Browns "BPA" Draft
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Dallas is absolutely the south. The crown jewel of it in fact.
More like the sphincter of the south. No, more like the navel. It is not fucked up, except perhaps traffic. Nothing wrong, just nothing appealing about Dallas/Ft. Worth. Houston either. San Antonio and Austin much more interesting towns.
I did a recent tour of towns in Texas.
El Paso a bit "third world".
Odessa/Midland/Lubbock a bit blah.
Parts of Amarillo are like a throw back to the 40s/50s with old route 66 going through there. Kinda cool in a retro sense.
Abilene is a "pretty little town". Perhaps not the prettiest I have ever seen, but nice.
Waco is not as Whacko as the name implies. Kind of middle of the road.
Galveston was kind of cool, the parts I saw of it. Though for the 2 days I was there this past winter break it was completely shrouded in fog the whole time.
See my "Gipper's Guide to America" thread in the Barbershop for a ranking I have done of North American towns.
More like the sphincter of the south. No, more like the navel. It is not fucked up, except perhaps traffic. Nothing wrong, just nothing appealing about Dallas/Ft. Worth. Houston either. San Antonio and Austin much more interesting towns.
I did a recent tour of towns in Texas.
El Paso a bit "third world".
Odessa/Midland/Lubbock a bit blah.
Parts of Amarillo are like a throw back to the 40s/50s with old route 66 going through there. Kinda cool in a retro sense.
Abilene is a "pretty little town". Perhaps not the prettiest I have ever seen, but nice.
Waco is not as Whacko as the name implies. Kind of middle of the road.
Galveston was kind of cool, the parts I saw of it. Though for the 2 days I was there this past winter break it was completely shrouded in fog the whole time.
See my "Gipper's Guide to America" thread in the Barbershop for a ranking I have done of North American towns.
Traffic in Dallas is great compared to Austin and Houston. Great city.
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I've been there and I have been to Shiloh where my great, great uncle was shot thru both legs as a member of the 8th Texas Rangers Cav unit and left for dead. He was taken to the first ever MASH unit on the battlefield and his life was saved by Union surgeons without removing legs since the bullet did not hit bone. He was eventually exchanged at Vicksburg and made his way back to Austin. Interesting stuff huh?
I've been there and I have been to Shiloh where my great, great uncle was shot thru both legs as a member of the 8th Texas Rangers Cav unit and left for dead. He was taken to the first ever MASH unit on the battlefield and his life was saved by Union surgeons without removing legs since the bullet did not hit bone. He was eventually exchanged at Vicksburg and made his way back to Austin. Interesting stuff huh?
Yes, it is...
Can't explain it but get a very weird vibe off of some Civil War battlefields. Gettysberg, twice as a kid and again as an adult, but they were nothing compared to two I had driving through Manasas Battlefield Park going Dulles to DC and back on a business trip. And on the way to DC I'd never noticed I was driving by it.
Maybe the Buddists are onto something???
Dallas is absolutely the south. The crown jewel of it in fact.
Don't know about that "crown jewel thing (*cough* Charleston, SC *cough*), but Dallas is a helluva lot more "southern" than Houston.
Both were barely 30-yo when the Civil War broke out.
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
More like the sphincter of the south. No, more like the navel. It is not fucked up, except perhaps traffic. Nothing wrong, just nothing appealing about Dallas/Ft. Worth. Houston either. San Antonio and Austin much more interesting towns.
I did a recent tour of towns in Texas.
El Paso a bit "third world".
Odessa/Midland/Lubbock a bit blah.
Parts of Amarillo are like a throw back to the 40s/50s with old route 66 going through there. Kinda cool in a retro sense.
Abilene is a "pretty little town". Perhaps not the prettiest I have ever seen, but nice.
Waco is not as Whacko as the name implies. Kind of middle of the road.
Galveston was kind of cool, the parts I saw of it. Though for the 2 days I was there this past winter break it was completely shrouded in fog the whole time.
See my "Gipper's Guide to America" thread in the Barbershop for a ranking I have done of North American towns.
