The only thing I’ve found out from these emails is that Archer Dodge’s General Manager apparently fails at filling out forms. Thanks, General Manager Name!

Around April of this year, the spring broke on our garage door. This made it impossible to open the door, so the spring had to be replaced as soon as possible as both cars were stuck inside the garage. Unfortunately, this happened around 6PM on a Saturday, so it was very difficult to find someone who was willing to come out and take a look at it the same day. After calling a number of companies, I found A Plus by searching Google Maps for garage door service near my ZIP code. I called Chris and was surprised to find out that he could come out the same day, and replace the spring for a very reasonable rate. Chris and his brother came out and took care of the problem within minutes.

Chris helped us out once again after our garage door was destroyed by Hurricane Ike. This is apparently a very common occurrence due to high speed wind gusts from the hurricane. I called Chris around 9:30PM the day after the hurricane, expecting to find out that they were too busy to help, and that we would be stuck without a working garage door for a few more days. Much to my surprise, Chris informed me that he had a 16′ door in stock, and that he could install it as well as several struts to make it “hurricane proof” on the following day.

On Sunday, Chris’s brother came out to the house and replaced the door. It took about two hours to take out the old door and install the new one. All of the old mounts and rails were removed, and two brand new springs were installed along with the garage door and mounting hardware. Once the door was in place, Chris’s brother installed three additional struts which will keep the door from flexing during high speed wind gusts. Chris’s brother was very professional and did an excellent job answering all of my questions.

I highly recommend A Plus Garage Doors to anyone who is looking for a excellent garage door service at very reasonable prices. Please visit their site (aplusgaragedoorsandrepair.com) or give Chris a call at 281-491-0651 to get more information.

We chose the Katy Freeway location since it’s relatively close to our neighborhood. We came in around 6:30PM on Friday and were seated immediately. The restaurant had a good amount of people in it, but was not crowded by any means. It took almost 15 minutes before anyone even acknowledged us at our table, and it took even longer to get the usual chips and salsa. The salsa was also very cold… as if they’d just pulled it out of the refrigerator. Good salsa should never be served cold!

When we finally got the menus, we were very surprised to see that the food was cheap compared to other Mexican restaurants in the area. With food prices the way they are today, it’s very rare to see a fajita dinner sold for less than $12, so it was surprising to see that La Fiesta had fajitas for $9.50 or so. We placed our order — fajitas for me, a quesadilla for mom, and some queso to enjoy with our chips and salsa.

The food came out a short while later. My fajitas were pretty decent. The meat was cooked nicely and had a good flavor to it. One thing I did notice is that the portions were very small compared to other restaurants. I wouldn’t consider this a “filling” meal were it not for the chips and salsa that were included. Most restaurants include a round container full of tortillas with an order of fajitas. La Fiesta did this as well, but included only 3 tortillas inside the container. This made the meal pointless, and I had to ask for more tortillas at least three times during our meal.

Mom’s quesadilla didn’t look very good either. I originally thought that they brought out the wrong meal since her quesadilla looked more like two tacos on a plate than a quesdailla. Quesadillas should always be served as part of a very large tortilla, which is cut up into small triangular slices; like so. La Fiesta’s idea of a quesadilla seems to be putting taco fillings into a tortilla, wrapping it up, and calling it a quesadilla. Not good.

All in all, our meal came out to about $26 before tip, which I think is pretty cheap for a dinner for two at a “sit-down” restaurant. Even with the food being as cheap as it is, I don’t think we’ll be coming back to La Fiesta. There’s nothing fun about mediocre Mexican food, so I’d much rather spend a few dollars more at a place that offers good food and good service.

Photo by Jimmy James

I also spotted this video of the new car on YouTube:

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing these around town. Very smooth looking cars!

Council Member Berry stated that Mr. Leibham planted a seed and fertilized it; and upon questions, Mr. Leibham stated that he understood the airport was named for the first President
Bush but he was no one to be proud of either; and Council Member Berry stated that he was sorry he was not proud, but felt most Houstonians were.

AT&T DSL

Price: $34.99/month plus $14/month for phone line (required)
Speed: 6016/768

Pros:

Cons:

Overall:
Great service, but it feels “so 2003″. The packages haven’t changed at all, the speed is crappy at best, and the service itself just seems like it’s stuck in the bowels of time!

AT&T U-Verse (VDSL)

Pros:

Cons:

Overall:
U-Verse used to be great, but now it feels like it’s starting to go to hell. The Internet speeds were never that great to begin with, but the TV service (I really loved having west coast feeds!) really made up for it. Now that those are gone, I’m having a really tough time finding something I like about this service.

Comcast Cable

Pros:

Cons:

Final Words

Essentially, I want an ISP that wasn’t designed for absolute idiots. I want common sense from my ISP. I want good, honest, reasonable service. I just want… things to work.

How hard could it be?

So, while writing this post I decided to check the site again since I hadn’t looked in a few days. Sure enough, my ticket is there. Thanks, Harris County! I knew you’d pull through for me!