LouisianaLady

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we've bought a few. Not sure I'd want to live in any of the ones in the lafayette area. They are nice houses, don't get me wrong, but I'd rather take the money from selling it, and buy a nice piece of property and build something.

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Same. here. We buy them every year, but I certainly don't want to live off River Rd. in BR

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Last year, while watching the hot dog eating contest, I asked my then 3yo how many hot dogs he thinks he could eat. He replied: Probably just one would be enough.

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We did a hotdog party at the bar I frequent for the contest, and I tapped out at 2. I have no idea how those contestants do it.

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went recently and got the hamburger/smashburger or whatever they call it and it was very good, would definitely order again

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I got this as well. Maybe it's because I was starving, but I think I said it was the best burger of my life. :Lol:

It is much better than it used to be. My last two experiences were very good.

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Woke up to a bat lying on his face. Dad/parents don't see any bite/scratch marks, so they don't get the shots. Horrible story. Don't know WTF the parents were thinking to feel they didn't need to take him in for rabies shots.

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My friends make fun of me because I went down the rabbit hole reading about rabies, particularly from bats, and it is terrifying.

Bats' teeth are so tiny that you can't tell if you've been bitten by looking at yourself, and you can't really feel it when it happens either (so, say you're asleep).

On top of that, rabies can lie dormant for a long time before it presents itself, so you may have it and not even know. By the time you do know, it is too late and you're a goner.

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I gave up even trying to sip water after about hour 12, as I'd throw it up less than 5 minutes later every time. I've had some painful incidents, including being shot in the shoulder. I think I'd rather be shot again than experience dry heaving bile for the 50th time in 24 hours.

Not to mention all this happened in a shitty hotel room in BFE South Mississippi, as I was in no shape and scared to try to make the trek home.

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This exact thing happened to me last summer. After 3 days, I had to make the decision whether to cancel our long weekend in Houston or not (we were flying). I took a big risk and took Imodium to make it through the flight, and magically, it worked. I was afraid to do so because I didn’t want to trap infection in, but after that I was totally fine the entire trip.

But those 3 days. Holy hell.

I did in fact look good in my swimsuit by the pool that weekend. :lol:

I couldn’t possibly guess what gave it to me, but everything else I had eaten that week my husband had also had and was fine.. except when we went to Walkons. I ventured out of my norm since he likes to give me hell for being a creature of habit. Ribeye sliders. They tasted.. sour or something.

I actually like Walkons but I’ll never get that dish again.

Full blown itinerary for me, but the it’s filled with plenty of time of “do whatever” too.

We just did Napa. Every single winery I had booked had signs that said “absolutely no walk-ins” and many had been close to sold out (limited openings) when I booked them 2 months in advance.

Certainly couldn’t have walked into most dining I had reserved far in advance either.

Some places just don’t allow for “do whatever” unless you are flying all the way there knowing you won’t get the best of what they have to offer and you’re fine with that. I’m not.

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"No, that's not what I do."

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:lol: That response made me laugh because his tone was so smug like he really thought he was winning here.

Homeboy just ELI5'd to you what rich people do with their nice cars when they travel abroad, and you respond like they're the stupid ones because "it's not what you do".

Also what's with him acting like he can't hear anything like he's gone deaf, still asking questions anyway, and interrupting every time dude answers calmly to say he can't hear anything? Video would be grounds to send him to medical for a full physical.

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I hit up the Serop’s express downtown for lunch periodically. People that work there are nice, the #1 is a solid lunch, hummus is delicious & their pita is not the best. That’s all I got

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I love it. You gotta know what you’re doing though. Not for newbies.

I like Serops because it’s not JUST Lebanese food. There’s some other sides.

Also the Roman’s on Bluebonnet rocks for the pizza.

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've spent $10k on a 5 day trip and bought $14k for wine that was shipped home.

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Added up my wine shipping receipts last night, and keeping in mind Palmaz hasn't even sent a receipt/email since we visited so I don't know that total yet... we are at $11,125 in wine sent home. :lol: :banghead:

The one dumb thing we did as newbies was let them auto-enroll us in clubs when we hit certain spending amounts. Some places the club isn't a big deal because you can cancel from the portal or skip whenever you need, but some have minimum orders per year or only 1 skip per year.

Thankfully, looks like most places are only like $400 per shipment and not the insane spends we did in person. But yeah. Don't join clubs unless the perks are REALLY worth it for you. Just order wine.

For anyone that wants tasting fees refunded if you buy wine, I would recommend asking. We forgot that was even an option to ask about, so unless my husband has a refund pending we weren't told about directly, the only place that refunded our tastings automatically was Far Niente.

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That Burgers and Half Bottles place looks to be a good little hang out spot to sit and chill, just not sure if they have a bar.

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This is short order. I didn't notice a bar for sitting, but the weather was perfect so we were fine at a table with an umbrella.

The beer is ordered at the counter with your food, and they give you a glass to get it filled by the dude standing at the patio beer tap truck. Looked like you could get additional rounds from him directly as well.

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Bottega was night 1. We were worried this may be a bit tourist-y due to some weird Yelp reviews, but I really liked it. Octopus, crudo, pastas. The service was very good, and the space is beautiful inside. Big time heat wave our first two days of the trip, so many meals were indoors.

Auberge du Soleil - Lunch between wineries. Very beautiful space. Unfortunately the heat kept us indoors, but the food was top notch, and the service was so friendly. Also note: You can get away with casual dress here despite it being higher end! "Nicer" shorts and a collared shirt is fine during the day.



North Block - This ended up being a spot we returned to at night to get drinks. Food was very good, although I suppose a bit more on the forgettable side than others.. but it was also the one day I was quite tipsy from the wineries.



Brix - Beautiful space. We did sit outside here despite the heat, but only because the inside A/C was not keeping up. In fact, lots of places we went struggled to keep up with the heat wave. Beautiful views, though, and the food hit the spot for lunch. They had a few "cajun" dishes, which we did not order, but shrimp cocktail and salad and sandwiches all good.

Not really a helpful food pic, but the view of the gardens is truly beautiful. And you can go walk through them.



Ciccio - This spot surprised me! It was super casual, and we are so-so on pizza in the first place, but WOW! First of all, one of the best caesar salads I've ever had. But really, really solid pizza.



The French Laundry - I mean, what do I say here. :lol: As you can imagine, it was incredible. I love that you can just give them a price point for your wine pairing, and they'll do all the rest. We may have gone a bit crazy with that, but so worth it.

I forgot to mention that Far Niente's dessert wine, which we normally never like, was so good that we bought a bottle. Well, the dessert wine also served at TFL was very solid with their dessert course.

Missing a lot of items here, but eh. Did my best.

















Burgers and Half Bottles - Thomas Keller's short order burger joint. They do a great job is cycling people through there, and the weather had finally turned perfect on Sunday. Very solid burger! And the beer is Russian River Brewing.



Bouchon - We were really on a Thomas Keller kick, I guess. We took it pretty easy on food here. 5/6 different varieties of raw oysters and then I got the mussels as my entree. Great stuff. Wine wasn't shabby either.