Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 25

Our plane came in at 5:30 in the afternoon, Austin time, but to us it was a 11:30 at night! After driving a few hours from Houston to Austin, we finally got home and were met by a big group of girls who were waiting for us, most of them Caroline's friends from down the street. It was an exhausting day and we didn't make it to bed until it was at least 4 in the morning. To us, anyways. It was really only 11 something here. :) We're glad to be home.... read more

Texas highways are part of the romance of the Lone Star State, and the 160 mile stretch from Austin to Houston is no exception. It's a refeshing alternative to the interstate, a 3-hour drive through countless cattle roaming green pastures, farms, intermittent town squares, tractor shops and truck stops. It's gotta be Divine Intervention when your car stereo--which has a mind of its own and only plays select cds, straight through--only plays the quintisential Texas album 'Waylon and Willie' by the late, great Waylon Jennings (the West Texas rockabilly and country icon who gave up his seat on the flight that killed his Texan friends Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper) and living legend and Austinite Willie Nelson, the King of the cosmic cowboys and the poet-laureate of the prarie-home proletariat. Just remember: "Mamas, don't ... read more

UntitledShaun Hopkins This certainly won't be the most colorful part of this chonicle, but to acurately transmit the experience, I feel obliged to write about what it takes to just get there. It's not simple, and preparing to travel in other countries I've visited now seems simple in comparison. MONEY First, you have to make the money, which goes hand-in-hand with saving the money: not just making deposits into a bank account but also making lifestyle changes simutaneously. For fairness' sake, here's a disclaimer: my wife is much better at that than I am. I doubt my depression-era grandmother could have pinched a penny any harder than Pachi can. In my defense I must mention that I'm not exactly a slouch at making these things happen, albeit on a shoestring. If you're on a budget like ... read more

okay, 7:30am and i got gpa off to the airport. what is left of my liver waved goodbye and told him don't come back... so saturday we ate some Rudy's barbq, then drank a marg at Antonio's. then it was time to get the sharp gear on and go to Threadgill's for chicken fried steak and the Dukes of Simpleton. good scene, very good band, if you like XTC, which i can take or leave. then we walked over the bridge (no bats out that late) and met some homies at Lavaca Street bar, then went over to the L.A. folks' fave 4th st bar, Fado. we put away many guiness' and harps and saw several songs by a cool irish rock band called the Farrington's or something like that. cabbed it home plastered again. ... read more

Hey this is Danny. here goes. Zappa got here no prob. We gathered up the suitcase and headed for a sports bar to watch the Spurs, but we got shut out. we went to plan B, beers and pizzas at my house. wait but first we stopped by Buddy's Place for our first beer. there was an antique dino-band playing some texas two-step music. then we split. i had laid in a 12 pack of shiner, 4 tall guiness cans and a six of MGD at home . Ed managed to offend a complete stranger about 15 minutes after entering the house, so that worked out well. Laura's friend Julia had committed the grevious sin of calling the Lakers a bunch of whiners, so the EDGE let her have it. We stayed up til 5am, ... read more