Tag: Austin
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Coming to Austin? Here’s what I recommend – Things to do in Austin
Folks coming to Austin often ask me for recommendations of things to do and eat. Here’s my most recent write up. Feel free to leave comments and additions, someday I’ll polish it up real good like. There’s two foods you need to eat, of course: BBQ and Tex-Mex. Austin has it’s own type of Tex-Mex…
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Voting, Texas-style – Austin’s Very Own #51
After voting in the Texas Primaries, Kim and I discuss the fun of the voting process. A loud motor-scooter goes by and launches us into a conversation of impolite noises. Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click…
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Americans don’t know how to eat French bread – Austin’s Very Own #50
On the way to a friend’s house for dinner, we go over the truth about bread: Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play above to listen right now. We talk about the types of bread we…
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Snowing in Austin
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/cote/4381817083/)] Kim and I talk about it snowing in Austin.
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Kim’s morning iPhone routine – Austin’s Very Own #48
Every morning, Kim goes through the same routine on her iPhone – checking email, reading news, Twitter, etc. One morning I asked her to go through the typical morning routine. Click below to listen: Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the…
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Notebooks from dime novels
Notebooks from old books, originally uploaded by cote. Check out these blank books made with covers of old, lurid and cheesy paperbacks. I spotted these at the Blue Genie Christmas Bazaar this year in Austin. As the little note next to them said, this is an example of upcycling, or making something new out of…
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Frank – A Hot Dog Review
At Frank, it’s hot-dog gimmicks and bacon galore, but they’re good eating at not too high of a cost. We have a weird mixture of “hand crafted”/local food and a love of fast-food here in Austin resulting in gourmet food from trailers, burger battles, and now hot-dogs. The “Artisan” hot-dogs are fun and tasty –…
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Austin Roasters Coffee Tasting
This past Sunday, several Austin-based coffee roaster got together for a sample-fest over at Owl Tree Roasting. With a $5 donation to Urban Roots as part of Eat Local Week, I crammed myself into a packed old car garage and managed to try coffee from several different roasters and coffee shops: Little City, Third Coast…
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Facebook rediscovered – Austin’s Very Own #46
Kim and I talk about using Facebook more and Kim’s wine buying tips. Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play above to listen right now.
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Austin Politicos, Urban Outdoors, Nagging – Austin’s Very Own #45
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 While Kim and I drive around to do some errands, we discuss: The Texas Freedom Network fund-raiser thingy, pictured above. Culture wars in Texas.…
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Hamthrax in the neighborhood – Austin’s Very Own #42
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 Driving back from the gym, Kim and I talk about exposure to swine flu, which we never suffered from, except to be bored. We…
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Houston's Light Rail
Last year, when Houston finally got a rail line, the culture clash became physical. Since testing began in November, the silvery electric-powered train, which slides north and south along the street on a 7.5-mile route, has collided with more than 40 cars. […]Officials of the transit agency, known as Metro, do not come right out…
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