(Ep 55) Tales from the Road: Dallas Day 1 Post-Mortem

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Welcome back to Fighters Drinking Coffee. On this episode, Scott and I were

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recording after the first day of the IBJJF Dallas Open.

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We were getting into some of the rituals that were surrounding the event, meals,

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pre and post competition, um kind

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of the things that we get into as well as the uh the event itself in the city

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of dallas we talk a little bit about hotels and restaurants um and just kind

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of road life around jujitsu competition.

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Um, and we also, uh, we can do steakhouses.

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Um, it was a good time. Uh, we had a lot of fun down there in Dallas.

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This will give you a little insight into what we got into.

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Um, and I hope you guys enjoy that.

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Enjoy the show. We're in Dallas.

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We're at the Hilton Garden. Hilton Garden in Lobby.

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It's a good lobby. Wrapped up day one of Dallas Open. Yes. We've had multiple ribeye steaks.

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Two ribeye steaks in 24 hours. Two ribeye steaks and potatoes three different

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ways. That's right. Three different ways. Three different ways of potatoes.

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Potatoes out grotten. And 16-ounce prime ribeye from Del Frisco's Double Eagle.

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Double Eagle? Double Eagle. Double Eagle. Double Eagle. Double Eagle in Dallas.

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Today we went to Anastor in the renaissance Asador Asador that's right I don't

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know who means like Gorilla right probably yeah yeah it sounds right the Gorilla the Gorilla,

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the Gorilla real dude back check us back check it we're not gonna google it but we basically.

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Had the same thing it's like different flavors it's a different way that was

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pretty cool I did like that hotel that hotel Hotel was nice. What, 50s all the hotel.

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He said it was been kept in. I said it was from 1976.

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Post JFK assassination. It looks new or not.

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Yeah as we definitely as we've established so

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that's like a lot that's getting i wouldn't say it's

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luxury but it's like closer to luxury hotel yes this

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is very much like economy i don't mind the

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section we're looking at the bar bars kind of we're in

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the lobby by the way you know this is just premium buy

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your drink of coffee raw unfiltered content oh yeah

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we uh we're winging this is actually more like the

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original show oh yeah that's enough

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he's like if you hail of two podcasts the food content is like

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us just talking about whatever yeah we're just talking about whatever yeah it

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was uh I like this spot it was cool the dinner well one this hotel I don't mind

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it rooms are good big room a 40 three star hotel with decent updated rooms they're

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comfortable it feels like a three star hotel I would say that's a solid like,

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if in my opinion,

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just speak for myself.

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I feel like we've talked about hotels for like a solid hour before we even started recording.

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I could keep talking about hotels for a minute, but I feel like,

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in my opinion, let me know what you think of this, since we're on the subject.

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I feel like a three-star hotel, it just needs to check all the boxes for basic quality.

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So like, what do you want out of a hotel?

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It's not going to knock your socks off, but it checks the box.

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It's like, hey, clean, decent-sized room, good bed, check.

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Like, lobby, breakfast, some food, a bar in this case, check.

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Like, Stephen got a pool, no sauna, we have that.

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He's got a pool, like a fitness thing, like, check. It's got all that.

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The one he was saying, though, and I actually, this does track,

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the saunas are kind of phased out in hotels.

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I think unless you're getting to a pretty bigger spa hotel.

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Yeah. Like a Vegas resort. So they're a pretty, pretty decent, like.

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Maintenance costs. A thousand percent. There's a lot of maintenance.

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It's just been a wild thing if the guy was like, of course we have a spa. Of course we have a spa.

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I would have been very, I was expecting, it's like 99% of the time to say no.

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There's no chance. Maybe.

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But anyways, you have all that and like a good room rate, man,

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like it's like you're not breaking the bank. That's a three star hotel right there. Yeah.

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You start to go four, like I feel like this is probably a five star.

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This is not a five star. It's a little bit nicer. It might be.

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If it is, it's not a real five star. The PlaySnate store is a five-star.

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I think they eat a totally. Really? I mean, that's like a full-on like,

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it's got, that's a good resort.

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That reminds me of like, I can see that. It's got, it's much bigger.

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Probably has a couple of different hotels and shit like that.

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You have like the, excuse me, the experience space. Yeah.

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They probably do like corporate events. They're like little seminar,

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what do you call it? Like a convention, small convention, small little company things.

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The only thing it's missing is the casino for like, I can see it.

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Yeah. like yeah that's kind of what it i know it's there's an experience space

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and then there's have you been to the gay lord in orlando or

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any of the gala which does not matter um i've been to the one in national opera

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so it's like those like be like really big hotels where they have like it's

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just eight two events there it is yeah um that kind of reminds me of that yeah

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um which again in in my opinion i don't consider this five star it just maybe

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there's a personal take on hotels.

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Like, when I think of five-star, because I mean, like, there is no rating other

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than, the highest star rating is five-star. There isn't a six-star.

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But like, when I interpret five-stars, it's like.

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A truly luxury hotel oh yeah maybe not it's

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not truly luxury it should be i mean i

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didn't go so here i'm just judging it i mean i haven't it's sick

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i just think i when i was looking at the hotels i think that we might even 2026

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to like upgrade and change and modernize the hotel rating system like i think

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of like i think of like the four seasons the five-star hotel seriously if ritz

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carlton five-star hotel four seasons five-star top maybe some w's five-star hotels,

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and like you can you don't like it's like you don't need to be a five star hotel

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have a nice hotel four stars are just below you can get some good yeah.

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And like exactly would you consider like a would you consider Kempton four,

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uh it's between this and like a five star right they're fours fours are good

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like additional I think that takes you from the three it's like the slight additions

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I can't like yeah or maybe slightly newer perhaps might be a little bit newer we have like

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the little like extra things like you

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get like pillow top shit like you have

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like five pillows instead of three water in

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the room you can actually drink yeah like three dollars you get

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like that you have like slightly different like the in-room cafe thing you know

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like have you ever seen the intercontinental I don't know if I've seen it I've

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seen the intercontinental in Miami I can go on like I have a lot of data on

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that but the intercontinental within our world granted I think when you get to Miami like,

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such a visited place there's a trillion hotels you can go to like,

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in my opinion like all of the.

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Hotel game gets a little more competitive so I feel like it's I would consider

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it a four star hotel but it's like a nice four star it's like starting to bat

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up close to five star it's not a five star because I've seen a five star hotel in Miami but it's like,

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I'll describe it like this. All the hotels on my behalf have to have a cool

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pool that people want to go hang out with. Hang out there, right?

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Which it does. It's not the coolest one, but it's a good one.

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You can always get a good room rate.

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There are probably times like Grand Prix or Formula One Grand Prix,

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or like when they have Ultra, or like any other event, Art Basel,

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where everyone goes, the rate will go up to like $500 or $600 a night.

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And it shouldn't be that much.

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It should be like $250 or below You're getting a really good deal on it.

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It's probably like a $300 night hotel.

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But decent quality. I think it bats a little bit above its average.

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Big rooms. Good room service.

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You're pretty much like every room's sweet.

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You're basically turning into that where everything's sweet.

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You've got living room. That's right.

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I think that would be the difference between the four and the five.

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The four, you've got no spacious rooms. It's nice.

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But it's not It doesn't feel crazy luxury, but it feels nice.

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It's like a nice hotel. I would agree.

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One thing I like about that, the Intercontinental Miami, is it has a big, nice bar. It's like,

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It looks a little more chic than bitch. But it's bigger.

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Like, there's a lot of sitting room chilling in the lobby. They have,

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like, a couple little stores if you want to get, like, some knick-knacks and shit.

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Like, there's, like, beach-style stores. Like, do you want to get a pair of

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sunglasses? Do you need, like, some beach shit?

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Nicer beach shit. It's about the amenities, man.

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But they have a Toro Toro, which I think is, like, used to be,

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like, kind of a popular, like, Asian fusion sushi restaurant all over the United States.

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There's actually one in dallas by the way uh last

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time i was wandering around the city after ibgf tournament

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by myself which i've done many times uh i i

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walked by and i was like oh yeah you have there's one there was one in dc i

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think it's closed they have one in miami it's still going it's still intercontinental

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um but it used to be kind of like a popular um like like like nobu yeah not

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quite that style but like kind of like that where it's like oh there's a nobu

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here there was There was one in Dubai, I think.

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I think they've since kind of like it's kind of like on the...

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Trendy. But yeah, I think it was trendy. It's still good.

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It's not like as big as it was, but they have still. It's almost like finding

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like an Hollywood that don't exist anymore.

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It's like they still got one. There's a Starbucks there. Yeah.

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But if anyone's listening, like I got into my... It's in a good area.

