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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (14 Viewers)
- Thread starter General Malaise
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Osaurus
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El Floppo
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Osaurus
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I work across the street from the airport. There's lots of solid options around here. I'd skip the Waffle House though
Henry Ford
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It was everyone with taste's favorite and I don't see it in their flavors. Bull####.That was my favorite
Henry Ford
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Always skip Waffle House.I work across the street from the airport. There's lots of solid options around here. I'd skip the Waffle House though
Henry Ford
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Where do you work?I work across the street from the airport. There's lots of solid options around here. I'd skip the Waffle House though
mr roboto
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Osaurus
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This. I'm a consultant for a large engineering firm which will be much larger shortly (top 5)
Henry Ford
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Henry Ford
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Henry Ford
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Just kidding mr roboto. I still love you.
General Malaise
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Osaurus
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They have an office in Vancouver, BC. Looks like one in Bothell as well
. Tempting.TPA
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mr roboto
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mr roboto
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My wife and I are trying to plan a trip without the kids next year to somewhere that neither of us have ever been.
The top three cities that were both interested in visiting are Seattle, New Orleans and Boston. We like unique and interesting food, museums and cultural institutions and we really enjoy hiking and exploring outdoors.
We aren't necessarily impressed with fine dining or high-end theater or entertainment.
New Orleans seems like such a unique place in this country that we should visit it at some point. The Pacific Northwest appears to be gorgeous from everything I've seen online and we would really enjoy the ocean and the mountains. Boston, from paying historical perspective would be a treat for both of us as we both have enjoyed spending time in Europe and like architecture and history.
The top three cities that were both interested in visiting are Seattle, New Orleans and Boston. We like unique and interesting food, museums and cultural institutions and we really enjoy hiking and exploring outdoors.
We aren't necessarily impressed with fine dining or high-end theater or entertainment.
New Orleans seems like such a unique place in this country that we should visit it at some point. The Pacific Northwest appears to be gorgeous from everything I've seen online and we would really enjoy the ocean and the mountains. Boston, from paying historical perspective would be a treat for both of us as we both have enjoyed spending time in Europe and like architecture and history.
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IMO New Orleans has the largest deviation from the norm of the 3.
FOOD: You can't beat it. Best culinary city in the country IMO. From small cheap eats like a Muffaletta at City Grocery or Cochon De Lait PoBoy from Walkers..... to fine dining like Commanders Palace or any of Besh's places... they have it all.
CULTURAL: Music and Art are integral to New Orleans. Galleries and museums everywhere. You could kill a day just exploring the cemeteries.
OUTDOORS: It's flatland and surrounding areas can be hit or miss, but if you have a car, theres lots to explore. Swamp tours, Redfishing, etc are all pretty cool. Large swaths of the city are very walkable as well. That said, seattle will have more options.
Boston is awesome as well. Tons of history. Great Seafood. You'd likely want to head out to the Cape for a day or two (Provincetown is like Key West up north) if you went. I'd suggest spring or fall.
My time in Seattle has been limited (Only a week or two) but I didn't really love it.
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cosjobs
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General Malaise
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love New Orleans but Seattle in the summer is ####### awesome. Boston sucks.
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Limp Ditka
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Speaking of, its about time for Tanner's annual charade of having the summer off to begin.
RC94
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Jeff Tefertiller is a good friend of mine and he is in NYC with his family on vacation this week. I took them around Chinatown (dim sum for lunch), Little Italy and SOHO today. We had a great time. It's always great to see him and his family. They are truly excellent people.
mr. furley
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mr. furley
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mr. furley
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arigato
tommyboy
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Can't speak for Boston but have been told i must go there for the history and culture.
I would pick NO just because of everything. It's so different and unique.
I live in Portland, grew up here. If you do come up to our town, plan it around early July, because that's when we have the Portland Waterfront Blues festival. Watch that for a day or two, weather will be perfect, then go about visiting the mountains, the waterfalls, the ocean, other NW cities and sampling the wide ranging cuisines. July is best, August 2nd best
Thorn
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General Malaise
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GM's Top 5 US Cities to Visit (Can't Use Your Hometown)
5. New Orleans - Love the food, love the people, love the night life, love the culture. Can't beat it in the fall or early spring. Too hot in the summer; too hard to get to from where I live. Can be a bit too murdery if you wander in the wrong direction too far. Residents need nacho recipes for some reason.
