Anyone been to El Paso, TX?

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You forgot another thing...

Hey, I bet you'll be a day trip away from taking a tour of the carlsbad cavern. Stay away from Abilene.

El Paso is the largest city in New Mexico

Where? I'm only going for a few days, my buddy is a minor league baseball player, so my roomate and I will be doing some drunken stumbling throughout the day, I'm sure. Guy that lives there said not much going on, though.

Can't wait to make fun of the girl's accents...they'll looooove me.

Don't go alone.

Carlsbad link



love those stalagmites!

walk across the border and then take a taxi

He plays for the Diablos? Are they still connected to the Giants?

There's a hotel downtown, used to be the Westin, may still be. Its historical name is Paso Del Norte, and it has a large circular bar with a dome. Everybody who's anybody outside of El Paso stays there. (About ten years ago when I visited, Whitesnake and Janet Jackson were in for a show. Didn't see her but couldn't miss them.) Oh yeah, Pancho Villa slept there.

dys is correct in that EP doesn't even seem like the rest of Texas. It's in a different time zone, for starters. And of course, being the border crossing, sometimes it feels like you're in a whole other country.

The field where the Diablos play (AA, Texas League) is historical, SIAT.

There's a racetrack there; they perhaps still are running the thoroughbreds. (It's so hot down here in the summer that usually the only live racing is quarterhorses.)

Lots to do in Cuidad Jaurez. Ask about Boys Town.

Latinas are my favorite fetish, but la comida Mexicana es autentico y delicioso and so are the margaritas, and the churro, and the overall atmosphere. Brush up on your Espanol for best results.

Here's a primer:

Uno mas cerveza, por favor.

Donde esta el bano, por favor?

Voya patiarte el culo, pendajo.

Pretty much in that order. Should you need a translation, ask.

Yes, the Diablos, they're affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

"One beer, please?"
"Where is the bathroom, please?"
Don't know the third one.
Been to Mexico three times before, so asking for a beer in Spanish is like primary language for me.

Un mas = One more, or another

The third handy-dandy phrase translates as:

"I'm going to kick your ass, jerk."

Don't forget Manos Arriba. basically meaning stick 'em up and fork it over.

psst chica chica chica

Eat a REAL steak while you're down there.

We have accents here in Texas??? lol and here I was thinking Ya'll were the ones with the accents ;-)

Hey Slappy, how was this trip anyway?

Heck, we're talking back in the late fifties - of the last century. That's about twenty life times ago. c.i.

When you get in Mexico try going to Tihuana = Tequilla, Sexo & Marihuna

The trip was fun...El Paso is more like Mexico than Texas, I was kinda dissapointed the people didn't have the deep Texas drawl.
The ballpark had 32 oz draft beers. Good times, good baseball.
Went bar hopping at night, saw my first country dancing. Had a great pickup line, too. "Hey, this is my first time down here...show me how to dance like that!" I think the third "teacher" asked me if I was sure I didn't do that before. Drinks were so damn cheap, too. Nice change from Boston.
Went to Juarez, Mexico. It was a dump, just got some cervezas, a couple t-shirts, and went back. Resisted the not so much of an urge to buy drugs in the pharmicia and go to strip clubs.
Out of three games, my friend played one game, and went 0-4. We were first row, and we were screaming some funny stuff at him while he was at bat. Now he got bumped up to AAA in Tucson.

Later ya'll.