Driving from Los Angeles to TX tomorrow
 

I'm going to update this thread with LOLs along the way.

Hey mods, I know this might not be the right section, but the regions are slow.
Anyways... I'm driving from LA to Houston, TX tomorrow...
Where should I go, anything to do? People to see?
Please shoot me a text (31O)eight nine three-42O7
I'm planning on doing a 24 hour non stop drive
EDIT: I will be leaving late Saturday, or Sunday


Thanks, :tiphat:
Andrew

That's brutal man, I did that once and will never do it again

Anything to do? Try sleeping somewhere.

People to see? The people working whatever motel you decide to crash at.

:icon18: If you're trying to drive from LA to Houston in 24 hours you don't have time for anything. But if you want to stop by Austin, I'd be happy to buy/serve you a beer or install a mod for you :icon17:

I've got the Nissan Driving Academy tomorrow, but I can't imagine you would make it to Austin before it will be over.

Stop by my place as you pass through, have Wifey give you a cold beer ;)
Mybe drop off the whitelines if you have space in your car lol

you still visit here, phelan? :tup:

:icon18:

I don't mean 24 hours, more like I want to do it without spending the night anywhere.
My insomnia is pretty bad, so it shouldn't be TOO much of a stretch to make it in one go


(And please don't tell me it's dangerous) if I get tired, I WILL sleep, I'm not doing this to show off manliness or anything, lol

so houston is katy freeway? santamonica 10 all the way straight?

First off I would like to say be safe during ur long drive to Houston. I have lived here for 5 years and absolutely love this place. If your here just to visit and have a good time here are a couple hang out places where you can enjoy a little bit of Houston.

Food:
Asian: Bellaire blvd/beltway 8 (all the asian food you can ask for)

BBQ: Rudy's BBQ (def. must try the extra moist brisket and sweet cream corn)

Brazilian Steakhouse: All you can eat meat at Chama Gaucha (well worth the price if you can put it away, $41.50 for dinner.

MF sushi: Try the Omakase (leave it in the chef's hands) its about $100 but you will thank me afterwards. Make a reservation because you need to sit at the sushi bar.

Anything in particular just yelp it!

Party atmostphere:
Washington Ave. (start at kung fu saloon and work your way down the strip)

also look up Midtown bars (red door, drinkery, wonderbar)

Another cool place to hang out is City Centre.

Shopping:
Galleria or Premium outlets

411:
The beltway requires you to pay toll so be prepared to have some change on you. Read the signs carefully or else they will send u a bill for toll violations.

Any other questions just let me know what else your intersted in doing.

The Titty bar what else????

Then stop in Baker and pickup some Alien Jerky :icon17:

It_370Z

I screwed the up...
I lived in TX for about a year, so I know all the Houston stuff... I meant more on the way... Sorry ;-(

But great info! :tup:

Yep

And, where is Baker? (If its a conspiracy theory thing, awesome)

If you run into any problems while in the Phoenix area, give me a call and I'll help you out (PM sent). Been here 12 years, and I really can't think of much worth a stop besides some great chow here and there. Good luck with the road trip!

Pete

Be safe on your road trip Andew. Did you bring enough bullets :)

Good luck Andy. You taking the Z?

Ya good plan... offer to beer him up every few hundred miles on a cross country drive. :tup:

Hey jarblue, I also live in Austin man. Is that an open event? Can people go watch and would it be worth it? Hey man I haven't seen anything about Austin meets but I would be down to meet up and drink some cold ones.

It was invite only and is not open to the general public. In fact, I am only attending as a guest of someone else who got the invite and managed to get in before registration was full.

Keep an eye on http://www.the370z.com/texas/34505-a...z-e-vents.html for local stuff :tup:

Well, if he's not trying to do the drive in 24 hours, he can hang out for 1 hr per beer :icon17:

I did that drive in august of last year for quakecon 2012. I made it ther in 22 hours and made it back in 20 hours =).

Lol, if Vegas was on the way, I'd make a LOOOOOONG detour... Also, what sway bars? And thanks for the offer brother!

Pete, I got the PM, you're definitely an awesome guy, it's things and people like you that make this forum awesome! :tiphat:

Thank you very much! Enough... Bullets... How is that possible??? I DO know that as soon as I cross the border to AZ, the handguns come out and the AR15 gets loaded.

