Gary Has Been Waiting to Turn Left Onto Burnet Since Spring
A profile of one patient man, one 2004 Corolla and one unprotected left onto Burnet Road, where four gaps a week are now considered a rich season.
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Three Ones Hit the Carousel Bar Like I'd Offered Food Stamps
I dropped three crumpled singles for a Lone Star at the Carousel Lounge only to learn the new price is $7.25 before the app prompt and suggested tip; the Burnet Road dive where $3 once bought beer and belonging now hosts tech bros discussing cap tables under the same spinning neon rooster.
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Chicken Shit Bingo Now Requires a QR Code at 5434 Burnet
Bought two Lone Stars and a bingo card at Ginny's Little Longhorn only to watch the bartender flip an iPad around for a suggested $4 tip on a $13 tab; the chicken still performs its sacred duty on the grid like it did in 2003, but the crowd now films vertical videos and complains the WiFi is slow.
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