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It's like it's not... See, the other thing is I think they advertise it as Brickle.

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It's not technically Brickle.

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It's in the downtown area, but it's a six-minute walk to Brickle.

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So it's in a cool area. It technically has the zip code. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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But it's close enough that it's a walking distance. It feels like you're in

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the same cool area, close to a bunch of stuff.

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So I think it gives the press. Like I said, to me, it's a 4+.

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Maybe 4.5 or 4.2. I wouldn't know. 4.5 is a little grandiose.

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In my opinion. And there's like a, anyways, classes of hotels.

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If anyone's listening, it's like you, if you need to go down to Miami and you're

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like, all right, I want to stay in like kind of a cool place,

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but I don't want to spend like the W prices or something like that.

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Look up the Intercontinental because it's like in that, if you want to be in

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the downtown bricklay area, it's like a pretty, it's a solid hotel,

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great location, clean, nice, feels like it's kind of hip.

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It's not as expensive as like going to like the East Building, which is expensive.

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I think like Omni, Omni's like that too. Omni's like that too.

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Edging on five, right? I would consider it the same class. Yeah,

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you're like edging. You're getting... It's between four and five.

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It's when you get into those, like, there's ones that, it's the unique name

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that that plates, right?

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Like, the plaza used to be a five-star hotel. In New York.

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It's probably dated, but I haven't been there.

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You know, but... I've never been. But, like... It's like we were talking about

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those, like, hotels. It reminds me of, like, us. The old school,

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like, it once upon a time.

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Yeah, these are, like, the old five-star hotels.

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You have to, you know, like, that one. I think there's, uh, there's one we used

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to stay at once all the time, which, like, five-star hotel. Drive up. There's, like, a gate.

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Cool. quick to drive it. They have to valet your car to parking.

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It's the only option. There is no option but valet. Is it still good or is it? It's still there.

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It's still nice. That's a town I don't know much about. It's like smack.

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It's on the way into the French course. Not quite there. It's like downtown,

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but it's not in the French course walking distance.

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But I like that, personally. Because if it's a walking distance to where everything

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gets rowdy, that's perfect.

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I just want to be close to it and then I want to be able to get I want to get

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out from behind and I mean where they have this,

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convention center it's still like somewhat walkable from there um,

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so like if we go down there for a tournament it's not far it too by the way

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yeah and I would be heavily relying on you to like take care of us I don't know

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much about that I know all about it I kind of love it I like that you either

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stay there because then you're like back in the city,

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or you stay uh,

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like an esplanade, so you stay on, like, the other side of the French Quarter. I've heard of it.

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I have no idea what that is. It's, like... Well, stay in the city,

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though. I mean, you're in the city.

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It's just, like, you're, like, on the other side of all the stuff.

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Uh-huh. So, like, you're kind of away from the rowdiness, but,

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like, you can hit, like, Frenchman Street, which is really, like,

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the cool corridor. I remember Frenchman Street. Frenchman Street's cool.

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I think I told you when you guys went down there. That's how I'd probably get a spin to it.

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I think, yeah. I like Frenchman Street's cool.

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There's a little bar called on the grill that's down there that's my spot I

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like that spot it's like a little Jamaican bar I would go and they have empanadas

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because I like it but you can sit there and just like they've got good music it's chill,

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I would love to go man that's how that street is cool Verma Street is like it's

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one stuff it's two routes.

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It's scumbags it is we should go for a couple bars let's go for a little bit

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and then see what happens and then if you want to like you really should only

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do so much that you want to like, if you want to like enjoy yourself and go somewhere else because,

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Burmese Street gets like, it's just too dirty. It's just too dirt baggy.

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Well, it gets like super crowded, you know, because like it's all party all the time.

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However, Burmese Street on like a Tuesday is pretty cool.

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It's a little less. It's like, you know, so they have all the deals.

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No one's really there. So like if you get there in retirement,

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it's kind of a little bored.

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So like that's the way to do it yeah that's the way to do it alright you can

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get buckets of beer for a dollar alright it's a good that's like your budget day,

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they're just trying to make a kind of sell stuff I want to go it's been we probably

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won't be there on a Tuesday but you know I think it's been,

00:15:21.763 --> 00:15:27.263
13 years. Or something like that. I like that. It all says I want to go.

00:15:27.663 --> 00:15:33.063
So you want to talk about like Yeah. You want to talk about like smashing food. Yeah. Yeah.

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Like indeterminate celebratory meals. That's like already rich flavorful and satisfying.

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Old school French Cajun cuisine. What do you recommend?

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For the people and also what are like the three must have like Ideally,

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it doesn't have to be purely like signature Louisiana, like New Orleans,

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although it could be possible.

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I want to hear both. Like, if

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there's like a signature, like you're in Louisiana, you got to get this.

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But also like, what's just the best thing in New Orleans in your opinion?

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Let's just limit it to three.

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So like, if you have to like, if it is your first time in New Orleans,

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you do Galatois and Commander's Palace.

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So these are like institutions.

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They are Louisiana food. we actually have,

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turtle soup oh that's like a given if you can do like I mean if it's your first

00:16:30.523 --> 00:16:34.723
time you need to rock turtle soup you get some crawfish,

00:16:35.983 --> 00:16:42.983
anything you get crawfish at Tufay you get shrimp Creole if you're trying to do this thing or,

00:16:44.163 --> 00:16:49.723
hit up some oysters you can eat some felixes they have a good oyster so you

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want oysters and they have like the oyster bars down there that are really good.

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But like those are like, you're getting like, you hit your seafood.

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And then you get your rice dishes.

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You do like classic, like Commander's Palates.

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Galois is like a spot. Galois. And make reservations. Okay, so we'll be back.

00:17:12.919 --> 00:17:14.099
Yeah, make reservations. Go a lot of time.

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Ralph and Cucuse is another institution down there. Oh. Again,

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:23.079
I mean, if you're in New Orleans, do seafood, dude. It's just the way to go. Okay.

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.019
There's good, like, really good seafood places down there. What about,

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:30.279
like, non... Just like anything objective that's really good down there.

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It's not going to be, like, New Orleans or, like, Bayou.

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I mean, they have really solid Vietnamese food. Cool.

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They even have Viet-Cajun food. So there's like Vietnamese Cajun fusion that goes on.

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Used to be a place called Cajuns. So they do, they'll make so the boiled crawfish,

00:17:51.479 --> 00:17:55.059
so like normally Louisiana-style crawfish, you boil it in the spices, all of that.

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They'll take it and toss it in the sauce. Dude. It's so good.

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:04.359
It's like spicy as hell. Right, so for noodles.

00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:08.979
No, you can just eat it. You can just eat the crawfish. They had a place,

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:17.099
I believe this was in uptown of Metairie, which is just a different part. It's all touching.

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Metairie is where the airport is. But they had a place called Mofa.

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Mofa. It's spelled Mofa. It was good, though. They had a mushroom soup.

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It was so good. It came in a play pot. It was so good. I still think about that.

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Mother's Deli, go get some po'boys.

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Or you go to Central Grocery, get a muffalotta. Just get a muffalotta.

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I will eat a muffalotta every day. Just get muffalottas and po'boys, dude.

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Cafe Dumont's fine. This is a better place to get beignets. I don't even like beignets.

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:06.099
I think beignets are overrated. But like, you can get French truck.

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.639
You own a French truck. You get, it's better than Capitabon.

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.759
If you're like, I want to go and do a,

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.339
I'm going to New Orleans. I'm going to do the New Orleans thing.

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Get a bed. But like, one and done.

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Go to French Truck. Not too far. It's a better place. I'll get chicory coffees.

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But I mean, that's just a thing. You can get anywhere. French Truck does it better.

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The Cafe du Soleil, they do it better.

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There's even a venue place across

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the street from the Cafe du Monde that like, I would go to over a cafe.

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I've taken people there. I'm like, no, we're going here. That's tourist shit.

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You don't need to go there. It's definitely tourist shit. Yeah.

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It's like that. It's not bad, though. Like, if you want to just,

00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:45.199
like, do the thing, like, go ahead.

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Central Grocery is roughly in the same area, but Mother's is solid.

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Really, any of the stores, though, like, you can walk into most of,

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like, the little, like, food stores, little, like, corner grocery things.

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And they've, well, no, they'll have, like, you can go get your deli food there.

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Oh. But you don't have to go to, like, the known names.

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Oh. But you go get solid muffalottos at like most of the little like corner stores.

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:18.559
It's like the one that can't like you can get a couch like a pepe anywhere in

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Rome. Yeah. It's like you can be like or like a yeah.

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You can't be able to get like staples up.

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And there's they have a solid food truck scene too.

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So like you can go around it's like they basically have like a brewery and like

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distillery district district.

