Austin, The Weird Town

Because of the University and companies that have research headquarters here, Austin is a bit different. There is a local campaign/slogan called Keep Austin Weird. As a result of this it has a pretty amazing blues scene going on. And apparently is not like the rest of Texas at all.

We had lunch at a local place and went for a walk along the Colorado River. I was a bit worn out after that. With the combination of head cold and long walk I ended up crashing for a couple of hours, before waking up and feeling terrible.

That night we tried another couple of beers in Richards hotel room. We had the Terrible and the Delirium Nocturnes, both very good. I had been thinking about staying in but began to feel a bit better. After that we went to The Ginger Man a local bar that has over a hundred beers on tap. We tried a Dankosaurus IPA and a Maredsous 8 that were on tap, good and great. They also have a big range in bottles.

We then went looking for dinner in 6th Street. It was late by then and most places at stopped serving food so we ended up at the Parkside Restaurant again. Richard wanted a shot of our waitress.

It was even later after that but 6th Street was still nuts.

There were plenty of college girls around. These 3 thought I was a professional photographer and insisted I take their photo even after multiple denials. Later that night I saw quite a few professional photographers snapping people and handing out cards. You know who this shot is for don't you!

We tried 2 different clubs. One had a DJ, the other a band.

I tried some videos to see how the camera would handle it.

Sunday we took it easy. I felt seedy until around 11:30 and the cold was progressing. We had lunch at Mai Thai and the food was pretty similar to Australian Thai. We started with an included Tom Kha soup. I had Pad See Mao and it was pretty close to the dish they serve in Canberra at the local Yarralumla Thai place. Richard had a satay dish called peanut sauce.