Austin Texas RFI

this town! good times!

(although it is unnecessarily difficult to purchase a cellphone)

What you in town for boss?

astronomy conference/sucking up in preparation for postdoc application/hanging out with film festival ppls

i have sunburn from falling asleep on a bench on 24th st yesterday

just had a dish called "protein 2000" at veggie heaven

ahahaha

Have you been to Ruby's yet?

Sorry I was just there last night, have BBQ on the brain.

No Ruby's. Went to Trudy's earlier in the week.

Veggie Heaven was full of these guys today: http://www.socialismconferencetx.org/

And El Chilito in East Austin last night was excellent

Ha I know those dudes! I went a couple years ago. They love drinkin.

re: the socialist conf i mean

You are hitting the best caek.

I did not go to the Crown and Anchor, but I did have most excellent times and now really want the paying astronomy gig at UT. I will revive this thread in three months if I get it. Wish me luck!

Good luck dude!

I am takin notes (post-SXSW).

How do you feel about chicken-fried steak?

Only had it once! Wonder if it wd induce cardiac arrest now.

I think Threadgill's on N. Lamar is the best place for CFS that's near the heart hospital.

thx

also is LBJ buried at the ranch or the library?

I...

I don't THINK they keep him on campus, preserved in a glass chamber like V.I. Lenin or some shit...

maybe just the gallbladder.

"Johnson was buried in his family cemetery (which can be viewed today by visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Park in Stonewall, Texas), a few yards from the house in which he was born."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lbj

So, if you want to piss on his grave that badly, it'll be a day trip.

not particularly, he was our last good president. (well, Vietnam aside)

I thought you once started a defend the indefensible thread on him?

Anyway, a friend of mine works at the Johnson Center, so if you really want details about that joint, I can put you in touch. And/or I can show you the spot on the South Mall where my uncle took cover from Charles Whitman.

I really doubt i'll go out to the ranch, or do the Whitman tour. I'm all about the present, man.

Wise policy. If I start mooning about the good times I spent at Liberty Lunch or whatever, just make sure you get a good clean headshot.

Go to the LBJ Library to see the animatronic LBJ, nevermind his stupid grave.

i admit that's on my list

should I bribe someone to drive me to Lockhart for barbecue?

A definitive overview of Central Texas barbecue would take weeks if not months. You don't need to go that far for outstanding smoked meat. You might want to anyway, though, for the Hill Country while the bluebonnets are in bloom (I think you'll be here when they're in season.)

my transplanted friend recommends Salt Lick bbq, or in the city, Stubb's and Ironworks.

This Emo's show on the 27th at least seems worth getting drunk at:

Tribute Band Marathon with The Orgasm Addicts, Big Mess, Barracuda, A Joy Division Cover Band, The Black Squeeze, The Costellophones, The Lowelies

The Salt Lick is absolutely the best if you can find a way out there. Family style. All the meat you can eat.

Plus it's byob (meaning cooler of beer, in most cases)

Or it used to be. Egad it's been years.

Yeah Morbs Salt Lick over County Line any day of the week in my opinion.

Def. Salt Lick. The original in Driftwood is BYOB. Other locations are not.

One small drawback with Salt Lick: the price for Family Style has gone up dramatically in the last couple years. Only get this if you truly think you can put down massive quantities of Q, otherwise it makes more sense to just order a regular plate of whatever you want - much less expensive and you will probably still be stuffed.

Salt Lick is worth the drive. Best bbq in town at Ruby's on Guadalupe by UT campus.

Make sure to hit a taco truck while you're here. And don't forget what I said abt. Chicken Fried Steak! Texas cuisine is wonderfully diverse, except in terms of deadly cholesterol.

i've had chicken-fried steak in the east village, lol

Ruby's is a personal fave but I always feel impartial when I recommend it

Ok, is chicken bingo @Ginny's what I think it is?

http://www.austin360.com/food_drink/content/food_drink/stories/xl/2008/10/1009xlbars.html

Yes, it is called chickenshit bingo for a reason. Ginny's is great, but tiny.

fun? Yes.

I guess the dive bar I'll be closest to is Ego's.

Do any joints stay open past 2 a.m.? Damn, uncivilized.

That's when they've got to stop serving, so no, not really.

As for uncivilized? Yeah. We know.

I never really thought of Ego's as a dive, and it used to be one of my favorite places. One of my "moves" was to take a girl there when Bobby Doyle was playing piano, request something romantic, and canoodle in a dark booth. Now I hear there's karaoke and shit? Sounds awful.

Got Criterion Slacker out of the library to bone up on locations.

Scholz Garten, c/d?

Got Criterion Slacker out of the library to bone up on locations.

Sadly most of them are gone now.

Scholz - great if you're a lege/politician-type or an old German guy who will be allowed to bowl in the back.

My fave divey place is G & S Lounge. (Kenan, you're in Austin??)