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Um, but they basically have like a brewing distillery district and the,

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uh, it's like in the old, like warf area. Um.

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There we go. They're leaving. They have an old distillery district.

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A million other tenants. We call people to don't hug guests. Guests. Thank you.

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They also have claims to be public area.

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This is public space. It might be.

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Outside influence. But they basically have this manufacturing district now where

00:21:23.371 --> 00:21:26.511
all the breweries are set up. They have a bunch of cool, like, hit bars.

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So there's always solid food trucks down there.

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Yeah, it's, I mean, all of that city. When's the opening?

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I think it already happened. I'll look on my phone. Yeah, check on,

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I don't know if I can check you. So find that out.

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Find that. And if it's already happened, we just keep an eye out for the next one.

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They do, I could just have new work needs a couple times a year.

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Let's take a look. Calendar. Because we should definitely put it on the calendar

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for the next one. I wouldn't be a thousand percent, man.

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It's been on my list. Like I said, last time I went, which was like 13 years

00:22:04.451 --> 00:22:06.531
ago, was an extra offer. Which was fine.

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Not really the version of New Orleans I would like to experience right now.

00:22:14.471 --> 00:22:19.131
It was okay. Yeah. To be honest with you. But I remember liking it.

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And it's kind of like, I don't go on a lot of vacations these days because I

00:22:27.371 --> 00:22:28.591
travel so much for jiu-jitsu.

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Kind of like what we talked about earlier, I like having a reason to go to a place.

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I could just go to New Orleans for no other reason, but I don't know,

00:22:35.691 --> 00:22:37.891
right now it's like, if I'm going to go, I'm like, give me a reason to go.

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Me out. I've been running this system for years. I told you earlier, I love this system.

00:22:46.029 --> 00:22:50.249
I'm on year two of this system, and I enjoy it. It's a good system. It's awesome.

00:22:51.309 --> 00:22:54.449
Going to train, going to compete, going to random places, like I said.

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I just need a reason to go. This is a reason to go, so I'll find it.

00:23:00.809 --> 00:23:05.329
This is awesome. Get the road, go compete, go to the different hotels,

00:23:05.569 --> 00:23:08.629
meet some locals. You kind of have to do.

00:23:10.223 --> 00:23:13.143
You have to have a reason to go to New Orleans because otherwise you can get yourself in trouble.

00:23:13.343 --> 00:23:16.543
That's why I think if my party in Angel won't let me just go for no reason.

00:23:16.663 --> 00:23:20.683
Yes, I agree. It's just how. But I definitely... I will get in trouble.

00:23:21.543 --> 00:23:25.483
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll make sure you get in trouble. Nashville, by the way.

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Nashville's another one. This is my birthday. This is my birthday.

00:23:29.823 --> 00:23:33.623
Yeah, it's the... May 16th, September. My birthday's the 15th, but you get the idea.

00:23:33.863 --> 00:23:37.763
It's like mid-May. Save the day. It's also like a solid, like that puts us in

00:23:37.763 --> 00:23:40.243
a month in between. It's pretty good. Chicago.

00:23:40.623 --> 00:23:43.243
Yeah. Yeah, it gets some time. I think I have a pencil day.

00:23:43.843 --> 00:23:48.683
Pencil. Pencil. A pencil on weekends. What about the day? Yeah, Chicago's the next one.

00:23:49.003 --> 00:23:52.283
Chicago's the next one. It's like, we're doing Austin in July.

00:23:52.563 --> 00:23:55.563
Our system for this, we've got our... July's tough, so we have a bunch.

00:23:55.683 --> 00:23:59.063
We have like... Oh, yeah, Virginia. We have the Nationals the end of June.

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Yeah. And Virginia over in the middle of July. Yep.

00:24:03.783 --> 00:24:08.363
Then we get into major season. New Orleans might not get the next.

00:24:08.523 --> 00:24:12.003
Well, they'll... I might have one in the fall. It's awesome.

00:24:12.783 --> 00:24:16.823
Some of the regional ones that they consistently go to will just sort of like,

00:24:16.923 --> 00:24:19.643
they'll pop it up when they pop it up, but you know they're going to have another.

00:24:19.823 --> 00:24:26.423
Well, with Noogie Pans being in June, we might have a little,

00:24:26.543 --> 00:24:30.723
or not Noogie Pans, Noogie Pro's playoffs, we might have a little bit earlier for Pans.

00:24:31.643 --> 00:24:37.123
It might be September. Labor Day weekend is World Masters.

00:24:38.043 --> 00:24:45.143
Okay. so it might be like late september okay which means it might happen earlier

00:24:45.143 --> 00:24:51.183
euros okay so should be cool i don't see new orleans but i do see milan.

00:24:52.843 --> 00:25:00.443
Italy which i had a good experience i stayed in a decent hotel there um it's better than my hotel in,

00:25:01.383 --> 00:25:05.443
Rome that year. Last year's hotel in Rome was perfect. One of the best hotel

00:25:05.443 --> 00:25:08.803
experience. Very good Rome. Very good experience. It's also cool.

00:25:09.623 --> 00:25:12.983
That's all that. I liked Koala more, by the way, from when I went with Kamal

00:25:12.983 --> 00:25:15.023
many years ago. It's a cool city, dude.

00:25:15.503 --> 00:25:20.323
And the hotel, the first, the hotel that 1FC put us in was miserable.

00:25:21.943 --> 00:25:24.823
Viserable, dude. The OAC, it was fucked. It was almost like,

00:25:24.903 --> 00:25:27.363
dude, what are you doing to us? Like, whatever.

00:25:28.343 --> 00:25:31.463
And so then we switched to a different hotel, which was better.

00:25:31.663 --> 00:25:37.043
It was not much better, but compared to the first hotel, it was like heaven on our close to this.

00:25:37.383 --> 00:25:41.883
Dude, I could take you to some weird places in Kuala. It was cool. I imagine. It was cool.

00:25:42.403 --> 00:25:46.363
I really wanted to do Japan. I don't think timing is going to work out for me.

00:25:47.843 --> 00:25:56.583
That July dates down, and they have another one but it's the week before it works in December.

00:25:57.483 --> 00:26:02.023
Hmm. Okay. So it could be, hey, maybe this is an off-show world,

00:26:02.163 --> 00:26:03.663
so we go to Japan? Yeah, dude.

00:26:04.083 --> 00:26:07.643
I really like the idea of going to Japan.

00:26:08.603 --> 00:26:12.923
That one was tough. It was just cheap. I don't know if I want to go to Japan

00:26:12.923 --> 00:26:14.203
to get my ass beat in the gi.

00:26:15.343 --> 00:26:19.443
I want to go do no-gi in Japan. I want to go beat them up. They like no-gi too.

00:26:20.123 --> 00:26:24.083
Yeah, but I like it more. No, they'll do it. They'll bang, dude.

00:26:24.323 --> 00:26:25.863
They just like trying to do it. Yeah.

00:26:26.623 --> 00:26:29.123
I'm really solid noogie culture to me.

00:26:31.297 --> 00:26:34.317
It's the same thing, yet also, they have a really good festival.

00:26:35.557 --> 00:26:39.657
I like it. That would be fun. How nice does that sound?

00:26:41.037 --> 00:26:45.017
Japan's on my list. I want to go so bad. That's another one where it's like,

00:26:45.157 --> 00:26:48.157
technically, I could just go, but no, I want to go for Jiu-Jitsu.

00:26:48.617 --> 00:26:52.217
Yeah, you want it to be a quote-unquote business trip. Yeah,

00:26:52.377 --> 00:26:55.217
dude, I want it to be memorable. We're fighting around the world. Here we go.

00:26:55.957 --> 00:26:59.837
Japanese Doki Championship. Except for the third. before. Yeah,

00:26:59.977 --> 00:27:01.817
it's the week before the week's close.

00:27:02.317 --> 00:27:06.357
So you kind of have to pick, right? You should probably pick. Yeah.

00:27:07.317 --> 00:27:11.197
If you know you're going to like do Japan. Yeah, you're doing Japan.

00:27:11.277 --> 00:27:14.037
Yeah, that's true. That's the thing is like brutal, dude.

00:27:14.317 --> 00:27:16.757
I'm gaining weight in Japan. You know, it's not really.

00:27:17.437 --> 00:27:22.137
It probably just hadn't been announced.

00:27:22.377 --> 00:27:29.357
It's not a major. I call them mid-majors. stuff. It is a mid-major.

00:27:30.917 --> 00:27:34.077
Well, I'll keep an eye on it because if that worked out, if that was between

00:27:34.077 --> 00:27:40.057
like, let's say, August and October, personally, I'd swap out pants.

