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Typing this all on my phone so excuse any fat finger mistakes. We are here for my mom’s birthday - she’s turning 72 and hasn’t ever really been to New Orleans, so I planned to hit a lot of places that I’ve been and that I’ve been wanting to try to show her what she’s been missing. I’d never been to GW Fins, but based on this thread it was our first night’s dinner. We had an early reservation, but had to push it back because the rest of my family was delayed getting in. It was worth the wait. I didn’t get pictures of everything, just a couple of entrees - Scalibut was outstanding and the dry aged yellowfin was otherworldly: The table also had the lobster dumplings and smoked yellowfin dip for starters; Parmesan crusted sheepshead and sea scallops for additional entrees, and desserts that were outstanding - the Salty Malty ice cream pie took the honors. But no photos of any of those. So far it’s been the best - and most expensive - meal of the trip. We are staying off Magazine in the lower Garden District. This morning had some coffee at Mojo Coffee House and laughed about this flyer: Then walked down to Molly’s Rise and Shine for a light breakfast since we had Jazz Brunch booked at Commanders. It might not photograph well but this Roasted Carrot Yogurt with Granola there is one of the best dishes in New Orleans in my opinion: And this hash brown with anchovy crème fraiche and salmon roe my sister ordered was delicious: We went to Commander’s Palace for Jazz Brunch, and it hasn’t lost its fastball - everyone enjoyed it. My septuagenarian mom told the Jazz trio she was a Robert Johnson fan and they played a jazz version of Crossroads for her; complete with using her knife along the frets on the guitar to get the sound right. Bette than “somewhere over the rainbow” a table asked for a few minutes earlier. I forgot to take photos of much there, but I did get one of my entree - a duck confit / Leidenheimer bread french toast dish they called “Ponchatoula Strawberry Glazed Duck Pain Perdu” I don’t know how to describe it - it all worked but I’d never think to put it all on one plate. I went and looked up the description because there’s no way I’d remember it all: “Citrus confit picked duck leg rolled in macerated strawberries and sticky praline syrup over griddled Leidenheimer French bread stuffed with French Truck café au lait spiked Creole cream cheese.” I also had the turtle soup and the soufflé, and a lot of brandy milk punch and left happy - but also needed to walk around the Garden District after all of that. We did a lot more walking and sightseeing after that - took a street car down to the quarter, went to Jackson Square, etc. My mom is an artist (watercolors and printmaking for the most part) and has never met a stranger, so she was in her element. We came back to the Garden District for dinner tonight and went to Shaya. I didn’t get any good pics there and even if I had, it wouldn’t have done it justice. I don’t think fancy hummus/baba ganoush/masouka/kafta kebabs/etc and pita bread are all that photogenic, but it was all amazing. And the cocktails all hit it out of the park. I haven’t seen Shaya mentioned here much but it should be on your radar if you’re in town for more than one day. It was a great change of pace, and just plain great to be honest. GWFins gets the slight nod from me for best meal of the trip so far, but this was a close second. We have a late breakfast/early brunch reservation tomorrow morning at Atchafalaya which I’m looking forward to, and then it’s back on a plane to Austin while the rest of my family drives back to Houston/San Antonio/Corpus. All in all, not a bad first trip to New Orleans for my mom - I hope she comes back a lot now that she’s retired and has the time. There’s a lot more places I’d like to show her that we didn’t have time to get to.

I am waiting at the gate at ABIA to head to NOLA. My stomach right now:

I’ve got 4 tickets (2 in 109 and 2 in L3) and one parking pass to the game tonight and I’m out of town. If anyone wants them send me a PM and I can transfer electronically. EDIT: Tix are gone, hook ‘em!

Just curious, and no judgment - did you sell to another investor, or to someone who plans to use it as a full time residence?

In the past it was a player who had gone pro because you couldn’t pay the players for their NIL when the game was previously made. Now you can. So there’s no direct precedent.

Wait. You’re a lawyer?

Ahem:

This is just the bullet points from BoR agenda, not actual employment contract. There is no way to know any of the terms, other than annual salary/incentives from the BoR agenda. Anything about whether it is fully guaranteed or not, what the buyout is, etc. is contained in the actual contract, not the BoR agenda. And since this is an extension, the most likely thing is that it is literally that - extending the prior contract and amending the annual compensation. Just wait, the actual contract extension will come out at some point and all your caterwauling will likely be for naught.

And that's why it's your old job.

Look at all that free parking!

The released the 2024 Seating Chart earlier this week. It's available here or see the screenshot below. The have spread out the visitors more than last year (they were mostly in 119-122 last season. It also seems like there is more - the visitors are in Sections 1, 32, 131, 132 this year (in addition to the tops of 103, 104, 106, 107, and 119). My guess is that most will be in the 32/131/132 sections, and the 103-119 visitor sections will mostly be "single game tickets" for the visitors who don't sell out their allotments.

You shouldn't need a court order of any kind to change a custodian on a UTMA. However, banks can be a-holes and make you do things without any basis in law because that's just "their way" of doing things. But if you did need a court order, the decedent who was the owner of the UTMA can have probate opened and get an administrator of the estate appointed, and the bank would have to talk to the administrator because legally they are the owner and any acts they take are acts of the owner.

A lot of them were apparently in Tier 4 - which don't require seat deposits - think upper most rows of the west side upper deck. I'm sure there were some good ones, too.

YMMV, mine are like $50 more per seat. Not a huge deal.

That's a long time to have an erection.

I hate that I laughed at that.

Those renderings are awful. Where the hell is that supposed to be? Right Field? Center?

And since the old seating chart still shows up in some places, here's the updated 2024 seating chart: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/texassports_com/documents/2024/2/13/2024_DKR_Season_Ticket_Map.pdf It's interesting that they are putting the visitors in multiple locations - Section 1, 32, 103, 104, 106, 107, 119, 131, and 132. Im going to assume that if schools don't sell out those sections, those will be the "single game" tickets that are available from the school directly.

Just got my email to renew. Donation level stayed the same, but the price went up since there is 7 home games this year.

Bulevar - where the old Z Tejas was in the Arboretum - has a nice patio that has a good view. She was literally a law school exam question in my property law class.

You left out Holiday House. Do you even Old West Austin, Bro?

I have tickets and I'll be there (in Section 109), but I'll sit in your seats if you want.

There's a reason they are on sale.

I had one coming back from Hawaii last march. I tell you what, being on a plane over the Pacific is no place to be when you have one. Completely changed my perception of my first (and so far only) visit to Hawaii.

Tell us how you really feel. Don't hold back.