Who on here is living in the Austin area these days? Do we have enough folks for some type of meet up?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'll probably me making what will sadly be my last trip down there for this work project in early to mid June.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm here, always down to meet new folks.
― kiboko17, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Not in almost 20 years
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
I need a place to go to dinner with parents in saturday night... Request us for something "farm to table." Any suggestions?
― tehresa, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
Monument Cafe in Georgetown comes to mind, bit of a drive though
― Moodles, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
The East Side Showroom on e. 6th is a really good "farm to table" place.
― art hums, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 June 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
possible opportunity to get folks together?
― Moodles, Monday, 4 June 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
If anybody would be up for a Monday or Tuesday night thing, sure. I'll be there the 18th and 19th.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 June 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
I could probably do that, anyone else?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
I'll be in back in Austin thursday!
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in you, Austin.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
That sounded dirtier than I intended.
Anyone up for an Austin fap tomorrow night? Moodles?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
I wish I was feeling better. I'd come down from Dallas but you all don't need my respiratory death virus.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
No, but, shit, I'd love to meet an EZ. Feel better.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The Thin Blue Slime (kingfish), Friday, 27 March 2015 07:09 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i saw your Facebook post the other day, KF.
http://i.imgur.com/brjpF2z.png
― pplains, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Great article about the guy behind Europa Books http://www.austinchronicle.com/books/2000-03-10/76131/
― The Professor of Hard Rain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
And an interview with him: http://www.briancombs.net/3288/
― The Professor of Hard Rain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:54 (seven years ago) link
I guess the Austin Europa Books was a satellite of the one in Chicago
― The Professor of Hard Rain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 March 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
and an explosion at a FedEx center near San Antonio last night; one injury
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
Can Austin Stay Weird Despite The Bombs That Keep Exploding? - https://t.co/LFFn9KYoIp pic.twitter.com/Hi7dtBVlE0— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) March 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
Stay Classy, DFW.
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
another one
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
What the hell
― omar little, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
Apparently not connected to the rest, but really who knows?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
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.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 09:38 (six years ago) link
wow, did not expect to wake up to that news.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
Mark Anthony Conditt
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
Just went to Loro for the first time, and it was A++++.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 13 August 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
Boil your tap water or use bottled water
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 22 October 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
http://www.kut.org/post/austin-issues-city-wide-boil-water-notice
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 22 October 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
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
― marcos, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
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.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
Lots of good food truck parks right around there too.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
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.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
Remember when a guy crashed his plane into an IRS office building on Research Blvd?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:04 (five years ago) link
Yeah...now.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
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.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
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.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
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.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
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.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
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?
― Tim, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 11:11 (four years ago) link