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Perdóname. No sé en qué estaba pensando. Comida Mexicana, probablemente.

Wait, what? How does Phoenix not have awesome Mexican food? You'd think that'd be the one thing they can't screw up!I was as surprised as you are when I first moved there. Really disappointed, too. After living there, I suspect there are two reasons for this, though: 1) I can't really speak for Tucson as I've only been there twice (although I tried a Sonoran hotdog while there and was pretty underwhhelmed), but the overly strict and downright racist immigration policies in Maricopa County led to a bit of an exodus of the Hispanic population. I was SHOCKED with how few Hispanics are in Phoenix as a whole. I moved there from an area where the South American immigrant population was pretty high anyway, but I totally expected Phoenix to be a bit of a cultural and population hub for immigrants, but it's really not from what I saw. 2) Due to the snowbirds, there's SUCH a large midwestern influence in Phoenix that it tends to dictate what businesses thrive and fail there. For example, they put a Portillos in Tempe Marketplace instead of more locally influenced eateries (Which I don't get the appeal of at all. It's the most astoundingly meh place I've ever eaten) and tossed up a bunch of Culvers in the county while I was there. I can't imagine Gila River Arena (or whatever it's called now) would be any different as the nature of the business they work with is about as white as it comes. Not a huge fan of sonoran dogs. There is still a decent representation of hispanics in the PHX metro area, but you're right, they are fairly localized. Between the snowbird/retiree and LDS population, you won't find too many hispanics in Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale or Phoenix proper. Most of the ones I know are in Glendale or other outlying 'boroughs'. Filibertos are pretty consistent across the city, though there are a couple bad ones. Tucson has a much better mexican food scene: Mi Nidito, Guadalajara Grill, Tachito's and Casa Molina are a few of my favorites. I was in Tempe during my time in AZ and didn't spend much time in Glendale or the other areas mentioned, so that's probably why I noticed that particular pecularity. I was also pretty surprised at just how large the LDS community is in Phoenix, now that you mention it. It makes sense though considering Utah is just to the north. And Filly B's, uggh. That place is consistent alright. Consistently awful. First, like, five times I ever found giant bone hunks in Mexican food were all in the same Filly B's Texas burrito. Also, I lived just behind a Filibertos my last year there (Broadway and Priest on the boarder of Tempe and Phoenix) and I swear I still wake up some nights in a cold sweat dreaming of the awful smell that poured out of that place and just lingered in the air.

Wait, what? How does Phoenix not have awesome Mexican food? You'd think that'd be the one thing they can't screw up!I was as surprised as you are when I first moved there. Really disappointed, too. After living there, I suspect there are two reasons for this, though: 1) I can't really speak for Tucson as I've only been there twice (although I tried a Sonoran hotdog while there and was pretty underwhhelmed), but the overly strict and downright racist immigration policies in Maricopa County led to a bit of an exodus of the Hispanic population. I was SHOCKED with how few Hispanics are in Phoenix as a whole. I moved there from an area where the South American immigrant population was pretty high anyway, but I totally expected Phoenix to be a bit of a cultural and population hub for immigrants, but it's really not from what I saw. 2) Due to the snowbirds, there's SUCH a large midwestern influence in Phoenix that it tends to dictate what businesses thrive and fail there. For example, they put a Portillos in Tempe Marketplace instead of more locally influenced eateries (Which I don't get the appeal of at all. It's the most astoundingly meh place I've ever eaten) and tossed up a bunch of Culvers in the county while I was there. I can't imagine Gila River Arena (or whatever it's called now) would be any different as the nature of the business they work with is about as white as it comes.

I don't live in Phoenix anymore and am back in California, or I'd definitely take you up on that offer. In the three years I was there, I NEVER found a single Mexican restaurant that was even pretty good let alone very good, and I tried a TON of places because I love Mexican food. It was all SO damn expensive, too. The majority of even the dirty hole in the wall places I've eaten at (especially in Southern California) absolutely blow even the more well known Mexican restaurants in the Phoenix area out of the water. It could've been a three year string of poor luck on my part. But considering the sample size I created, it must've been an absolutely astounding run of bad luck.