00:27:40.217 --> 00:27:44.497
I would swap out Euros for that. One of those.

00:27:44.857 --> 00:27:46.957
Because it's also going to end up being a weekend.

00:27:47.717 --> 00:27:51.857
So you can go do the weekend, just have a couple days. Come back,

00:27:52.077 --> 00:27:54.437
cover, so get some good training for 4 Worlds. Yeah.

00:27:55.157 --> 00:27:59.117
Fuck yeah. But if you do the week 4 Worlds, I have to do a lot of research on

00:27:59.117 --> 00:28:01.837
hotels because I'm not trying to get stuck in some like I don't want a hotel.

00:28:02.117 --> 00:28:05.897
I don't want to sleep. Yeah, dude. Sleep pod. They're going to put me in a pod. They have cool hotels.

00:28:06.197 --> 00:28:08.917
They have cool hotels. Really?

00:28:09.357 --> 00:28:12.717
You can do like What do you know about Japan? I've been to Japan. Japan.

00:28:13.377 --> 00:28:20.577
We stayed in this place in Kyoto where like you basically get like a suite and,

00:28:21.077 --> 00:28:24.957
every day they feed you. It's like you get like,

00:28:25.824 --> 00:28:32.464
a five-course meal every day. Let's just go to those parts. How old is in Kyoto?

00:28:34.004 --> 00:28:39.924
This is like traditional old school. The walls? Paper walls.

00:28:41.964 --> 00:28:45.924
It's just like open concept. When it's mealtime, you just set up the meal in

00:28:45.924 --> 00:28:48.764
the middle of the room. You're sleeping on like a pat on the floor.

00:28:49.084 --> 00:28:52.004
Do you remember watching, I think it was Thunderball, the James Ball,

00:28:52.164 --> 00:28:57.984
where Sean Connery's in Japan? with basically the Japanese Secret Service brother.

00:28:58.024 --> 00:29:05.404
His equivalent for MI6 over there and it's him and seven or eight or nine or ten hot Japanese here.

00:29:05.464 --> 00:29:06.424
I was massaging and they're like,

00:29:06.544 --> 00:29:12.604
oh, oh, and they're like, they do that stuff. You sleep on the floor.

00:29:13.464 --> 00:29:17.544
His hat's on the floor. How did you sleep? It's fine.

00:29:18.664 --> 00:29:22.484
Be honest. We can culture shame. It's a while ago.

00:29:23.664 --> 00:29:26.184
Dude, I mean, you know what? The floor is soft. I'll tell you what.

00:29:26.244 --> 00:29:27.344
Like, the floor is soft on its own.

00:29:27.464 --> 00:29:32.044
It's like tatami floor. If you're saying I'm going to have the same experience

00:29:32.044 --> 00:29:36.284
that James Bond had with... Bare minimum, it's last samurai.

00:29:36.304 --> 00:29:41.064
Five or six Japanese girls massaging me in their hot tub.

00:29:41.584 --> 00:29:43.704
That's like the little spa. If that's the experience you're guaranteeing,

00:29:43.764 --> 00:29:46.844
I'll sleep on the floor. That's fine. If that comes with the territory...

00:29:46.844 --> 00:29:49.124
It's a bare minimum last samurai experience.

00:29:50.301 --> 00:29:54.261
Where I basically, like, fuck a dead Samurai's wife. Yeah, sure.

00:29:54.341 --> 00:29:55.541
And raise his kid. You can do that.

00:29:56.641 --> 00:30:00.301
Did that happen in Last Samurai? Yeah, bro. Have you not seen it?

00:30:00.461 --> 00:30:03.661
I've seen it. You made that up. I was focusing on just Tom Cruise.

00:30:04.281 --> 00:30:07.781
Tom Cruise kills the dude, kills the guy in battle, and then,

00:30:07.781 --> 00:30:10.801
like, lives and then ends up banging.

00:30:11.121 --> 00:30:12.681
Just replaces him, right? Yes. Yeah.

00:30:13.121 --> 00:30:15.581
But then raises his kid. So how does that work?

00:30:16.321 --> 00:30:20.721
You don't have to, like, go. You don't have to go blow for blow on the exact. Well, I'm just kidding.

00:30:21.061 --> 00:30:25.241
I'm just saying, like, this is old to Tommy Flores. Yeah, I got it.

00:30:25.861 --> 00:30:28.761
But that is kind of sick, though. That is kind of cool. Yeah.

00:30:28.781 --> 00:30:30.761
A cool-ass, like, Japanese. That sounds fun.

00:30:31.941 --> 00:30:34.821
Bad-ass Japanese experience. I don't remember where we stayed.

00:30:34.921 --> 00:30:37.701
I'll tell you what, though. Before the tournament, it would be nice to sit in the bed.

00:30:38.521 --> 00:30:43.901
Western American-style bed. Big. And then after that, do the Japanese thing a little bit.

00:30:44.341 --> 00:30:48.501
Yeah. Do you want to, like, year shift your sleep rituals right before a tournament?

00:30:48.501 --> 00:30:50.481
Do like everything the Japanese way. You don't know anything about that.

00:30:51.561 --> 00:30:54.901
Could be workout, could be better. True.

00:30:55.861 --> 00:31:00.141
You know, maybe there's something about just building full sparkly. I bet we could find it.

00:31:00.654 --> 00:31:03.394
Full samurai. Well, in this case, it's full samurai. You know,

00:31:03.514 --> 00:31:06.614
just like strip it down and just like... Could be. Wear a kimono.

00:31:07.054 --> 00:31:11.554
It just... Yeah. I mean, we did wear kimonos around the place.

00:31:11.894 --> 00:31:17.874
Really? I mean, it was pretty dope. I'm just saying, maybe that is the way to go. Right?

00:31:19.374 --> 00:31:22.494
No, don't... Look, for the tournament, I'm all business.

00:31:22.994 --> 00:31:25.774
We're going to lock in. I need my rituals. I need to do it my way.

00:31:25.894 --> 00:31:27.894
I want to do it the way I know works.

00:31:28.274 --> 00:31:32.594
Go kill them all in battle. and go kill the Japanese in battle. Tie her back to Tokyo.

00:31:33.314 --> 00:31:36.454
Then do it the Tokyo way. Chill. Go sleep on the ground. Or do whatever.

00:31:37.214 --> 00:31:40.514
Live in a paper house. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. Maybe stripping it

00:31:40.514 --> 00:31:43.434
down and going out full. Going out. Like super simple.

00:31:44.374 --> 00:31:47.334
Sleep on the floor. We need to go to a sumo restaurant.

00:31:48.334 --> 00:31:51.214
We did. I went to one. It's pretty cool. I want to go. It's dope.

00:31:51.214 --> 00:31:55.274
I want the black sunglasses, suit and tie, like all the other Japanese business

00:31:55.274 --> 00:31:57.554
guys there. Smoking a cigarette. I don't smoke, but I will.

00:31:58.694 --> 00:32:01.654
I want to be in a room for the bros. Long sleeves in most places.

00:32:02.234 --> 00:32:05.774
It's time because of the tattoos. Do you need that to them? Well,

00:32:05.794 --> 00:32:08.574
yeah, it's a good because it's a fan culture thing.

00:32:08.974 --> 00:32:13.434
Sick, dude. Yeah, yeah. So you got to hide it. Cover it up. You can't.

00:32:13.794 --> 00:32:19.094
They won't let you. They wouldn't let me into some of the spas and stuff.

00:32:19.534 --> 00:32:21.174
Class thing. You have to cover stuff.

00:32:21.954 --> 00:32:25.934
Dude, that's awesome. Dude, Japan rules. I'm so into it. Yeah,

00:32:25.994 --> 00:32:28.914
let's go. Yeah. And we go to Iminari's,

00:32:29.678 --> 00:32:34.238
fine. That's in Tokyo. That's pretty cool. That'd be cool. That'd be a good

00:32:34.238 --> 00:32:36.278
training spot. It's very open.

00:32:36.718 --> 00:32:41.518
Oh, for visitors? Yeah. It sounds fun. It's a good visitor policy from the topic.

00:32:43.418 --> 00:32:47.698
I've had several people make tons of recommendations.

00:32:48.278 --> 00:32:52.778
Tyler from Leva Barbell, he hooked it up with like, I got him going on it one

00:32:52.778 --> 00:32:56.198
day. Oh, dude, he loves you. He will talk about it. Stop. It was fun.

00:32:56.498 --> 00:32:59.038
I was like, bro, give me some recommendations. He said, dude,

00:32:59.038 --> 00:33:01.738
and he's rattled off like society. I have notes or whatever.

00:33:02.018 --> 00:33:06.378
Plus, if we go, I'll ask them. He would also have the tips on traveling in Japan.

