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, and now wish I still didn't...
donaldtoo
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Well DD wanted to celebrate her Birthday dinner at Chuy's, we had only done lunch so we didn't have adult beverages last time. So
@donaldtoo here are the interior shots you asked for since we sat on the porch last time. If you haven't made it there yet @MouseDreaming
The Lounge
The Lobby
The Palm Tree Room @figmentfan423 I wanted to take one home. They were designed of steel and painted.
The Customary Hubcap Room
Forgive the blurs, I don't know how I managed it but left for the restaurant without my glasses. So not good.
Thanks, Gabe!!!
Yep, that's definitely a Chuy's...!!!!!
donaldtoo
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We were seated this time in the Palm Room.
Adult beverages. Note DD finished her Frozen Strawberry Margarita. First Adult Beverage Finished Award. She had only managed to drink about an inch in Mexico's LaCava. There is also a Classic Frozen, a Watermelon Margarita and My Classic on the rocks. And the complimentary chips and salsa. The chips were still warm and slightly tender and we were starved.
The Chicken Taco's. They came beyond stuffed with Chicken already and all that stuff was to fill the taco shell with
The Combo Platter.
And 2 Fajita platters ordered, beef.
Came back with about 2/3 of our meals. So much food. Nom nom nom
OH MYYYYY!!!!!
The deliciousness of it all...!!!!!!!
ETA...
I'm sooo very glad to see they are continuing the general theming, quality, and reasonable pricing wherever the go.
I still remember the first time I ate at the original location (and only location at the time) on Barton Springs Rd. here in Austin back in the early 80's...good stuff...!!!!!!!
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donaldtoo
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I've always said you married well
I did, indeed!!!!!
We are opposite in many ways, but, same in more than enough...!!!!!
donaldtoo
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donaldtoo
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donaldtoo
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I wonder what that makes my boys
Boy 1 and Boy 2.
Remember, I have two younger bros and my folks should have named us Boy 1, Boy 2, and Boy 3...or maybe Hoover or Dyson 1, 2, 3...it's the same thing...!!!!!
Pixieish
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We're just starting to see the vacuum qualities in our boys...lordy...eating us out of house and home!Boy 1 and Boy 2.
Remember, I have two younger bros and my folks should have named us Boy 1, Boy 2, and Boy 3...or maybe Hoover or Dyson 1, 2, 3...it's the same thing...!!!!!
donaldtoo
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Good morning, I am new on the Chit chat thread and thought I would say Hi.
I am not American so no Thanksgiving stress or dinner for me, just a lazy Sunday.
Welcome, and great to have you aboard!!!
Pardon me for being a bit late, but, I seem to always be perpetually "ketchuping" here...!
Look forward to posting with you...!!!
donaldtoo
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We're just starting to see the vacuum qualities in our boys...lordy...eating us out of house and home!
Yes, indeed!!!
When my pops financial planner reached his 30 year (I believe it was) anni. with his company, they threw him a party and my folks were invited. Part of his speech involved our family and how back when we were all still at home, and he would meet with my pop at our dining room table in the evenings, our refrigerator door was never closed...!!!!!
Cesar R M
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Perhaps it has Mapple Syrup instead of sugar? I have no idea lol.
donaldtoo
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Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
OH MYYYYY!!!!!
The deliciousness of it all...!!!!!!!
ETA...
I'm sooo very glad to see they are continuing the general theming, quality, and reasonable pricing wherever the go.
I still remember the first time I ate at the original location (and only location at the time) on Barton Springs Rd. here in Austin back in the early 80's...good stuff...!!!!!!!
And they did have that half car chip bar and I only saw serving staff in and out of the trunk and delivering to tables. Could be health codes. Schaumburg is pretty strict and when they card the young they need a drivers licence and a credit card to match.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
We all had a second entire meal out of it for lunch today. Mine was the beef and it is a full steak long and thin sliced after it was cooked. My DD Chicken Bre ast was prepared the same way. We were at a square table, we really needed to be at a rectangle as the food wasn't fitting without stacking. We still did manage to eat plenty though. I could not have ate the combo plate, too old of a tummy for all that.
donaldtoo
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Cesar R M
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Part 4!
After leaving the Old town of Tula, we decided to return.
The Trip went into a weird way as our Tour operator surely was in a hurry to return.
No seriously, this guy was going at 160KM/h in a 90Km/h highway.
Not fun. My mother had to tell him to slowdown a few times... No idea why he had that much of a hurry.
Anyway he left us in front of our Hotel. It was dark already and we decided to return, get ready and then go to eat dinner.
I was too tired so decided to just eat some KFC which was right in the main plaza.
Then returned to the hotel. My mom and Sister went to a coffee store and had some fresh coffee and biscuits.
We had a bit of trouble getting in bed as we only had 2 beds at the moment. So we were pretty tight space wise x_x
NEXT DAY:
Anyway we woke up pretty early since we had to rush to breakfast in the other hotel (the one we were didnt have breakfast facilities, so we had to go to the hotel that was infront of the plaza (in the other side), and use our tickets to get free complementary buffet).
Kinda weird to have to do such kind of things. But it was the same owner of the hotel, just different name.
Once we were done with breakfast which was ok.
We returned to clean up, and get ready.
I packed up all my gear (camera wise) and we waited for our next tour operator.
It was the same car and we got together with another car which was supposed to do a similar ride.
We talked with this tour operator (which was way trained and he apologized for the behaviour of the inexperienced one). We drove for 1 hour approximately all the way in the mountains until we reached the famous Prismas Basalticos (Basaltic Prisms).
