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Went to City Park and saw the sculpture garden, singing oak tree, and Botanical Gardens. I think it was one of the most beautiful public spaces I’ve ever been to. Those Oak trees are absolutely stunning. Storyland was closed and we didn’t get a chance to do NOMA, so we plan on going back sometime over the next week closer to sunset.
I have two oaks in my backyard.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
Went to City Park and saw the sculpture garden, singing oak tree, and Botanical Gardens. I think it was one of the most beautiful public spaces I’ve ever been to. Those Oak trees are absolutely stunning. Storyland was closed and we didn’t get a chance to do NOMA, so we plan on going back sometime over the next week closer to sunset.
I have two oaks in my backyard.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
In New Orleans, the good times are rolling all the way down the drain.
The city has pulled a whopping 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from clogged catch basins in a massive cleanup effort that took four months, cost $7 million and required almost two dozen vacuum trucks, according to the Times-Picayune.
The colorful plastic necklaces are typically flung from windows and Carnival parade floats — sometimes in exchange for women flashing their breasts — and were all found along the procession routes, the paper reports.
In future Fat Tuesday festive seasons, the city plans to put guards on gutters to stop the beads from reaching the sewers, and will train locals how to clean their own neighborhood catch basins, according to the report.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
It'd be one thing if you were down the bayou or something like that. Even the canals we used to play in as kids rarely had snakes in them though we did once see a copperhead under the bridge by my house. But I might have seen 4 or 5 snakes ever in the city and a couple of those were ribbon/garter snakes. People who live closer to the river may have other experiences.
Also, there's this hidden stone bench area behind city park under one of the overpass. It's one of my favorite places in the city. As a teenager we would blast music and get super high or drunk. The other is the moonwalk along the river. It's way different and better than when I was a teenager but we'd trip balls and hang out by the river watching the boats.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
In New Orleans, the good times are rolling all the way down the drain.
The city has pulled a whopping 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from clogged catch basins in a massive cleanup effort that took four months, cost $7 million and required almost two dozen vacuum trucks, according to the Times-Picayune.
The colorful plastic necklaces are typically flung from windows and Carnival parade floats — sometimes in exchange for women flashing their breasts — and were all found along the procession routes, the paper reports.
In future Fat Tuesday festive seasons, the city plans to put guards on gutters to stop the beads from reaching the sewers, and will train locals how to clean their own neighborhood catch basins, according to the report.
I can't remember if I shared this anecdote before but in 2001 I was tripping balls in New Orleans and I looked into a grate in the street and the sewer was FULL of snakes just slithering all over each other. For some reason even the next day I did not think this was a hallucination and would tell people new Orleans sewers were just filled to the brim with snakes. We may never know the truth.
Seriously though, it was Mardi Gras beads.
i don't know y'all would mardi gras beads telepathically communicate to me that a source of intense evil was emanating from the Marriott on canal? sounds more like psychic glowing sewer snakes to me.
i don't know y'all would mardi gras beads telepathically communicate to me that a source of intense evil was emanating from the Marriott on canal? sounds more like psychic glowing sewer snakes to me.
They make some absurdly ornate beads these days. Those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Holy shit. The Music Box Village was an amazing experience today. Wish I got to see that snarky puppy show there last night, but just taking my kids there today and playing with all the instruments was phenomenal. A must do if you visit this city.
Holy shit. The Music Box Village was an amazing experience today. Wish I got to see that snarky puppy show there last night, but just taking my kids there today and playing with all the instruments was phenomenal. A must do if you visit this city.
Word. Jabco said the show was ridiculous. We went to Da Baby, RL and Rico Nasty. That show was tight too until Baby asked for everyone without HIV to light their phones up. What the ff? Come on Charlotte. He was otherwise halfway decent, but way too dewsh fucking shit up.
Looking at doing a 2 day stopover in SE Asia on my flight back from India. Looks like Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Hong Kong are the easiest/cheapest, though Tokyo and Singapore are in the mix.
