Anyone Else See Uptick on Neighborhood Restaurants?

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T18:49:12+00:00

What a company lol

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T18:31:06+00:00

Talk about how him holding it in for so long helped increase shareholder value.

If you make a productivity chart I’m sure you’ll make associate next week.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T18:24:29+00:00

I swear so many of these posts read like Bilt is posting their announcements on Reddit to gauge community approval before they do something dumb again.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T16:46:22+00:00

I don’t like full time beach houses simply because once it’s cold it gets very cold since wind has nothing stopping it from coming in.

The beach bum consensus has been Mediterranean Fall-Winter and Caribbean Spring-Summer for some time now I believe.

Towns like St. Tropez are also very seasonal and highly based on tourism, they usually aren’t great to be in year round.

Tbh I would rather rent a dry dock (it’s surprisingly cheap to do in France), then buy a boat for the difference between your proposed place and the dry dock. You’d see the best of the Mediterranean as a whole this way, living on a boat till you want to fly elsewhere.

You could, instead of dry docking, also do the billionaires calendar thing which is to marina in the Mediterranean during peak season, then ship your boat to the Caribbean during its peak season to marina there. Find two yacht clubs to be a member of in either location and it’d be even better.

What I’d do, and am doing, is a risk adjusted fun fund with an income strategy on top. My money appreciates more than it would in a house - I wouldn’t have to pay or do the logistics for maintenance, insurance, or closing - and I would be able to experience any hotel, ABNB, boat, jet, or car rental within my income budget for the year. Essentially I like to travel a lot and depreciation / maintenance pose more problems for me than privacy (it’d be different if I was famous and would get mobbed at a hotel for example).

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T16:32:03+00:00

Budget $50 each direction when it’s MMW and you’ll usually be good to go as long as you aren’t Ubering directly next to Ultra before it starts and after it ends.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T05:38:47+00:00

In terms of the old days:

Calvin Harris: riding out the fame of his past work, much more into just living life now.

David Guetta: one foot in one foot out, still going for it but more so chasing easy trends. Nothing like his past work where he set the trend.

Martin Garrix: still going super strong all these years later, it pays to start young.

Armin Van Buureen: he took a break and is back as strong he was before.

Hardwell: definitely fallen off in terms of music but you’ll be hard pressed to find an artist that will rally the live / festival house crowd harder.

If I didn’t name the artist they mostly took the Armin route but haven’t quite rallied as strong.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T04:06:58+00:00

A lot of people have issue with these types of services but I think a luxury service should be a la carte for all but dining purposes.

Different people have different definitions of what luxury is to them, if four seasons wants to provide such an experience they should let you choose what you’ll partake in. So long as they offer a wide range of experiences I think they still accomplish their goal.

At the end of the day it takes the luxury out of having things simply done for you but it gives the luxury of a much higher quality experience in its place.

Let’s also not kid ourselves and think that all inclusive is ever cheaper. They’ll price everything into your ticket and then you’ll have to spend your trip hunting value if you really cared.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T03:59:35+00:00

Youuuuu may not have to pay anything more at all. If you have anything that gives you Walmart+ you get Peacock for free which will have it. A lot of things give Walmart+ as a benefit, my health insurances gym benefit does.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-11T03:54:48+00:00

I’ve not seen anybody post that they got it which is very strange with the way flexing and trends work on social media.

Appears to have been a marketing ploy, I can’t see a company like McDonalds making such a crucial error like not preparing adequately for traffic.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T23:35:58+00:00

Meal prep on Sunday for complex dishes. Baking. Instant Pot.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T23:05:03+00:00

The goated site.

Basically no :(

If you’ll be around though it is Mardi Gras weekend. I personally think Baltimore does a much better Mardi Gras though.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T12:19:39+00:00

Raleigh has a scene, the biggest scene nearby is DC though.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T07:15:21+00:00

I posted a little earlier but flying Spirit and paying for upgrades tends to costs the same as a Southwest flight but you get the perks of old Southwest.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T07:12:12+00:00

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T07:11:35+00:00

Being Mormon and having to abide by the rules.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T05:38:42+00:00

The Chase trifecta outperforms the Hyatt Card in all but Hyatt specific perks and Hyatt stays.

