We're at the Crowne Plaza on I-35, thanks to hotwire and very last minute planning.
We ate at Polvo's last night. I dug it, the better half not so much.
Oh, and wtf is with your buses being so cheap? Paying fifty cents feels like I'm in a magical time warp. Or Pleasantville.
― en i see kay, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah it's a beautiful thing dude. A buck and you ride all day!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
drove into SW Austin looking for a guitar store (and/or because I was bored)
The 71/290/1/360 highway cluster is a fucking disaster.
― milo z, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yessir
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i once spent an hour trying to get from one corner to another
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
How do you feel about the 183/360/1 interchange in North Austin?
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
so both NPR stations (89.x, 90.5) are mostly music? Do you get Fresh Air or the Diane Rehm Show at all?
― milo z, Thursday, 1 May 2008 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
http://kut.org
http://koop.org
schedules on sites
― Oilyrags, Thursday, 1 May 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
koop does Fresh Air - I forget when
I mean, kut has Fresh Air. Sorry.
― Oilyrags, Thursday, 1 May 2008 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
afternoons booooo
― milo z, Thursday, 1 May 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah Fresh Air 3-4pm. I don't hear Diane Rehm at all?
They ran Radio Lab during Terry's vacay last week and I think I have a new favorite show.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Dude the worst thing about leaving DFW is leaving KERA. (Well KTCK too). But you can listen on the www
― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 2 May 2008 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
No www in my truck/on the job, unfortunately. And even if I get Sirius for NPR, they have Rehm and Fresh Air on at weird times.
KERA has ruined me for all other NPR stations.
― milo z, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there a good bar in Austin where you can actually talk, no loud music?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
The Grand!
Oily got me going there now.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 07:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I like that joint. Crawling distance from home, too.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Wound up at Spider House which did the trick volume-wise (and there was an adorable cat monitoring the order pick-up window). But good to know about The Grand - I'm constantly searching for relatively quiet places to talk.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Check out the bar at the Driskill Hotel. Sometimes there's a piano player, it's always quiet... eternally anti-scene. De rigeur attire: starched white oxford shirt, new jeans, cowboy boots.
― kenan, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody been to The Nomad bar yet?
― Oilyrags, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Nope. But I'm a homebody.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it's too fucking hot to do anything. at all.
― ryan, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too, Hoos, and ryan otm.
There's a birthday/karaoke thing there soon for a friend I hardly get to see, and it's within reasonable staggering distance home. I should probably go.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Nomad! They've got a nice patio. Plus they're open until 2am now. Pints are a bit pricier than average, but being able to walk or bike there makes up for that easily.
― f. hazel, Friday, 25 July 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I just went to Nomad for happy hour! I am drunk.
― f. hazel, Saturday, 26 July 2008 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
awez
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 26 July 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
being able to walk or bike there makes up for that easily.
This is an important trait, absolutely. But the last time I walked home from Carousel there was a car accident that looked like it was going to escalate into a murder as I was crossing 35 on 51st.
― Oilyrags, Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Continuing this weekend's drunkfest, tonight I went to the Poodle Dog Lounge! They were so friendly! It was so empty! Yet smoky. I drank a lot, but that's OK... I wasn't driving.
― f. hazel, Sunday, 27 July 2008 09:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I did go to Nomad last night. Wow, hipster! Gang of Four and Pixies on karaoke, big tupperware boxes of cupcakes on the tables. Still, a pretty good time, except I'm still hungover.
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 27 July 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm moving to austin next week. thanks for the recommendations. any other bars i should look into?
― art hums, Sunday, 27 July 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Gang of Four and Pixies on karaoke
loll
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 28 July 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
what part of town you moving to art hums?
austin is well known for comedy?
Gang of Four and Pixies on karaoke, big tupperware boxes of cupcakes on the tables.
Case closed.