Traffic in Dallas is great compared to Austin and Houston. Great city.
Traffic in Dallas is great compared to Austin and Houston. Great city.
You may be right. Austin has become awful. And I suspect the same about Houston, though the last couple of times I went through there I was able to avoid rush hour, so I made it through pretty well both times with no tie-ups. I just see very little in Dallas that is of any real interest. The most interesting place is the assassination location, and boy, if that is the best thing you got going for you...well, that kind of tells it all.
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I've been there and I have been to Shiloh where my great, great uncle was shot thru both legs as a member of the 8th Texas Rangers Cav unit and left for dead. He was taken to the first ever MASH unit on the battlefield and his life was saved by Union surgeons without removing legs since the bullet did not hit bone. He was eventually exchanged at Vicksburg and made his way back to Austin. Interesting stuff huh?
Yes, it is...
Can't explain it but get a very weird vibe off of some Civil War battlefields. Gettysberg, twice as a kid and again as an adult, but they were nothing compared to two I had driving through Manasas Battlefield Park going Dulles to DC and back on a business trip. And on the way to DC I'd never noticed I was driving by it.
Maybe the Buddists are onto something???
Dallas is absolutely the south. The crown jewel of it in fact.
Don't know about that "crown jewel thing (*cough* Charleston, SC *cough*), but Dallas is a helluva lot more "southern" than Houston.
Both were barely 30-yo when the Civil War broke out.
Yes, it is...
Can't explain it but get a very weird vibe off of some Civil War battlefields. Gettysberg, twice as a kid and again as an adult, but they were nothing compared to two I had driving through Manasas Battlefield Park going Dulles to DC and back on a business trip. And on the way to DC I'd never noticed I was driving by it.
Maybe the Buddists are onto something???
Don't know about that "crown jewel thing (*cough* Charleston, SC *cough*), but Dallas is a helluva lot more "southern" than Houston.
Both were barely 30-yo when the Civil War broke out.
My best friend proposed to his wife in Charleston. They are only mid-20's but are set on retiring there lol.
I'm not sure that I'd say Dallas is more southern than Houston. Houston brings some of the same rich oilman in cowboy boots-type guys and adds the diversity and culture you see in other parts of the south. It's an uncommon opinion, but I like both.
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Best thing in DFW is actually the Kimbell Museum in Ft. Worth. They bring in world class artworks on a regular basis.
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Traffic in Dallas is great compared to Austin and Houston. Great city.
You may be right. Austin has become awful. And I suspect the same about Houston, though the last couple of times I went through there I was able to avoid rush hour, so I made it through pretty well both times with no tie-ups. I just see very little in Dallas that is of any real interest. The most interesting place is the assassination location, and boy, if that is the best thing you got going for you...well, that kind of tells it all.
You may be right. Austin has become awful. And I suspect the same about Houston, though the last couple of times I went through there I was able to avoid rush hour, so I made it through pretty well both times with no tie-ups. I just see very little in Dallas that is of any real interest. The most interesting place is the assassination location, and boy, if that is the best thing you got going for you...well, that kind of tells it all.
Houston traffic is bad but at least they're generally on top of infrastructure development. Austin is, pretty much as a rule, about 10 years behind.
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Best thing in DFW is actually the Kimbell Museum in Ft. Worth. They bring in world class artworks on a regular basis.
Best thing in DFW is actually the Kimbell Museum in Ft. Worth. They bring in world class artworks on a regular basis.
Haven't been there, it the modern art museum of Fort Worth was a lot of fun. That giant cone made out of huge slabs of iron is pretty surreal.
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How long until Arlington demands equal billing???
DAFW or Destruction!
I've spent a lot more time in Houston, lived there from '74 - '07 It is cosmopolitan as hell. Could be that I've simply not spent enough time in Dallas to overcome my stereotypical bias.
I friggin love Austin. It still has "charm"... "quaintness". If you learn the back-ways within the city, traffic can be tolerable. But if you are commuting from one of the neighboring bedroom communities, then you are basically screwed.
