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free margs never hurts"...... Ordered the margaritas, thought they were a little weak but then when we got the bill, we realized they were free. "
im fine with the blazers winning tonight if blazers get the ass beat by the lakers on sunday
free margs never hurts"...... Ordered the margaritas, thought they were a little weak but then when we got the bill, we realized they were free. "
I thought that too before I moved here. Anything north of 635 is ass - track housing, big box retail and chain restaurants. But like any city of its size, Dallas has extremely cool pockets. The Lakewood area is cool. North Oak Cliff/Bishop Arts area is cool.
Cities like Portland, Austin and so forth eventually become victims of their own success:
http://www.urbanophile.com/2010/01/1...anning-policy/
When everybody moves to your town and there aren't enough jobs to sustain that kind of population growth, it creates drawbacks. I moved away from Austin five years ago. The employment rate in Austin is pretty good, but they're not all good jobs. And the last time I was there, I noticed they're turning downtown into Luxury Loft Condo Disneyland.
Dallas has plenty of things to do, a reasonable cost of living and a healthier economy than most because of the tax incentives for major employers. Although to be honest I was born and raised in Ft. Worth and much prefer it to Dallas.
That's outdated. They have their liquor license now. Oh, and the ritas are much stronger now that they're $3.
na, you would lose that bet.
but we've figured out that your panties drop somewhere less than Cheesecake Factory but more than " o there".
figured as much. Maybe free margs is what it takes for djohn to drop his panties.
Hi Findog.
Speaking of soul, do tell me more about the Spearmint Rhino. I may be interested in visiting this genteman's club next time I'm in Dallas.
It's basically the Cheesecake Factory of strip clubs.
Can I get my sucked?
According to Shank, that is something that can be easily arranged.
Just moved here from Austin. While you're right that the ATX is importing some serious -bagery downtown, it'll still always have more of a soul than the epicenter of soul crushing sadness that is uptown. I also kinda think the bishop arts area is overrated -- I kinda think deep ellum would be cool if it hadn't been carved out.
You're right about the economy -- DFW and Houston are the fastest growing cities in the nation. But do you shoot the heroin of solid standard of living only to go threw the withdrawal of pretentious ass-hatery that is 90% of people in Dallas?
Can herpes (the kind that burn in your bathing suit area) be transmitted by mouth?
that was a nice video
Well, I don't go to Uptown if I can help it. I agree that Austin is still a lot cooler than a lot of places, but I don't like that more and more normal folks are being priced out of it. Driving down South Lamar and South Congress, I was struck by how much the authentic bohemian parts of South Austin had been overrun by Uptown-like establishments - there's luxury apts next door to the Continental Club now. I really like the Lakewood area of east Dallas. Bishop Arts is up and coming - unfortunately it will be overrun by the bags in 5-10 years. I honestly think you can avoid the pretentious asshattery of Dallas if you avoid Uptown and Lower Greenville.
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/4/9/...w-mavericks-vs
The Blazers just played the Mavericks a couple weeks ago. If you need a glimpse into what kind of team Dallas is you can check out the preview for that game here. The updates: Dallas is now 51-27, they've lost 2 of their last 3 but won three straight before that, making their trend 4 of 6 in the win column. Shawn Marion sat out their last game with an oblique strain and is listed as day-to-day.
Who the Mavericks are and their recent trends may not be as telling tonight as what this game means to them. They're in a nasty, deadlocked, four-way race for the 2nd through 5th seeds in the playoffs. Portland has beaten the Mavs in all of their previous contests this season. Dallas may end up facing the Blazers in the playoffs. Even if they don't they need to show themselves and the world that they can win against anyone. Walking out of here with another loss to Portland would be a psychological blow and a hit in the standings. Dallas is going to want this win pretty badly.
