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  1. Anyone ever able to try Domaine de Miroirs? Have access to some ‘13 and ‘14s that came into town. Pricing is beyond absurd for Jura but they are on my bucket list and I’ve never seen them in the wild…

  2. On 3/13/2024 at 2:18 PM, Austinvines said:

    Headed to Santa Rosa for the 4th of July and have a short time to pack in some Dry Creek and nearby wineries. Want to hit Ridge at Lytton Springs and my FIL suggests Mazzacco and $ilver Oak. We get in around lunch on 7/3 and I am hoping there are some wineries open on the 4th. Any thing that is not to be missed? My wife is an Anything but Chardonnay person and I like most everything but my collection trended cab/Bourdeaux blends, Zins, and Syrah.

    If you’re going up to Ridge, Unti is a good property to stop by on the way.  

  3. 25 minutes ago, troph said:

    If it's something different, then I can't figure out imo in a wine context.  I tried.

    But I'm a lazy connoisseur. I know to a 95% certainty how to pick a solid bottle of wine at a store with no help that I can take anywhere and enjoy. I have a few cheat codes based on makers, countries, regions, styles, varietals, price points etc. but after that I have a hard time dialing it in. So I make sure I have people around me who can. Which years were great, which makers are better than others? I hear which ones were good and they go in one ear out the other.

    Importer/distributor are for me the biggest proxy for quality if I don’t know the producer. 

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  4. 35 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    The one that really stands out to me is people leaving Honolulu.  I get that it must get overly-expensive over time.  But that's one you have to kinda know going in, right?  

    It’s driven mainly by natives leaving due to housing crisis and lack of job opportunities that can afford said housing crisis. 

  5. On 3/17/2024 at 6:38 PM, HenryJames said:

    A Tribute to Grace, imo.

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    Who is distributing her stuff in Texas? I almost never even see it in the Bay. 

  6. 24 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I think I understand the problem? DC is a pretty small town and The National Mall + museums + the zoo + government buildings + national monuments + office buildings take up a massive amount of space and there’s very little room left for bars and restaurants? And what spaces are left have extremely high rents? 
     

    The Tombs was cool and Georgetown looked like it had potential, but it’s not walking distance from The Mall. 

    Georgetown was the epicenter of nightlife during the Bush administration but has long since fallen out of favor as the city gentrified eastward. I was as much of a Glover Park douchebag as one could be back in the day but even I was eventually trying to bang hipster chicks in the basement of Saint Ex. 

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  7. 26 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

     

     

     

    I haven't been on this thread in a hot minute. That Hawk>T Coast> Smith Point adventure was a fucking movie back in the day. 

    I just checked and Lauriol Plaza is somehow still in business? Now that is a blast from the past. 

  8. 27 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

    Ok?  Doesn’t mean those 4 aren’t true “cities” whereas every other city in the union really isn’t. 

    I suppose I misread your post, but I was simply pointing out that VHCOL cities have generic suburbs too, and these burbs are increasingly the only hope for homeownership for families without generational wealth or a liquidity event. Consequently, many choose to move. Hence, the subject of this thread. 

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  9. 3 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

    With the exception of NYC, San Francisco, Chicago (outside Chicagoland), and part of NO, I agree. That was my point.

    Eh, not sure about that. Metropolitan areas include suburbs, and while the suburbs in these areas are more on the old small towns-engulfed-by-growth side of the spectrum, they are still for the most part very much suburbs. 

    Since this has turned into a TX vs CA thread: we’ve always felt that if we couldn’t live in San Francisco proper we’d just move back to Texas or New Orleans. With a few exceptions, the S.F. and SJ metro areas are suburban strip mall sprawl, and often with weather nearly as bad as Texas. NIMBYism has driven homeownership away from the middle class and Prop 13 has starved municipalities of funds to support education and infrastructure. I can’t blame folks wanting to raise kids in decent suburbs with public schools for simply opting for an analogue in Circle C or Plano or wherever. 

