Dogs

    Traditional or something else (like Sonoran)? Everyone raves about T Locs, but I'm honestly not a fan of the style. I prefer traditional with chili, mustard and onions. Sandy's fits the bill for a classic (similar to what Mike's Pub use to serve). Black Sheep and Billy's versions are also very good. Surprisingly Top Notch's are not top notch. And the sit down Sonic on North Lamar is always just fine.
  17. Harry Whittington just died. Apparently not from getting shot in the face by VP Cheney though.
  18. Friends who live off Bee Cave and Walsh Tarlton in our old neighborhood got their power back a couple of hours ago, so hopefully moving quicker now. We lived off Wilderness in the late 90s/early 00s and walked that creek a lot with my kids. AE never cleared it back then either, but the main issue in the 90s was flooding not freezing.
  19. Six Nations starts tomorrow. Prop bet on whether Italy wins a fixture? Who wins it all? Ireland or France? I'll be pulling for Wales to repeat. They play favorite Ireland at 8:30am tomorrow on Peacock.
  20. West side of Westlake Hills has no power and no water. Did get out and try the new pizza place in Rollingwood. Dumb name (Lover Boy Pizza) but good pizza and delicious salad.
  21. Been misting/drizzling for about the last hour in Westlake and many more trees are all of a sudden cracking and dropping branches and limbs. Unless we get some solid rain to help melt off the ice faster before the wind hits tomorrow morning it's going to be apocalyptic in the Hills of WL
  22. Street was blocked this morning with a down tree (we are on a one way in/out dead end street). Got an Uber to pick up mother-in-law on the other side of the downed tree and got her to the airport. Flight just took off. Dry January just ended (literally).
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