A victory tonight could also do great things for the Blazers. Yes, vanquising the Mavericks for the season would be a feather in Portland's cap. But this win would also help the Blazers in their own playoff seeding race in ways both obvious and subtle. Portland is neck and neck with San Antonio and Oklahoma City in the standings. A win gets them closer to the top of that pile. A win tonight also guarantees that Monday's game against the Thunder will mean everything in the battle between the two teams.
Portland and OKC are exactly even in the standings. Portland holds a 2-1 series lead against the Thunder with Monday's game left. Portland has two games this weekend: Dallas tonight and the L*kers in L.A. on Sunday. The Thunder have two games as well: Phoenix at home tonight and the Warriors by the Bay on Sunday. If the Blazers win tonight there's no way Oklahoma City can run ahead in the standings no matter what else happens. If the Blazers go 1-1 over the weekend the Thunder would only move a single game ahead even if they won both of their games. In that case the Blazers would pull them back into a tie with a win on Monday. At that point Portland would also own the tiebreaker 3-1 and the Blazers would only need to defeat Golden State at home in the final game of the season to guarantee they'd finish ahead of Oklahoma City, and thus out of the fatal 8th spot, in the seeding race. The only way Monday's game loses its luster is if the Blazers lose both games this weekend while the Thunder win both of theirs. A victory tonight is the easiest way to prevent that from happening.
In short, this game means a ton to both teams. It ought to be something special. The Blazers need to play like their destinies are on the line, earn their way forward, and take advantage of this opportunity. In times like this you look to your key players: Roy, Aldridge, Miller with helping hands from Camby and Batum. The big question mark will be whether anybody off of Portland's bench can make headway against a relatively deep Dallas squad. But this will be played like a playoff game, which probably includes playoff rotations. Portland had a day off before this game and has another off after. If six guys take all the minutes, so be it. Whoever can help us win needs to play. The pressure comes off Sunday's game in L.A. then and everybody can prepare mentally for Monday's anic contest.
This is it. You play all year to put yourself in position to play the kind of meaningful games Portland will see in the next four days. Let's hope the Blazers are ready.
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=2856
A coach like Rick Carlisle cannot say it. He’s right in the middle of Mavs-at-Blazers tonight, right in the middle of a race for second place in the West, right in the middle of a possible playoff matchup that would pit these same two teams against one another.
So a coach like Rick Carlisle cannot say it. But a former coach like Del Harris can.
“This is a big game for the Mavs, but not just because of the standings,’’ Harris tells DallasBasketball.com. “This is also a big game because of which team can get into the other team’s head. It’s a big game psychologically.’’
Harris, the legendary NBA mind, will be watching the game on TV tonight (right after he finishes his volunteer stint with the charity “Battle of the Badges’’ game between Metroplex police officers and firefighters. He is aware of Dallas’ 0-3 record this year against the Blazers … and he thinks that “awareness’’ is a burden that needs to be shed.
“One win can really fix all of that, in terms of the Mavs’ ‘self-image,’ if you want to call it that,’’ Harris says. “And on the other hand, if Portland can tell itself it was 4-0 against Dallas this year? That fortifies them for the playoffs, in terms of confidence, whether they end up playing the Mavs or anybody else.’’
Dallas begins play this weekend at 51-27, good for a second-place tie with Denver and Phoenix. Portland is 48-30 and in sixth, knotted with OKC. There are numerous Round 1 combinations, Blazers-vs.-Mavs among them.
Weird thing about the final four games on Dallas’ schedule: while the Mavs have a dominant record of 7-1 against the other three coming foes (Sacto, Clippers, Spurs), the Blazers are that 0-3 thorn in their side.
Do the Mavs have any sort of psychology on their side?
*Dallas can tell itself that its status as a veteran team provides it an edge over a younger club like Portland. The Mavs win close games at a clip that matches any team in the NBA, and even when they are down late, they do the same. When trailing by double-digits in the final quarter of games, the Mavs have five wins – a league-high.
