we took full advantage of the perfect weather this past weekend, visited our wimberley place and the wimberley market days.
one of the popular vendors "when pigs fry", has fresh made spicy pork rinds. she sells out every time. go there first or they'll be gone
made by JKB products
210-842-7555
kids like the marble stand.
market days now has an "icehouse" with bratwurst and draft beer. it was another popular market days destination.
kat cleaned up our cabins near market days and I ran over to our cabin on the blanco we are fixing up. the concrete floor had a real rough broom finish and we are planning to put VCT down on the first floor. I applied a skim coat of resurfacer.
eichler and I went down to enjoy the river for a few minutes before heading back to town (wimberley) (BIG PIC HERE)
beautiful fall colors. (bigger version link)
some friends came down from austin to join us for dinner at the leaning pear.
111 River Road
Wimberley, Texas 78676
(512) 847-7327 (PEAR)
the $8 corkage fee is a good fit with us, we like to bring our own.
we especially enjoyed the
BRAZIN from Lodi (a great place for zin)
we get two separate tables, so the older kids can do their own thing. they all behaved really well, thanks to technology.
the food was good, real good...
Pecan Crusted Black Drum w/ Spicy Sweet Potato Puree & Montesino Farm Haricot Verts
they only serve dinner two nights a week, and they close at 8 pm! by 7pm, they had already run out of some of the specials. our server suggested that we can call ahead next time to have the kitchen hold specials for us. they made it up to us by offering some free dessert.
we closed the evening back at our off grid camp. the kids roasted marshmallows over an LP fueled camp fire (burn ban prohibits wood fires)
some people like the fall back time change, so they can sleep in. it doesn't work that way for me, I end up waking up at 5:30am to sit and wait for 6:30am to catch up with me.
we stopped in dripping springs on the way back to austin the next day. stuffed our faces at
domingo's mexican grillthe menudo was good, but a bit salty. the chicken mole enchiladas were fantastic, the tacos al pastor were also good (below).
we finally tried a margarona/coronarita. I think I'll skip the corona next time. the mexican martini was better.
I had to rush back to austin and escort #2 son to
another preschool birthday party. this time we partied at the
austin children's museum.those kids went crazy in that joint! "TRAIN, TRAIN! CHOO-CHOO TRAIN COMING!"
then, I had to rush home (AMH), friends were coming over with a bottle of
RIDGE and I needed to make a suitable meal to accompany it.
I did ok. pan seared salmon, oven roasted brussel sprouts, garlic and herb cheese toast, herb salad greens with house made blue cheese dressing.
