As you come into Amarillo, you will notice that the place to go is The Big Texan Steakhouse. There are signs all over the place. My hotel key card even had a advertisement for it. It was only fitting that this be the place where the Alumni Road Trip had its stop.
The Big Texan boasts a 72 oz steak with fixings that you can have for free if you eat it within an hour. While there were some guys who thought it would be cool to have me do it (apparently NHQ staff members are supposed to do weird things), the $72 price tag...or the equivalent of one college member's dues...was a definite turn-off.
I never took a definite head count, but I believe we had about 26-27 brothers in attendance (and one guest). Seven alumni members attended with the rest coming from the Iota Pi Chapter at West Texas A&M University. On a side note, I was very impressed with the collegiate members from this chapter. It was almost like they hold alumni events on a regular basis.
The night went off without a hitch. I had an unbelieveable 18 oz steak (which they like to advertise as 1/4 of the 72 oz version), baked potato, 3 shrimp and salad for $20. It was so good. The presentation went over well and I had a few questions from the audience afterwards.
Afet bills were paid, I joined a couple of guys for a quick drink at a local bar. I wasn't thinking about the cigarette smoke and didn't plan on the REALLY bad karaoke, so I wasn't there very long. I headed back to my hotel room to reflect on the steak that is sitting in my tummy. Yum...
NEXT STOP: DALLAS/FT.WORTH
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Oh, Dman... so many open doors requiring so much restraint. Just thought you'd like to know that. I'll leave it to your imagination.
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