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Diana Hendricks | definitive choices

I love lists. I like to make them, and read them, and agree with them, and argue with them. Sometimes I will make a list after I have done some tasks, just so I can check them off my list. I like to read "Best Of..." and "Definitive..." lists so that I can argue and wonder why the editor or author blatantly left something off that I believe should be there. I like lists that are fluid and grow and change. I make notes and file them away for safe keeping and then years later come across them and think, "Really? Whatever made me put the Kaua'i' Grand Hyatt's Lava Flow (sticky syrupy messy rum drink) on my best drink list?" or wonder, "Could I have a category for 'Best Fresh Fish Taco ever eaten on a Shrimp Boat in Port Isabel?'" or is that scope too narrow.   This list of lists is definitely a work in progress, and in order to start somewhere, we'll name places close to home or pictured elsewhere on this website. Suggestions? Debates?  Bring 'em!

Great Links, Tangents and Vices
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Check out some of our favorite links, tangents, and vices.
LOOK

Ash Almonte
Patrick Smith
Kim McDonald
Stephen Oachs
Christopher Durst

LISTEN
Delbert McClinton
Marcia Ball
Shelley King
HalleyAnna
James McMurtry
Mary Gauthier





READ
South of Broad - Pat Conroy
This Much I Know Is True - Wally Lamb
Willie Nelson-An Epic Life Joe Nick Patoski


BOOKMARK
Jenni Finlay Promotions
(my go-to place for the best in new Americana music - Listen Up!)

Girls Can Play
(Elise Nakhnikian has the inside track to all  things cinematic)

ScottKelby.com
(Scott is one of my favorite Nikon gurus and a digital photography genius)

Taste This:

SIP
Kaua’i
Kaffir Lime Martini at Casa Blanca
Lemon Drop Martini at The Beach House
Lava Flow at The Terrace

San Antonio
Margarita at Mi Tierra
Bloody Mary at Alamo Cafe
Chocolate Chocolate Martini at Bar Rojo at the Grand Hyatt

Austin
Mosaic Borgo Magredo Pino Nero at Enoteca
Pepe Zavada Anejo Tequila Mexican Margarita at Matt’s El Rancho

Anywhere
Topo Chico

Any Wine by Dave Phinney

TASTE
San Marcos (home)
    Palmer’s Restaurant and Courtyard

Austin
  -Enoteca - best afternoon wine and cheese meeting place
  -Matt’s El Rancho - best Mexican food for 50 + years. Tostados con queso with shrimp and Matt's Margarita.
 - Elizabeth Street Cafe - best French Vietnamese food - Thanks, Elena!


Kaua’i
  -Casa Blanca
  -The Beach House
  -The Shrimp Station

New Braunfels
    - La Cosecha 
    - Huisache Grill
    - McAdoo’s Seafood Co.

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
 

New Orleans
  -The Coffee Pot - Breakfast
 - Cafe Du Monde - late night snacks
 -  Dickie Brennan's - Milk Punch, 
 -

Memphis
- Automatic Slims
- The Beauty Shop
 
South Padre Island
-Gabriellas
- Pier 19

Other "Must Stop" Eateries
Abe's BBQ, Clarksdale, MS
The Boiling Point, New Iberia, LA
Victor's Cafe, New Iberia, LA


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©Diana Hendricks 2021
dianahendricks@me.com
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    • Texas Capitol
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    • client feedback
    • services
  • in touch
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  • mark's stories
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