4. Austin, TX - Friendly people, great music, exceptional local fare and much prettier topography than it's sibling Texas cities. Same can almost be said for its pulchritude of women, but Dallas has them beat. Summers are brutal, traffic sucks and there's a chicken murderer on the loose. Were I to move back to Texas, Austin is where I'm going.
3. San Diego - Fish tacos, open air bars, relaxed beaches, otherworldly women wearing not too much. Perfect weather all year round, but I couldn't afford to be a hobo in San Diego. On the plus side, the pied piper of crazy women lured them all to Seattle, so there's nothing left but reasonable, sane, tanned & toned lovelies down there now.
2. Seattle - I hate to admit it because I loathe their sports fans, but my god do they live in a wonderful city. Checks all the boxes except for the fact that traffic can be demoralizing and there aren't great public transportation options yet, but I'm told they're working on it. So much to see and do that I've been there probably 30 times and never once bothered with the Space Needle or the Experience Museum (or whatever it's called - I do want to check it out one day, though). Also, every few months a really nice house hits the open market where the seller will give you a nice gift just for agreeing to her sales price!
1. San Francisco - The city just does everything right for me. Everywhere you turn is a good photo opportunity. It's the best walkable city I've been to, despite the steep hills. So much going on and the smallest details are cool to soak in. Gotta do something about the transients who can be a bit unruly, but so can drunk fat middle aged albinos after a few too many Top of the Mark drinks.
Honorable Mentions: Boston (Rude is crazy), Denver, Portland ME, Ft. Worth (over my hometown Dallas)
Cities I've Never Visited but Desperately Want to See
New York
Chicago
Miami
Charleston
Nashville
5. New Orleans - Love the food, love the people, love the night life, love the culture. Can't beat it in the fall or early spring. Too hot in the summer; too hard to get to from where I live. Can be a bit too murdery if you wander in the wrong direction too far. Residents need nacho recipes for some reason.
4. Austin, TX - Friendly people, great music, exceptional local fare and much prettier topography than it's sibling Texas cities. Same can almost be said for its pulchritude of women, but Dallas has them beat. Summers are brutal, traffic sucks and there's a chicken murderer on the loose. Were I to move back to Texas, Austin is where I'm going.
3. San Diego - Fish tacos, open air bars, relaxed beaches, otherworldly women wearing not too much. Perfect weather all year round, but I couldn't afford to be a hobo in San Diego. On the plus side, the pied piper of crazy women lured them all to Seattle, so there's nothing left but reasonable, sane, tanned & toned lovelies down there now.
2. Seattle - I hate to admit it because I loathe their sports fans, but my god do they live in a wonderful city. Checks all the boxes except for the fact that traffic can be demoralizing and there aren't great public transportation options yet, but I'm told they're working on it. So much to see and do that I've been there probably 30 times and never once bothered with the Space Needle or the Experience Museum (or whatever it's called - I do want to check it out one day, though). Also, every few months a really nice house hits the open market where the seller will give you a nice gift just for agreeing to her sales price!
1. San Francisco - The city just does everything right for me. Everywhere you turn is a good photo opportunity. It's the best walkable city I've been to, despite the steep hills. So much going on and the smallest details are cool to soak in. Gotta do something about the transients who can be a bit unruly, but so can drunk fat middle aged albinos after a few too many Top of the Mark drinks.
Honorable Mentions: Boston (Rude is crazy), Denver, Portland ME, Ft. Worth (over my hometown Dallas)
Cities I've Never Visited but Desperately Want to See
New York
Chicago
Miami
Charleston
Nashville
krista4
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I love each of these cities so hard. For what you've described that you want, Seattle is the clear winner, though. New Orleans is the best food city on your list, but not really such a hiking/outdoors place.
El Floppo
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what in the whatCities I've Never Visited but Desperately Want to See
New York
El Floppo
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btw- I agree with GM that SF could fit the bill too. not as much hiking as Seattle I think, but what's there is really nice (marin and east bay hills).
but given it's exclusion from roboto's post, I assumed they'd already been there.
