Re: Swamp Travel Guide
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:38 pm
I did it the morning after the Rockets blew game 7 in 2018 while suffering from a top 5 hangover.
It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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Also the scene of a car chase in Steve McQueen's last movie "The Hunter"...L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:16 am If you guys never made it to Chicago, let me suggest an architecture boat cruise. Just some fantastic buildings in so many different styles. I'm staying across the river from the buildings on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover (and some glass tower with TFG's name on it).
For the record, The Marina Towers. They are in a TON of movies, including the Blues Brothers, Divergent (sorry, not sorry), Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the Dark Knight.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:16 am If you guys never made it to Chicago, let me suggest an architecture boat cruise. Just some fantastic buildings in so many different styles. I'm staying across the river from the buildings on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover (and some glass tower with TFG's name on it).
Guy's trips on NCAAFB championship weekend are fantastic. Did Vegas for it once. 10/10, would recommend.Giff wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:42 pm Haven't had a guy's trip in a while, so it's fun actually following through and planning one. Going to head over to Lake Charles on 12/2 for the college championships and then the first set of games the next day. Now that sports betting is legal there, that'll be a good time. Also, the best po boy on Earth.
I always thought the Hood to coast thing was basically that for you all.
I could only picture doing this with HS friends or college friends. Can't imagine a trip with guys I met after having kids. Most social events with people met after having kids are kid related or getting together with families of my kids' friends that we like the parents.
I have friends from playing Ultimate in Indiana who always try to get me to join them on a Vegas trip in January. I tell them if they were going somewhere besides Vegas, I'd think about it.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:55 pm My college friends and I try to do an annual trip every year for a weekend. Number of invitees has gradually grown from four to eight, having all seven invitees in 2019 (Chicago) and six of eight last year (Milwaukee). Feels like one long hangover because I sleep like crap.
I can’t help you with any personal knowledge, but the CNN show where Stanley Tucci visited and ate great food in different regions of Italy included segment(s) that covered Piedmont and Lombardy. You might want to check that out.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:16 pm Found out that my younger daughter got accepted into the summer semester at Gonzaga-Florence. So that means we get to go back to Italy around the end of June.
We are thinking that we'll go to Florence for a few days, and then head north...up into Piedmont or Lombardy to get out of the heat (hopefully) and avoid the more touristy spots (especially hopefully).
Anyone ever been to those regions? Thoughts?
Wife and I were just in La Spezia/Porto Venere in September and loved it. Used it as springboard to Cinque Terre which we do not recommend if you are trying to avoid crowds but I thought Porto Venere was manageable in terms of the amount of people.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:16 pm Found out that my younger daughter got accepted into the summer semester at Gonzaga-Florence. So that means we get to go back to Italy around the end of June.
We are thinking that we'll go to Florence for a few days, and then head north...up into Piedmont or Lombardy to get out of the heat (hopefully) and avoid the more touristy spots (especially hopefully).
Anyone ever been to those regions? Thoughts?
Yeah, I highly recommend that show too. We spent a couple nights in Parma at a working farm/castle/Michelin star restaurant and it was amazing, (Antico Corte Pallavicina), although we didn't spend much time in the area. We saw that place on a Bourdain episode. Cinque Terre is great but will probably be overrun with tourists then.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:23 pmI can’t help you with any personal knowledge, but the CNN show where Stanley Tucci visited and ate great food in different regions of Italy included segment(s) that covered Piedmont and Lombardy. You might want to check that out.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:16 pm Found out that my younger daughter got accepted into the summer semester at Gonzaga-Florence. So that means we get to go back to Italy around the end of June.
We are thinking that we'll go to Florence for a few days, and then head north...up into Piedmont or Lombardy to get out of the heat (hopefully) and avoid the more touristy spots (especially hopefully).
Anyone ever been to those regions? Thoughts?
No, but that's a city I'd love to revisit as an adult. I went when I was about 17 on a family vacation. Biggest takeaway was an unreal amount of gorgeous women everywhere. It was summer, and very short skirts and short shorts were in fashion. I also remember walking past a number of outdoor fashion shoots and being very impressed with the models. The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
French Canadian. Know how you can tell?The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 am The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
They were in Canada?rass wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:13 pmFrench Canadian. Know how you can tell?The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 am The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:36 pmThey were in Canada?rass wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:13 pmFrench Canadian. Know how you can tell?The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 am The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
Nice beaver (joke)!rass wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:04 pmThe Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:36 pmThey were in Canada?rass wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:13 pmFrench Canadian. Know how you can tell?The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 am The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
Yes! We went to a wedding there a few years back, and really enjoyed it. There's a great food scene there (an episode of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" was filmed there), and we even found a great brewpub close to the house we stayed at.billy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:25 pm Anyone been to Mérida, Mexico in Yucatan? We're going there as a family for two weeks at the end of January, and I'd love any recommendations. We're planning on doing the cenotes and Mayan archeological sites, and a few days at the beach, but curious if anyone has been to the city and if there's anything we shouldn't miss (we'll have a 4 year old with us so options are a bit more limited than they would be otherwise unfortunately).
