Austin Texas RFI

Who on here is living in the Austin area these days? Do we have enough folks for some type of meet up?

who else is living down here? we're just about to tip over the edge and ride down screaming into cruel summer. already hitting the low 90s.

I'll probably me making what will sadly be my last trip down there for this work project in early to mid June.

I'm here, always down to meet new folks.

Not in almost 20 years

I need a place to go to dinner with parents in saturday night... Request us for something "farm to table." Any suggestions?

Monument Cafe in Georgetown comes to mind, bit of a drive though

The East Side Showroom on e. 6th is a really good "farm to table" place.

Kind of disappointed that my trip down there in two weeks will mark the end of my work trips to Austin. I've always enjoyed being there.

possible opportunity to get folks together?

If anybody would be up for a Monday or Tuesday night thing, sure. I'll be there the 18th and 19th.

I could probably do that, anyone else?

I'll be in back in Austin thursday!

I'm in you, Austin.

That sounded dirtier than I intended.

Anyone up for an Austin fap tomorrow night? Moodles?

I wish I was feeling better. I'd come down from Dallas but you all don't need my respiratory death virus.

No, but, shit, I'd love to meet an EZ. Feel better.

One day Jon. I've never been to Chicago so maybe a vacation will take me North. If you come to Dallas give me a holler.

Definitely.

FYI: I'm going to be in Austin from Friday the 27th thru Thursday the 2nd of April. Hit me up on ilxmail if you're up for a beer.

yeah, i saw your Facebook post the other day, KF.

http://i.imgur.com/brjpF2z.png

Great article about the guy behind Europa Books http://www.austinchronicle.com/books/2000-03-10/76131/

And an interview with him: http://www.briancombs.net/3288/

I guess the Austin Europa Books was a satellite of the one in Chicago

Is any thread talking about what is going on down there right now? Was anyone there for SXSW? This is kind of the scariest thing of its kind since the DC area sniper.

and an explosion at a FedEx center near San Antonio last night; one injury

Can Austin Stay Weird Despite The Bombs That Keep Exploding? - https://t.co/LFFn9KYoIp pic.twitter.com/Hi7dtBVlE0

— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) March 20, 2018

Stay Classy, DFW.

another one

What the hell

Apparently not connected to the rest, but really who knows?

I've been to that FedEx in Sunset Valley they're saying the latest two bombs were mailed from. It's got a Mighty Fine right next to it; they have amazing french fries.

Bombing suspect dead after police track him to Round Rock, sources say

http://www.kxan.com/news/crime/source-bombing-suspect-involved-in-shooting-on-i-35/1065119748

wow, did not expect to wake up to that news.

Mark Anthony Conditt

Just went to Loro for the first time, and it was A++++.

Boil your tap water or use bottled water

http://www.kut.org/post/austin-issues-city-wide-boil-water-notice

heading there march 3-7 for a conference. ill be staying in zilker. what's good near there? looking especially for good nature spots, food, art

That's pretty much right downtown. Zilker park and Barton Springs are close nature spots. Tons of food around there, my favorites include Ramen Tatsu-Ya, Loro, Uchi, 24 Diner, Easy Tiger. There's a cool graffiti park just north of there and the Blanton art museum up near UT. I think there's some smaller museums and galleries in the downtown area too.

Lots of good food truck parks right around there too.

Maybe this just a sign of how awful everything is these days, but last night's Nightline was an abridged version of a new Hulu doc about the Austin Bomber, and I had totally forgotten that happened.

Remember when a guy crashed his plane into an IRS office building on Research Blvd?

Yeah...now.

Took me a minute to remember the bomber and that was only a year ago. I guess the fact that he killed himself kind of brought that story to an abrupt end.

Yeah, and there isn't a whole bunch of public info about him. In the doc, they mentioned a taped manifesto that's been classified.

It's not a narrative that holds much appeal for the police, conservative leadership in Texas, or the press... a white Christian kid from the suburbs targeting black people. The Austin police chief and Governor Abbott's public waffling about whether or not his actions constituted terrorism are indicative.

and an explosion at a FedEx center near San Antonio last night; one injury

I'd nearly forgotten this happened, though to be completely honest after the nearby Sutherland Springs church massacre in November 2017 (and the 1979 Battle of Flowers shooting spree that took at least two lives before the gunman shot himself) "one injury" seems hardly worth mentioning.

We have a few nights in Austin in a week or two: anything any of you'd recommend doing / seeing that might not be in guidebooks?