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Ollie Slatt

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  1. I was just about to guess Tommasos.  It would be hard to think of a more stereotypical classic Italian restaurant than that.  

    For the really good Italian food in SF, you generally have to get outside of North Beach and go somewhere like Flour+Water (the Mission) or A16 (the Marina).  However, the North Beach places are still fun if you like the kitschy old-school Italian-vibe (pictures of Sinartra, red and white tablecloths, candles in Chianti bottles, etc.) Of those places, my favorites are probably Tommasos and Firenze by Night (which has great gnocchi)       

  2. Interesting thread.  I am actually in the process of looking at houses zoned to Doss because I have young kids and am under the impression the Doss - Murchison - Anderson track is about the best option in AISD.  I have no interest in moving further out of central Austin or dealing with the privilege/entitlement issues in Eanes.   Is there really a cause for concern with Anderson, or are people on this thread being dramatic? 

    The one issue I have with Northwest Hills is that housing falls into two categories: single-family homes in the $750k-1.5M range; and run down apartments.  It seems like the divide between have and have not could be pretty obvious in that setting and create some interesting social dynamics among kids.       

  3. Anybody know when the new Tatsu-ya place is opening on Burnet next to the TacoDeli?   It seems like it has been rumored for almost a year, but I have not heard anything about an opening date.  

    I know this is a thread about Anderson, but its the same general area. 

  4. East Side Cafe is closing at the end of the month.  Not many restaurants in Austin that I would be truly upset if they closed, but this is one of them.   I have been going there for 15+ years, and that buttermilk pie is one of the best food items in the city.   

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  5. 16 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

    For me, it's a matter of preference + I only need to lose 20 lbs max, so it won't be a long term lifestyle change.

    I actually don't mind feeling like crap if I can eat.  60 hours in and I've yet to feel any neg effects other than some insomnia last night.

    Plan is to get below 200 then make slight lifestyle changes in diet and exercise, to stay under.

    This was basically my thinking with Keto first time around.  I dropped 35 pounds over 5-6 months and then started reintroducing some carbs into the diet.  The problem was that I had grown accustomed to eating a lot of high fat food, and when you add carbs back it is a recipe for fast weight gain.  I gained everything back over the course of a year.  Now in round 2 of keto and this time will do a lot more thinking about my exist plan and what a post-keto diet should look like.  

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  6. 41 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Honestly Matt's is probably the best TexMex in Austin. Shit, the original Chuy's is actually pretty good still. For more traditional/interior (even though it's pretty tex-mexy) Fonda still blows anything else out of the water. Manuel's is okay. 

    Agree with most of this except about Fonda. The atmosphere is great, but its food is not blowing anyone out of the water.  Suerte is easily better and El Naranjo is at least as good.  

  7. I like the 10+ course tasting menus just like everyone else, but they all kind of run together in my memory to the point that no specific one stands out.  So here are some simpler meals: 

    - Cafe Jacqueline in SF:  Tiny restaurant run by an old french woman.  The entire menu is comprised of souffles. 

    - Antico Noe in Florence:  Sandwich shop in an alley.  I just remember sitting outside with some friends and eating what had to be the best sandwich of my life.     

    - I once finished up an 8 day backpacking trip that included some epic trout fishing.  Body was completely breaking down by the end of the hike.  We get back to the car and I polish off a sleeve of thin mints and a beer.  15 years later it is still lodged in my memory.  Nothing tastes better than good food after a long day of backpacking or hunting.  

  8. I like some of Midland's songs, but they are not in the same league as Sturgill, Margo Price, or a lot of the other indie country acts out there now.  

    In fact, these guys are more of a creation of the Nashville machine reacting to the fact that country audiences were suddenly interested in more authentic music (e.g., Chris Stapleton).  The front man is a former model, they are signed on Big Machine (Taylor Swift label), and the songs were written by Shane McAnally (same guy writing hits for the Sam Hunts and Luke Bryans of the world).  There are also articles out there calling bullshit on the entire backstory about them being a hard-working Austin band:  https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/despite-the-quality-of-on-the-rocks-midland-are-still-bullshitters/

    All that said, the songs are catchy and not bad.  

     

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  9. Most bikes for kids that age weigh a ton when you compare them to the weight of the kid.  So get something light. 

    Our son has a Woom and rides it like a champ.  He started riding it at 4 and is not a particularly athletic/strong kid, but having a bike that fit and did not weigh much made all the difference.  I think Woom's primary US location is in Austin.  

  10. https://www.businessinsider.com/matthew-whitaker-robert-mueller-investigation-defunding-2018-11

    Apparently the new AG previously floated a plan to simply strip necessary funding from Mueller rather than firing him.   I wonder if they will go this route . . . strip funding and do everything possible to limit the scope of the investigation rather than firing.  It would be similar to the way they made sure the Kavanaugh investigation lacked teeth.  And that plan would be a lot less likely to draw public ire than firing Mueller since most Americans are incapable of understanding something this nuanced.   Hopefully the investigation is far enough along that none of this matters.  

  11. My freshman roommate is a great guy.  We have been friends most of our lives. But during freshman year he just sort of lost all inhibitions and gave in to weirder impulses, most of which involved trolling the other dudes on our dorm floor.  We still keep up and laugh about all this shit now.  Examples include:

    - upon realizing most of the other guys on the dorm floor were small town redneck dudes, he painted our dorm room pink.  Also started wearing a sweater with a big rainbow across the front.  

    -  He hung up a bunch of pinups in the room that I am pretty sure came from vintage copies of JET magazine.   I had to take them down because it freaked out every girl that came to our room. 

    - He found a hat/mask from a child's blues clues Halloween costume. Would wear it -- and nothing else -- down to the communal bathroom on the floor to take a piss (often in the sink).  Would also occasionally urinate in the dorm elevator (while sober)  

    - He downloaded a mp3 of loud sex noises.  When we were going out for the evening, he would sometimes crank that up on his computer and then leave it on for hours while we were gone.  

     I think there is a ton of other stuff I am forgetting.  Eventually the other guys in our dorm decided they liked the roommate after realizing he was not gay and was a musician (which somehow made all the strange behavior seem acceptable to them).  

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  12. 12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Like the band of yahoos that showed up at a Gander Mountain to defend against a fake antifa demonstration that was a complete disinformation put-on.

    That was actually just a clever ploy by Gander Mountain to attract customers.  They were overstocked with 223 ammo and tactical clothing and needed to clear out some inventory.  

  13. To those saying it no longer feels like the rest of Texas . . . Austin may have never truly been for you.  And if you left Austin to move to some generic Houston suburb, then I can guarantee that is the case.  It has always been unique and different from the rest of Texas, and hopefully it always will be.  

    41 minutes ago, F250 said:

    But it doesn't feel like the Austin a lot of us remember and love. No one is trying to sell Madonna's pap smear in present day Austin.

     

    Now this feels like a more legit point.  But I think it is more down to the increased availability of real career-focused jobs in Austin and the increased cost of living that has accompanied the economic growth.  That has little to do with whether new arrivals to Austin are from out of state.  An influx of career-minded processionals from Dallas or Houston would have the same effect (or worse) on Austin culture.     

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