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  1. Cancun itself isn't great.  But I love Playa del Carmen, and lots of folks around here really like Isla Mujeres.  You fly into Cancun for both of those.

    In Playa del Carmen proper, I really like The Royal as an AI.  On the beach, right in town so there are tons of activities to do outside the hotel, food is very good, and drinks are real.  Oh and it's adults-only.

    There are also many non-AI hotels in Playa, and VRBO type places as well.

    I don't know anything about Isla Mujeres but lots of shagsters (surlsters?) are big fans and you'll probably get plenty of recs from them.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

    PG movies back then were completely different

    Yeah, there were quite a few PG movies that actually showed boob.  

     

    Even Goonies had a lot more mildly bad language than I remembered, I was recently watching it with my 8yo son and 10yo daughter and I had to keep telling them in asides, "Don't say that!"

     

     

  3. 9 hours ago, Longhornmaniac8 said:

    Soto up at Lakeline is arguably the best meal I've had in Austin. Dropped some coin, but it was sublime. No worse than Uchi/Uchiko, and arguably better. The waitstaff there has been consistently the best I've had anywhere. They know their shit.

    Yup, it's really great food.  Love that place.

  4. 56 minutes ago, deft said:

     

     


    Yeah so my heb charged $23 for the 4 pack. Is that right?

     

     

    Well, if you think of it as Bar pricing, it's not quite so painful.  I really like it so I'll usually buy one 4-pack when I can find it.  But there are plenty of other great beers available for a lot less than that, so...

     

     

  5. 21 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

    Didn't read the book, and dont plan on it.  I'm curious how much of the video game/movie icons in the book matched what was shown in the movie.  Also, I'm surprised there were no Star Wars references or was that a Disney issue?

    If you're really all that curious, then read the book.

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  6. 10 hours ago, midtown said:

    If you are doing the same pub crawl I did you'll have a blast.  Good way to meet people from all over.

    Fred and ginger building then hit the prague beer museum pub.  Good beers.

    Kafka statue

    U Fleka is the ultimate tourist restaurant but still a fun time. 

    Find U Hrocha pub near the bottom of the castle.  A Pils with the smoked fish is amazing. 

     

     

    Just to clarify, it's actually U Fleku.  Agree it's a total tourist trap but the beer is excellent and the experience is fun.  If the oompah band comes by taking requests, you can ask them to play "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and then sing The Eyes.  Good times.

  7. 1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

    ^ turn off your stupid tapa signature bozo.

     

    I have fallen off the craft brewery bandwagon a bit. I guess I'm getting old and boring, because now that I have Two Hearted Ale and Jai Alai constantly available, I don't really bother putting much else in my fridge. I keep 6 packs of those on hand at all times, and that's just about all I drink besides what I'm trying to clear out of by cellar. Been on a bourbon kick the last 2 years, and have been collecting those instead of trying new beers. Seems like quite a few people have also moved on to Bourbon, as it's getting tougher to find the good stuff that used to sit on shelves just a few years ago. 

    Craft beer sales continue to increase, so I'm not sure the evidence supports that.  Overall beer sales declined slightly last year, so perhaps it's all the folks giving up on Bud Light that are starting to buy up your favorite bourbons.  

    Sounds like you've just settled in on a couple of beers you like, which is fine, but it doesn't seem to be indicative of any national trend.  If anything it's the opposite, the variety and quality of craft beer is increasing just about every day.

     

     

  8. For anyone interested, I have a friend that plays in an 80s hair metal cover band called "Groove Monkey."  They're playing at the Whitestone Brewery in Cedar Park on Friday night.

     

     

  9. On 3/29/2018 at 8:31 PM, Ldogg53 said:


    I got to see Skid Row open for Bon Jovi in 1991. Was epic.

    Yup, saw that one at the Superdrum, although I thought it was earlier, more like 1989 after the New Jersey album came out in 88?  Also saw their next tour for Keep The Faith.

    Van Halen for 5150 and OU812.  My folks said I was too young to go with my older brother for 1984 so I missed that one.

    Def Leppard for Hysteria.

    Motley Crue for Dr. Feelgood.

    GnR for Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion

    Poison for Open up and say...Ahh! and Flesh & Blood.

    At other times throughout the 80s and 90s, saw Aerosmith, Cinderella, Scorpions, Quiet Riot, Twister Sister, and yes, even Europe.

  10. On 3/29/2018 at 7:45 AM, SMUlawUTgrad said:

    I’ve always liked the idea of owning a boat but I fear the upkeep and cost would end up being too much.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    You are 100% correct.

     

    But, still...

  11. 2 minutes ago, ChampKind said:

    Its a marketing scheme that has trained the consumer to believe that CAB is better. Which means restaurants can charge consumers more for the “higher quality” meat

    Like Zoloft advertising directly to target end-users. :D

     

     

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  12. On 4/2/2018 at 12:30 PM, Nuge said:

    I always wanted to see "On a Pale Horse" and the rest of the Incarnation of Immortality series made into movies.  A series on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or HBO would work out even better.

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    Yeah, as much as I love Xanth, I feel like the Incarnations of Immortality would probably adapt better than the Xanth novels would.

    Also could be interesting to see the dual magical/SciFi worlds of the Apprentice Adept series adapted to a long format series.

     

  13. 27 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

    I don't think the barrel aging adds much to it.

    I don't know, I really love Pecan Porter, but I think the barrel aged versions are extremely tasty.  There's room for both, at least in my beer world view. :)

  14. On 3/30/2018 at 5:48 PM, Viper said:

    Has anyone's wife read the Ready Player One for Girls?

     

     

    Ha, that was actually pretty funny.  And I only got maybe 14% of the references, so probably about right for how much my wife would understand of the actual book.

     

     

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