here, there, around town
I'm working on the next project. hope to have this complete by the weekend.
some friends from silicon valley spent the weekend here at austinmodhouse. they are currently living in FW but considering a move to austin. we looked at properties in the eanes school district and found a nice selection of options ranging from 300 to 500k.
however, I get a bit annoyed when some builder describes their latest project as "modern architecture" and what I see is more of a hodge podge half hearted effort to mask what is really an odd variety of what I'd call southwestern. a few splashes of color on an exterior wall mixed in with hand painted mexican sinks and distressed pine stair treads.... I get the idea that many flippers/builders realize that there are people looking for modernist style homes. but they don't seem to put much effort into creating a cohesive package.
I do LOVE these condos (they like to call them lofts) that are in the soco area, near guero's and MARS. if I were single, had a large disposable income and didn't mind being tightly packaged, I'd be all over these. I'm sure they aren't cheap.
we hit a few of the local weekend stops, guero's taco bar.
sunday morning kid's show at ruta maya
they had a percusionist and passed out various things to shake, whack and rattle.
they roast their own coffee beans and the boys got a look at the process.
