Browns on Hard Knocks
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Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
Food trucks are gay. If you like the experience of sitting out in the sun, then power to ya. But the food is poor and the prices are high.
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Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
yeah man. did they pave the parking lot yet?
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Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
Food trucks are gay. If you like the experience of sitting out in the sun, then power to ya. But the food is poor and the prices are high.
Food trucks are gay. If you like the experience of sitting out in the sun, then power to ya. But the food is poor and the prices are high.
I like food trucks. I remember when my ship was in the Yards in Long Beach, we used to hit the food truck after the bars closed. It was parked at the back gate and they had damn good pastrami sandwiches.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Drunk food when nothing else is open is an exception. Although we have Roppolo's pizza on 6th that's pretty good in addition to Whataburger.
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Food trucks are gay. If you like the experience of sitting out in the sun, then power to ya. But the food is poor and the prices are high.
I like food trucks. I remember when my ship was in the Yards in Long Beach, we used to hit the food truck after the bars closed. It was parked at the back gate and they had damn good pastrami sandwiches.
I like food trucks. I remember when my ship was in the Yards in Long Beach, we used to hit the food truck after the bars closed. It was parked at the back gate and they had damn good pastrami sandwiches.
in wurzburg they had cars lined up at the back gates of our kaserne. they weren't food trucks though unless some starving GIs liked hairy german trout.
2 mark park is what they called it.
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And tell me this if you know Tejas so well....I am thinking of taking a Texas road trip in November.....as I will probably be staying in SA for 2-3 days for a football game. From there I am thinking of driving up to Abilene, then to Wichita Falls, then up into OK for a stop, then back over to Lake Meredith, then to Amarillo and Lubbock, down to Odess/Midland/San Angelo before heading back to SA.
What recommendations/suggestions do you have?
lol... you're road tripping the one area of Texas I have not spent time in (and I have no desire to do so)... the panhandle. But in San Antonio I might have a place or two you've not hit visiting your daughter.
Do the scenic loop in the hills NW of San Antonio... but watch your speed... especially though Grey Moss. Neat winding road of old homes with some spectacular views of the city.
Speaking of Grey Moss... check out the Grey Moss Inn... tad pricey (except for their amazing wine list where the mark ups as fairly reasonable), but fantastic food including "wild game" specials most nights. Foods are grilled using a round, outdoor pit over Mesquite (what else would they use?). Ask about their Zin Din... I've attended three and made a great friend there.
For cheap and grubby check out the Tip Top Café in San Anton proper. Best Chicken Fried Steak I've ever had and onion rings to die for...
No San Anton trip is complete without at least one meal at La Fogata... huge, open air Mexican restaurant.
Some folks also have to have at least one breakfast at the Gunther House, but it's not worth the wait IMO. The better option is to visit it (interesting mini museum) and buy some Pancake and/or Waffle mix... both are awesome.
Day trips include:
Wine country concentrated north of the city. Two fav wineries are Becker's (east of Fredericksberg past the wildflower farm) and Texas Hills (Johnson City). I especially love Texas Hills wines, but Becker's is special as it had a B&B on the property in a renovated 1800's cabin. Spent a honeymoon there.
November will likely be too late to catch the colors, but if Fall comes late to the area check out a great little Texas park named "Lost Maples". Maple tress are likely common where you live, but they have no business growing in central Texas. Yet somehow there's a valley with a hundreds of them.
lol... you're road tripping the one area of Texas I have not spent time in (and I have no desire to do so)... the panhandle. But in San Antonio I might have a place or two you've not hit visiting your daughter.
Do the scenic loop in the hills NW of San Antonio... but watch your speed... especially though Grey Moss. Neat winding road of old homes with some spectacular views of the city.
Speaking of Grey Moss... check out the Grey Moss Inn... tad pricey (except for their amazing wine list where the mark ups as fairly reasonable), but fantastic food including "wild game" specials most nights. Foods are grilled using a round, outdoor pit over Mesquite (what else would they use?). Ask about their Zin Din... I've attended three and made a great friend there.
For cheap and grubby check out the Tip Top Café in San Anton proper. Best Chicken Fried Steak I've ever had and onion rings to die for...
I have wandered around Hill Country....but have not stayed or ate at the places you mention above.
No San Anton trip is complete without at least one meal at La Fogata... huge, open air Mexican restaurant.
I may have been there. I did go to a place that sounds similar.
Some folks also have to have at least one breakfast at the Gunther House, but it's not worth the wait IMO. The better option is to visit it (interesting mini museum) and buy some Pancake and/or Waffle mix... both are awesome.
Day trips include:
Wine country concentrated north of the city. Two fav wineries are Becker's (east of Fredericksberg past the wildflower farm) and Texas Hills (Johnson City). I especially love Texas Hills wines, but Becker's is special as it had a B&B on the property in a renovated 1800's cabin. Spent a honeymoon there.
I have been to both Fredericksburg and Johnson City....but have not been to the places you mention.
November will likely be too late to catch the colors, but if Fall comes late to the area check out a great little Texas park named "Lost Maples". Maple tress are likely common where you live, but they have no business growing in central Texas. Yet somehow there's a valley with a hundreds of them.
Well, yes, right....if I want to see maple leafs turning in the fall I can look out my back door.....but I once had two maples in the yard which both died and I cut down. I have been out to Del Rio and the Amistad NRA for some interesting nature walks.....where I got introduced to the horse crippler.
