Austin, a place to eat
This week seems to be shaping up as a pretty good one, possibly due to the refreshing weekend I had while attending a conference in Austin, Texas. Being my first time in Austin, I had a lot to see and managed to see a lot of it. I stayed at Brendan and Mary’s with Mary because Brendan was out of town — fortunately his trip to LA for a job and unfortunately it meant he didn’t get to hang out with me too much. But, Mary and I had a fun time lady hangout weekend. We spent most of our time with Tom and Beth and occasionally Katie who presented on the panel with the three of us.
My weekend can best be summed up by noting that all of the scholarship and museums turned my brain back on and I feel re-invigorated about the pre-starting job ideas I had for what I might do at my job. Not that I’m not invigorated, or haven’t been, but there is a certain amount of overwhelmed that one feels when she starts a new job and a few weeks ago just having a clear vision of what is going on around me was a great success.
In addition to the brain activity, I felt noticeably better when I ate Austin food. Austin is known for being a good town to live in which has to mean it’s a good town to eat in. Now, consider that I live in a place where Dairy Queen is a culinary oasis in a sea of pizza. Oi. Fried foods make me sluggish. Luckily, Austin had plenty of tofu and mexican and thai and french to keep me happy. I think my favorite meal with a crépe I had at a downtown café on my way out of town. Smoked salmon, capers, herbed boursin, heirloom tomatoes, and delicious. But the thai was also great because I require thai food to live and I currently live 55 minutes from a thai restaurant. The closest restaurant that serves thai food is in the next state! So even if I thought the pad see euw was missing the flavor of a well-aged wok char, it was still better than Dairy Queen.