My college bud retired from Wisconsin to Georgetown, TX... NNE of Austin proper. Original intent was to be near enough to drive in for dinners, shows, etc., but traffic has all but killed that idea.
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You may be right. Austin has become awful. And I suspect the same about Houston, though the last couple of times I went through there I was able to avoid rush hour, so I made it through pretty well both times with no tie-ups. I just see very little in Dallas that is of any real interest. The most interesting place is the assassination location, and boy, if that is the best thing you got going for you...well, that kind of tells it all.
Houston traffic is bad but at least they're generally on top of infrastructure development. Austin is, pretty much as a rule, about 10 years behind.
Houston traffic is bad but at least they're generally on top of infrastructure development. Austin is, pretty much as a rule, about 10 years behind.
Yep, been caught in major tie ups on I-35...and that was not even at rush hour. I scrambled out of there to get to SA and took a highway west of there, even if it meant having to out of my way. Went down 281 instead.
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How long until Arlington demands equal billing???
DAFW or Destruction!
I've spent a lot more time in Houston, lived there from '74 - '07 It is cosmopolitan as hell. Could be that I've simply not spent enough time in Dallas to overcome my stereotypical bias.
I friggin love Austin. It still has "charm"... "quaintness". If you learn the back-ways within the city, traffic can be tolerable. But if you are commuting from one of the neighboring bedroom communities, then you are basically screwed.
My college bud retired from Wisconsin to Georgetown, TX... NNE of Austin proper. Original intent was to be near enough to drive in for dinners, shows, etc., but traffic has all but killed that idea.
How long until Arlington demands equal billing???
DAFW or Destruction!
I've spent a lot more time in Houston, lived there from '74 - '07 It is cosmopolitan as hell. Could be that I've simply not spent enough time in Dallas to overcome my stereotypical bias.
I friggin love Austin. It still has "charm"... "quaintness". If you learn the back-ways within the city, traffic can be tolerable. But if you are commuting from one of the neighboring bedroom communities, then you are basically screwed.
My college bud retired from Wisconsin to Georgetown, TX... NNE of Austin proper. Original intent was to be near enough to drive in for dinners, shows, etc., but traffic has all but killed that idea.
So were you in Georgetown on that recent trip? Gumbo's on the square, Wildfire just off the square and Dos Salsas just a few blocks over on University. All excellent eateries.
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How long until Arlington demands equal billing???
DAFW or Destruction!
I've spent a lot more time in Houston, lived there from '74 - '07 It is cosmopolitan as hell. Could be that I've simply not spent enough time in Dallas to overcome my stereotypical bias.
I friggin love Austin. It still has "charm"... "quaintness". If you learn the back-ways within the city, traffic can be tolerable. But if you are commuting from one of the neighboring bedroom communities, then you are basically screwed.
My college bud retired from Wisconsin to Georgetown, TX... NNE of Austin proper. Original intent was to be near enough to drive in for dinners, shows, etc., but traffic has all but killed that idea.
So were you in Georgetown on that recent trip? Gumbo's on the square, Wildfire just off the square and Dos Salsas just a few blocks over on University. All excellent eateries.
So were you in Georgetown on that recent trip? Gumbo's on the square, Wildfire just off the square and Dos Salsas just a few blocks over on University. All excellent eateries.
No... not that time. My bud came into Austin for the evening. Will see if he knows the above next trip...
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So were you in Georgetown on that recent trip? Gumbo's on the square, Wildfire just off the square and Dos Salsas just a few blocks over on University. All excellent eateries.
No... not that time. My bud came into Austin for the evening. Will see if he knows the above next trip...
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How do you guys remember all these meals and where you had them??
Impressive !
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How do you guys remember all these meals and where you had them??
Impressive !
How do you guys remember all these meals and where you had them??
Impressive !
I remember a few memorable meals. The BEST steak I ever had was at a place called The Texas Club in Ruidoso New Mex. I remember that.