― kenan, Monday, 28 July 2008 03:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm going to be sharing a house with two friends in hyde park. well, i'm not sure if that part of town is still hyde park or north austin. the house is around 51st and airport. i wasn't there for the house search, so i still haven't seen it (only in pictures), but my friends have told me it's a nice location. where in austin are you?
― art hums, Monday, 28 July 2008 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I wouldn't call that Hyde Park, but it's pretty close to me. And The Nomad. And The Grand. And The Carousel. And not too far from La-La's and Poodle Dog. There's a lot of places to drink in this burg.
― Oilyrags, Monday, 28 July 2008 12:33 (fifteen years ago) link
WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I am going next week for an astronomy conference! And I'm going to see UT Austin vs Stetson basketball on the Friday. Who are Stetson?
― caek, Monday, 3 November 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
They are the reason Stagger Lee went flipping guano loco.
― rubisco (Abbott), Monday, 3 November 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
How exciting.
I almost never visit bars in my current incarnation of Austin-resident. There are some nice ones though if that's your thing.
― A socialist who's happy to spread the wealth (Susan), Monday, 3 November 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to find a good one to watch rockets games because the local cable here only shows the damn spurs...
― ryan, Monday, 3 November 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
As a Mavs fan, I feel you.
I got League Pass last season but I don't know if I want to spend the money this time.
― A socialist who's happy to spread the wealth (Susan), Monday, 3 November 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh good, the bus drivers and mechanics are finally striking.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
hooray
― HOOS HOOS HOOS on the autosteen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Readers speak out: Fuck the union, we want scabs!
What a depressing blotch on an otherwise hopeful day.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
The 37 will still be running but on a limited schedule.
― A socialist who's happy to spread the wealth (Susan), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm on the 10 now, actually, but same deal.
I don't want to ride a scab bus, though. I'm close enough to take the Red River and add a few blocks to my walk. I'll do that.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Thinking on it, I guess I could take the 37 if I wanted, but the 10 is easier.
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
guys, what bus do I get from the Days Inn University/Downtown on I-35 to party street?
― ✓ ✔ ☑ vote LJ! (caek), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
party street? Like, the Capitol for election stuff or 6th street for teeny bopper drunks?
― There is no Grodd but Mallah and Congorilla is His Prophet. (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
party street = wherever good times can be had on a friday or saturday night, which I understand is 6th street
― ✓ ✔ ☑ vote LJ! (caek), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
We’re staying on south side . Had Veracruz Montopolis food truck tacos last night at Radio East. Went to the Capital building, then the Music exhibit and more at LBj Museum and we’re at Terry Blacks Barbecue now
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 May 2024 00:26 (one month ago) link
Which Terry Blacks? If Guadalupe, get a drink next door at Hopfield's, they have delicious frites. Veracruz is good stuff, well played.
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 May 2024 00:53 (one month ago) link
No, the other one. Went to the Continental after & saw some of free Hot Club of Cowtown texas country jazzy swing music & then West Texas Exiles (were supposed to be an homage to Flatlanders but maybe more like a country take on Rolling Stones circa Exile w/ a tad of modern sounds)
Victory Grill East (old-school r& b & soul food restaurant) was sadly closed when we there. It's interesting to look at with faded murals on the side, near street w/ Black Lives Matter painted on it and a park next door with a Jamaican food truck, faded "Black Artists Matter" paintings, not for from newly gentrified buildings , and old ones . Park also has a banner on a fence that says: "What Do you Miss About East Austin" and underneath someone spraypainted "Brown people, Mi Gente"
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 May 2024 15:17 (one month ago) link
Saw a bit of the U T campus the other day in late afternoon with just a handful of protesters sitting on lawn down below the clock tower. We also went out to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower park . Butterflies, some baby owls and lots of flowers. Headed down to San Antonio today and then on to my wife’s other niece down in Harlingen, Texas . Didn’t do it all in Austin in the little time we had, but enjoyed what we did do.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 May 2024 05:18 (one month ago) link