2.4.2012 - Saturday
After 3 hours in a fruitless internet search for a more semi-permanent place to stay, I went for a drive around the fringes of downtown Austin. I am constantly looking at Google maps but even with street view it's hard to get the flavor of a neighborhood unless you put eyes on it. The east side is definitely out. Driving down 5th, on the westside, found a really nice little art gallery, stopped and went in and wrote down the names of some artists I really liked: Rebecca Patrick and Alexandre Zerbe.
Today is Saturday and South Congress (or SoCo) is hopping. There is a chili cookoff in the parking lot across the street from my motel. I'm beginning to think the core of Austin culture is music and food. Both are very good.
Decided to walk into downtown and explore. On the way stopped and got some fried chicken at one of those mobile trailer eateries. I think it's called Mr P's Electric Cock. It's cute. The food trucks here are all in those 50's style mobile trailers. Found some great walls in the downtown area, including one of the top 5 of all time.
Interesting Site of the Day (ISOD)
Two guys having their picture taken while "Tebowing" outside the big sign for the Texas School for the Deaf. I wanted to ask them if they just go around Tebowing in front of everything? As far as I know the TSD is a state run school and has no religious affiliation. Huh?
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