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I got the VIP invites in the Whiskey River opening at the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville, Florida a while back.
I was of course excited at the concept of a good-old-cowboy-cold-beer western dance club to bring my beautiful wife to on a Saturday Night.
After polishing up the boots and throwing a little armorall on the dash of the F-250 we set out. It was 9 PM saturday night and we were excited for a little line dancing, bull riding, wing eating and good old fashioned cowboy entertainment. Unfortunately, none of that happened.
Long story short, at around 11:30 we were done, pulling through Krystal to pick up a sackful to drown our Whiskey River Blues, and to quench our hunger. Despite repeatedly trying to find some food, someone that could help us or even a place to sit down, we left empty stomached. Maybe that is a good sign.
I can see the potential, but it left a lot to be desired. It reminded me of a mix between Hooters, Disney, and a frat party for Jacksonville suburbanites. I think I even saw those guys from Jersey Shore there. Fist pumping while they do their laundry or whatever.
For starters, the images on their website paint a picture of the ole-west, jean-short, whiskey infused fun I was looking for on a Saturday night. I can deal with a little optimistic marketing - this is what I can’t deal with:
Here is a picture of what it actually looked like.
It is fairly new and I’m sure we’ll check back in a few months. While it didn’t give us the ho-down I was looking for at least it’s a new genre of clubs to add to J Ville’s options on a Saturday night and the Whiskey River girls did their best to keep the crowd entertained.
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If you like to have a calm vacation, then don’t go to Sri Lanka. The corruption will kill the joy of traveling around.You will be told how poor the country are. Hmm… i don’t think so if u look to what prices there are on everything, its cheaper in Europe and don’t forget, clean.
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Can anyone explain why it is so expensive to travel to West Africa with Air France. The price to USA from France cost les then 1/3 of the price to West Africa. The distance are similar. I can take an other company and get the ticket via an other country to the same destination for less than å¸ the price of Air France,and they dont have the high standard on the aircraft, compair to the price. Look arond befor you buy the ticket.
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Alden Hotel (the old Sam Houston Hotel)-Downtown 1117 Prarie St. TX, 7700
I worked there for about half a year and can honestly say I have never smelled a palce worse than the Hotel Alden. The rates are about $259 per night and they advertise as a “boutique” hotel. Unfortunately for them, a
homeless outreach center was built less than a block away so there are homeless people walking around the building 24/7. I never did go into one of the rooms so I can’t describe the quality of the furniture, carpet, or the sheets. I know Houston isn’t a travel destination but to my fellow Houstonians who may want to spend a weekend in downtown in a classy hotel, please save your money and more importantly your sense of smell. Trust me, that place reeks of sewage.
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Do NOT travel with on AMERICAN AIRLINES! Picture this, the Friday before Christmas, I am flying to Miami from Milwaukee, with
my small son. We are going to Florida, because spending Christmas in Wisconsin would be too sad,as my mother had just passed away. Their plane was grounded for mechanical problems, we were put on a BUS to go to O’Hare. Naturally we were really late, and missed the flight to Miami. The counter agents were so RUDE to me, as I tried my best to reason with them. They blamed all of our inconvenience on “the other airlines” (their OWN!!!). And did not so much as give us a meal voucher. We had someone picking us up in Miami taking us to Key West, at a certain time. When I explained this fact to them, they could have cared less! We finally arrived in Miami at 1:30 AM. We were supposed to arrive around 6 pm. After the trip was over I wrote
A.A.corporate to complain about the WHOLE experience, got NOTHING, no apology, no refund, no nothing!!! That was a while back, I have never stepped foot on another American Airlines plane and never will.
-Ann
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Youngstown, Ohio. I used to live there. Old Mafia town that is very corrupt! It even made the Sopranos. It used to be called “The car bomb murder capital of the world.”
-John
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I would like to know if Mr. Greenberg has ever visited New Bern NC or just used Mr. Dove’s comments about the Neuse River. Just a few short years ago Matt Lauer named New Bern as one of the three best retirement communities in America. You actually might want to visit a place or at least talk to more than one person.
Tom Ballance Resident who lives on the Neuse River. You should really come and visit.
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Belize, this small country in central America was one of the stops that our cruise ship made,I know they have good diving and fishing,but those are not family stuff. I was very disappointed that there was no beaches to relax at, we asked a cab driver to take us to a beach and we ended up at a mud-hole dug in the ground that the locals hang-out at, if it were not for the local brew it would have been a bust.
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If you are basing this off of smelling bad, International Falls, MN is definitely the place to NOT go. The first time I arrived there it smelled terribly, but I believe there is a paper factory there. Other than that DO GO there. I’m not bashing International Falls like Peter basically bashed Fountain, MN. However, there are days where it smells terrible.
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EDITORIAL NOTE: This issue was successfully resolved. El Cid Vacation Club has helped Mr. Maxwell with this issue and is offering additional help for anyone else who may have had an issue.
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