Anyone got suggestions? The protests in HK kinda have me turned off from there. Dunno much about Kuala Lumpur other than the giant towers.
Looking at doing a 2 day stopover in SE Asia on my flight back from India. Looks like Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Hong Kong are the easiest/cheapest, though Tokyo and Singapore are in the mix.
Anyone got suggestions? The protests in HK kinda have me turned off from there. Dunno much about Kuala Lumpur other than the giant towers.
Singapore’s airport is sick. I did a 12 hour layover in there and there’s a zoo inside! And an aquarium i think? It’s awesome. I know nada about the actual place tho.
Looking at doing a 2 day stopover in SE Asia on my flight back from India. Looks like Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Hong Kong are the easiest/cheapest, though Tokyo and Singapore are in the mix.
Anyone got suggestions? The protests in HK kinda have me turned off from there. Dunno much about Kuala Lumpur other than the giant towers.
Singapore’s airport is sick. I did a 12 hour layover in there and there’s a zoo inside! And an aquarium i think? It’s awesome. I know nada about the actual place tho.
yeah, im trying to book a flight with a long-ish layover in singapore on the way over just to check out the airport. everything i've read sounds awesome.
Singapore’s airport is sick. I did a 12 hour layover in there and there’s a zoo inside! And an aquarium i think? It’s awesome. I know nada about the actual place tho.
yeah, im trying to book a flight with a long-ish layover in singapore on the way over just to check out the airport. everything i've read sounds awesome.
I think to see the zoo and everything it needs to be at least 12 hours. At least that’s how it used to be
Post by JustKillingTime on Jan 6, 2020 11:42:38 GMT -5
going to austin for a couple days in Feb with my GF, any recommendations on bars/restaurants? we don't have much planned at all, we just want to eat and drink our way through the city.
going to austin for a couple days in Feb with my GF, any recommendations on bars/restaurants? we don't have much planned at all, we just want to eat and drink our way through the city.
Throw out there what you like. It's a good food and good beer town. There are lots of tap rooms and local breweries and some hip distilleries. We've become fans of Skull Mechanix, but there are tons more.
Lots of posters live there. I'm only a frequent visitor (generally 1-3 times a year since 2006). Early shit to look up is Jester King over in Dripping Springs for a typical afternoon. That place rules to go hang out and drink. We love the bbq in Lockhart where you don't have to wait overnight to get quality shit. Franklin's works too if you want to wait overnight for immediate Austin bbq. Lots of great Tex-Mex, lots of great Mexican. Lots of eclectic food trucks and shit. Also Detroit inspired Via 313 Pizza on Rainey Street rules.
going to austin for a couple days in Feb with my GF, any recommendations on bars/restaurants? we don't have much planned at all, we just want to eat and drink our way through the city.
Throw out there what you like. It's a good food and good beer town. There are lots of tap rooms and local breweries and some hip distilleries. We've become fans of Skull Mechanix, but there are tons more.
Lots of posters live there. I'm only a frequent visitor (generally 1-3 times a year since 2006). Early shit to look up is Jester King over in Dripping Springs for a typical afternoon. That place rules to go hang out and drink. We love the bbq in Lockhart where you don't have to wait overnight to get quality shit. Franklin's works too if you want to wait overnight for immediate Austin bbq. Lots of great Tex-Mex, lots of great Mexican. Lots of eclectic food trucks and shit. Also Detroit inspired Via 313 Pizza on Rainey Street rules.
places to drink outside, mexican food, bbq, breweries, boozy brunch, and trying to avoid the big touristy places.
Throw out there what you like. It's a good food and good beer town. There are lots of tap rooms and local breweries and some hip distilleries. We've become fans of Skull Mechanix, but there are tons more.
