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3 years in the banquet department for a hotel/conference center, most of that time as a bartender. Thank god for gratuity included in the catering package because cash tips were crap in that gig. It was mostly fun, easy job though.

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That’s exactly why gratuity is added on to catering packages. I cringe when I see tip jars at weddings and other private parties. Your guests shouldn’t have to pick up tab/tip when you invited them somewhere. But working in private events and catering for 5 years, I saw plenty of people who thought otherwise. Even had a cash bar situation where the couple wouldn’t cover the cost of iced tea or other non alcoholic bevs because he had already reached his food and bev minimum with catering.

Ditto on Texas dealers. We test drove in Shreveport and were quoted sticker price. Called him a few days later and said we were shopping in Houston/Dallas so give us your best price. He didn’t even bother to call us back! Sewell in Dallas offered the best price on my QX60, but their woodlands location was also great when I lived in Houston with my G37.

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Only people that hate Houston live in the burbs. Never met anyone inside the 610 loop that didn’t love it

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Bingo. Had a great time as a single young adult inside 610. I would have hated it if I lived in an apartment complex in Katy.

Family business brought us back to North La. fortunately we were able to get a nice sized, probably our forever home for less than what we would have paid for something in the Heights. Also helped that my townhouse in Houston increased 40% in value from 2011-2015.

If we would have stayed there, I would only want to be inside 610 or perhaps Briargrove etc. anything in the burbs is too generic and not actual Houston.

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Karma for bringing a 6 month old on a plane

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For real? She was more well behaved on that flight than some other passengers. Just because I have a kid doesn’t mean we stay home.

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I'm reading in another thread on Reddit that he's already confessed

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Link to the Reddit thread?

Either El tiempo in the loop for good Tex mex. I also like escalantes in highland village but it’s a little bougie. Good shopping in HV too could make it a lunch stop.

LaGriglia in River Oaks Shopping Center is also a favorite if you like Italian. And they have a good happy hour if you are there in time Friday night.

Adair kitchen would be a good brunch or lunch option and is near the galleria.

No bar suggestions because I’m 31 and it’s been a few years since I lived there.

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Buy alcohol and drink at the house you rented unlike drinking in a shitty condo

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Sure, I guess we could have done that. But we had a nice dinner and were having some nightcaps with friends while the in laws kept our sleeping 1 year old back at our condo. Plus I have the discretionary income for $15 glasses of wine, so house parties aren’t my thing 10 years out of college.

You missed my point. Both places are great and offer different experiences. But I guess I’m white trash who likes Orange Beach so what do I know!

Bones.

4 months old is easy. We took our daughter on a 9 hour drive to in laws at 3 months and then flew to Boston at 4 months. Plus four trips to Oxford during football season as she was older. 11 total car trips when you count the beach etc. At 1 year she has just recently gotten to the point that she knows what’s up. We do an iPad or phone with YouTube (but I have to sit with her to keep it working, otherwise she touches it) hardback books, etc and keep a folded quilt tucked between the car seat and door so she doesn’t drop them to the side. Chick-fil-A’s are ideal for clean bathroom stops.

Keep a spot cleared next to the car seat Incase the passenger needs to hop in the back seat. Otherwise enjoy the frequent naps when they are this young.

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8 eggs
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp onion salt
Pepper to taste
2 1/4 cup milk
1 lb ground sausage, slightly browned and drained
1/2 lb cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)
8 slices bread, torn into cubes

Beat together the eggs, dry mustard, onion salt, pepper, and milk. Stir in the sausage, cheese, and bread. Spread in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake at 325 for one hour.

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This is a great recipe from a Junior League cookbook. We use it for holiday mornings, beach trips, etc.

When ole miss played there in 2014, we rented a 20 passenger bus and left from inner loop Houston. It was an 8pm kickoff, so heading there was easy with plenty of time to tailgate, but we didn’t get back until nearly 3am. We lived in houston at the time and had enough friends going that it made sense.

I’ve heard of people having to stay as far out as cypress or montogomery. Check VRBO or airBnB....college station is a lot like Oxford in that there aren’t tons of hotels.

I wish they would do this in Shreveport. The youree drive location stayed packed and so does the north Bossier.

The rumor for a while was that one would open at the new Camp Forbing (big new Kroger on Ellerbe). I heard from a reliable source close to the franchise op that it would never happen, due to not being enough lunch time traffic.... but that area stays crowded during the work day between moms and kids and people who work in south shreveport. Plus all the stonewall crowd that shops there.

I dislike the Phoenix properties as they are so over populated during peak months. I did stay in Phoenix west II for a bachelorette party in the spring and it was enjoyable but no way I’d go there in July.

Our family has a place at Romar House. It is mostly owner occupied so never very crowded. A few units are rented out on VRBO or thru the on site office. Two pools, by no lazy river. You can go on the beach and look right and left to the crowds at Phoenix 4 and 5.

We tried Voyagers inside the Perdido Beach resort last week, and it was excellent. White table cloth, steaks and seafood, great view, and they take reservations. I had the wagyu hanging tender topped with crab and it was hands down the best steak I’ve had in a long time. It’s in a league with Fishers upstairs and Big Fish, and might surpass them in my opinion. It’s pricey, but worth it for the right occasion.

Love picking up Lartigue’s for a meal at the condo.Cash only if it hasn’t been mentioned, although they have an ATM inside.

We went to the Gulf for the first time and I was impressed. Kind of a funky set up with the two different menus and a separate bar area but the food and views made up for it.

We also love Fishers downstairs for a casual lunch spot. This time, I got the pimento cheese burger and black eyed pea salad as a side.

I think we went to Cobalt for the final time this trip. It’s a great piece of property, but the food and staff are so uninspiring. Our waitress disappeared after taking our order, so we went to the bar to order more beers, the bartender said she would send them to our table, and gosh that waitress didn’t like that! Came back and put the beers on the table in silence and didn’t take an empty bottles. ?? it was a 1 o’clock lunch on a Friday too....not crowded at all.