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  10. 11 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

     although every time I come back to visit I notice food and restaurant prices are starting to close the gap to Cali.  

    What in the actual fuck is this about? Was in Austin last week and wine/cocktails at the hipster spots were easily $17+. Same in Houston. 

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  11. 34 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Apropos of nothing, but I'm curious:  when someone transfers within a company from the Bay area to (say) Austin, do they have to take a pay cut?

    Yes, Bay Area/NYC is highest pay zone. At our company Austin would be a 20% cut, and I’d say that’s standard for FAANGs and other big tech cos. 

  12. 22 minutes ago, Redneck Mutha said:

    Going to a wedding in Amite next Sunday, spending a couple extra days in New Orleans.  Reservations so far at Peche, Atchafalaya, Gris Gris, Herbsaint.  Planning to hit up Butcher on Saturday to try their fried chicken (Sat only) and High Hat on Monday to try their red beans and rice (Mon only).  

    I've also been asked to find a poboy place we haven't tried yet, deciding between Guy's and Luizza's.

    Which Liuzza’s?

  13. 1 hour ago, Homercles said:

    Guess I don’t understand where any confusion comes from…stuff is so powerful that a few grains are enough to kill a person = much easier to smuggle weight = cheap way to offset your shitty/weaker actual drugs = gets used in just about anything.  

    Doubt there’s anyone out there who seeks it like they did oxy…in fact they make test kits so you can avoid it…because the margin of error is so minuscule that a tiny difference in how well it’s measured/mixed leads to vast variability in fentanyl per dose of adulterated h/coke/pills/x.  

    The pill press in your warehouse ends up with a chunk smaller than a grain of salt stuck to it, passed onto one fake Xanax by accident?  Deadly.  

    Yep, it’s just supply and demand. Crackdown on prescription opioids sent prices up and people to heroin, crackdown on heroin sent prices up and dealers cutting with fentanyl. At this point in the crisis addicts buy it as a standalone product. 

  14. On 3/2/2024 at 3:35 PM, nycHorn said:


    I am flying tomorrow and a shitload over the next 2 weeks. I just noticed I don’t have TSA Precheck because my Global Entry expired - no email warning or anything.
    I already applied for renewal today and hoping I get something like this.
    It’s been more than a decade since I traveled without precheck. Crazy. Back of the line with the plebs.

    Same. It’s been the greatest indignity I’ve suffered in my life. 

  15. 7 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Right, probably after being addicted to opiates or introduced to it by laced stuff. 

    Sure, but I’m talking about open air drug markets like the Tenderloin or Skid Row; no one goes to these places for drugs without an addiction in the first place. What I’m saying is these are now, and have been for a few years, blatant fentanyl markets, and it is a totally fucked situation with a massive overdose crisis. 

  16. 25 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Yeah I think the idea is someone buys say xanax from a lacing dealer. If he doesn't die or think it's too heavy, that dealer is about to have a long term customer. 

    At this point there’s no pretense, people straight up buy fentanyl. 

  17. 1 hour ago, hayden_horn said:

    but it makes no sense to cut your shit with poison. it has a value or else it wouldn't be coming. what is its value? it cannot be simply a diluting agent. that makes no sense

    The value is it’s cheap and valuable. Take a walk down the skid row of any major city and you’ll see the repeat customers. 

  18. 7 minutes ago, YChang said:

    Oy, not trying to be too argumentative... but this is a 1 star place I went to last year was really good but obviously subjective to me, not head and shoulders above dai due or Odd duck https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/new-york-state/new-york/restaurant/joomak-banjum

    That's all. 

    I think Odd Duck would for sure get a star. One star is kind of the realm of cool kid chefs not into the austerity of the tasting menu. Two star plus is a different world and those places sort of only exist where Michelin reviews to validate the absurd economics of their existences. 

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