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ratcheese wrote:
I also didn't realize it was one those loud places. If I want good seafood, Rio Mar is on the top of my list for LOUD places.

It's WAY louder than Rio Mar. I find Rio Mar tolerable.

justagirl wrote:Suzy, you may like Joe Crown then. Check him out.

Krown, actually, but yes. He was Gatemouth's keyboardist.

Trombone Shorty's new CD came out today.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003C5FMEE/

I like the place, but we went on a Friday night and it was LOUD. That doesn't usually bother me, but this was off the charts. It needs something to take the edge off all that sound when they are full.

Unfortunately this foie gras gumbo will not be available to the general public b/c it is not cost effective. It was made with a large quantity of foie (like equal to the amount of onions). Chateau du Lac did a foie gras/duck gumbo as a special and it was also fantastic and very rich. I don't know h...

Jesse wrote: Buzd: DONT REFERTILIZE BEFORE 8 WEEKS HAS PASSED!!! It will kill your lawn, almost certainly. If you still have weed issues, buy a broadleaf killer only and treat the yard with that. If you weed and feed too much, or again too soon, you will kill the grass.!

OK - thanks!!

I just did that and it killed A LOT of stuff. Now my lawn is all splotchy. It looks like what's left is mostly grass, but that's only phase 1. I'm considering doing it again, and then I'm going to reseed it and put some turf builder on it. (I hope my neighbor doesn't mind I hit some of his lawn too....

I've been once. I had a softshell crab poboy that was just OK. They've certainly fancied up the place since it's previous incarnation. The trout poboy is now gone from the menu, I am very sad to say.

I will go back, but I wasn't blown away the first time.

Last Monday, the Travel Channel was filming at Parkway for Food Wars - so that would have been "Hollywood".

Otherwise, if they want Hollywood, tell them to go back to L.A. and have a salad.

Alex wrote:All of this government intrusion is causing me great concern.

FWIW, over the last century, the census has asked for much more information than it does today.