I tried a place here that serves it fajita style. Topped with beef, pork and chicken. With cheddar cheese and pico de gillo on top. Closest to southwest style I've ever seenArizona has TERRIBLE Mexican food. And don't even get me started on that bland white rice "Southwest" style crap they have.

Meh. If they absolutely insisted on doing a Giants themed alt set I wish they would've just used the Giants current cap minus the F. Also, they should've just used SACRAMENTO for the jersey rather than the dumb SACTOWN. I don't know anyone who actually calls Sacramento SacTown.

Jesus, what the is this? YES. Take a look at it. It's definitely scary. A gambling based economy in the desert located in the most federally propped up and population desolate state in the country. LETS THROW A PRO HOCKEY TEAM DOWN THERE, HUH?!?!?! And where exactly is this interest, again? I've lived in (or very near) Nevada nearly my entire life and I don't know a single person who gives even two :censored:s about hockey. And I lived in the northern half of the state! And don't give me this bull about how "Oh it's there alright, you've just never noticed!". I got that same line in Phoenix and I always said it's by far the biggest pile of nonsense I've ever heard. They're actually going to put up a team in a city that's more indifferent to their product than Phoenix. I mean, just think about that. It's so far beyond the definition of insanity that The Joker is even trying to talk some sense into the NHL. This is so :censored:ing stupid. I don't care what any other comissioner does, they are NEVER supplanting Gary Bettman utop the great mountain of idiocy. Rodger Goodell could rape a ten year old cancer patient with her soldier dad's prosthetic during halftime of the Cowboys Thanksgiving game and he would still be a more favorable choice as a comissioner than Gary Bettman.

This is the ONE time I wish the Giants were still affiliated with the Grizzlies and that Sergio Romo was making a rehab appearance for them.

I thank my lucky stars every single waking moment that I no longer live in Maricopa County and that backward ass state. :censored: Arizona, give it back to Mexico. If they even want it.

Also, making the trek out to Bellevue is still going to be a total hassle considering you have to cross Lake Washington over the 520 or the 90. I had to do that quite a few times last summer for work and (unless they've improved the toll system) it was always a complete and total headache. I'm STILL trying to fight a toll ticket that I was unable to pay on time due to their wonky ass web pay setup. And I'm not saying Tukwila would be an awful solution. Like we've said, it's still WAY better than the setup in Sunrise and Glendale, but shouldn't those two situations be something that scares off the NHL from having ANOTHER situation like that? And I can definitely see how putting an arena down there would work for you, Jimmy! Renton seems to have a pretty large concentration of people down that way and a lot of the young professionals I knew there who were local grew up closer to Renton. But is it enough of a population draw (both overall attendance and $$$ wise) to justify sacrificing the populous closer to the city? Somehow, I don't think so.

Are you saying any of us would be surprised? Is Tukwila way out there or something? I'm pretty optimistic about Seattle as an NHL market, so I'm curious why everyone's discussing it as a bad idea. Tukwila is a suburb south of Seattle notable for being near the airport and that's about it. It's not Tacoma, and not Bellevue and certainly not Seattle. It's an area with strip malls, cheaper homes and apparently an NHL-loving sugar daddy.The bad thing about an NHL arena in Tukwila is it probably wouldn't past muster as an NBA arena. It's just too far away (15 miles? But you know how traffic is) to be considered part of the city. EDIT: And I should add that the NBA is the real prize in Seattle. That's nothing against the NHL; people would love it if it came here. But getting the NHL is mostly seen as a bridge to eventually return to the NBA. Yeah Tukwila isn't completely CRAZY, like, say, Glendale is. But traffic in that area is an absolute nightmare most of the time. And it makes zero sense to put a stadium south of Rainier Brewery when there's still a relatively large area up in SoDo just south of the stadiums that is kinda ripe for development. Also, I have a friend who lives down that way (ok so she was a tiny little bit further south down in Kent, but still) and it was probably the only part of the Seattle area where I actually felt somewhat worried after dark.