00:33:06.778 --> 00:33:13.158
He mentioned that. That's a good call. Yeah. He mentioned that he and the couple

00:33:13.158 --> 00:33:15.558
folks he traveled with, they got on the bullet train.

00:33:16.078 --> 00:33:20.278
He did a good... He ranged the country pretty good. We did Tokyo.

00:33:20.618 --> 00:33:25.058
We went to Mousie and we did Kyo-do.

00:33:25.918 --> 00:33:30.318
That's all badass. My idea. Just my idea. We're going to go.

00:33:30.838 --> 00:33:34.278
It's me and you. One or two other guys go. We got a little clue.

00:33:34.918 --> 00:33:37.438
Maybe we keep it similar. Just to Tokyo for like five, six days.

00:33:38.038 --> 00:33:41.898
Because in my opinion, dude, I did this in Italy with a group of people a couple

00:33:41.898 --> 00:33:43.638
of years ago. And it gets tough.

00:33:44.138 --> 00:33:47.398
Logistics. It moves people around. And then you don't know if everyone wants to do the same shit.

00:33:48.918 --> 00:33:52.578
And it's also like a couple days when you go that far.

00:33:52.898 --> 00:33:56.078
It's kind of nice just to stay in one spot. Yeah. Just a thought.

00:33:56.318 --> 00:33:59.358
If we're not doing this, we're doing like it's like you lose a day to travel

00:33:59.358 --> 00:34:04.478
yeah you're doing a maximum week yeah you don't stay just stay because you need

00:34:04.478 --> 00:34:07.278
so much to do right there's a lot there's like a lot of different,

00:34:07.998 --> 00:34:12.158
yeah badass you can you know you can find all kinds of shit man you can just

00:34:12.158 --> 00:34:15.538
like hotel hop that's what I'm saying you stay in this section and you look

00:34:15.538 --> 00:34:16.618
at this section now you're talking

00:34:17.038 --> 00:34:21.798
is it said five stars only five star hotel only five star I'm a five star man

00:34:21.798 --> 00:34:24.918
yeah I want a five star hotel or a five star man,

00:34:25.638 --> 00:34:27.178
um yeah Yeah.

00:34:28.409 --> 00:34:33.569
That sounds awesome. Good food. Go nightlife. Go hang out. I wish I could remember

00:34:33.569 --> 00:34:34.729
the restaurants I got there.

00:34:35.149 --> 00:34:38.489
Because there's a lot of cool stuff. I mean, I'm... I eat a lot of sushi.

00:34:38.669 --> 00:34:42.529
I bet it's like... Is it like when you're in Italy where it's like,

00:34:42.649 --> 00:34:46.209
almost like all the little small looking spots all have amazing pasta.

00:34:46.609 --> 00:34:50.229
Are all the spots in Japan going to have pretty good sushi? Or do you need to...

00:34:50.229 --> 00:34:53.649
All the sushi spots. They eat like it. All the sweets you get.

00:34:54.229 --> 00:34:57.529
Especially, even from people who left recently, all the sweets you get.

00:34:57.529 --> 00:35:01.949
Good they have like a cool like micro,

00:35:02.709 --> 00:35:07.069
culture too like these have like these little tiny like three-person bars and

00:35:07.069 --> 00:35:11.949
so so there's there's a lot of like cool little things like that I want a personal

00:35:11.949 --> 00:35:17.349
goal slash dance I want to go there let's go to it maybe not a micro let's go

00:35:17.349 --> 00:35:20.789
look at bar bar link up with some locals pizza like Japanese.

00:35:22.116 --> 00:35:25.516
I want to get rowdy with them, and then I want to end up stumbling drunk,

00:35:25.556 --> 00:35:30.616
like the movie The Hangover, into a karaoke bar with these same few people in

00:35:30.616 --> 00:35:34.996
a rage, and I want to make best friends with Japanese people over and getting blackout drunk.

00:35:35.056 --> 00:35:38.496
Oh, that's absolutely cool, and that's the only way to get drunk. Perfect.

00:35:39.156 --> 00:35:42.956
I have a friend who used to— I barely do. That's going to wreck me, dude.

00:35:43.216 --> 00:35:46.056
But if you're going to do it, you do it, right? I have a friend who used to

00:35:46.056 --> 00:35:49.676
do his internship there every summer in college.

00:35:50.436 --> 00:35:54.916
And he had a Instagram account. Now, this is like before Instagram was big.

00:35:55.116 --> 00:35:56.356
This would probably kill them.

00:35:56.756 --> 00:36:00.536
But it was just, he would just take pictures of it because they will pass out

00:36:00.536 --> 00:36:02.216
on the streets. That's the thing they do.

00:36:02.816 --> 00:36:06.196
They go out drinking with their... Shack? I can do that. I've done that much.

00:36:06.196 --> 00:36:09.056
They pass out on the streets and then they wake up and they go to work.

00:36:09.736 --> 00:36:15.756
And so, they, you just had a Instagram where you just took pictures of all these

00:36:15.756 --> 00:36:17.436
passed out drunk Japanese people.

00:36:18.016 --> 00:36:21.036
That's like that is a really good idea it's part of the business culture

00:36:21.036 --> 00:36:23.676
dude they go hard well I don't know about passing on the streets is that part of

00:36:23.676 --> 00:36:26.276
the business culture just kidding people like going out drinking with they get

00:36:26.276 --> 00:36:31.076
hammered yeah you get hammered with your like people you work with and then

00:36:31.076 --> 00:36:33.936
like you pass on the street if you pass on the street people like leave you

00:36:33.936 --> 00:36:39.556
like hangover kits that's nice this is all I had these are things we should

00:36:39.556 --> 00:36:43.016
go find out first I heard another pass another person another

00:36:43.456 --> 00:36:47.456
Instagram account this is very much authentic Yeah. I'm trying to drink a coffee drink.

00:36:47.576 --> 00:36:50.876
So we say we're... We make up like... I won't cite it.

00:36:51.076 --> 00:36:55.496
I believe it. I heard somewhere once... Yeah, that was someone once told me.

00:36:55.536 --> 00:36:58.016
That's very traditional. Somebody told me this one time.

00:36:58.916 --> 00:37:03.356
Oh. Let's download what we've done so far. That's part of this weekend.

00:37:03.556 --> 00:37:06.436
Okay. So we've talked about hotels already.

00:37:08.396 --> 00:37:09.896
So we hit Genesis.

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:17.519
That was cool. That was, honestly, I liked that little, that was a good, like, way to kick off.

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:21.359
I liked going, get moving, like, after being on the plane all day.

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:25.719
I wish we had a, I wish it didn't take quite as long to get the rental car so

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:31.019
we could have, like, gotten some supplies and, like, hydrated, had, like, a smash.

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:33.399
Sure, sure. But, it worked out.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.519
We got there. Turned out the next big state driver.

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:39.579
Oh, yeah. Good thing we had a rental car. Had a rental car.

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:45.419
Uh, then we went and visited careers, which is awesome. Talked to Ryan for a

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:46.939
while. That was a cool thing. It was fun.

00:37:47.479 --> 00:37:50.459
Yeah, it was fun. We got two dogs, two little Aussie dogs. That was awesome.

00:37:50.999 --> 00:37:53.299
Got to actually visit with him. Bella and Rebel.

00:37:53.939 --> 00:37:56.579
Yeah, Bella and Rebel. We got to meet his wife, his kid.

00:37:58.459 --> 00:38:00.759
They're doing some cool stuff over there, man. Yeah, they're doing cool stuff.

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:05.459
Really cool facility. And like, not a lot of people are working that hard.

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:10.859
You know, like, especially in like the Jiu-Jitsu manufacturing game,

00:38:10.979 --> 00:38:13.019
right? There's a lot of dudes that are doing that.

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:15.779
It's made to order everything. It's made to the United States.

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:23.239
There's a lot of, like, I don't know what to call them. It's like little unique designs.

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.779
He's got, like, a...

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:34.319
I would challenge someone to send us a company in Jiu-Jitsu apparel that's done

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:38.059
as much design-wise creatively as he has.

00:38:39.308 --> 00:38:42.928
I'm like thinking as I say that, I'm like, I don't know if anyone else has done that much.

00:38:43.088 --> 00:38:48.668
The amount of different short designs, rash guard designs that were not just

00:38:48.668 --> 00:38:51.628
the volume, but actually not quality. It wasn't just quality.

00:38:51.828 --> 00:38:54.668
They were like some cool designs, man. Yeah, they're all cool.

00:38:55.988 --> 00:38:59.668
There's stuff for everyone on there. Yeah, lots of styles. Honestly,

00:38:59.868 --> 00:39:02.808
seeing how they do it. That's fascinating.

