I know what it means to miss Tex-Mex. I lived in China for a while and once we were all in Hong Kong for vacation and saw a hotel advertising "Tex-Mex Night!" We had been in China for six months and were seriously jonesing for some enchiladas so we decided (foolishly) to try it out. Long story short, we just ended up…

Oh gosh, a ton of places. A pho place downtown that was truly excellent. Ray's Cafe - good but over priced, but we expected that because it's right on the water, popular with tourists, etc. It was one of the best meals we had that wasn't Asian. A fancy French bistro (CAN NOT for the life of me remember the name) in…

WOW. I had NO idea this is what he used to look like. I think you may be onto something with that self loathing theory.

Chuy's has pretty decent green chile, and they have many locations in Austin and Houston. That's typically where I go when I need my green chile fix.

My husband and I went to a wedding in Santa Fe and he had never had green chile! Never! It was a lot of fun indoctrinating him, although after four green chile meals in a row he was crying uncle, lol. I also like the earthly smokiness of the red chile. We brought back a carne adovada kit and I am waiting for the right…

We are a good food state. Hence our obesity rate, lol. I've always taken it for granted, but when I travel to other places (unless it's someplace like Vegas or San Francisco) I am always a bit disappointed in the food. A recent trip to Seattle was particularly disappointing. I was expecting so much, only to be…

No one can make a poboy like they can in Louisiana. No one gets the bread right. It has to be French baguette and it has to crumble and get all over your shirt when you bite into it. Also, people not in Louisiana try to put a bunch of crap on a poboy that doesn't belong there, like special sauces and strange pickles.…

Pittsburgh sounds pretty bad... Even on all those food/travel shows everything in Pittsburgh is, like, a giant meat pile sandwich from the 60's. Nothing particularly interesting. I've heard Philadelphia as a good food scene, but I've never been there and wouldn't know.

I don't know, I hate to say this, but I wasn't super impressed with the food in Seattle. The Asian food was the best, really amazing, but everything else even the seafood was kind of meh. It was uniformly under seasoned and over-priced. Honestly, Houston is a much better food city than Seattle, but Seattle is better…

I don't blame you. Like, "Yes let me come on TV and relive the worst times of my life!" I am so sorry for your loss and for the violation of your family's privacy.

Ugh, that is horrible. Did they even have the decency to contact your family before they started production?

Yeah, I mean I guess it's nitpicky, regardless the guy sounds like a massive douche!

How does he even get to talk to the chef? In most restaurants the chef is busy, you know, working, or they're famous enough that they don't have to be in the restaurant anymore. I've seen popular chefs come out of the kitchen and do meet and greet but it's random and they typically visit a few tables. I've always…

This may be pedantic, but I work in human services and if she did have to attend parenting classes, they more than likely directed her to child care subsidy programs. Every state has them, even here in Texas. The problem is that you have to comply with certain requirements like seeking child and support and finding…

I am so impressed with your daughter's money saving skills! I am an old lady in my 30's and the only way I can save money is when it's automatically pulled out of my paycheck and placed into an account where I can't touch it.

I agree with this. Sports aficionados can be SO very nerdy. My father loves to make fun of my geeky interests and geeky friends, but he's the same person who will watch any football game that happens to be on regardless of his interest toward the respective teams. THAT is nerdy! And like a nerd of anything, it's hard…

Just thinking about having to keep with with work demands while also feeling pressure to have a cutesy crafty personal workspace and contribute to the overall cutesy crafty workspace makes me fall into a pit of anxiety.

Now we need a bill requiring mandatory reporting to authorities of restaurants who force workers to work sick. Seriously, this is a major public health issue and I can not count the number of times I have been sick from (probably) a restaurant.

Yeah, that place would fall into the "never again" category for me.

I am also an atheist as a direct result of the behavior of Christians.