Lots of posters live there. I'm only a frequent visitor (generally 1-3 times a year since 2006). Early shit to look up is Jester King over in Dripping Springs for a typical afternoon. That place rules to go hang out and drink. We love the bbq in Lockhart where you don't have to wait overnight to get quality shit. Franklin's works too if you want to wait overnight for immediate Austin bbq. Lots of great Tex-Mex, lots of great Mexican. Lots of eclectic food trucks and shit. Also Detroit inspired Via 313 Pizza on Rainey Street rules.
places to drink outside, mexican food, bbq, breweries, boozy brunch, and trying to avoid the big touristy places.
JUICY JAY will know decent outside drinking places in the City. Jester King is primarily outside in the hills on tons of acres. There are some outdoor places like Moon Tower down in Deep South Austin, but I like South Austin Beer Garden better. It's indoor/outdoor.
BBQ I prefer Lockhart (Kreutz, Smitty's Black's). That's a bit of a drive, though it's worth it if you tool out early and hit them all for lunch. There's a cool Tex-Mex BBQ place we tried when we were in town for ACL called Valentina's. www.valentinastexmexbbq.com/ Lines were long but moving. If you get there around opening time you shouldn't have any issues.
For Tex-mex, lots of locals hit all the usual shit - Baby Acapulco (Baby A's), Chuy's, Torchy's (more a taco place) and all those, but sometimes these can be generic. We always liked Polvo's (interior Mexican) because of their bomb ass salsa bar and also because the margaritas are very good there. There are plenty of old famous places, but you can't go wrong there.
Touristy a little - but when I was in town last May, we did try the fusion mix from the owner of Franklin's BBQ and the owner of Uchi called Loro. It was packed for hours outside, but you can walk in and sit at the bar and order pretty easily. That place had some memorable bites. Otherwise, I'll leave it to the locals.
In general avoid 6th street between South Congress and I-35. There are a few places of value there like Easy Tiger, the Parish, Jackalope, Casino El Camino but for the most part that is the most touristy trap area. South Congress is very touristy but still worth a visit early in the day for shopping. West 6th street is higher, young adults, early 20s bar scene. Same goes for Rainey Street. East 6th is more indie/hipster/dive bars but is coming to have higher end restaraunts, ect. Red River has your punk/metal/indie/ect and is considered one of the hubs of the music scene in Austin.
places to drink outside - My go to: Jester King, St Elmo Brewery, Little Darlings, Radio Coffee (full bar + 2 food trucks), Cosmic Coffee (full bar + 3 taco trucks, also a dope bouldering/climbing gym if you want some physical activity), Indian Roller (all south Austin venues). East/Downtown Id go to Easy Tiger, Takoba (for Mexican food as well), Shangri-La. Downtown: Gloria's (Mexican as well), Halcyon (boozy coffee+full bar), Shady Grove(near Zilker Park which is where ACL Fest is held) and then look up the old power plant. There are also spurs like North Loop, Manor Road, Webberville Road, East Cesar Chavez all with eclectic rows of restauraunts, bars, vintage stores, record shops, ect.
Im not a BBQ fan anymore so I don't have much to advise there. Repeat a few good Mexican places are Glorias (dancing at night on the weekends), Takoba, Vera Cruz Tacos @ Radio, Torchys obviously, Juan in a Million for breakfast tacos (super, super busy).
Im not a huge Brunch person either but Rainey seems to be a great choice. Bangers has those giant Manmosas and Brats galore.
Outdoor activity you have Zilker (ACL Fest), the Greenbelt, the Hike/Bike trail, plenty of canoe/kayak/SUP rentals. Ive gotten into bouldering and climbing so you have Austin Bouldering Project (East) and Crux (South) if you want to try something like that w a day pass. Barton Springs Pool to swim in a massive aquifer-fed swimming hole whom most visitors describe as "magical." Mt Bonnell is a nice tiny hike to get the highest viewpoint in Austin.
