Everything posted by Ollie Slatt
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Best North American City to Spend a Week?
San Francisco. With a week, you can combine with wine country or go down the coast to Carmel/Big Sur.
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Underrated or ignored albums you think are incredible
I think half of my junior high owned this album. It was 3x platinum and had multiple radio hits. Not sure it was "overlooked."
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Covers Good and Bad
We could probably have a whole thread of people covering John Prine songs. This is one of the more interesting Prine covers I have come across:
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Covers Good and Bad
I prefer Ms. Raitt's earlier work . . . and she has always known how to pick a cover song. Here she is covering Blind Faith and Jackson Browne.
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Washington DC
I have not stayed there but have stayed at 4 other Kimptons in DC. 3 of the 4 were fine -- I think the one that sucked was called the Rouge. Best were the Mason & Rook and Monaco, which I would stay at again. Overall, most Kimptons are fine provided you are OK with the location.
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Burgers
The real issue here is that no matter how good that burger is, nobody should go there and forego the green chili pork stew. I guess if really hungry you could order both.
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General San Francisco Thread
I once saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's . . . his hair was perfect
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General San Francisco Thread
I don’t know about best, but Tadich is the classic spot for cioppino. Also the oldest restaurant in the city and just a nice place for a martini.
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Texas BBQ
Cosmic coffee has a nice beer selection, and you can eat your bbq inside the coffee shop if you prefer.
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Nic Cage was too drunk to marry.
I guess the Honeymoon in Vegas didn't go as planned.
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Nic Cage was too drunk to marry.
I guess married life was too much of an adaptation for Nic.
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Protest Songs
- Buttigieg 2020
Pete's comment was, unsurprisingly, very thoughtful. It was made in the context of an Esquire interview where he explained that the focus of any campaign should not be exclusively on the candidate or the opposition; it should be on making life better for everyday Americans. Obviously, that is too much nuance for some of these idiots to understand. Pete seems like the most intelligent candidate. I will probably vote for him and be disappointed when he loses. Hopefully the nominee has the good sense to put this guy in a high-profile national position.- Washington DC
Agree on Rasika. It is awesome Indian food, as is Bombay Club. I like Tosca a lot, and it should work for a picky eater but is a bit more on the fancy side.- Business travel to Saudi
When you land there will be three customs lines. One will be for middle easterners, and it will move fast. One will be for white guys and it will take an hour or two. And the third line will be for south Asians and it will look like they have been sitting there for days. I found the taxis to be fine. Though the first thing my taxi driver said to me upon leaving the airport was "if you want to have any fun, it will have to be in Bahrain . . . no fun allowed here" There is a popeyes in the airport.- Electric Scooters in Austin
I actually witnessed an officer yell at a scooter rider last week for riding on the road. He told him to get on the sidewalk. Part of the problem seems to be that sidewalk riding is legal on some downtown streets and not on others. Its too confusing and you cannot expect out of town visitors to know which sidewalks are OK and which are not.- South by Southwest 2019
I used to love Ben Kweller circa 2006. I caught his set at SXSW last year and it was not what I expected. His band was just him on guitar, a dude playing some sort of electric drum kit and a keys player that looked like a suburban soccer mom.- Top Date Night Spots
Thai Kun is good (but casual). As noted above, Andiamo is close too. There is a Roaring Fork relatively close as well.- White bass run around Austin
I use flies with a lot of white in them -- usually just clouser minnows. I suspect a similar looking lure would work well.- Americana Awards
She is speaking at SXSW this year. Hopefully she will play a show somewhere while in town, but I have not seen anything announced.- White bass run around Austin
Anyone know what the white bass in Lake Austin and Town Lake do this time of year? Do they bunch up in the moving water near the dams or head up some of the feeder creeks (like Bull Creek)?- Texas BBQ
Is there some inherent advantage to using the smaller briskets? Or is the size of the brisket a biproduct of trying to source cows that were not shot full of artificial growth hormones?- 2020 Democratic Nominee
Likelihood of winning the general election definitely matters. I am undecided as of now. I think Warren would probably be the best president, but I am not sure she is the best candidate. And even the worst in this field would be worlds better than another 4 years of Trump. So it matters. It matters big time. Party leadership (and even primary voters) definitely deserve some of the blame. If one of my favorite teams loses, then I am generally more pissed at the coach for having a shitty strategy than at the other team. And putting up a candidate that half of the country absolutely hates (even if their reasons are stupid or immoral) is a stupid strategy. BTW, I like Pete a lot too, but the jump from mayor to president is huge. We need a president that can undo as much trump damage as possible as quickly as possible, and experience in Washington matters for that sort of thing. Hopefully Pete can build a name for himself and then run for something more substantial.- Comic Relief: Satirical Tweets and Memes
My favorite was Romney saying he has been a hunter his whole life . . . then walking it back by saying he mostly hunted rodents.- Ryan Adams News
As an aside to all of this. I just looked up Phoebe Bridgers because I was unfamiliar with her music. Upon first listen, I am digging the music she is making with Conor Oberst. Also, she named her first album "A Stranger in the Alps," which is a pretty perfect Lebowski reference! - Buttigieg 2020
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