El Floppo
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General Malaise
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I know....it's embarrassing. I even spent a few days with a college buddy in West Orange, NJ and didn't once try to make it into Gotham. Driven through your fine state, stayed in Utica, Albany and visited my GF at Niagara Falls. I spent two days at Saratoga Springs capping horse races, got turned around at the border trying to go to Montreal and drove back through the state to head back home, tail between legs. It's really a travesty.
General Malaise
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How's Naples? Buddy of mine has HAD it with Portland winters and wants to move there with her family. She thinks it will be paradise. I told her the average age of Napa was 61. She didn't like that.
ETA: Naples, not Napa
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El Floppo
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may as well have hit up coxsackie if you're going for towns that sound like stds.
El Floppo
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she could move near napa, like sebastapol or petaluma.
rainy in the winter, warm/sunny the rest of the year. gets hot- but no humidity. closish to the mountains and skiing, and to the beach (there and back for both within a day). that whole area is really nice. and it sounds like people actually commute to SF from there (which does NOT sound nice).
eta: feel like the areas around santa rosa have a lot more younger people.. like in their 40s instead of 60s.
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Limp Ditka
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I've never been to NYC either and have yet to find a reason to go outside of getting people to stop saying 'oh my god, you haven't been there?' when the subject comes up
Thorn
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Honorable mention???GM's Top 5 US Cities to Visit (Can't Use Your Hometown)
5. New Orleans - Love the food, love the people, love the night life, love the culture. Can't beat it in the fall or early spring. Too hot in the summer; too hard to get to from where I live. Can be a bit too murdery if you wander in the wrong direction too far. Residents need nacho recipes for some reason.
4. Austin, TX - Friendly people, great music, exceptional local fare and much prettier topography than it's sibling Texas cities. Same can almost be said for its pulchritude of women, but Dallas has them beat. Summers are brutal, traffic sucks and there's a chicken murderer on the loose. Were I to move back to Texas, Austin is where I'm going.
3. San Diego - Fish tacos, open air bars, relaxed beaches, otherworldly women wearing not too much. Perfect weather all year round, but I couldn't afford to be a hobo in San Diego. On the plus side, the pied piper of crazy women lured them all to Seattle, so there's nothing left but reasonable, sane, tanned & toned lovelies down there now.
2. Seattle - I hate to admit it because I loathe their sports fans, but my god do they live in a wonderful city. Checks all the boxes except for the fact that traffic can be demoralizing and there aren't great public transportation options yet, but I'm told they're working on it. So much to see and do that I've been there probably 30 times and never once bothered with the Space Needle or the Experience Museum (or whatever it's called - I do want to check it out one day, though). Also, every few months a really nice house hits the open market where the seller will give you a nice gift just for agreeing to her sales price!
1. San Francisco - The city just does everything right for me. Everywhere you turn is a good photo opportunity. It's the best walkable city I've been to, despite the steep hills. So much going on and the smallest details are cool to soak in. Gotta do something about the transients who can be a bit unruly, but so can drunk fat middle aged albinos after a few too many Top of the Mark drinks.
Honorable Mentions: Boston (Rude is crazy), Denver, Portland ME, Ft. Worth (over my hometown Dallas)
Cities I've Never Visited but Desperately Want to See
New York
Chicago
Miami
Charleston
Nashville
General Malaise
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General Malaise
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Thorn
Footballguy
My Top 5 Cities to Visit List would be something like:
1. San Francisco
2. NYC
3. Seattle
4. New Orleans
5. Charleston/Portland(OR)/Austin/DC/Montreal
1. San Francisco
2. NYC
3. Seattle
4. New Orleans
5. Charleston/Portland(OR)/Austin/DC/Montreal
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Nothing like a professional conversation over IM when the person has his text set to comic sams with a periwinkle colored font.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Naples has some sprawl, but more laid back than the other coast. Full of old folks, but lots of interesting places off the beaten path. Marco Island is beautiful. I love the Gulf Coast so I'm biased. Ft. Myers isn't half bad either and Sanibel Island is awesome.
ETA: Naples is pretty expensive. Most folks live north in places they can afford.
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