Music Venues: Depending on your taste and mood, these are always good options: Stubbs (premiere midsize amphitheater most mid-line up acts go to), Emos East (not a huge fan but sometimes a favorite artist will be there), ACL Live @ Moody Theatre (next step above Stubbs in venue, pricey drinks but state of the art production and quality), Mohawks (low-mid tier size, staple of the Austin Music scene, no frills, but one of the weirdest venues in regards to set up), Cheer Up Charlies (LGBTQ friendly staple w $5 cover type bands, just one of the most cherished spots in Austin), Sahara Lounge (tiny, African/Soul based eclectic venue owned by Golden Dawn Arkestra), Continental Club (heart of Texan country n blues off south congress), Scoot Inn (out sort of mini stubbs type venue).
Places to avoid: If you want to know what Dallas is like, you can go to the Domain up north. I assume not, though. There is also Mueller which I don't see a big reason to go to as outsider.
Edit: COTA aka F1 race track has an amphitheater but I just hate going there. It's out of the way, expensive, and a nightmare to get out of after a show.
Other: Frank Erwin Center for larger headlong shows, Zach, Paramount, State Theatre for your basic theatre options, Cap City Comedy, Esthes Follies, Velveeta Room, Fallout, Hideout, Coldtowne for stand up, skit, improv comedy. The Vortex for very avant-gaurd, off beat types of theatre.
What's everyone's go to Disney stuff aside from obvious, ie everything star wars? We're going in late March.
AK: Everest is my favorite ride ever, don't miss it. Dinosaur is fun as well.
Epcot: Soaring, Test Track. Stroll around the countries it's great.
HS: Aerosmith Rocking Rollercoaster is fantastic. Tower of Terror is also.
MK: 7DMT is fun but not amazing. Space Mountain is a classic and always scary. Peter Pan is a must ride for me everytime. Slow and simple but classic. Same with Pirates. Haunted Mansion yes.
Food wise if you want to drop money on a buffet Boma at AKL is fantastic. But there is lots of great food at Disney. For takeaway get the fish and chips at Epcot in Britain. Get those Mickey shaped ice cream bars hell yes. We love the Marrakesh restaurant can't remember what it's called.
What's everyone's go to Disney stuff aside from obvious, ie everything star wars? We're going in late March.
AK: Everest is my favorite ride ever, don't miss it. Dinosaur is fun as well.
Epcot: Soaring, Test Track. Stroll around the countries it's great.
HS: Aerosmith Rocking Rollercoaster is fantastic. Tower of Terror is also.
MK: 7DMT is fun but not amazing. Space Mountain is a classic and always scary. Peter Pan is a must ride for me everytime. Slow and simple but classic. Same with Pirates. Haunted Mansion yes.
Food wise if you want to drop money on a buffet Boma at AKL is fantastic. But there is lots of great food at Disney. For takeaway get the fish and chips at Epcot in Britain. Get those Mickey shaped ice cream bars hell yes. We love the Marrakesh restaurant can't remember what it's called.
I feel like I'll wanna ride everything. In the ride vs show debate for theme parks, I am totally team ride.
mayonaise just texted me recommending Boma. One of the kids should be super about animal kingdom so we will likely hit it up. One of Abra's friends also recommended the Morocco restaurant too.
What's everyone's go to Disney stuff aside from obvious, ie everything star wars? We're going in late March.
Funny enough I'm going next week. Rise of the Resistance is a beast. HS is opening earlier at 7 a.m. now, so I'd recommend getting there at 6 a.m. to get in early. RotR is using a boarding system, where everyone who checks in on the Disney app at 7 a.m. gets assigned a boarding group. It works similarly to the FastPass system. From there you can go about your day until your boarding group is ready.
Pro tip: before 7 a.m., go to the app, click on the RotR icon, and click "My Status." Refresh this non-stop right before 7 a.m. Apparently this gives a leg up over everyone else.
They also just changed how the tier system at HS works, with Smuggler's Run a new tier 1 ride and other rides a tier 2. Let me know if you have FP questions.
I'd recommend booking dining experiences and stuff like lightsaber building, droid building and the cantina (if you care about that stuff) now.
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