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Frank Drebin

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  1. I pretty much stick to chicken these days. So chicken. I think they are $45 for a pound of fajitas plus all the sides, rice, beans, chips and salsa. Escalante's on Westheimer is so close to my house, so we go a lot. The last couple times I had beef fajitas at the El Tiempo on Richmond, which was our spot, it tasted like they did not let the lighter fluid burn off before they threw the meat on. It pains me to say that, because it was our staple after church lunch for about a decade. When my kids were little it was so convenient. The service was always lightning fast and the food was good. Maybe I need to go back. For me, Los Tios is a place to get cheese enchiladas. I had their grilled quail recently and it was outstanding. Their food is not the same as what I grew up on since Adair acquired them, they had added higher end ingredients. 20 years ago you would never order fajitas from there. Their Super Mex bowl is also good if you want something healthy. Candente is also pretty good. Have been there a couple times now. Mi Cocina is fine. I do like their chips and salsa. OG Ninfa's and the one on San Felipe are still strong. I still love Pappasitos. But for some reason my wife does not. So we never go. I used to love El Real cheese enchiladas. They were probably the best in the city of the places I frequented.
  2. We go to Los Tios now also. And Escalante's chicken fajitas are a carryout staple. I can feed the four of us and have leftovers for around $40.
  3. We used to go to the El Tiempo on Richmond probably 2 times a month for Sunday lunch. I have not been there in at least 5 years. Too expensive and the food went downhill. The beef fajitas the last couple times I went tasted like lighter fluid.
  4. Needed a last minute reservation on Easter. Went to Hudson House on West Gray. Was just average.
  5. Just got a place there. Going to be up there from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Going to be a big change from the Roaring Fork Valley. But I am so looking forward to it. Really loved skiing there for first time over Spring Break. My house is on a manmade water ski lake in between Kalispell and Whitefish. Going to spend a lot of the summer on that lake, Flathead Lake, and Whitefish Lake. Montana is beautiful. And the people I have met so far, our neighbors, are awesome. I am done spending summers in Texas.
  6. Altuve is maybe the dumbest base runner I’ve ever seen. He combines shitty instinct with having his head up his ass.
  7. What is the best app for tracking your ski activity?
  8. Pinkerton’s opening up #3. Going to be at old 59 Diner location on Shepherd.
  9. If you only live in the city, I get it. But if you live in a rural area or have a ranch/hunting lease, the equation is much different. Getting a plumber, mechanic, or electrician to come out from 25 or so miles from Pearsall or Cotulla is expensive and you may not get them. You have to know or learn how to do a lot of stuff if you do not live in the city. Youtube makes this so much easier.
  10. Please do not perpetuate this Aggie nonsense here. The SWC had scholarship limits starting in 1965. And Texas was not even signing the biggest classes in that era or stacking tons of talent. It was mostly coaching, scheme, and very good S&C under Medina.
  11. Yes sir. Two weeks ago. We had to fly through Spokane for Spring Break. Reminded me of that movie so we went ahead and bought it on Amazon and watched during our ski trip. Love that movie.
  12. I like Pappas the best of those. We go to Westheimer location pretty often and usually just get a table in the bar, so more informal. DaMarco would be my #2.
  13. My daughter is a really good athlete. She loves gymnastics and soccer. We have to rein her in as she would do gymnastics every day instead of once a week if we let her. We backed her down to once a week because she kept hurting herself. Her soccer league, Ziad, is pretty damn great in Houston. I feel like it is plenty competitive but they don't overdo it. There are three practices and one game per week in fall and spring. But practices are at St John's which is right down the street and many kids only go to one or two practices per week. They are designed where you aren't expected to attend every practice or game. I have zero interest in her doing competitive cheer or something that requires travel. She will be good enough to be one of the top handful of soccer players and cheerleaders at her school when she goes to high school in a couple years. My son has gotten into wrestling. It is just a fantastic sport for a high school boy for all sorts of reasons. He loves it and does it year round.
  14. He should seriously consider severing his relationship with alcohol.
  15. Busts happen. The player needs to get in proper physical condition. All the resources are there.
  16. An NFL stadium but at the Fair Grounds instead of Arlington would suck too.
  17. She discusses that in her book. Permissive or gentle parenting is destructive. Authoritarian is destructive -- cold discipline with no love and obey because I said so/fear. Authoritative -- rules imposed but with love is what she suggests is best.
  18. I fly fairly frequently even though I do not enjoy flying commercial. I have never seen anything close to any of this stuff. I wonder how many people here have personally witnessed crap like this? About the worst I have seen is people getting drunk and talking loud. Or slobs who do not know how to dress themselves. And the general small annoyances of people who do now know how to act or are just inconsiderate -- bringing on too much carry on luggage, trying to rush to front of plane at landing for no reason like a tight connection, bringing smelly food aboard, bring too fat to fly, poor personal hygiene, using a wheel chair to board for priority but not needing one to deplane (SWA), etc. The worst thing I experienced was a few years ago I was sitting in First Class and a Chinese national spent the whole flight spitting saliva into a clear plastic cup. Not as bad as snuff. But disgusting.
  19. Basically what I posted. Ani going to tell you to sleep well.
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