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A Wrap
We wake up and get breakfast tacos at Juan in a Million. Walking in the door, you're immediately greeted by Juan who is bursting with enthusiasm and hearty handshakes. He was very nice, though both Mary Beth and I had the impression he's a ballbusting perfectionist to his employees, maybe still nice to them when things go well. So we got to have migas (in taco form). I got a few different tacos, the migas one was the best. And yes, more horchata. Damn, now I'm craving horchata for some reason. Shouldn't I be sick of it by now? After breakfast it was off to Barton Springs, the half-swimming pool/half-natural body of water that is so popular among Austinites. It's also famed for its cold water. That was nice in the heat we were in. All throughout the trip, I was super-vigilant about applying sunscreen. I did this day as well, in the hotel, before breakfast, with my shirt on. I got my face and neck and arms and all that. I, as usual, did not get anything under the shirt-area. This was really stupid as I was going to go swimming that day, without a shirt. Well, the swimming was awesome and the springs were great. Ended up very red on my shoulder area that evening. Doh. It seems to be healing pretty quickly though. Still there, but mostly fading. We did another museum, also downtown: the Mexic-Arte. It was much smaller and much more contemporary. One room is dedicated to screenprinting. Half the stuff in that room was really great. Let's see. Nearby, another old-timey type bar. I had more mocktails. The bartender was really nice. Leaving, I realized it was 5 minutes past our metered parking time! We made it back to the car and saw a ticket on the windshield! No! But turns out to be another warning. Then I was confused because the time on the warning was before we'd expired. But it was just a warning for not having our receipt displayed in the proper place. It's weird the way they do it, but I guess now I know. What's next? We did have a more leisurely pace this day. We made it to a taco truck. Was that before the museum? I think so. Oh, I'll make a note here even though I'd gotten it the night before: Maine Soda is fuckin' awesome. Okay, back on track. I think this was around the time we went back to End of an Ear to check on that Autechre (and I was good, I didn't even look at anything else!). We returned to the Draught House and Mary Beth and I spent some relaxing time reading. Now it's getting more dinnertime-ish so we make our way up north towards this relatively remote place that's supposed to be really good. On the way, we passed a Half Price Books. Mary Beth had heard good things in spite of what it is so we checked it out. I got some cds and a couple books: Klaus Schulze: Dziękuję Poland Live '83, Klaus Schulze: Dune, Klaus Schulze: Blackdance, Klaus Schulze: Timewind, Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack, Philip Glass: Powaqqatsi soundtrack, Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, and Rub out the Words: the Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974. Then we make it a little later to Taco More. I ordered a few tacos that were very good, but the prize was in the goat soup that Mary Beth ordered and I ended up eating most of. Once again, one of the best things I've eaten. Ah, so good. I also got horchata even though I was telling myself before I ordered that I most certainly would not. I don't know why I did. It was good though.
What day is it? Yesterday. We're waking up and getting ready to leave Austin and bring closure to our wonderful road trip around the damn country. I must say, driving across the country is an amazing experience in and of itself. Seeing these places that seem foreign and then other places that seem foreign from where you just were as well as where you came from. As cheesy as it sounds, you get a better appreciation for America. Anyway, now I'm in Austin and checking out of the motel and heading to Cisco's for a breakfast of straight-up migas. Now we're driving through more Texas and back through Arkansas and back home. Nothing too eventful about the drive back. We got in yesterday evening. We cleaned up cat filthiness. Jacques had seen Horace twice and Tudy none during his tenure watching them. But I saw Trudy in the window when we got back so I knew she was okay even if she still hid when we came in. I found Horace under the bed, but he scooted away from me. After we unloaded, he was out but ran away; however, he only ran to his table which he sat on in plain sight and greedily caved in to much petting. He put up a strong front for about a minute, but he did not hold a grudge long. We unpacked. I was up far too late rotating photos on Facebook that my phone did not properly rotate. I picked up some Huey's. Mmmm. I also put all of my new modules in my eurorack case, though I have not gotten a chance to play them yet. It's now qualifies as an actual synthesizer! And most of a row is close to being filled. That's something.
Woke up today and met some folks at Swanky's Tacos (ironic, considering where we just came from, in both levels of quality and pretension). It was Courtney's birthday. Got to see Dustin and Courtney and Daphne and Josh and Molly and Maria and Lila. That was a lot of fun talking to 'em all. Not much else. Just settling in. Posting a ton. Jacques came over for a minute to return the key and we gave him his rewards. That be about it. I'm starting to feel the fact that I haven't eaten in almost ten hours. Well, I had an amazing trip with an amazing wife. Again, she's the planner so she's the reason all the great stuff got done. Now I bow out. Maybe I'll have some random stray notes to add later.
What day is it? Yesterday. We're waking up and getting ready to leave Austin and bring closure to our wonderful road trip around the damn country. I must say, driving across the country is an amazing experience in and of itself. Seeing these places that seem foreign and then other places that seem foreign from where you just were as well as where you came from. As cheesy as it sounds, you get a better appreciation for America. Anyway, now I'm in Austin and checking out of the motel and heading to Cisco's for a breakfast of straight-up migas. Now we're driving through more Texas and back through Arkansas and back home. Nothing too eventful about the drive back. We got in yesterday evening. We cleaned up cat filthiness. Jacques had seen Horace twice and Tudy none during his tenure watching them. But I saw Trudy in the window when we got back so I knew she was okay even if she still hid when we came in. I found Horace under the bed, but he scooted away from me. After we unloaded, he was out but ran away; however, he only ran to his table which he sat on in plain sight and greedily caved in to much petting. He put up a strong front for about a minute, but he did not hold a grudge long. We unpacked. I was up far too late rotating photos on Facebook that my phone did not properly rotate. I picked up some Huey's. Mmmm. I also put all of my new modules in my eurorack case, though I have not gotten a chance to play them yet. It's now qualifies as an actual synthesizer! And most of a row is close to being filled. That's something.
Woke up today and met some folks at Swanky's Tacos (ironic, considering where we just came from, in both levels of quality and pretension). It was Courtney's birthday. Got to see Dustin and Courtney and Daphne and Josh and Molly and Maria and Lila. That was a lot of fun talking to 'em all. Not much else. Just settling in. Posting a ton. Jacques came over for a minute to return the key and we gave him his rewards. That be about it. I'm starting to feel the fact that I haven't eaten in almost ten hours. Well, I had an amazing trip with an amazing wife. Again, she's the planner so she's the reason all the great stuff got done. Now I bow out. Maybe I'll have some random stray notes to add later.