tell me about it.
whats good to see and do there.
you can post wavs of texans speaking too please, cos its sexy.

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The only thing that makes me want to visit is for SXSW.
My sister is going this summer though for some reason.

I think that most Texans I have met are sexy.
I want to go to Tennessee too though.

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Yeah I think I'm going to save up to go to SXSW '08, fuck knows how much that's going to cost though. I also think the southern drawl is a bit sexy.

Oh if you find out let me know. I know I still won't be able to afford it though.

Sure thing, don't think I will be able to afford it either, but I know I will find a way! Somehow. Prostitution? Hah.

I the cadillac ranch in Amarillo

oh god. i don't have much of an accent though so it's not worth it.

i love houston but i don't think it's very good for people who are visiting. it's really overwhelming.

you should see el paso. it's probably the prettiest and most "texas" place here. plus you can walk across a bridge and go into mexico (though that might've changed with the new passport laws, i'm not sure).

i like austin a lot more now that i live here. it's probably the most traveller friendly city. there are a lot of neat/unusual shops and restaurants and such.

galveston is also nice but can be inconvenient to get to depending on where you're visiting. it's good for a day trip. i like the cemeteries (i have relatives there) as well as the old mansions which you can tour.

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how so?

it's so large and uninviting. i think if you didn't have a local with you you'd never find the good stuff. it's a difficult city to explore (or at least it was for me).

i was there the other day, and, while i don't think i could move back, i miss my nights on westheimer and at numbers.

aaron do you still live in denver?

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no, i don't. :/

SAD. i am going to be there monday night through wednesday morning and i don't know what to do.

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what are you going there for?

i never go to denver anymore.

denver has tons of seedy history. i always found it a little haunting.


anyway. check out charlies on colfax, it's low-key and i'm sure the locals will tell you it sucks. but it doesn't, its good fun and nice people. stay out of LoDo, it's all yuppies & frat boys. JR's has 50 cent taps on Thursdays, so stay a day later & get trashed. you haven't been to denver if you haven't been to JR's. stick around downtown/cap hill & you'll be fine. the rest sucks and is boring.

bjork. duh. i am not looking forward to the drive though.

i am hoping to do some exploring but i'm not sure if i will have time or if i;ll be too tired. i am supposed to be meeting ratface at the concert.

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at red rocks?

i saw she was playing there. hope its good fun.

red rocks is awesome.

yes. i've seen her at red rocks already though, in 2003. i am looking forward to it.

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i grew up in houston- one of the most populated cities in the u.s. and not quite a tourist city. officials have been trying to make it into one without much luck. it doesn't help that we lost our amusement park, six flags astroworld, a few years back.

anyway, i do love the place--the best city for dining...(hence why it got the title of america's fattest city so often b/c of the sheer # of restaurants per square mile). the galleria in uptown is huge for shopping, esp. luxury...we get rich people flying in from brazil just to shop at louis vuitton, gucci, etc.

montrose & westheimer are great, quirky shopping areas and have some nice cafes and bars...lots of gay ones. the museum district nearby is amazing--houston is great for that!!

the weather sucks in the summer as it's hot and humid.

austin is where i live now as i attend the university of tx and it's known for being off-the-wall. there's even an ongoing campaign to "keep austin weird" by preserving non-chain stores. austin is known, perhaps hyperbolically, as the music capital of the world and we do get the Austin City Limits festival in September (3 days!) and of course, music/film with South by Southwest in March (week long i believe). besides that we have tons of bars and clubs, esp. on the well-knwon 6th st (party central every night lol).

austin is gorgeous since it's in texas's hill country...the sloping roads and basically driving through hills is so fun...it's definitely a more natural city. there's also town lake, a big park with a lake and running trails...and congress bridge, where you can watch one of the country's biggest bat populations fly off at dusk. pretty trippy.

san antonio is great for the riverwalk and the el mercado (spanish for market; sells mainly mexican goods).

galveston is its own little island, about 1 1/2 from houston...but the water isn't great so most college kids head to south padre island for swimming.