All of this travel talk has me +1'ing travel and cooking shows, but like David Coverdale, here I go again. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat is so good. Absolutely loved that show, (and her book of the same name).DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:30 pmYes! We went to a wedding there a few years back, and really enjoyed it. There's a great food scene there (an episode of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" was filmed there), and we even found a great brewpub close to the house we stayed at.billy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:25 pm Anyone been to Mérida, Mexico in Yucatan? We're going there as a family for two weeks at the end of January, and I'd love any recommendations. We're planning on doing the cenotes and Mayan archeological sites, and a few days at the beach, but curious if anyone has been to the city and if there's anything we shouldn't miss (we'll have a 4 year old with us so options are a bit more limited than they would be otherwise unfortunately).
We also did a day trip to Chichen Itza, which included a trip to cenote for swimming. And there was another 1/2 day trip that we did to a hennican (what they used to make ropes out of) hacienda/plantation that was pretty cool (and also had a cenote for swimming.
ETA: for the beach, we went to an all-inclusive place at Akumal that was great, but it was adults only. And we did a really fun bike tour in Tulum with a local who took us through the Mayan ruins, and then to his friends taco place, a honey farm, and then, yes, another cenote for swimming.
Thanks, this is all great! We're probably not gonna make it over to Quintana Roo just because it's pretty far with a little kid, so for beaches we're gonna go to Progreso for at least one day trip and Celestun for a couple nights and a flamingo mangrove boat tour. I'm looking forward to watching to SFAH episode, great shout! And govmentchedda, I'm also a huge fan of her book.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:30 pmYes! We went to a wedding there a few years back, and really enjoyed it. There's a great food scene there (an episode of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" was filmed there), and we even found a great brewpub close to the house we stayed at.billy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:25 pm Anyone been to Mérida, Mexico in Yucatan? We're going there as a family for two weeks at the end of January, and I'd love any recommendations. We're planning on doing the cenotes and Mayan archeological sites, and a few days at the beach, but curious if anyone has been to the city and if there's anything we shouldn't miss (we'll have a 4 year old with us so options are a bit more limited than they would be otherwise unfortunately).
We also did a day trip to Chichen Itza, which included a trip to cenote for swimming. And there was another 1/2 day trip that we did to a hennican (what they used to make ropes out of) hacienda/plantation that was pretty cool (and also had a cenote for swimming.
ETA: for the beach, we went to an all-inclusive place at Akumal that was great, but it was adults only. And we did a really fun bike tour in Tulum with a local who took us through the Mayan ruins, and then to his friends taco place, a honey farm, and then, yes, another cenote for swimming.
She's also on a very funny episode of "Normal Gossip"...govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:31 pmAll of this travel talk has me +1'ing travel and cooking shows, but like David Coverdale, here I go again. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat is so good. Absolutely loved that show, (and her book of the same name).DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:30 pmYes! We went to a wedding there a few years back, and really enjoyed it. There's a great food scene there (an episode of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" was filmed there), and we even found a great brewpub close to the house we stayed at.billy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:25 pm Anyone been to Mérida, Mexico in Yucatan? We're going there as a family for two weeks at the end of January, and I'd love any recommendations. We're planning on doing the cenotes and Mayan archeological sites, and a few days at the beach, but curious if anyone has been to the city and if there's anything we shouldn't miss (we'll have a 4 year old with us so options are a bit more limited than they would be otherwise unfortunately).
We also did a day trip to Chichen Itza, which included a trip to cenote for swimming. And there was another 1/2 day trip that we did to a hennican (what they used to make ropes out of) hacienda/plantation that was pretty cool (and also had a cenote for swimming.
ETA: for the beach, we went to an all-inclusive place at Akumal that was great, but it was adults only. And we did a really fun bike tour in Tulum with a local who took us through the Mayan ruins, and then to his friends taco place, a honey farm, and then, yes, another cenote for swimming.
Between this mystery series I've been reading and my newly minted Canadian citizenship, I've been eager to visit Quebec City for a few months now. I think we'll go this spring or summer.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 amNo, but that's a city I'd love to revisit as an adult. I went when I was about 17 on a family vacation. Biggest takeaway was an unreal amount of gorgeous women everywhere. It was summer, and very short skirts and short shorts were in fashion. I also remember walking past a number of outdoor fashion shoots and being very impressed with the models. The Chateau Frontenac was nice but left much less of an impression than all the leggy French girls.
Did my first marathon there 11-ish years ago. Was kind of a blur but it’s an awesome visit. When not running 26.2 miles never strayed beyond the Old Town though.
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