Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I can’t wait. I’m getting out of the office for a few days and will be hitting the slopes for my first snowboard trip of the season. If you follow me on Instagram or if you are a friend on Facebook, you know that I am a big fan of dogs. I have two yellow labrador (un)retrievers, Cayman and…
A Redemption for Paul Qui? A few months ago, I wrote about the worst ‘fine dining’ experience of my life. If you follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed that I gave Paul Qui a second chance: Let me say this: Paul Qui is a good chef, and East Side King @ Hole in the Wall proves it. A friend of mine recently took…
A friend recently passed along an article to me regarding the secret lives of a hotel pillows. I read the article while on a plane, after spending a night at relatively cheap airport hotel. Some interesting points from the article: The pillow tag exists to fight smallpox. Apparently back in the late 1800s, ‘entrepeneurs’ got the idea to stuff pillows with old hospital sheets. Think…
You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged in quite awhile. In fact, my last post was August 14, 2013. Yikes! Sorry folks! As you can see, Justin Does… has a new look. My site was being redesigned and I didn’t post during the transition. Also, and this might be oversharing, I moved the underlying blog platform from software called blogger to something called WordPress.…
I am and you should too! There is a company called Rewards Network that will reward you with airline miles (or hotel points too) simply by eating out. What’s the catch? There really isn’t one. All you have to do is register your credit and debit card(s) with Rewards Network and anytime you use that card at a participating restaurant, you’ll earn up to 5 miles…
I’m a big fan of rewards programs and elite status. When you travel, you appreciate the special perks that you are offered. They just seem to make the trip a little more comfortable. This morning I received an email with the subject line: Congratulations, you’ll enjoy Gold for another year Well that’s just great! But for what? I’m Platinum on American Airlines (soon to be…
Okay, okay. Perhaps the title of this post is a little dramatic. So what. This is my blog, and I’ll be as dramatic as I want to be. But you’re reading, so maybe it worked. A few nights ago, some friends and I tried out one of the most hyped restaurants to hit Austin — if not Texas — in years. The chef, Paul Qui,…
