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Important to note that "the number of heart-failure crises has been reduced by a third or more when people have enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans" statement made in the article has been disproven repeatedly. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2769882 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2799152?guestAccessKey=22614dfb-992f-4237-aaec-4277fbf35484&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=120622

They're legit. I've been there. In the Georgetown area of DC. They also run the website SharedPour. Some barrel groups like r/bourbon use them to ship. Have a lot of rare bottles but most are secondary prices or higher. ETA: I've purchased from them before and had no issues. I just picked up at the store though so don't know how reliable their shipping operation is.

Uh ok. That's not very descriptive but ok.

Have you thought about NoVa? Seems like it check off all the boxes. Definitely big but not NY or LA and you're close to Dulles airport. They have outdoorsy stuff like Wolf Trap, Great Falls, and Scott's Run nearby. Plenty of stuff to do like DC, Charlottesville, Shenandoah National Park, go to the coast or Virginia wine country. Taxes aren't insane and politics are moderate/left-leaning. The winters have been pretty mild the past few years.

Florida had 14 1 stars in its Michelin inaugural guide a couple years ago. I think Texas gets more. I'm guessing 20-25.

For San Antonio, I think Signature, Bliss, Clementine, Ladino and Cured all have a chance to get a star. No way all of them get one. Maybe they'll throw in a random Tex Mex restaurant like La Fonda which would be hilarious.

https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2024/07/michelin-stars-are-coming-to-five-texas-cities-this-year-including-dallas/ Dallas, Austin, Houston, SA and FW covered. Which restaurants do y'all think will get a rating? I'd be shocked if anywhere gets 3 stars.

Will aggy go after Pierce?

Top Chef will be in Canada next season. Glad they picked there instead of a bland US location.

Cascade Brewery shuts down. https://www.oregonlive.com/beer/2024/06/portland-brewery-a-pioneer-of-sour-ales-shuts-down-possibly-for-good.html?outputType=amp

Just watched the latest episode. Pretty pathetic that two of the contestants didn't even know they severely undercooked their proteins till judge's table. Like I understand time gets away from you and a contestant ends up serving undercooked protein due to time management issues but that's not what happened. How hard is it to taste your proteins before to make sure they're cooked? Usually around this time during the finals, the judges are nitpicking and figuring out which contestant's flavor combinations are slightly off to send one home. Not this season. This season they're debating which protein is slight more edible. Extremely pathetic. I'm actually going to Milwaukee in a few months and usually go out of my way to go to a Top Chef contestant's restaurant whenever I'm traveling. Not going to bother going to Dan's spot. I'll watch the last episode just curious to see how bad the chefs fuck up but this season has been pretty bad.

Yeah I went to Weathered Souls last month and it was pretty terrible. One IPA on tap (their West Coast IPA), as well as a sour, a lager and then like 8 pastry stouts. Uh don't feel like drinking 16% ABV overly sweet stouts during the day in the middle of May. They also ran out of about 75% of their food menu.

2100 Broadway. Just north of the Pearl. Looks like RIP to Smoke Shack BBQ

They did a cruise in Top Chef Seattle when they took one to Alaska. This isn't a new thing.