no bats sighted yet

[aslant]

we're in austin! doing...things. apparently this city is infested with bats, but we haven't seen any yet. we did see a bum sleeping on the road! also a lot of car accidents. the food is really good here but no one seems to give a rip about local ingredients or whatever. it is kind of the anti-portland? i googled locavore restaurants and found only

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[doublespeak]

http://www.capitalcruises.com/boat-rentals/
Rent a boat! If you do the paddle boats you can go under the bridge and hear them/ They usually fly around sunset from that bridge area.

There are a TONNNN of really gross bums here. I've seen them openly bleeding and puking and shitting in the streets. I think that AUstin is very much behind the Pacific NW in terms of social work and homelessness so they are more in your face.

http://www.casadeluz.org/
Casa De Luz is vegan, macrobiotic and organic. It's good, but expensive and kind of touchy-feely!

[doublespeak]

http://wheatsville.coop/

if you go to wheatsville you can eat in the deli in the back (popcorn tofu!!!! or frito pie!!!) and they use a ton of local ingredients and even have little signs that tell you how many miles away from austin it is.

[anonymous]

visit the harry ransom center (rare books library at UT) - it is truly wonderful!

[brickred]

that's so funny! I kind of thought of Austin as the Texas Portland. I really liked it there (but still like it here better, of course :) ). My best friend lives there. The bats are great! And the salsa!

[brickred]

i suppose it is in some ways -- indie culture and all that. but in foodie ways it is just not the same. also, horrendous traffic and truly awful drivers is anti-pdx! though in fairness, it's more the road design that s just awful beyond compare. the tex-mex is to die for, though :)

[aslant]

oops that was me.