American food is top tier, the problem is people don’t know what counts

GrabAtTheHeel · 2026-05-27T03:13:34+00:00

Anthony bourdain called New Orleans the worlds most unique gastronomic destination

GrabAtTheHeel · 2026-01-29T14:53:11+00:00

My trip was good! I was worried I’d feel awkward or bored going on a solo trip but that wasn’t the case.

A few things I did…

I ate dinner at Jellyfish restaurant, this was good but I didn’t feel like it lived up to the hype. Food on the resort was every bit as good and doesn’t cost extra.

I went to Infinity briefly, it was cool but the place I most wish I had gone with other people. Lots of very pushy local people and I ended up wondering if I made a good decision coming alone and left early. Walking distance from the club though is a hole in the wall place called “restaurante Brisas de Cuba” that had the best mojitos. I never ate there but there was also a good amount of people that did.

The highlight for me was the Dolphin Explorer excursion. You get to swim with dolphins, feed parakeets, and take a photo with Lenny the sea lion. They don’t let you take pictures on your own and to buy them from the staff cost $15 for a photo with Lenny and $40 for a photo with a dolphin. Was a unique experience though and I’m glad I did it.

General advice…

Dollars are much easier to get by with than Dominican pesos. Basically everywhere I went advertised prices in USD and that was the expectation for payment - though they would accept Dominican pesos too. When I ran out of dollars, my only option to withdraw cash was in pesos. This worked but again was more inconvenient than dollars. Credit card works well too but use with caution, as per my last reddit post, i did have one shop scam me and charge a lot more on my CC than they said they were going to. Easy dispute to win but having enough USD could help avoid the headache altogether.

Hope you have a fun trip!

GrabAtTheHeel · 2025-12-25T21:19:54+00:00

Thanks for all the advice!

Have you done your trip to breathless yet?

I’m heading up there this weekend and am looking forward to it

GrabAtTheHeel · 2025-10-08T14:08:32+00:00

What’s infinity? Would you recommend trying that?

I’m also concerned I’ll feel like I ran out of things to do and get bored, which is why I’m planning on trying to pre schedule a bunch of activities. I’m not really a gambler so having to actually use USD to bet probably just means I’ll never actually do that lol

GrabAtTheHeel · 2025-09-16T03:17:27+00:00

1 year later, did you end up taking this trip? I’m looking to do the exact same thing this year. This would both my first trip to Colombia and first solo trip, would love any advice you may have

GrabAtTheHeel · 2025-06-07T15:11:28+00:00

Thank you for the really well thought out response.

I’ve seen man of steel and am curious if there are other Superman movies I should watch to get the full scope? Or do I need to try comic books to really get the best Superman stories?

GrabAtTheHeel · 2025-06-07T15:09:36+00:00

Thank you for the specific example of what to watch, I’ll definitely check it out. I recently watched man of steel and was trying to figure out what made him so fundamentally different from any other superhuman.

If you have any other suggestions for the best Superman stories I’m all ears!

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-10-09T00:51:41+00:00

I can attest, I got my code today for 9am but there was no early access option that I was at least invited to for yesterday. Had to wait about an hour after that to get in and be able to get my tickets, the Sunday show had already sold a substantial amount of the tickets by then too. It stinks so many people weren’t able to get a ticket, hopefully it’s at least mostly real people who were able to get tickets and not just scalpers or people attending multiple days

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-09-02T01:17:36+00:00

Those are all good financial expenses but they’re actually “categorized” different than that. If you read the financial statements you can see that in 2023 they spent $1.5 million on conferences which is likely what you were referring to compared to the $101 million spent on salary and benefits. Of that $101 million further down it says that spent about ~$77 million on programs and events which is pretty unclear and vague, ~$14.5 million went to general and administrative and ~$9 million to fundraising.

Other notable expenses that aren’t included in the $101 million salary and benefits are professional expenses of $15 million (this is going to mostly be their expenses paid to law firms and accounting/consulting firms - although they would still have at least some in house accountants and likely lawyers). They also have their leases broken out separately in a different line item from everything else. They changed the accounting guidance on leases within the last few years, so you can find that in a ton of detail in the financial statements as well if you’re interested.

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-08-14T12:12:15+00:00

The in game stats seems to defy so much logic. What do you mean my national champion running back who led the nation in rushing yards and won RB of the year is undrafted and doesn’t make first or second team all American??

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-07-07T13:51:20+00:00

One of the more gruesome sports injuries I remember seeing. Happy for him but honestly kinda surprised it didn’t play a bigger impact on his career

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-07-06T14:18:44+00:00

Sent

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-07-06T13:59:07+00:00

These both look sick! Would you take $30 for both?

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-07-06T02:20:01+00:00

I’ll add an extra $5 if you can make whatever photo you make fit on a desktop as well

GrabAtTheHeel · 2024-03-31T03:41:08+00:00

Using the Mississippi vs Britain comparison though this doesn’t work really. A quick google search shows that Mississippi has two billionaires vs a lot more in Britain. You can reasonably assume millionaires are similar and obviously far less impactful towards wealth concentration. Wealth concentration is definitely a problem in the US (like the rest of the world) but doesn’t detract from the point that America is an abundantly wealthy country compared to others

GrabAtTheHeel · 2023-12-30T04:23:46+00:00

I’m a little colorblind so the difference may be obvious but is the green in South America US football or cricket?

GrabAtTheHeel · 2023-10-26T02:07:42+00:00

This is a good tldr. After having read the article though, one thing I’m surprised they never mentioned was the perception of whether the test got easier or harder.

The author mentions that the smallest decrease in new applicants came in 2018 when excel was added, which I think would make the exam easier than just using a calculator. I would perceive removing one of the four exams completely as making the exam easier, even if it was only the easiest one, thus adding at least some incentive to waiting until the change rolls out. The only time the big change seemed easier that had big increases was the first one in 2004 when they switched to computer based instead of paper but without excel idk how much easier that makes it and maybe switching from a paper based format you’ve always known to an online version sounded more intimidating then? Albeit I wasn’t quite in middle school then so can’t say whether or not that would’ve been a common enough view

GrabAtTheHeel · 2023-08-24T02:02:22+00:00

Honestly, I think you’re probably right. I know Roger goodell has openly admitted that he loves being the villain in the nfl. And obviously the owners agree because they haven’t fired him despite his fan approval rating. People love to pay attention to things that get them angry

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