{"id":9404,"date":"2014-10-11T18:48:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T23:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2014-10-15T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:43:49","slug":"recreating-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/recreating-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreating in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

So because the metadata conference I came to Texas for was scheduled the same time as Austin City Limits<\/a>, I’m staying way the F out in the suburbs at an Aloft hotel. It’s right on a bus line, this rapid bus<\/a> with limited stops, but still 40 – 50 minutes to get downtown. It’s also in a “lifestyle” mall – kind of like Greenway Station or Hilldale in Madison, but because it’s Texas, bigger. Instead of a Sundance<\/a> cinema, it’s got an iPic Cimema<\/a>. Bigger menu, more drinks. Full bar & pool tables & other games in the lobby. Leather seats with TV trays attached. Doesn’t reek of popcorn. In the previews just watched their chef (or a movie of their chef) preparing spicy fried chicken fingers with brioche toast, and now it’s their mixologist making a maple Margarita. And, oh, garnished with an orange twist & bacon. And you have time to order one before your movie. I’m closer than I like but it’s what was left.<\/p>\n

I saw The Judge<\/a> – kind of sappy, and a little too long, but the Roberts, Downy Jr. and Duvall, were good. And I just did one of those buzzfeed quizzes on what role were you born to play, and it came out Iron man, so I guess I was meant to go see Robert Downy Jr. I think everyone was playing a bit younger than they are, but maybe only 5ish years for Downy, instead of 10+ like Duvall.<\/p>\n

I haven’t been doing so well at documenting the food this trip – I really haven’t taken any pics*<\/a>. The rubber-chicken-conference dinner was actually the university dining hall version of Texas BBQ – there was chicken (that I didn’t have) and brisket in BBQ sauce – OK, but not really flavorful; corn muffins with a bit of red pepper in them – similar – a little dry, not bad but not terrific; veleveeta-y mac & cheese; potato salad (probably the best tasting). Good potatoes turned out to be a theme. The lunches were notable for the amount of vegetables – salad bar with kidney and garbanzo beans, potato salad made with good fingerling potatoes, roasted green beans, roasted fingerling potatoes, roasted cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage cooked with apples – and the Swedish fish in the snacks. Oh, yeah and whole fruits and peanut butter – so on Friday I had a banana with peanut butter for breakfast and on Saturday, I had an apple, also with.<\/p>\n

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Backtracking to Friday night, I went on a quest for cheap Mexican with another librarian from LoC, and got to eat at Taco Joint<\/a> (their website sucks, you can’t read the menu, obviously not done, lorem ipsum text, but at least they’re using Word Press). I had tried to go there the last time I was in Austin, but it was closed – it closes at 8:00PM. Between us we tried 3 tacos – the Wholey Mole – chicken with mole; El 4\/20 (haha) beef carnitas with shoestring pepitas – no, I still don’t know what those are – little crunchy strip something’s; and the street taco – grilled sirloin (garlic & lime) with avocado. I rode the bus back to the Aloft, finished grading my information architecture students’ websites, watched a Sopranos, and I think I slept straight thru until 6:30AM Saturday. That never happens. I mighta got up, but I don’t remember.<\/p>\n

Speaking of sleep, the Super Shuttle is getting me at 5:30AM Sunday, so I better head for bed.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Here’s how bad I really was at taking pictures – I took little camera, my Canon point & shoot, and when I got home, its memory card was still in my computer. <grin><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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