Thank you very much sir! :tiphat:
Not taking the Z this time. My friend's mom has cancer that the doctors in LA SUCK at treating, and they have gone to Houston a few times for opinions and to get more specialized treatments and such. On Tuesday he flew out and on Thursday he said that the hospital there will open up their schedule and take over her whole case, so her texted me and called me today and asked if I can drive their car out because it looks like they're staying. And my friend is like my second brother, so no problem

Welllllll... I think I could do a beer an hour, my liver might BEAT me as I arrive to Houston, but I HIGHLY doubt a beer an hour will get me drunk or even tipsy with my size
And beer has carbs and alcohol is the first "nutrient" to bbe used as alcohol, so it's a great energy drink! :tup: (or did that not fool anyone?)

I made the drive from Dallas to TX about a year ago, and it was great. Probably 22 hours of driving time, I only stopped in Albuquerque because a member here said that he'd take me on the airforce base and show me some helicopters. And it was AWESOME!!! If it wasn't for that I would've probably tried to do it in one go. And I didn't drive fast, stopped whenever I wanted, ate whenever, stopped at rest areas just because it was beautiful even though I did probably hit 50-100 mile straight stretches of road... I DID however stop a few times on the freeway on those long straights and I did several burn outs and I did do it a few times later when it rained, LOL

Strip club hoppin'

I love doing that leaving the toll booths. :hello:

Is it really that good? I've seen the place on various TV shows for YEARS.
On my way TO Los Angeles I didn't know that they were on the way, but I did stop by it and snap some photos.

Anything you recommend? I may be a fat ***, but god knows I can't compete in their challenge, lol

They were on TV the other day, 72oz steak free if you can eat it all!!

Andrew you should do it!!! :tup:

See above :icon18:

Went once a decade ago before i even thought of moving to Tx. They had an awesome Prime Rib!!!!

Will keep that in mind sir! :tiphat:


My friend is leaning towards driving that way because he really didn't drive along Mexico for 509 miles, LOL

General Texas rule. When you are going to what is supposed to be a great Tx steak house. You usually want those proving grounds to be in the Ribeye or Prime rib cuts. It's the unofficial, official Texas cuts of meat. If they can't get those cuts right? They won't get many or any right. :tiphat:

Bone in rib eye is my steak of choice, and if they make it mediocre, they get a verbal raping. (I only order prime rib if that is THEIR thing)
If we end up going that way, we'll probably share a prime rib and a rib eye

I'll keep you guys posted if we end up going that way

You guys are making me hungry but I can't eat because tonsilitis :crying:

Sorry dude. How about ribeye flavored ice cream? :hello:

:yum:

I swear I'm gonna eat so much once my throat stops hurting :icon17:

Meh. When I drove to texas I went there... Their steak was honestly too fatty for me. I don't really like fatty steaks. I got the 32 ounce one and finished all the meat part but tons of fat left over =(

Get them things taken out and enjoy life bruh... If you're under 55yo and healthy. do it.:tup:

That extra fat is what makes the steak moist and juicy. :yum:

arent your persian DE? how many are down there in Texas? All i can picture of texas is lone star state cowboy type people but i heard like Dallas and DFW area arent that bad.

I am, very few, and Dallas and DFW are the same, lol
FW is REALLY redneck, Houston is ghetto as fùck (yes it has it's nice parts)
And Austin is CA Jr.

I'm a New Yorker and a strong critic of certain narrow-mindedness in Tx. That said, I wouldn't call Fort Worth as much Redneck as much as I call it traditional. Forney,White Settlement, Granbury is redneck.

Well the other way to get that is by getting your stakes really rare. That is what I usually do but then the fat like isn't really cooked and its just gross at that place so I had to have them cook it more than I normally would have liked.

I am a steak fiend. I usually go to outback steak house at least once a week. I always tell them to cook it 1 minute on each side =)

Honestly a bit of fat doesn't bug me but the amount of fat on those steaks was just ridiculous.

I am glad I went so I can atleast say I have gone there. I didnt go there on the way back although I did stop at an outback steak house in Albuquerque NM.