*Dallas can tell itself that this is a different Mavs team – post-Butler/Haywood/Stevenson trade – than the one that lost 85-81 at home on Dec. 22, or the one that lost 114-112 at home on Jan. 30. Two home losses, by a total of six points … before Butler and company … maybe that’s a playoff plus rather than a minus.
*Dallas can tell itself that there has been something fluky about its losses. A 35-point second half in the 101-89 failure in Portland on March 25? The Jan. 30 outcome determined largely by the fact that Andre Miller scored an insane 52 points? Maybe the seesaw will rock nearer the middle tonight …
Though even if the Mavs find a way to bring Miller back down to earth, they will have to contend with LaMarcus Aldridge (the hometown kid who is bringing it this year against Dallas, averaging 20/9) and with Brandon Roy – and do not figure to have Shawn Marion available to contend with Roy.
*Dallas can tell itself that the playoffs begin now. … and in a sense, they do. If the Mavs win while the Spurs lose to Memphis (an iffy proposition given that the Grizzlies are apparently packing it in), Dallas will clinch the Southwest le tonight.
*And then there is “The Due Theory.’’
The Blazers hadn’t won a season series with the Mavs since 1998-99. A loss tonight would mark the first Blazers sweep of the Mavs since 1997-98. Is there really that much of a gap between these two teams?
“They're 3-0 against us this year,’’ says JJ Barea, “so we're due for one.’’
If you eventually want to grow up and enjoy raising a family in a clean and safe (albeit incredibly generic and boring) place, then a Dallas suburb is about the best place to do it.
If you want to live a Peter Pan existence that ends with you being 70 years old and strutting around the city in nothing but combat boots and women's underwear, then enjoy Austin.
If you want to live the life of the morbidly obese, have fun in San Antonio.
If you have low intelligence and terrible taste in places to live, you're probably in Houston.
If you want a vibrant cultural district, a good job market, a lack of crippling traffic jams, a low cost of living, a downtown with an actual entertainment district (unlike Dallas), and a laid-back and unpretentious vibe unlike what you encounter in D-Town, head on over to Fort Worth. FTW is very different from Austin in many ways, but there are some similarities.
I would rank the major Texas cities this way:
1. Austin
2. Ft Worth
3. Dallas
4. San Antonio
5. Houston
6. El Paso
There's some strong args for H-town: more international, so you get more diverse crowds at bars and which is a nice change-o-pace to the endless sea of platinum pussy elsewhere. Also, much better food. I also think the people are friendlier there.
Cons: it's a sweltering -hole in the summertime and was looks as though it was planned by a dying aids victim who had re ed inside her skull.
It's clearly better than SA and probably equal to Dallas. Although the gap between #1 and #2 is so huge that it don't matter much anyway.
Findog -- you seen Zach Galafinakis Live at the Purple Onion?
So what's the status of Matrix tonight.
This is a bigimportant game!
Out with oblique.
I'm going to slow stroke throughout all 4 quarters and see if I can climax with the final buzzer.
I wouldn't want to live in Houston, but it's well worth a weekend visit every now and then for sure. You're right that the restaurant scene is a good one, and they've done a good job with their various entertainment districts. (Dallas has done nothing with its downtown and let Deep Ellum waste away from neglect).
From what I remember, North Houston is a big box retail/chain restaurant hole just like North Dallas, and the traffic is acious....but I liked South Houston around where Rice is located. Lots of cool clubs and restaurants. The beaches at Lake Jackson and Galveston are also not far away.
It's clearly better than SA and probably equal to Dallas. Although the gap between #1 and #2 is so huge that it don't matter much anyway.
Austin is just so unlike the rest of Texas that it does deserve its own category. I just hope that the city can find some balance between the developers and maintaining what made the city so cool in the first place. It's changed, and not for the better, since I was a freshman at UT in 1998.
Yeah, it's terrific:Findog -- you seen Zach Galafinakis Live at the Purple Onion?
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