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  1. True that's a great thought there too about doing the boutique and independent hotels, I should have mentioned I heavily rely on the big brand hotel chains because it's work travel and points are a high priority for me, always. I'm just a poor schlub.
  2. I am in NYC once a month and have noticed a pretty stark difference and rise in hotel rates over the last 2 years, it's quite crazy. Used to get a nicer hotel for $500-600/night (think like Westin quality) and now you can't get a tier 3 hotel for that price (think like courtyard or holiday inn), anywhere from Fidi to midtown. I like to stay in Soho and/or Tribeca because it's a central location to where I will want to be as I don't particularly like going north of Bryant Park and hotels are crazy high. I'm going to be doing some NYU & Columbia campus tours for my baby and last of the mohicans before I'm an empty nester and looking now for hotels in November and it's painful. YMMV.
  3. Vegas64

    Steakhouse

    Stayed at the Four Seasons downtown and wanted a steak. Pappas Bros was closed on Sunday and Morton's on Fannin/Walker area is a place I belly up to when I'm alone, but was having a colleague with me. I remembered Vic & Anthony's is a sloooowww dinner, like it took 3-3.5 hours the last time I was there with one other dude and it was just basic steak and sides...so I set the context to say this: Decided to stay in house and eat at Toro Toro (https://www.fourseasons.com/houston/dining/restaurants/toro-toro/) and it was CHEEKS, my dudes. Was really disappointed with the service and the crowd, felt more like a Waffle House crowd after midnight (and maybe that is just a reflection of downtown Houston). Got the bone in bison and it was pretty mediocre. The sushi was actually really good though.
  4. I’m at dfw now (come say you are from the internet at Dallas cowboys bar in terminal A and watch the game); can confirm dfw is dead.
  5. As discussed in the other thread that had to be last night, went through IAH earlier and it took 5-7 minutes max.
  6. Folks on my team are telling me great things about the Vonlane bus to go from Austin to Houston. If airports stay snafu’ed.
  7. Literally zoomed through security in 3 minutes with clear. Feels like it was overblown but whatever. I’m driving to Houston next week, just to be safe.
  8. At least in rap/hip-hop I should say:
  9. I read this morning that flights are being cancelled and traffic is being scaled back to accomodate ATC's not being overworked. Not sure there is anything to be done by guys like you and me to enable their happiness though. I did see there is a threat of firing ATC's who call in sick, but not sure how that is going to help us.
  10. It never fails... I drive to Houston from DFW and back and I think, "this sucks, I should have flown" and then I fly to Houston from DFW and I think "this sucks, I should have driven". It's Schroedinger's commute-- every option sucks.
  11. FYI / PSA - You can sign up for Clear+ ahead of time easy peasy lemon squeezy online, took me 5 minutes, it's $209/year and now I feel better about airports. YMMV.
  12. I’m flying out of IAH tonight for DFW during rush hour. I either need to a) get CLEAR ahead of time because I don’t see how pre check helps if I’m terminal A and the only pre check terminal is E or b) rent a car and drive.
  13. Flew into George Bush (IAH) just now and it was a zoo. Line for the TSA security snaked and went all the way back to 114 where you go to get an uber. YMMV, but I have a fair amount of business travel this month, between IAH, SFO & LGA and am now a bit worried.
  14. All the LA or LA adjacent transplants in Prosper wear LAD gear to church, etc. Never see any Lakers gear except Dallas natives with Luka Lakers jerseys now lol.
  15. Rewatched this morning / just now. Epic series. Glad LAD won. Loving the Blue Jays losing lol
  16. Not a head coach lol, a position coach. I'm just a middle class guy.
  17. Top to bottom I detect no lies.
  18. This is the big problem for me. So it boils down to pay $30 to watch football on ESPN or $90+ to watch football on YT, which is an easy solution.
  19. I actually think at some point that AI will further democratize the music industry and hurt the gatekeepers (big money institutions and 2% of creatives and musicians). Distribution already being what it is (e.g. YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music/Amazon Music & Soundcloud, HYBE, Suno, other AI) and Live Music/Touring (unless you are Bey or TS) is not selling, so the model will need to be reworked and I think AI disrupts the music and label model soon much like technology did at the turn of the century.
  20. I have a Disney + Hulu bundle. Can I watch ESPN on Hulu now? If so, sweet, saved $90.
  21. What's going on here, we can't use Youtube TV anymore to watch the Longhorns? Literally the only use case I have for paying $90/month is Longhorns and sometimes other SEC games.
  22. I had a guy on my street I'm friendly with (former ACC football coach, he has given me crap about the horns for years) who listed and couldn't get what he wanted ($1.1mm ish range). He did some work in the back yard with a new pergola and kitchen, etc. and relisted at $1.2. Sat for what felt like 9 months (at least 6, no joke) with various re-pricing strategies, etc. and you could visibly see the palpable shame he wore with not being able to sell it. It's like he took it personally and it was a ding on his character and identity. He would get visibly nervous and shaken up by talking about it and so nobody brought it up anymore at community events, etc. Then one day he quietly delisted. Weird story, eh?
  23. The direct opposite of the UTD persona. Rushtok out front shoulda told ya.
  24. That's a fair response. I also heard his response he gave and think it was perfectly reasonable as well. Again, where is the controversy?
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