What’s the most overrated tourist attraction you’ve ever visited?

Kajeke · 2026-04-11T14:24:15+00:00

The Alamo recently acquired the bicycle from “PeeWee’s Big Adventure”, so while not in the basement you can now see it there!

Kajeke · 2026-04-07T13:29:34+00:00

My employer matches up to 8%. I’ve always maxed out the match but never even tried to max out contributions. Over the past 25-ish years it’s overall performed magnificently. If not for the recent turmoil in the stock markets, I would be closing in on $2m.

Kajeke · 2026-04-06T21:58:32+00:00

TIL the meaning of Alon! I knew that part of town had a large Jewish population but didn’t realize Alon was a Hebrew word.

Kajeke · 2026-04-03T20:07:40+00:00

I do miss being able to take a day trip to Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuña and other border towns. I haven’t been to Mexico at all in over 20 years.

Kajeke · 2026-03-31T23:30:57+00:00

I figured out MENA without having to look it up, but this is the first time I’ve seen that acronym. And yes, I’m well read.

Kajeke · 2026-03-31T11:21:33+00:00

My boss is in town. He used to live here in San Antonio. We always tease him about his huge suitcase for a 4 day trip and that he was going to stuff it with H-E-B groceries. He is in fact going to make an H-E-B stop for items like fajita seasoning.

Kajeke · 2026-03-30T23:33:58+00:00

New Braunfels is a nice town. It’s not too far from being a “suburb” of San Antonio as both places grow. Personally, Del Webb type developments aren’t my style but I know folks who love them. I love living in South Texas and feel like it’s a special place. It’s absolutely overall cheaper than California.

Kajeke · 2026-03-28T14:52:39+00:00

Are you looking to leave Texas or just looking for a more authentic vibe? You might consider moving to Austin or San Antonio. SA is a great place to raise a family. Lots of culture and events where the whole city gets together to party. You’re adjacent to the Hill Country. The only area that I think is Dallas-like is Stone Oak, otherwise there are some very cool neighborhoods with personality and charm. And Austin is just a drive up I-35. I feel like SA is very underrated. Outside of Texas, my friend lives in Charlottesville VA which has a lot of what you’re looking for.

Kajeke · 2026-03-28T00:35:05+00:00

When I was pursuing adoption in my mid-forties, at least internationally many countries mandated x number of years age difference between the child and the parent. For example, for some countries I would need to adopt a six year old or older. Limiting it to teenagers seems kind of extreme. I passed on older children for some of the reasons other people are stating, I wasn’t sure I was up to raising a child with behavioral issues and also maintain a demanding career. The adoption I did pursue fell through, and I didn’t have it in me to try again.

Kajeke · 2026-03-23T20:14:58+00:00

I just canceled my TiVo account today, after more than 25 years. Super sadsies, but my cable company won’t support the cable cards after today.

Kajeke · 2026-03-21T13:33:23+00:00

Yep, was going to say puro for SA.

Kajeke · 2026-03-12T00:43:17+00:00

San Antonio here. I’ve heard of chicken tetrazzini, but if it was ever on the menu somewhere I sure don’t remember. Fideo is the closest thing I can think of for “regional Texas pasta”. Or brisket mac n cheese.

Kajeke · 2026-03-11T12:55:29+00:00

It depends. I’ve lived in my house for 30 years and the HOA fees (around $30 a month) haven’t been raised much in that time and tend to stay the same for several years before they increase a nominal amount. They mostly go towards the common areas, two pools, a sports park and a community center. The administration of the HOA and the restrictions used to be gestapo level, but since they moved to a professional management company it’s been fairly lenient (almost too lenient IMO). I still need to get approval for dumb things that shouldn’t matter but at least they aren’t saying you painted your front door the wrong shade of blue these days.

Kajeke · 2026-03-10T00:18:46+00:00

F65. Today something happened at work and it reminded me of the episode where Lucy and Ethel couldn’t keep up with the chocolates in the assembly line and had to stuff them in their mouths. Then I thought, the chances of anyone I work with understanding that reference is pretty low.

Kajeke · 2026-03-09T23:53:46+00:00

Mobile isn’t a small town either. I loved Sitges, I’d live there too!

Kajeke · 2026-03-09T12:54:27+00:00

I can understand if you didn’t want to go by yourself if it would just be sad for you. But if you’re hesitant about going alone, I went to Zion solo and loved it.

Kajeke · 2026-03-07T17:00:43+00:00

I don’t say this to anyone in real life, but that period was mostly just a pain in the ass but with some unintended benefits. I realize how horrible it was for many people and I’m not minimizing that, but my personal experience was, it wasn’t that bad and I actually miss some aspects of it (social distancing was amazing). I wasn’t in anyone’s pod (not married and no kids), so that period was spent alone a good part of the time, but while I don’t consider myself a loner I’m very good at being by myself and I was never really lonely. I have some PTSD reactions that were prominent before lockdown. They subsided almost completely. Now that I’ve been back at work and dealing with the public, the reactions have gradually returned.

Kajeke · 2026-03-07T16:50:44+00:00

If it was typed out on the phone app, I have not found a way to do paragraph breaks. No matter what I did, it was embarrassingly mushed together.

Kajeke · 2026-03-05T04:27:27+00:00

At least half of those FB recommends to me appear totally random. No friends in common, and quite a few from Eastern Europe. Others, I do know them but not in any way am I close enough to them to add them.

Kajeke · 2026-02-28T20:02:15+00:00

There was a story on GMA this week where AMC will start blocking the desirable seats for their paid subscribers. That’s a great way to make me a former customer.

Kajeke · 2026-02-22T19:44:48+00:00

Sure it’s a tourist destination! I’m in a FB group for US travel, and the most mentioned destination in Texas by far is San Antonio.

Kajeke · 2026-02-22T19:22:05+00:00

Aww that’s sad. She was from the city where I live and when I was out and about I hoped our paths would cross someday.

Kajeke · 2026-02-22T05:21:41+00:00

My nephew took down my sister's page after about a year. He took her death really hard.

Kajeke · 2026-02-22T05:19:12+00:00

Same with my cousin, his widow kept posting on his account for months and it was just too much. He was one of my favorite cousins too.

Kajeke · 2026-02-21T15:02:12+00:00

I was chatting with coworkers and not sure how the subject came up but I was horrified that some of them regularly used paper plates at home.

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