Just last week I had some great Kansas City BBQ at Joe's BBQ.
I once ate at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park. (don't remember the meal so much...just the location)
I also remember the worst meal I ever had, and that happened 43 years ago. I don't recall the restaurant's name,...it was in Bar Harbor, Maine, but I had a huge plate of steamed clams....and then spent two days in the hospital afterwards attached to all kinds of IVs.
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I've been there and I have been to Shiloh where my great, great uncle was shot thru both legs as a member of the 8th Texas Rangers Cav unit and left for dead. He was taken to the first ever MASH unit on the battlefield and his life was saved by Union surgeons without removing legs since the bullet did not hit bone. He was eventually exchanged at Vicksburg and made his way back to Austin. Interesting stuff huh?
Yes, it is...
Can't explain it but get a very weird vibe off of some Civil War battlefields. Gettysberg, twice as a kid and again as an adult, but they were nothing compared to two I had driving through Manasas Battlefield Park going Dulles to DC and back on a business trip. And on the way to DC I'd never noticed I was driving by it.
Maybe the Buddists are onto something???
Dallas is absolutely the south. The crown jewel of it in fact.
Don't know about that "crown jewel thing (*cough* Charleston, SC *cough*), but Dallas is a helluva lot more "southern" than Houston.
Both were barely 30-yo when the Civil War broke out.
Yes, it is...
Can't explain it but get a very weird vibe off of some Civil War battlefields. Gettysberg, twice as a kid and again as an adult, but they were nothing compared to two I had driving through Manasas Battlefield Park going Dulles to DC and back on a business trip. And on the way to DC I'd never noticed I was driving by it.
Maybe the Buddists are onto something???
Don't know about that "crown jewel thing (*cough* Charleston, SC *cough*), but Dallas is a helluva lot more "southern" than Houston.
Both were barely 30-yo when the Civil War broke out.
Savannah perhaps more than Charleston. Both nice, charming.
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How do you guys remember all these meals and where you had them??
Impressive !
How do you guys remember all these meals and where you had them?? Impressive !
Because we have food in the States worth remembering?
I've had great meals in Britain... but they were all "foreign foods".
London included:
- a great Italian place (name may come) that was very hard to get into.
- Geales... a wonderful, french-leaning seafood place in Notting Hill.
- Rostiserie Jules... chicken to die for and you fetched your drinks from the Pub next door.
One of the best surprises was a little falafel takeaway near Hyde park... made a picnic out of it with the wife.
Somewhere around Coventry... no idea where as we were already lit from happy hour at the in-house Pub in our U. Warwick lodgings... had one of my best "Curry House" experiences ever. Wait staff was in full India regalia... no utensils just Nan with which to scoop the best Lamb Tika I've ever tasted. No idea the name... too... "happy"...
Also not remembering the name of the Italian place... dammit...
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I had no idea you'd travelled England so much tour!
The falafel place near Hyde Park was probably on Edgware Road, its a kind of Lebanese district of London.
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I had no idea you'd travelled England so much tour!
The falafel place near Hyde Park was probably on Edgware Road, its a kind of Lebanese district of London.
I had no idea you'd travelled England so much tour!
Six trips over a 1-1/2 year period doing course work in a Management Development course my then employer, Zeneca later AstraZeneca, developed with Warwick. We were the first class to include Swedes from Astra Pharmaceuticals.
Yes, they were blond, except for one guy, and even a couple of the women could drink the Brits under the table.Also took a private trip with my then significant other to UK. I know I took her to Geales, and we found the falafel house and picnicked in the Park. We toured the low, mid and highlands. The latter with a fast, Scottish friend I made in the course, who toured us through his highlands including a stop in Applecross where my significant other became my fiancee.
Ate some fantastic prawns in Applecross BTW... at the Applecross Inn. A sweet Pub with a full restaurant and maybe a dozen rooms upstairs... very quiet... very quaint. Wonderfully inaccessible, too, with a winding, one-lane road across a mountain immediately to the south. Followed a road north one afternoon until it disappeared...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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