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MidTexHorn

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  1. I suspect they'll have a few hundred in the upper corners for $20/match, most will be significantly more. Supporters sections across MLS run from $280 - $550. I'm expecting Austin to be in the higher range of that, maybe the upper 400s.

  2. Not really. I looked at Houston for an example, and it looks like anywhere from around $400 to well into the several thousands depending on location and amenities.

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  3. Hamilton is freaking awesome. Saw it in Chicago (voluntarily) and seeing it again in Austin next week (again voluntarily). Music is great, staging is great. Far and away the best musical I've ever seen.

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  4. Just thought I'd join the thread to humble brag and say that my new place in South Austin is about 1/2 mile from Valentinas. Place makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Got damn I'm gonna be a fat fuck.

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  5. As a former right wing Christian (grew up somewhere to the right of Jerry Falwell) with much of my family (at least the older folks) still in that same boat, I tend to agree with @bad_teammate on this. While I appreciate what Pete is saying and really like the guy, it's a no win argument. Every time I try to come up with a religious argument for my family, I ultimately reject it and decide to stay silent because you just can't argue with faith. They believe what they want and and I just can't refute that, no matter how ridiculous or hypocritical I think they're being. Better to stay away from the faith based arguments and stick to facts, science and reality. It's the winning argument in the long run.

  6. On 3/25/2019 at 7:41 PM, immamac said:

    there was always something just off about ABGB to me - I can't quite put my finger on it. 

    Pinthouse was always solid, never great and got my vote here for convenience factor.

    Love ABGB for beer and hanging out, but I feel this way about their food. Maybe I'm the only one, but I think their pizza absolutely sucks ass and have yet to eat anything there that I absolutely loved.

  7. I just sent a Mayor Pete text around to my pretty liberal immediate family and my son surprised me by saying that his best buddy who is a pretty solid libertarian had just sent him a Mayor Pete article and said that he liked the guy. Not sure what to read into it, other than that a smart, coherent guy appeals to smart folks, even if they are of different political persuasions, especially in this time when we're ruled by morons.

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  8. Just now, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

    6 one way, half a dozen the other.

    The point is, for middle class folks, it will be much much more taxing instead of using employer insurance.

    Do you have a clue how much of your plan is being paid for by your employer? It's likely over $1,000/mo. If that was coming out of your pocket every month, you might feel a bit differently about your health insurer.

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  9. 5 minutes ago, pops said:

    Yeah, it will be a shit show. The week before is actually one of my favorite weeks in Vegas with all of the conference tournaments going on.  That's when I'll be there. 

    You won't get a table at one of the books on the strip unless you are there at 5AM like you said, but you might have better luck at something on Fremont (the D or the Nugget) or head South to the Southgate or way South to the M if you really want to chill and watch games. Usually crowds will dissipate farther from the epicenter. 

    Or you could really say fuck it and head an hour north to the casa Blanca in mesquite. 

    That being said... The energy at a place like Caesars when a game is close on the spread or a dog is about to cover/win outright that weekend is one of the coolest things ever. 

     

    Yeah, I have to experience it once. There are lots of places where you can reserve a table if you pay enough. That's probably what we'll do.

  10. 1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

    I was there once during March Madness and it was a shit show.  It was like all the worst parts of Vegas on steroids.  TONS of douchey groups of dudes everywhere and really hard to go anywhere or do anything.  Sorry to rain on your parade, but you couldn't pay me to go to Vegas during March Madness again.

    Fully expecting a shit show, that's why we've booked Top Golf one day and are looking to book something else for Saturday. I'm not waking up at 5:00 a.m. to grab a table.

  11. 12 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

    Absinthe sounds great. Actually saw the Beatles Love several years ago but, ahem, fell asleep due to excess inebriation.

    That's funny. I did that during Love too a few years back. I don't do the late shows any more for that reason. I'll third the Absinthe recommendation.

  12. 1 hour ago, Alvin89 said:

    Me and the wife are planning on going over Cinco De Mayo weekend for the Canelo fight. We've stayed at MGM, Vdara, Wynn,Caesars, and Monte Carlo on our previous trips. Hotels.com has Mandalay Bay at $203, Paris at $270, Mirage at $224,  Aria at $299, and Caesars at $242.  We have never been during pool weather, any suggestions on which one of those would be best pool wise?

    Probably Caesars or Mandalay, but I'm not really a pool guy. I'd vote Caesars for location.

  13. Heading out for first weekend of March Madness, first time doing that. Staying at Harrah's.  I'm a member of the March Madness in Las Vegas Facebook group which has a ton of info about watch parties, sports books, etc. but I'm looking for any first hand experience y'all have from that weekend. We have one afternoon booked at Top Golf in the top floor cabanas and are thinking we'll probably wander the Linq area one afternoon and probably hit downtown one night. Any specific experiences/watch parties that y'all recommend?

  14. 2 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    There are some deplorables I keep around on my social media accounts for exactly this kind of potential schadenfreude.  

    Yup. I told my wife about that possibility and I've never seen her giggle so much. Would be glorious.

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