Lol at comparing Anaheim to freaking Tukwila, Washington.

It usually doesn't work, either. I bought season tickets to the Diamondbacks when I moved to Tempe in an attempt to gain a rooting interest in them, and I ended up actually disliking the team even more once the season was over. It was just too strange wearing my Giants gear for a series vs San Francisco, then swapping to D Backs gear two days later when they played the Brewers or whoever. I basically worked for the Sounders and Mariners last summer, too. Mariners were fun but didn't stick, but I am kind of a Sounders fan now. I dunno, I don't see anything wrong with trying to get into the local teams when you move. I mean, what else are you gonna do? Sit in your basement grunting to Cubs games while everyone else is out at the Angels game (or whoever)?

ASU is going to have to bring in someone if they want to get a new arena to replace Wells Fargo. But the question is, why would they even want to do that? Other than it being small, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the current place, and basketball hasn't exactly been enough of a revenue sport for the school to justify it. On top of that, while they'd LOVE a fresh new spot for their upcoming hockey program, there are plenty of places around the valley where ASU could play hockey. There's even been talk of them playing at US Airways Center/whatever it's called now.

This whole thing makes me really miss living in Maricopa County. No. I'm lying. It doesn't. AT ALL.

Perfect solution to this mess? Put em in Snowflake, Arizona! Sure, it's still in the sunbelt, but it's got the word snow in the name!

Yeah, it may be somewhat out of place, but not THAT out of place. Too bad they're not in the NBA where recoloring logos and keeping names like the Lakers after a big move is sort of common.

Or they could just keep what they have and change the name. Panthers is a pretty flexible identity.

I was talking this morning to a friend about how if they REALLY wanted to keep the Yotes, they would team up with ASU and either renovate or completely rebuild Wells Fargo Arena on campus. It's damn near the perfect spot, right on the light rail line, is a good alternative to downtown, and ASU would have the motivation and justification to use their subsidies because it'll help their basketball team AND their new D1 hockey team. But, no. Instead they'll just waste away in BFE using tax money that the county doesn't have until they're forced to move. Good riddance.

So the Sharks would pull a Red Wings and stop paying rent in 2018, all while essentially getting an extra $100 million out of the city, all the while trying to edge for a NEW arena? A lot of things wrong with this, most of all that Tank needs a replacement. I mean, I guess they're talking about 10 years down the road. But besides it's sterility and brightness, the Shark Tank is a fine facility. I'm pretty sure this is a sign from the city of San Jose showing just how scared $h!tless they are of losing the Sharks to San Francisco. I'm not sure the new arena for the Warriors is going to be big enough to fit a hockey rink, but you've gotta think the idea has at least been thrown around once or twice.

PENCILSTACHE!!!

Yeah I was expecting a total disaster, because the ones I've seen in Person looked like trash. My jaw about hit the floor when I opened the box. I'm probably gonna give it to my mom this Sunday to add to her Giants shelf, but this makes me wanna order the 2012 and 2014 versions, too.

I went to a Mavs game a few summers ago with Cujo and really wanted one of those red HD caps, but they had almost none left. Same with the classic M cap. They had a ton of "The dude" caps, though. I assume that this is a shift they've been planning for quite some time now.

So a few weeks ago I decided to take a risk and snag one of those Chinese made championship rings off of E Bay. I know that counterfeit merchandise is always a risk, but the price was pretty low and I wanted to see just how jacked up these things are. It's not perfect, but I gotta say, it's pretty damn impressive for $25.

Mine as well. 2010 was almost too cutesy. 2012 had WAY too much white gold This one? Just about perfect. Still wish they used orange stones on the SF logo, but the balance is nice otherwise. LOVE the three trophies on the side too. A little out there, but in a good way.