00:39:03.228 --> 00:39:05.468
It's fascinating. All that, different fabric.

00:39:06.848 --> 00:39:08.308
Again, made in America. Made in

00:39:08.308 --> 00:39:13.068
America. we got some sweet some sweet wall hangers something that's this,

00:39:13.848 --> 00:39:17.788
it was cool it's sweet it's got like that little Jim the whole story behind

00:39:17.788 --> 00:39:22.028
it we also he will come on the show we'll have to trick him to come on the show

00:39:22.028 --> 00:39:24.428
we will get him on the show well he's down now

00:39:24.728 --> 00:39:29.528
that he now that he knows we're not gonna tell him talk not gonna make him you

00:39:29.528 --> 00:39:32.888
know be a business guru on the show we're like no dude we just point out on

00:39:32.888 --> 00:39:37.028
the product we just want you to talk about why why you're doing,

00:39:37.488 --> 00:39:40.988
yeah he has a really cool story he does a ball story he

00:39:40.988 --> 00:39:44.228
is a cool dude he's really in like super getting

00:39:44.228 --> 00:39:47.028
dude too right very generous very generous like

00:39:47.028 --> 00:39:49.828
we walked in he's like just take some shit man take whatever you

00:39:49.828 --> 00:39:52.808
want they didn't have anything on our sides it's all right up the up the we're

00:39:52.808 --> 00:39:57.508
sending he's getting stuff instead even yeah even he's basically making himself

00:39:57.508 --> 00:40:01.788
work but yeah he going in and taking shit he's super easy convenient for him

00:40:01.788 --> 00:40:05.588
but yeah sure take yeah He actually is going to fulfill an order in mail.

00:40:05.668 --> 00:40:07.568
He's going out of his way to do that.

00:40:07.748 --> 00:40:11.208
He has to work on that. He's got work to do. It's a job.

00:40:13.648 --> 00:40:19.708
For each item, there's like 16 or 17 different files that have to exist. Yeah.

00:40:22.088 --> 00:40:27.128
Legit-ass company, man. But again, made in America. It was fun.

00:40:27.628 --> 00:40:29.468
I worked there, too, which is awesome.

00:40:30.808 --> 00:40:33.128
It's like five, six dudes. just,

00:40:34.207 --> 00:40:39.187
out the garments. Breaking out rash guards, rash guards t-shirts.

00:40:40.287 --> 00:40:44.067
I'm excited. Ankle picking tees. Yeah, it's cool. He was a cool dude.

00:40:44.187 --> 00:40:46.327
I like their operation. That's fun.

00:40:46.587 --> 00:40:51.187
When he's not completely bogged down, we will have the black people on the gear

00:40:51.187 --> 00:40:54.127
too. And him on. Yeah, and he's working on that shit for us, which would be fun.

00:40:54.307 --> 00:40:57.427
That's going to be cool. I'm excited to see what he's going to get that designer

00:40:57.427 --> 00:40:59.547
to kind of come up with. Have you given him any airs?

00:40:59.847 --> 00:41:03.787
Well, I mean, I was like, you know, gave him a little bit of direction with like,

00:41:03.927 --> 00:41:06.847
you know, be cool to like here's the logo but like you know

00:41:06.847 --> 00:41:09.547
let's do like like we just tell me just be like yeah i was

00:41:09.547 --> 00:41:12.587
like team make like a coffee yeah yeah i bet he could well

00:41:12.587 --> 00:41:15.947
like i said they might have like creative like fun badass

00:41:15.947 --> 00:41:19.087
shit he has like i kind of like daddy been like hey

00:41:19.087 --> 00:41:21.907
here's a couple themes fun with it yeah i mean

00:41:21.907 --> 00:41:24.787
it's just like he's idea like whatever they do they're

00:41:24.787 --> 00:41:28.047
good at it that's why i like i don't want to get in the way like yo

00:41:28.047 --> 00:41:30.767
just you spend some of some stuff maybe we do all of it i just made an

00:41:30.767 --> 00:41:33.507
order i just gave him some like color palettes right i think one was

00:41:33.507 --> 00:41:36.807
like throw some like out of black it seems like cream yeah

00:41:36.807 --> 00:41:40.127
I was like just you know come up with the coffee colors

00:41:40.127 --> 00:41:43.447
bro coffee color palates that sounds fucking nice yeah I'm

00:41:43.447 --> 00:41:46.847
excited I think like a like latte gradient would

00:41:46.847 --> 00:41:52.027
be fun dude yeah yeah like brown fading into white he'll probably come up with

00:41:52.027 --> 00:41:55.467
a sample of like multiple different cool designs yeah you should take them all

00:41:55.467 --> 00:42:03.467
dude maybe we want all of it people order just make it for real people order it um but yeah Yeah,

00:42:03.587 --> 00:42:06.867
so we slowed out with him for almost two hours.

00:42:06.887 --> 00:42:08.767
We were there for about two hours. We were a couple hours hanging out.

00:42:08.847 --> 00:42:10.687
It was a cool operation. I liked talking to that dude.

00:42:10.927 --> 00:42:17.047
Then we split because at that point, I was starting to get hangry. Oh, we were dehydrated.

00:42:17.307 --> 00:42:19.207
We were both falling apart. I was dehydrated. I didn't realize how.

00:42:19.207 --> 00:42:21.807
I had been up since 3.40 a.m.

00:42:22.247 --> 00:42:27.067
Eastern time. Yeah. Then go backwards in time to Texas to Central time.

00:42:27.247 --> 00:42:29.907
So for those listening, that means I was up at 2.40 a.m.

00:42:30.487 --> 00:42:34.407
Texas time and living and operating in Texas this day.

00:42:35.593 --> 00:42:40.253
I hadn't had any water since I left Virginia. And then we trained.

00:42:40.533 --> 00:42:43.133
I did steal a couple sips out of the water fountain of Genesis.

00:42:44.073 --> 00:42:49.093
And I was okay. I didn't die. But I was thirsty, man. I was thirsty. I was hungry, dude.

00:42:49.413 --> 00:42:52.813
I wasn't playing the cut. I was with Mike. You did so good. Water.

00:42:53.453 --> 00:42:58.573
When you're really thirsty, nothing is better than water. I lost seven pounds.

00:42:58.753 --> 00:43:00.193
We're getting back to the house, man.

00:43:00.633 --> 00:43:04.633
I didn't step on my scale, but I bet you I was close. But I wasn't far behind that.

00:43:05.593 --> 00:43:09.573
I'll tell you what, there's nothing that makes you appreciate something as simple

00:43:09.573 --> 00:43:13.273
as a good drink of water like Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. Yeah.

00:43:13.933 --> 00:43:20.213
Seriously. Like, oh. It's just like it's so, when you can't have something as simple as water,

00:43:22.316 --> 00:43:25.436
voluntarily cut it out of your life for a short period of time to go fight some

00:43:25.436 --> 00:43:29.296
dude. And then once you get it, you're like, oh my God, there is God.

00:43:30.436 --> 00:43:34.376
Oh, this water is so nice. It makes you so appreciative of the simplest thing.

00:43:34.416 --> 00:43:35.256
It's actually probably a good thing.

00:43:35.716 --> 00:43:42.136
Anyways, but so we leave. We finally get some hydration. We head back to our garden, which I like.

00:43:42.556 --> 00:43:45.276
It's a good hotel. It makes full circle back to the beginning of the show.

00:43:46.596 --> 00:43:50.056
And then we went to Del Frisco. It's Double Eagle. Oh, dude.

00:43:50.376 --> 00:43:56.736
And before Michael... being being under being able to smash steaks hammer some

00:43:56.736 --> 00:44:00.736
food dude you got this did you get this was it the scallop potatoes what was

00:44:00.736 --> 00:44:04.316
it called the uh i got the chateau it was like it was like,

00:44:05.016 --> 00:44:10.036
it was mashed potatoes lumpy like it was like the lumpy like lumpy like chunky potatoes with like,

00:44:10.976 --> 00:44:16.936
scallions yeah some scallions a little bit of butter there's like butter and salty We had the bread.

00:44:17.316 --> 00:44:20.716
You had the, yeah, those. Like, ballpark bread. Beautiful, amazing.

00:44:20.896 --> 00:44:23.616
I still have some in the, this is all, this all went home with me too.

00:44:23.776 --> 00:44:24.516
Yeah, mine got the goodies.

00:44:25.356 --> 00:44:30.696
We both got the 16 ounce prime ribeye, medium rare. Yours was rare,

00:44:30.736 --> 00:44:32.156
actually. Mine was rare. You went rare.

00:44:33.376 --> 00:44:36.696
Good way to go. Mine was good. Mine was medium rare, but good.

