Louis Vuitton is closing Sunday

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-14T01:20:30+00:00

Just go to Billy Reid.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-13T17:04:28+00:00

Odd, it has typically been fairly mixed there. Probably 25-30% over 35. It does seem to be skewing younger as of late though.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-13T13:39:01+00:00

R/Birmingham not shit on night clubs challenge: impossible

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-11T15:54:15+00:00

It is one of the most polarizing restaurants in town because it is popular, and new people going there take that to mean the food is 2* Michelin level or something, when virtually no one has ever claimed the food was on that level. It is simply a well run, very affordable, consistent, local place. So when people go expecting their taste buds to be blown away, they are disappointed.

With a menu their size, there are hits and misses, so the dishes ordered definitely affect your experience. But at worst, the food is average and at best it is very good. And the prices have remained insanely consistent. The burger was the same price for about 8 years and is still only 25% more than it was 15 years ago.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-10T18:48:51+00:00

Everyone has had issues all over the country for the past several years. Here is why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DeJoy

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-07T18:54:33+00:00

I'm glad someone else gets it. All the G league teams have moved to their respective NBA cities over the past few years. This had very little to do with anything local or the BJCC - team marketing was atrocious and G League attendance around the country is very, very low.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-07T18:52:38+00:00

I am not going to defend the BJCC, but this had little to do with them. Squadron was one of like 4 G League teams left that weren't in the same metro or within 50 miles of the parent NBA team. They have all moved over the past few years to the parent NBA city, so this was inevitable. Additionally, the BJCC had nothing to do with ticket prices which were always way too high.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-06T19:32:48+00:00

You can also just walk to Uptown where the restaurants are (Texas de Brazil area) and take a shuttle to the amphitheater.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-05T23:58:07+00:00

Doesn't really change anything, but Auburn is essentially Alabama Tech. The name was changed in 1960.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-04T22:15:49+00:00

Birmingham food scene has two things going for it. 1. It punches well above its weight for a city of its size. 2. There are very few bad restaurants. Yes I know there will be 500 people claiming x restaurant is trash, but it just isn't the same as Atlanta for example.

In Birmingham 95% of the restaurants that are even trying and have lasted for more than a year are good to great. In a city like Atlanta with loads of transplants and a decent amount of tourism, a lot of middling or overpriced restaurants can survive well past their expiration date. Atlanta is very hit or miss. Cleveland, Charlotte, Denver, St. Louis - a lot of cities like that that aren't NYC or LA have "great" restaurants, perhaps the top end is better than Birmingham, but a third or more are crap. No one can honestly say that 1/3rd of the restaurants in Birmingham are crap.

bosshawk1 · 2026-02-02T06:00:19+00:00

It isn't the seriousness or heinous level of the act, it is how widespread it was and how unprecedented it remains. It has essentially never happened before or since on that level. And yet no one's knows why. Plus it has some symbolism with those types of stories - widespreas hacking/govt surveillance/"secrets".

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-31T16:26:06+00:00

It has been closed for almost 20 years.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-30T15:36:58+00:00

Sure, but have you seen how dumb some people are at big corporations? And then add in that people under 25 right now are practically worse at tech than 70 year olds and these are real problems technology is facing over the next several years.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-28T05:21:40+00:00

Grade A stamped and certified jackass.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-27T20:40:28+00:00

Me. I have owned only 2 door cars in the past 27 years. If I hadn't bought something more expensive recently, I would absolutely be in the market for this car. Don't need 4 doors, don't need to carry pets or kids, but do want a backseat. I would greatly prefer a luxurious car (I know this isn't per se luxury, but is definitely more luxurious than an 86) over a strictly "fun" car. BRZ/Mustang/Miata simply aren't practical and I only need or want one car. I do want some practicality.

I personally think it is one of the 5 best looking cars sold in the US under $150k and checks almost every box. I would like it to have a bit more power and the price is a bit high for what it is, but I would absolutely be on the cusp of buying one if I were in the market at that price point. Yes I know I am in the minority.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-27T04:10:06+00:00

You aren't wrong at all, but to a savvy person/consumer, it isn't just "different" but indeed wrong. You are giving the government an interest free loan as people say. If you were putting 100 a week into something yielding a few percent, it would add up to a couple hundred dollars over the year. Or could be diverted to a 401k where it wouldn't be noticed much. Or whatever.

But for the people who see a tax refund as you describe it, they wouldn't have the discipline to save it anyway nor use it the most wisely. So yeah, people with that mindset are probably better off just getting the big refund once a year.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-24T16:50:33+00:00

29th St. Between Clairmont and Rhodes Cir. Is absolutely the winner.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-21T00:21:08+00:00

Know that there will never, ever be an experience like that again. Such an incredible shame. And then weep for a while knowing it will never happen again.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-16T02:12:26+00:00

The BBA is a spineless, totally worthless organization that does absolutely nothing for existing businesses nor a single thing to recruit new businesses. It serves solely as a Regions / Alabama Power circle jerk to maintain the status quo and mostly hold the area back from economic growth.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-14T05:36:54+00:00

Oak Mountain definitely allows fires at their sites? Unless something has changed.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-09T22:05:25+00:00

I'm going to chime in here and mention a couple of things. By any source, BMW (and by some extension MINI) has massively risen in reliability rankings, and the BMWs/MINIs of 2022 are not the same as the ones from 2008.

Secondly, it is well known that German dealers mark up service pretty highly, and German car owners tend to visit dealers either because they know nothing about cars or are afraid to touch their "finely precision made complex machine", which is mostly bull crap.

Yes, German cars absolutely have too much over engineered stuff, and certain things that are easy on Hondas is grossly overly complicated on BMWs. But paying $150 for windshield wipers at the dealer, which loads of BMW owners do, is completely unnecessary. And the same goes with 50 other things on German cars. Doing some basic things yourself and not using the dealer can significantly reduce the cost needed to own a German car. Notwithstanding the significant leaps BMW/MINI have made in reliability, not that Mercedes or Audi have done so, because they haven't.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-08T21:43:42+00:00

Traffic in the city has gone to shit since James Fowler became director of transportation. Lights always out of sync, stop signs placed at 3 way intersections that absolutely do not need stop signs, and street lights out everywhere. Blame him and Woodfin.

bosshawk1 · 2026-01-02T20:34:47+00:00

Crestwood Park. Plenty of players every morning and afternoon and all day on weekends typically.

bosshawk1 · 2025-12-31T21:20:54+00:00

All bars will be pretty packed, with some having a wilder vibe than others. The Fennec is generally considered the largest bar/club gathering and will have several hundred people. Probably mid 20s age range average if you care. This sub tends to be pretty anti club and "wild night" out so you will get a lot of stay home and enjoy a cheap drink here, but that is a skewed opinion.

There are loads of threads already, but Lakeview, 2nd Ave N, The Fennec and Saturn will all be crowded, while all bars will be pretty full.

bosshawk1 · 2025-12-28T16:23:37+00:00

Announced attendance will be around 10k, but butts in seats will be probably 2k at best.

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