Which is a Lava formation that was expelled from a nearby caldera and got cold by nearby water pool, making these lava condense in the formation they have, mostly hexagonal.
They formed a small canyon with water moving in the middle forming 2 very sharp shasms full of these kinda weak towering prisms.
Note the left, these prisms were more than 20 meters tall and were slowly damaged, cut down or simply wore down by time and water to form the current formations.
They built areas to enjoy the view on both sides, including a "puente colgante", aka a suspended bridge.
This area is heavily touristic, mostly for events. Its full of stores and restaurants and counts as a private/national park. they charge you entrance. Not very expensive and worth it.
Interestingly, the area suffers constant collapse as these pillars by nature have "gaps" between each other.. causing some of them to be very brittle. and once they "unglue" or suffer a fracture.. its simply a matter of time until they collapse.
So, you must wonder why "Prisms" ?
When you get close to a wet pillar from the top. The different minerals cause them to show different colours. Like it was made of prisms.
It of course depends on the water and the sun.
The effect was not very visible.
Have some Panoramas and images of the area.
On the left, the waterfalls (3)and the chasms of prisms, in the bottom the "kisser's waterfall", on the right the infamous miner Ex Hacienda de Santa Maria de Regla. a hacienda who for hundred of years abused slaves and "workers" in horrible conditions for the extraction of gold and silver. (more of this in the following posts).
The bottom of the mini canyon.
The smallest waterfall of them. Gets very big as its depends mostly on rains.
They warn you to not climb the prisms as they are very unstable.
The water also has not only power... but also its kinda contaminated.
Some fun moron decided to connect the drainage of a housing complex they built, right into the river that feeds a nearby lake, which in turn feeds the prisms's waterfalls.
On the bad side, the water is green and is kinda polluted.
On the good side, the water does not smell (probably treated a bit before it hit the lake).
After leaving the Old town of Tula, we decided to return.
The Trip went into a weird way as our Tour operator surely was in a hurry to return.
No seriously, this guy was going at 160KM/h in a 90Km/h highway.
Not fun. My mother had to tell him to slowdown a few times... No idea why he had that much of a hurry.
Anyway he left us in front of our Hotel. It was dark already and we decided to return, get ready and then go to eat dinner.
I was too tired so decided to just eat some KFC which was right in the main plaza.
Then returned to the hotel. My mom and Sister went to a coffee store and had some fresh coffee and biscuits.
We had a bit of trouble getting in bed as we only had 2 beds at the moment. So we were pretty tight space wise x_x
NEXT DAY:
Anyway we woke up pretty early since we had to rush to breakfast in the other hotel (the one we were didnt have breakfast facilities, so we had to go to the hotel that was infront of the plaza (in the other side), and use our tickets to get free complementary buffet).
Kinda weird to have to do such kind of things. But it was the same owner of the hotel, just different name.
Once we were done with breakfast which was ok.
We returned to clean up, and get ready.
I packed up all my gear (camera wise) and we waited for our next tour operator.
It was the same car and we got together with another car which was supposed to do a similar ride.
We talked with this tour operator (which was way trained and he apologized for the behaviour of the inexperienced one). We drove for 1 hour approximately all the way in the mountains until we reached the famous Prismas Basalticos (Basaltic Prisms).
Which is a Lava formation that was expelled from a nearby caldera and got cold by nearby water pool, making these lava condense in the formation they have, mostly hexagonal.
They formed a small canyon with water moving in the middle forming 2 very sharp shasms full of these kinda weak towering prisms.
Note the left, these prisms were more than 20 meters tall and were slowly damaged, cut down or simply wore down by time and water to form the current formations.
They built areas to enjoy the view on both sides, including a "puente colgante", aka a suspended bridge.
This area is heavily touristic, mostly for events. Its full of stores and restaurants and counts as a private/national park. they charge you entrance. Not very expensive and worth it.
Interestingly, the area suffers constant collapse as these pillars by nature have "gaps" between each other.. causing some of them to be very brittle. and once they "unglue" or suffer a fracture.. its simply a matter of time until they collapse.
So, you must wonder why "Prisms" ?
When you get close to a wet pillar from the top. The different minerals cause them to show different colours. Like it was made of prisms.
It of course depends on the water and the sun.
The effect was not very visible.
Have some Panoramas and images of the area.
On the left, the waterfalls (3)and the chasms of prisms, in the bottom the "kisser's waterfall", on the right the infamous miner Ex Hacienda de Santa Maria de Regla. a hacienda who for hundred of years abused slaves and "workers" in horrible conditions for the extraction of gold and silver. (more of this in the following posts).
The bottom of the mini canyon.The smallest waterfall of them. Gets very big as its depends mostly on rains.
They warn you to not climb the prisms as they are very unstable.
The water also has not only power... but also its kinda contaminated.
Some fun moron decided to connect the drainage of a housing complex they built, right into the river that feeds a nearby lake, which in turn feeds the prisms's waterfalls.
On the bad side, the water is green and is kinda polluted.
On the good side, the water does not smell (probably treated a bit before it hit the lake).
donaldtoo
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donaldtoo
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Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I like it. No it isn't my local pizzeria quality but it is fresh, crust made from dough prepared from scratch and the ingredients are very fresh.
The glaze was a choice and I loved the contrast. Their sodas and lemonades
And oddly enough it was a better value in Disney Springs.
So pretty!!!
Is that a bridge I am seeing in #5 photo?