Healthy Quarters
Travel Blogs from Austin
At Ollivander's
... you know, you don't pick the boot, the boot picks you". Yeah, I have heard that before... in a MOVIE ! That wasn't very helpful. And I don't speak Boot.
After about 1 hour or so, I found a pair each for both Shilpa and I. At the checkout counter, I did tell the guy how cheesy that line sounded although it did have some truth.
The boots are on their way to Kirkland now. Let's see if they pick Shilpa.
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Week 11 - Iowa State at Texas
Iowa State at Texas has been circled on our calendar since the last time the Cyclones stormed into Austin and came away with a surprising victory over the Longhorns two years ago. Jason is an Iowa State grad and unfortunately missed that trip to Austin, so we were hoping for a repeat performance this year. Several Iowa friends from Portland came and met us there for that leg of the trip. Trent made his fourth appearance on the college football tour, ...
Austin, TX: The Unusual Nature of Austin
... arrival. I took the time to read about Austin in a guidebook and found an interesting restaurant called Lambert's Downtown Barbecue on West 2nd Street in the Schneider Brothers Building. Do NOT eat here! The place is overpriced for a small serving of meat with bad service; plus, they didn't have Dr. Pepper cake or fried blackberry pie as advertised. However, I must admit that the coffee-rubbed brisket had an interesting taste...you could get ...
Everything's Bigger in Texas!
... us out shooting on the Sunday (we had originally planned on leaving for New Orleans on Saturday but at this news decided to stay until Monday, meaning we had to skip Nashville but oh well!). That night we slept well in our flat, exhausted from our bus ride and grateful for a proper bed. We didn't surface next morning until around lunchtime, and when we went downstairs were greeted by a 100mph Joshua, who was clearly excited to have visitors and painstakingly gave us ...
Music capital of the world
One of the things you notice about america is just how big it is, stating the obvious maybe but it really is HUGE. For example Texas is somewhat larger than France. So for our drive to Austin the next big city in Texas took a whole day and there wasn't that much Inbetween which made the drive really nice as yet again the weather was lovely and the countryside slowly changed from desert to beautiful countryside. Before we set off we had called into ...
Location
Other places to stay in Austin
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Casa Kenwood Guesthouses
Greater South River City, Austin | Hotel -
Verde Camp
Greater South River City, Austin | Hotel -
The Wicker Guest House
Downtown, Austin | 3 star hotel
