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  1. 14 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Nobu was fantastic, but it might be the most expensive restaurant in town. 6 plates + toro belly pieces x 2 + sake + tip = $300 for two people

    All top end sushi places can get damn pricey.  A guy told me at FM Sushi the chef's tasting will run $240+ per person or something like that.  damn.  

  2. On 6/9/2018 at 8:40 AM, GreenspointTexas said:

    UB Preserve was not good. Reminded me of Underbelly. Completely underwhelming.

     

    pork dumplings - meh

    octopus - bad

    duck egg curry - ok

    queso fundido - excellent

     

    cocktails were fantastic, however. And service and space were tight. They did a good job using the old poscol place.

    opposite of huge's take (except on service).  no offense, I'll take his opinion

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  3. 21 hours ago, txhorns said:

    I agree in regards to last year.  This year is different, however.  They return everyone while the rest of the conference loses a ton of quality players.  Don't discount what having upperclassmen who have played together for years and are good players in their own right can accomplish.

    Oh I'm a big believer in the experience players mantra, BU's been riding that train the past few years and it's been good until last year's hickup.   

  4. 19 hours ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

    Others have already mentioned Belgium and Argentina as those are the obvious.  But my dark horse is Colombia.   

    I could see any of those teams reaching the semi's, but beating elite national teams 2 times in a row to win it?   I can't get there in my head.

  5. 20 hours ago, Cameltoe said:

    According to bookmakers, about a 15% chance the winner is not among the teams you mention. 

    that's higher than I would have thought, actually

  6. Never met him and didn't even regularly watch his show, but this really hurts.  I'm a big believer in the feeling of community around shared food and wine and he seemed to embody that philosophy.  RIP

  7. On 6/5/2018 at 11:26 AM, AustinMT said:

    Just back from Four Days in the Valley

    Thursday:  got there about noon.  Lunch  at Addendum (fried chicken, of course).  Tour and tasting at MacDonald (very small To-Kalon vineyard).  Grower's Happy Hour (hours, actually) at Farmstead with lots of wine brought in by several folks)

    Friday:  Notre Vin tasting with May-Britt Malbec.  Lunch at Gott's.  Tasting at Memento Mori (along with a couple of others at the tasting room -- including Shibumi Knoll).  Private party at Revana.  Dinner at Market.

    Saturday:  Spring Release Party/lunch at Krupp Brothers.  Happy hour at Farmstead, dinner at Goose & Gander

    Sunday:  Tour and tasting at Seven Stones.  Lunch at Tre Vigne Pizzeria.  Tour and Tasting at Brand (which also included Immortal, the new project by the Tusk guys, and Benediction).  Dinner at Brasswood.

    Home Monday, unfortunately...

     

    That's some baller shit right there.  MacDonald, Seven Stones and Notre Vin are definitely solid Napa wines I've liked in limited tastings/drinking.   Big ass cab trip

  8. On 6/5/2018 at 1:15 PM, Catdaddyhorn said:

    K St pretty much has everyone back. If they’re not on KU’s tier they’re a tier below it all by themselves.

    maybe, but I have a gut feeling K st. captured a little magic last year.  I'm not sure they are as good as they played in conference.   

  9. I don't see a clear 2nd tier.  I just see Kansas and then the rest.  Maybe OU will be terrible so in their own 4th tier, but I'm not sure WV and K St are clearly better than Baylor, Tech and UT at this point.   Need to see the new faces and how teams look.

  10. I would like a bottle of the Widwinter's Night Dram shown above.  really liked it the couple of times i've tasted.

     

    I've decided, in general, I don't love bourbon enough to spend the $$ and the time to get all the unicorns.  I have a distant cousin who has made a fortune in west texas oil fields and he recently bought up in New York 5 bottles of the Taylor 4 Grain bourbon.  He had them delivered to my sister's office since they wouldn't ship to Texas and he's going to pick them up himself in the next couple of weeks.  My sister saw the invoice and he paid $375/bottle.   F that noise.  

  11. 12 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

    At the end of the day, the Finals are all that fucking matter, bro. Yes Lebron has stayed in the East, where it has been much easier to make it to the Finals, year in year out. And then when he gets there, his record is poor. When Jordan made to the Finals, he never lost. And furthermore when he did, he always showed up each and every game, winning the Finals mvp all 6 times. This is the basis of my argument and the reason why Lebron will never achieve what Jordan did. He can't erase all of the losses, nor his personal performance in some of those Finals. LBJ fanboys always try to create scenarios where somehow Lebron will be better than Jordan was. The problem is that history can't be erased. 

    serious question, as I don't remember, but were the Bulls underdogs in any finals?  I know their first was against an aged and injury depleted Lakers squad.  I remember them beating Utah and Portland in series, two teams that didn't win a title in that era.  They beat Utah twice, right?  One game I know they won by 50 points. They beat Phoenix once, I think, Barkley's best team.  and I googled and their other title came against Seattle.   so they didn't beat any team that had any championship pedigree except the Lakers, and that team was done until the Kobe years.

  12. On 5/25/2018 at 2:17 PM, Lazarus Bocanegra said:

    It's spectacular.  I have also heard T Rex has a private, speakeasy type bar around the corner for patrons awaiting tables.  I haven't been, but it might be worth getting there early to figure it out. 

    You are correct, food was spectacular and they have a "waiting lounge".  We had reservations, so didn't go into the lounge and didn't even know about it until we walked outside to meet our Uber and we saw a waitress bringing a couple out of there.  

     

    Absolutely loved our meal.  Delicate and interesting and layers of flavor at every turn.

  13. 19 hours ago, RollLeft said:

    Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee

    This is a good one, same for me.   I'd have to agree with others on The Big Lebowski.   Bored the shit out of me the first time for some reason.  who knows why.

     

    Three Amigos is another.  Saw it in the theater and thought it was a snoozer.   Watched it again a couple of years later on VHS and I was howling.  No idea what was up with me the first time I saw it.

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