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A few years ago, we visited my Son & his Family in Boerne, Texas, a little north of San Antonio, over the end of May. My "special treat" from him was an outing to the original Rudy's BBQ & Country Store. In addition to the normal fantastic Texas hospitality, they went the extra mile for this old 'Nam Vet.
As we stood in line to place our order, a lady came up & asked me if I was a combat Vet. When I said "Vietnam", she said, "Your meal is free. Thank you." Rudy's picked up the tab for ALL combat Vets for something like 2 weeks around Memorial Day & I can't describe what that meant to me.
Is Rudy's good? I will NEVER go back to Texas without heading to Rudy's! Great food & even BETTER people!
Mike
A few years ago, we visited my Son & his Family in Boerne, Texas, a little north of San Antonio, over the end of May. My "special treat" from him was an outing to the original Rudy's BBQ & Country Store. In addition to the normal fantastic Texas hospitality, they went the extra mile for this old 'Nam Vet.
As we stood in line to place our order, a lady came up & asked me if I was a combat Vet. When I said "Vietnam", she said, "Your meal is free. Thank you." Rudy's picked up the tab for ALL combat Vets for something like 2 weeks around Memorial Day & I can't describe what that meant to me.
Is Rudy's good? I will NEVER go back to Texas without heading to Rudy's! Great food & even BETTER people!
Mike
I have in laws that live in Boerne. (pronounced "Bernie" fyi). My wife is too familiar with the damned hospital there since she broke her wrist when we were staying in Bandera, and the nearest hospital was in Boerne.
ESPN's Michele Beadle is from Boerne.
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LOL- as they say to each their own. Even if I was making $10 million a year, you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC.
for $10 million a year i'd live in your closet.
too much city for you? for a cool $2 mil you could live up here and have the best of both worlds.
don't get me wrong, i like the sound of crickets and the glow of fireflies. but to have that it doesn't mean you have to live in mayberry. i think i'd go crazy now after years of 'over-socialization' to be back in sandusky where you can't get food delivered after 9pm or go to a store after 10 because nothing is open except the gas stations. screw that.
but i do miss the drive-thru liquor stores, lol.
for $10 million a year i'd live in your closet.
too much city for you? for a cool $2 mil you could live up here and have the best of both worlds.
don't get me wrong, i like the sound of crickets and the glow of fireflies. but to have that it doesn't mean you have to live in mayberry. i think i'd go crazy now after years of 'over-socialization' to be back in sandusky where you can't get food delivered after 9pm or go to a store after 10 because nothing is open except the gas stations. screw that.
but i do miss the drive-thru liquor stores, lol.
I just went through Mayberry (Mt. Airy) on Saturday.....the town's surroundings have grown big (you know....all the commercial sprawl that most cities get now), but the downtown is still quaint.
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Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
I told you that Lubbock is only one of 3 cities in the USA over 200K in population that I have not been to. The others are Spokane and Boise. Plus there are a couple of National Park units just north of there (Lake Meredith, Alibates Flint Quarry). Plus who doesn't want to go see the home of Buddy Holly and Carhenge?
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Did they ever pick a team for this?
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Gip,
1. While in Austin go to Franklin BBQ and various food trucks are popular.
2. While around Austin, go to Fredericksburg, its a cool little town in the German hill country.
3. Why in the fuck would you go to Lubbock? Tech?
4. Amarillo has that restaurant with the gaint steak that you get free if you eat it all.
I told you that Lubbock is only one of 3 cities in the USA over 200K in population that I have not been to. The others are Spokane and Boise. Plus there are a couple of National Park units just north of there (Lake Meredith, Alibates Flint Quarry). Plus who doesn't want to go see the home of Buddy Holly and Carhenge?
I told you that Lubbock is only one of 3 cities in the USA over 200K in population that I have not been to. The others are Spokane and Boise. Plus there are a couple of National Park units just north of there (Lake Meredith, Alibates Flint Quarry). Plus who doesn't want to go see the home of Buddy Holly and Carhenge?
I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
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I told you that Lubbock is only one of 3 cities in the USA over 200K in population that I have not been to. The others are Spokane and Boise. Plus there are a couple of National Park units just north of there (Lake Meredith, Alibates Flint Quarry). Plus who doesn't want to go see the home of Buddy Holly and Carhenge?
I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
You wrote that Steve? Great song bud!!
However, if you are a Texas Aggie, women there DO treat you mean.
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I told you that Lubbock is only one of 3 cities in the USA over 200K in population that I have not been to. The others are Spokane and Boise. Plus there are a couple of National Park units just north of there (Lake Meredith, Alibates Flint Quarry). Plus who doesn't want to go see the home of Buddy Holly and Carhenge?
I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
Were you confused, or did some road signs get switched?
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I've been there. That's ironically where I wrote the song Abilene.
WSS
You wrote that Steve? Great song bud!!
However, if you are a Texas Aggie, women there DO treat you mean.
You wrote that Steve? Great song bud!!
However, if you are a Texas Aggie, women there DO treat you mean.
You may be thinking of a different Abilene, one that came out in the early 60s written by Bob Gibson (not the pitcher), Lester Brown and John Lowdermilk. Performed by a guy named George Hamilton IV.
Steve would have been like 9 years old when this song came out.
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