00:44:37.996 --> 00:44:41.876
I got the potatoes Alcarot and a Caesar salad, as I've indicated before.

00:44:42.276 --> 00:44:45.736
Maybe not something we're going to touch on today, but another paywall fighter sugar.

00:44:45.736 --> 00:44:49.416
Or maybe tomorrow over cigars I'm going to rant about this I could talk about

00:44:49.416 --> 00:44:53.736
corporate steakhouses for forever but just to briefly talk to touch upon it

00:44:53.736 --> 00:44:58.056
with the listeners and you once again I'm a big fan of,

00:44:59.044 --> 00:45:02.904
because, like, actually this hits on multiple themes, but I've done so many

00:45:02.904 --> 00:45:08.464
of these road dog jiu-jitsu tournaments with other dudes by myself. I have a system.

00:45:08.724 --> 00:45:12.164
And one of my pre-fight rituals is to go to a steakhouse.

00:45:12.204 --> 00:45:16.084
And when you travel, like, and you're kind of, like, on a budget,

00:45:16.344 --> 00:45:21.444
and you're also picky because you get that one meal, like, you experience before you beat.

00:45:21.704 --> 00:45:24.804
Like, you want it to be good. So what that means for me is, like,

00:45:24.804 --> 00:45:28.364
if I'm going all over, like, the country, like, sometimes the only thing you

00:45:28.364 --> 00:45:34.004
can rely on is like the Mortons to know that or the Double Eagle, you name it.

00:45:34.264 --> 00:45:38.004
The Capitol Grill where you're like, I know it's going to be a good cut of meat

00:45:38.004 --> 00:45:39.964
wherever I go. I know they'll have potatoes.

00:45:40.324 --> 00:45:43.004
So anyways, my way of saying, I've been around these things,

00:45:43.084 --> 00:45:44.864
there's the consistency of it.

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:51.640
Good to know that if I end up in like Tampa, Florida, and if I go to some random

00:45:51.640 --> 00:45:55.240
fucking place before I compete and end up being terrible, I'll be fucking pissed.

00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:59.780
So all I'm saying is there's merit to the consistency of the planning and knowing

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:04.020
I'm going to get that pre-fight ritual if I go to the Double Eagle in Seattle.

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:06.920
Because I went to every other one of the country. It's the same fucking restaurant.

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:10.160
It's also like portion out, right?

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:12.960
Well, it's like one pound state. Yeah.

00:46:14.120 --> 00:46:17.140
I'm a little close. Just have what you need then. That's right. Take it home.

00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:20.720
That's right. Then you have it for before you go to dinner. That's right.

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:22.900
That's right. You did it well. Yeah. You're right.

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:25.320
There's, there's, this is a tournament.

00:46:25.540 --> 00:46:28.100
This is a sport. Like we're going into, we have a mission here.

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:32.080
So like you want to know what you're getting. Like these logistics make a big difference, man.

00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:35.520
You're right. Because what if we like fucked up or something like that?

00:46:35.660 --> 00:46:37.700
Like you didn't know what you were doing with the food you were getting and

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:39.760
like went five pounds over.

00:46:40.080 --> 00:46:42.680
Yeah. And it fucked your day up. It didn't. So anyways, all I'm saying is we

00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:43.960
just make a big difference.

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:46.140
And the other thing too is like stuff can be kind of stressful.

00:46:46.140 --> 00:46:47.280
So let's enjoy a little bit.

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:51.500
So all that to be said, I've done lots of steakhouses and what I do with my

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:59.520
steakhouses, I like to do vetting who does the basics the best wherever I go.

00:46:59.640 --> 00:47:02.380
And there's obviously all these different corporate steakhouse chains that are

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:05.660
kind of nice and they're high at corporate steakhouses.

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:10.720
You're Morton's, you're Capital Grill, you're Fleming's, you're Double Eagle.

00:47:11.080 --> 00:47:14.740
There's Ocean Prime. You agree? There's a bunch. Yeah, I don't know if J.E.

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:16.880
Gilliband is nationwide, though. Yeah.

00:47:17.540 --> 00:47:20.660
I know the one in Falls Church or Vienna or whatever.

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:24.400
I like it. It does remind me of that. It's the same. It's the same concept,

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:26.000
but I don't know if it's nationwide, then.

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:29.200
I don't know the spread of... I don't know. But it's the same,

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:30.620
but it's... That's funny.

00:47:31.160 --> 00:47:34.100
Let me explain that some other time. Yeah, I think it started,

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.960
though. I'm going to give Vienna or Falls Church or whoever gets that.

00:47:38.520 --> 00:47:43.460
Well, all these places, they all have... To me, the 101 places, they all have a...

00:47:44.425 --> 00:47:47.605
A corporate steakhouse should have a good Caesar salad. Obviously,

00:47:47.605 --> 00:47:49.485
they're going to have a ribeye. See how good it is.

00:47:50.045 --> 00:47:52.605
And they're going to have some kind of starch. I like the potatoes.

00:47:52.725 --> 00:47:55.345
I'm not cheesy potatoes, ribeye, Caesar.

00:47:55.605 --> 00:47:58.685
And I go all over the country, and I rate who has the best ones.

00:47:58.805 --> 00:48:00.865
Which one? And this one, in my opinion, is like top five.

00:48:01.325 --> 00:48:04.185
We'll do the full power. We'll do the power. That's an episode,

00:48:04.285 --> 00:48:06.625
man. Yeah, we're not going to split. Because I'm just scratching.

00:48:08.205 --> 00:48:11.925
I'm not joking. I've thought about this lots of times. I'm just going to touch

00:48:11.925 --> 00:48:14.945
on it. We're going to move past it. I have,

00:48:15.816 --> 00:48:18.976
two different ranking for the power rankings for us.

00:48:19.136 --> 00:48:25.496
I can do, again, because these are city, or pardon me, these are nationwide chains.

00:48:25.696 --> 00:48:31.316
So I would be interested in ranking the best of each of these exact same chains, city by city.

00:48:31.736 --> 00:48:34.996
Is the Fleming's, you know what I'm saying? Is the Miami Fleming's,

00:48:35.096 --> 00:48:39.636
or the Tyson's Corner Fleming's, or the Dallas Fleming's, or the Austin Tech's,

00:48:39.756 --> 00:48:40.296
you know what I'm saying?

00:48:40.416 --> 00:48:44.816
Yeah, we're going to rank each one. Each brand, who has, which city's doing

00:48:44.816 --> 00:48:47.236
the best? individual. And then we'll do the brands.

00:48:47.456 --> 00:48:50.236
Then we'll do the overall. It'll be like pound for pound.

00:48:50.836 --> 00:48:55.336
Maybe we have the Fleming's here. This one's number one. That's right.

00:48:55.536 --> 00:48:57.296
And then I'm up 12. That's right.

00:48:57.716 --> 00:49:00.556
And I want to rate them by food quality customer service too.

00:49:01.016 --> 00:49:05.856
Example, the Fleming's in Brickell, go back to Miami.

00:49:06.536 --> 00:49:09.976
There's one I've probably gone to this place 10 to 12 times a day.

00:49:10.256 --> 00:49:12.556
Food's great. But where they excel is customer service.

00:49:13.116 --> 00:49:17.556
I know the bartenders there now. I don't live in Miami I go there enough times

00:49:17.556 --> 00:49:21.076
but they and they're cool to me man they hook me up they give me free occasionally

00:49:21.076 --> 00:49:23.816
drinks and shit they're great people I've got a good.

00:49:24.576 --> 00:49:29.396
Miami Capital Grill Capital Grill your uncle right yeah I know exactly where

00:49:29.396 --> 00:49:33.376
that there might be more than one but the Capital Grill in Brickle right I think

00:49:33.376 --> 00:49:36.176
so it's right on Brickle yeah I stayed across I stayed on the W,

00:49:36.816 --> 00:49:39.596
two trips back and I literally looked right at it I don't think I've ever been

00:49:39.596 --> 00:49:46.236
to that it was at one point I don't know it was touted having like the number

00:49:46.236 --> 00:49:48.096
one wine list in like countries,

00:49:48.736 --> 00:49:52.216
my uncle was the wine buyer so that's super interesting,

00:49:53.076 --> 00:49:55.576
that I didn't know that could change the whole power.

00:49:57.276 --> 00:49:58.976
Miami's like a jiu-jitsu town man

00:49:58.976 --> 00:50:04.196
they got Miami open I wish they did pans let's put a letter into the end,

00:50:05.276 --> 00:50:12.776
yeah if we do Miami I think Capua Grill is the post fight that's the post fight

00:50:13.016 --> 00:50:14.376
It depends on what you... I mean, yeah.