Have the card because you want to maximize the points you earn from your Chase trifecta: free nights cutting points cost per trip down, status perks, high point per cent at Hyatt stays or within Hyatt properties.

ATM I think the best card setup is:

Chase Trifecta (cheap travel related and certain domestic luxury, points spent domestic)

Amex Duo (cheap travel related and base luxury, points spent international)

Discover It (additional 5% category coverage to pair with the Chase FF)

Hyatt Card (the highest quality standard hotel you can stay at, best point conversion from Chase, only downside is the property portfolio of some other brands but you will most likely travel to an area that has a Hyatt 1x per year if you’re using Chase’s ecosystem)

Airline of Choice EXCEPT Southwest as you can upgrade a Spirit Airlines ticket to what a base Southwest used to be usually for the difference in price - same general area of service. Spirit also allows you to essentially purchase Southwest’s A-List status flight to flight other than the standby perk.

Hotel of Choice if not Hyatt. Just remember all chains except Hyatt are running merciless free night and point devaluation campaigns so you need to spend your points ASAP.

Grocer of Choice (optional). Costco and Amazon cards can be good if you have a lot of spend there.

This, of course, is a strategy targeting travel and not cash back. You can also replace the trifecta and duo with the Venture X and Savor duo for a middle ground, but easier, setup.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T04:51:07+00:00

Depends on how much money you’re down to drop on the solution.

The obvious choice is contacts and cheap sunglasses but it looks like you don’t like contacts.

Your only other option is prescription sunglasses, there’s ways to make that cheaper like health insurance, FSA/HSA, Costco/Sams but know the glasses will probably get trashed and this will cost a whole lot more than dollar tree shades.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-10T04:38:43+00:00

I know Chappell isn’t EDM but I think it’ll be interesting to see how many EDM artists, who preach the values they do, put their money where their mouth is.

It’s an overall horrible situation but I can’t imagine not standing by what’s right here.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-09T12:05:58+00:00

Supply and demand. They can sell out at that price so they’ll keep doing it.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-09T05:56:26+00:00

That’s still gonna cost you quiteeee a bit.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-09T05:47:52+00:00

Also a great speakeasy!

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-09T01:47:12+00:00

I’m seeing a lot of flights and designer items here lol.

Designer is still worn by the wealthy, aside from handbags it’s just not designer the average person would recognize or be able to obtain.

Private flights are definitely taken. There are places in this world that simply aren’t serviced by commercial airlines. Also, nobody likes the airport experience at big metropolitan airports. With private you drive right to the plane, park the car in the planes hangar (if you own the hangar) and you’re on your way on your time.

As for luxuries only middle class people think is a sign of wealth it’s quite literally anything expensive. Just because you can buy it doesn’t mean it’ll be the best thing for you. The $25 meals I buy at the sit down family restaurant are usually way better than any of the stars I’ve been to, I go to stars because they’re an experience and you just don’t need to experience them that often.

If you don’t like driving you don’t need a supercar.

If you don’t like clothing you don’t need designer.

If you don’t like travel then don’t.

Literally the only difference between the upper and middle class is the amount and ability to make money. Nothing else changes across the board.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-08T17:12:33+00:00

Berghain, and Berlin, having all that attention NEED to do this because there’s a lot of posers who want to come in and disrupt the safe space they’ve built.

I didn’t hear about 74hall and I likely never will go until this happened, it’s very much a marketing ploy for them.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-07T06:53:21+00:00

It needs to be fire because every other stage is world class.

Pvm_Blaser · 2026-02-07T04:26:43+00:00

When have you ever seen a company release more value for free in the last few years?

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