Last night Julie and I headed down to Market Square and the Alamo. We went to the Farmer’s Market and El Mercado, where I took a ton of pictures. (Mom, there are a bunch of Mexican dresses in there!) We stopped for margaritas and queso at La Margarita (infamous site of a long-ago midday accidental drunk-in-public incident during the Latin American Music Awards… fond memories!) and then headed downtown to the Alamo.
I lived here for five years and never took a picture of myself in front of the Alamo, so I made Julie take a picture.
We then went to the Mirror Maze, which I think is part of the collection of Ripley’s Believe It or Not attractions across the street from the Alamo. It was pretty cool. After that, we headed down to the Riverwalk and went to County Line for dinner.
County Line is a delicious bbq restaurant, a small Texas chain. I got the chicken platter, which is chicken, sausage and beef brisket. I also got it with garlic mashed potatoes and potato salad. Julie got the beef ribs with garlic mashed and a side salad. (I did not travel 2,000 miles for my health! haha also if I am paying $15.99 for a dinner it will be for all the things I love, the end.)
So today there will be more putzing around the apartment. I have the truck today so I might go see the movie. I was captivated by The Fall’s trailer, though I may go see Indiana Jones. OR conversely, I may just nap all day, we’ll see. We’ve been getting Red Box rentals from the Walmart – it’s a dollar a day for movies rentals, and we’ve rented 27 Dresses, The Golden Compass, National Treasure 2, and Stardust.
Anyway, this morning I am going to go to Sonic and get a delicious breakfast.
Tomorrow: Austin! All of us (Julie, Tara, and Cindy) are going to Round Rock to the Ikea, then I am forcing them to go to a bead store and Hill Country Weavers. But also to the ginormous Half Price Books on Lamar.