SXSW is over... Sunday I explored Austin
Today my flight didn't leave till later in the afternoon - and Lane was sweet enough to show me around Austin a little. I was psyched cuz I only had seen the area between our hotel & 6th Street with a small ride once past the drag (Guadalupe St)... and with Lane having lived in Austin before and having a rental car, I couldn't have asked for a better tour guide!!We first hit this great breakfast taco joint that has this wonderful band playing through breakfast. We even ran into Ben & Lane's brother Reed there which was cool. Everyone orders their tacos (I got one with chorizo, potatoes and cheese - and a 2nd with eggs, black beans & cheese < yumm!!) and then sits outside at tables - and some even get up & dance along to the music! It was totally entertaining and really fun.
Then we headed over to South Congress where there's some cutie shops and Joe's coffee house where there's of course a band out back and beer available too - sweet! I got a yummy soy latte (dreamy after all the holiday inn cafe coffee I'd been having all week) and then we went into some cutie stores. At the last one, Factory People (great store) I got a new hat! And we ran into the guys from The Fuse and I chatted it up with the drummer again (they opened for the Pretty Girls Make Graves show we went & saw a couple weeks back). Cool guys for sure... I hope they do well, they're great live!
After that we headed over to The University area and Lane & I stopped in this Tea room for some bubble tea for Lane. They had a bunch of super cutie japanese stuff - and Paul Frank, Emily is Strange, Dr. Suess, Hello Kitty stuff, too. I got this super cute monkey that I just fell in love with!! :) I'll take a photo of him. He's awesome.
We cruised around the campus and Lane gave me a little history on it all, and he reminisced on some of his old times going to school and working at various places on campus there. It's a beautiful campus and it was just perfect weather for walking around and enjoying the sunshine. We stopped in a few stores - and I finally bought this jacket I've been pining away for since I saw it in San Diego a few months back. yay!!! You always know a purchase is good when you haven't been able to stop thinking about it - and then after you buy it you can't stop thinking about how excited you are about having it. Today I got a cutie little stuffed monkey AND a new hat AND a new jacket - all 3 that I'm just THRILLED about :)
Lane was awesome enough to show me around all day & then take me to the airport - such a nice guy!! And as soon as I checked my bags I went straight in for the Amy's ice cream!! hahaa I had been craving ice cream since we'd landed there & saw Kristin, Esin & Jessa with yummy cones. But Lane & I hadn't had time, but I had an hour so I gladly got myself a yummy vanilla with snickers in it. It's a lot like Cold Stone where they chop up the goods right there in the ice cream. YUMM!!!
I made it home safely and snuggled my kitty something fierce for hours!! :) :) I've now unpacked and I think pretty much wrapped up the week's events. I've got a ton of work to get to first thing tomorrow - but at some point later in the day I can probably post photos.
So I'm back!!! Happy Monday everyone.
