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Tonesky

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  1. Tonesky

    Wine

  2. Hook ‘Em, Bitches!
  3. Simple, quick, kid approved.
  4. Nice. Fuck Nebraska!
  5. Tonesky

    Wine

  6. I have been there a handful of times in recent years, including once in the past year or so. Mytiburger remains a solid old school hamburger joint.
  7. That required being married to my wife (also no pics) or one of her brothers….
  8. We had a terrific dinner at Mimo on Saturday night. Food and service were spot on. Sorry, no pics. Note - they don't serve spirits, so I asked about BYOB. They allow, with a $20 corkage fee.
  9. No, but they are in the same ballpark. It is based on this recipe, with (1) addition of celery, (2) addition of chopped pancetta (rendered before adding the soffritto), and (3) substitution of red wine for gin. I used reconstituted dried mushrooms (and the strained liquid) instead of fresh. It is pretty much my usual Bolognese, with (1) substitution of the cubed lamb for some mix of ground beef, veal, and pork, and (2) the long slow roast in the oven, rather than simmered on the cooktop. Until my wife recently said she wanted to host a gin tasting and I asked that I cook something on theme, which led me to this recipe, I had never thought to take my dutch over from the cooktop to the oven. I don't know that I would do that with ground meat, but it was perfect for larger chunks of meat. I'll probably next try a mix of cubed veal and pork. And, BTW, the original recipe version with gin as the braising liquid was damn good.
  10. Well, it was, as my UT gang was fond of using as the superlative or superlative - pure pussy!
  11. Love Caprese! Did this yesterday as part of the lamb ragu meal (above).
  12. Tonesky

    Wine

  13. So, this would be the BXII "South"?
  14. We’ve got reservations for a few weeks from now. Really looking forward to it.
  15. I have two GA weekend passes for ACL weekend 2 that I need to trade for weekend 1. So, when UT is 5-0, top ten, poised to shit-stomp OU, and you cannot believe you bought tickets for ACL weekend 1 when you could be headed for the Cotton Bowl, remember this post and hit me up for a sweet trade.
  16. Houston (Heights)
  17. Lunch at Truth today was just OK. And, the $43 beef rib was 50% fat. Sad and gruntled.
  18. I've not seen any membership policing at the door for many years, but the Houston Greenway location has been locked down very tightly for the past week or so.
  19. Get off the train in Myrdal and take the round trip to/from Flam - https://www.norwaysbest.com/the-flam-railway/round-trip-with-the-flam-railway/
  20. Dinner at Navy Blue last weekend was very disappointing. The service was poor and the food was underwhelming. We would not return at half the price.
  21. Based on memory of the girlfriend I was with - a week in Akumal - I was there about 25 years ago.
  22. I've read the thread - twice, and your comments have been very helpful. Hook 'Em.
  23. So, about 5 years before my dad died, he proclaimed to my mom "I'm not going on another GD vacation until we go to Spain." Well, his ashes eventually made it to Sevilla.... I have not quite thrown down that gauntlet, and it isn't clear yet that the calendar will line up for next summer, but I've gotten the OK on Spain as our next big trip and am ready to start studying/planning. Mom died in 2020, and It's time to get the parental band back together.... If we can only do two weeks, I think we will limit things to Andalusia - Granada, Malaga, Ronda, Jerez/Cadiz, Sevilla, and Cordoba. I could be convinced that Gibraltar must be included, but, for now, its exclusion is intentional. If we can find more time, I'd love to start in Barcelona and stop in Valencia on the way to Granada. We like art, old shit, hiking/scenery, wandering villages/towns, and food and wine. That said, Grimas's accurate comment above that a church is a church is a mosque is a church, also applies to Roman ruins and paintings of Jesus. We are unlikely to spend time on the beach. And, we are too fucking old for real nightlife. The main reason for trying to squeeze in Barcelona would be to hit the Picasso and Miro museums. And, I'm intrigued by a video I found about a paella excursion from Valencia that sounded akin to a bayou trip and crawfish boil in the Delta. Other than maybe taking trains between Barcelona/Valencia/Grenada, we would have a car. if we skip the train and rent the car in Barcelona, we would want to make pit stops along the way, such as Peniscola and Alicante or Murcia. No real questions at this point, but feel free to point out - with Surly flair - anything glaringly stupid or missing. And, its never too early to collect reports that "the best fucking meal I ever had was at x."
  24. Sorry to know they no longer allow climbing the pyramid steps. I remember pretty much trotting down, blowing by most everyone else who were sliding on their asses or semi-rappelling while holding onto the safety ropes/chains.
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