Nicole "Houston-Quitter" D.'s Profile

Cotton Belt really deserves 4 1/2 stars from me... but I just *couldn't* give it 5. To be honest though, this has by far been my favorite barbecue in Texas :D GREAT hot links and brisket, plus they serve black-eyed peas :D Black-eyed peas! One of my favorites, and I was able to scarf to my heart's delight. Also, their fries aren't just normal french fries - they're super tasty potato wedges, cooked to order. I could go on and on about how much I loved the food, but I'll leave it alone and instead say that their sauce is reeeeally tasty, too :D

I went to North Texas Tattoo Co back in September of last year after reading Belinda F's review of it. Yeahhh I'm just now writing the review, but that's for a good reason, I assure you! I had a couple of small tattoos done on the inside of my wrists, and I wanted to wait around 6 months to see whether or not they faded or anything, and whether or not they'd do a touch-up, if needed, without giving me a problem.

Kristal did my work, and she is a total (talented!) sweetheart. The work wasn't overpriced, she was pretty quick, and I was completely fascinated by her, for some reason.

She inked me up and sent me home, and about a month or two later I was calling her up because I needed the work touched up. I've had tattoos before that I didn't need touch-ups on, but I did with these, for whatever reason. I took very good care of them, but they were on the inside of my wrists and I think it's just one of those places where there's too much friction (even when you try very carefully to keep your wrist raised while you're writing). Anyways, she told me to come back in, and she fixed me up real quick with no hassles at all. The work looks awesome, and now, 6 months later, I'm finally writing to tell you all that the work stayed looking good. I will definitely be back for piercings, and highly recommend this shop :)

I was perfectly happy with my electricity service from Gexa for several months. That is, until I had to move. We're talking about service that, in my opinion, deserved 5 stars... going down to service that only deserves 1 or 2. I met them in the middle and went with 3.

I chose Gexa as my electricity provider when I moved to Houston because they had been recommended to me by a couple of Houstonian Yelpers. Their rates and flyer miles programs (American and Continental) are what sold me on them, and I found convenience in their auto-debit billing. For 4 months, I had not one problem with my service, and I was personally very satisfied with the level of customer service I received on any occasion where I needed to call and talk to someone.

Then I found my apartment in Ft. Worth, and I arranged to have my service transferred over, which was going to include a 3-day overlap. Basically, everything went downhill from there. For those 3 days, I was billed for more electricity usage than I have in a typical month. I called them to find out what the hell happened, and it turned out to be a billing mistake, which they told me they fixed. I believed it was fixed until my bank account got debited for $113 in service that I didn't use - charges that they realized (more than a week before my account was debited) were erroneous and told me I wouldn't be debited for. So now, my bank account has been debited for 2 separate bills, and Gexa tells me that they can't reimburse me - I have to keep a credit on my account instead, and my next month's bill will be deducted from the credit. So what happens? I don't even RECEIVE a bill/statement for the next month. The amount is just deducted right from my account credit!

This was really frustrating, because I like to look at my bill and make sure that everything on it looks okay. I guess they just figured I didn't need one, since I wasn't technically "paying" it anyways. I immediately removed myself from the auto-debit program, because I don't want them to have access to my bank account anymore after this. Soooo frustratingggg...