00:50:14.816 --> 00:50:17.676
I think that's... It's two doors down from the flooding. Because we could...

00:50:18.472 --> 00:50:20.992
Well, here's what would likely happen, buddy. Here's what would likely happen.

00:50:21.252 --> 00:50:23.472
If we went for another experience like this, where we're like,

00:50:23.632 --> 00:50:25.992
maybe more than one day in a row, we want the consistency of like,

00:50:26.052 --> 00:50:27.272
let's just get a steak over there now.

00:50:27.772 --> 00:50:30.932
They're right next door. We could go to Fleming's one day, and then Capitol

00:50:30.932 --> 00:50:32.572
Grill, dude, it's two seconds away.

00:50:33.972 --> 00:50:36.652
Within less than a city block. And I stay in the city.

00:50:36.832 --> 00:50:43.372
There's an Ocean Prime, Fleming's, Capitol Grill, and then that's just off the

00:50:43.372 --> 00:50:45.012
top of my head. There's probably other ones as well.

00:50:45.532 --> 00:50:48.312
STK down there. I think that's also just like- No, Poppy Steak.

00:50:48.472 --> 00:50:52.872
Normal thing, they're always like all right by each other in like a district.

00:50:53.112 --> 00:50:58.452
Yeah, Brickle's in one of those like very like corporate-y like, it's a ton of office.

00:50:58.732 --> 00:51:04.472
There's a, there's a consistency like city planning slash development planning

00:51:04.472 --> 00:51:09.272
where like, these guys make sense to be around big people making money.

00:51:09.472 --> 00:51:12.092
Because they're going to pop in without reservation.

00:51:12.392 --> 00:51:16.972
Yeah. Go for that last minute dinner. Traveling businessmen or like business teams that walk out.

00:51:17.212 --> 00:51:20.392
There's a Deloitte office right after that, like, the Deloitte manager's gonna

00:51:20.392 --> 00:51:23.472
take the team for happy hour over to, yeah, exactly.

00:51:23.932 --> 00:51:26.612
You're right. We're all celebrating. That's right. We're gonna go get a statue.

00:51:26.912 --> 00:51:28.292
We didn't have time to make a statue.

00:51:28.692 --> 00:51:31.212
This is all I'm submitting. That's right. And you'll go to these places.

00:51:31.272 --> 00:51:32.392
Yeah, so before we'll go over there.

00:51:32.552 --> 00:51:34.072
The fun thing about it, dude, when I go to these places, like,

00:51:34.112 --> 00:51:36.612
you go there, you go see the regulars, all the regulars are talking to the bartender.

00:51:36.952 --> 00:51:37.932
It's like, hey, how you doing, Jamie?

00:51:38.332 --> 00:51:40.612
It's like, they'll do that, and they all kind of know each other.

00:51:40.732 --> 00:51:43.372
It's fun, but like, it's like, I get to sneak in and, like, interlope my way

00:51:43.372 --> 00:51:45.412
and consider, like, communities. I love it.

00:51:46.487 --> 00:51:50.187
I've done that at this one that we went to on Friday at Del Frisco's.

00:51:50.187 --> 00:51:51.327
I like this. Several times.

00:51:51.767 --> 00:51:54.547
That was a place. By the way, also, we had a dinner and a show.

00:51:54.667 --> 00:51:58.547
We sat there. There was a nice thing. We were singing right next to the piano. It was awesome.

00:51:59.067 --> 00:52:02.587
Amazing. Cool ambiance. That went up pretty high for ambiance.

00:52:02.687 --> 00:52:04.987
And I think the state quality is good. I've had good service there.

00:52:05.067 --> 00:52:10.047
I think we made it right to the bar, too. That's literally never left the bar there. It was good.

00:52:10.567 --> 00:52:13.987
We didn't. I don't belong in the dark. That's a hack for these people.

00:52:14.247 --> 00:52:15.487
Because you don't know. We went

00:52:15.487 --> 00:52:18.027
up Friday like 7. You don't know if you're going to need a reservation.

00:52:18.627 --> 00:52:22.427
Didn't look like we needed one, but that was one of the bigger ones I've been to, by the way.

00:52:22.747 --> 00:52:28.027
So like, but Vegas, by the way, we'll keep talking for another minute.

00:52:28.107 --> 00:52:30.507
I have that one percent. Well, then we'll wrap up soon.

00:52:31.947 --> 00:52:36.407
We will lose the... Yeah, we're going to lose it. I'll adjourn after this.

00:52:36.447 --> 00:52:37.827
How about that? Yeah, you finish the thought.

00:52:38.467 --> 00:52:41.747
We've been going for almost an hour. It's been about 51 minutes.

00:52:41.807 --> 00:52:43.087
51 minutes. This is a pretty good amount.

00:52:43.567 --> 00:52:45.947
Adjourn the thought. I'll adjourn the thought. And we'll wrap it.

00:52:45.947 --> 00:52:49.247
You never know with these corporate places where it's like, going to the bar

00:52:49.247 --> 00:52:52.287
is the loophole for to make sure if you're, it's obviously easier if it's just

00:52:52.287 --> 00:52:53.407
you, two people manageable.

00:52:53.627 --> 00:52:55.547
But like, if you're by yourself, which I've done many times,

00:52:55.727 --> 00:52:59.467
when I was in Vegas for Worlds last year, I did this, I think at least three, maybe five times.

00:52:59.527 --> 00:53:01.707
One time I took a girl, so I could think of the table.

00:53:01.947 --> 00:53:06.467
But on my own, I popped into Fleming's and to Double Eagle, different parts

00:53:06.467 --> 00:53:08.627
of town, like five times, bro.

00:53:09.987 --> 00:53:13.387
And these places fill up, man. They'll fill up on random nights.

00:53:13.547 --> 00:53:17.727
So that's what you give them to the steakhouse. You don't always know if it's going to be like a pack.

00:53:17.847 --> 00:53:20.867
It could be like you walk in and you're like, they got business though,

00:53:20.947 --> 00:53:24.867
but like there's a good amount of tables. You might not need a reservation,

00:53:24.867 --> 00:53:28.027
but like you might go on a Wednesday and think to yourself it's just a Wednesday

00:53:28.427 --> 00:53:29.847
and it's fucking packed.

00:53:30.667 --> 00:53:34.027
Last, last, last thing I promise. Look, if you live in an area,

00:53:34.147 --> 00:53:38.527
there's a Fleming's, Fleming's has an insane, bro, an insane Tuesday,

00:53:38.687 --> 00:53:42.907
like Tuesday deal where it's like you can get a tomahawk,

00:53:43.769 --> 00:53:47.889
Uh-huh. Basically, it's like a dinner for two where it's like under 200 bucks,

00:53:48.029 --> 00:53:51.409
but it's like a worth-hearted amount of fucking food, bro.

00:53:51.529 --> 00:53:53.729
That's what, uh... I'm gonna find it instead of two. Because you need to know

00:53:53.729 --> 00:53:55.269
about this place. Copperwood.

00:53:55.969 --> 00:54:00.469
Copperwood Davern. 75 bucks for the 72-ounce tomahawk.

00:54:01.529 --> 00:54:04.489
I remember reading this when I was in Vegas and thinking to myself,

00:54:04.609 --> 00:54:06.149
I'm like, this must be a mistake.

00:54:06.249 --> 00:54:10.429
And the lady was like, no, it's a crazy deal. And I'm like, I'll be back.

00:54:10.649 --> 00:54:13.009
I was like, I'll be back in time. They're like, we do it on Tuesdays because

00:54:13.009 --> 00:54:14.349
no one comes in here on Tuesday.

00:54:15.249 --> 00:54:18.449
Good for them. And I was there on Tuesday, and there were a lot of people in.

00:54:18.749 --> 00:54:22.209
And it was like. Well, that's why. That's why they need to get the people in.

00:54:23.129 --> 00:54:26.769
Tuesdays, not the case on today. Bro, it is. It's bonkers. Yeah,

00:54:26.809 --> 00:54:29.009
man, that's day one. Dallas. Yeah.

00:54:29.689 --> 00:54:32.949
That was the day. Well, first, this is the part one of Dallas.

00:54:33.409 --> 00:54:37.609
We will tomorrow hit up that cigar and whiskey bar.

00:54:38.129 --> 00:54:40.689
And we'll have. We might even have extra people on here.

00:54:41.249 --> 00:54:45.409
We might have four microphones rolling and it's going to be fun.

00:54:45.789 --> 00:54:48.109
We'll have a nice little hangout, girl. Let's get started.

00:54:49.089 --> 00:54:53.949
Alright, guys. We love you. Love you. Okay, I'm sending you this talk. Yeah.