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crawfish sale feast of 2012

as it usually goes, kat noticed that crawfish were on sale for the weekend @1.99 a lb if you buy a whole bag.  so i did.  weather was warm so we cleaned/filled the pool and had some friends over.  no big planning or whole house cleaning...  just spicy boiling water, beer/wine and crawifsh

28 lbs of live crawfish westlake austin west lake hills

28 lbs of fiesty tiny lobster like mudbugs

seasonings for crawfish boil austin westlake

seasoning the boil

eichler the boxer enjoys crawfish austin west lake hills westlake

shared some crawfish with eichler

sweet tea vodka lemon jello shots

those are lemon rind sweet tea vodka lemon jello shots.  as dangerous as they are good.  mom even tried one, her first ever jello shot. 

crawfish received pardon austin koi pool

we pardoned a few crawfish.  I don't think they lived, maybe the koi pool water is too clean or has too much amonia.  notice the abundant tadpoles... (one can be seen just above the top claw)

westlake crawfish boil austin west lake hills

doofus dumping the crawdads.

kids playing in west lake hills pool party austin

kids had fun swimming. 

shot gunning the coors yellow bellies

it was suggested, "if you're going to a crawfish boil, you should take yellow bellies! (coors)"  then it was later suggested, "if you're gonna drink yellow bellies, you oughta shotgun them"  and so they did. 

piper brut champagne and crawfish

I enjoyed some piper with my spicy crawdads.  not that I really eat crawfish...  kat usually peels a few for me and feeds me.  they were spicy!

suck the head crawfish eating austin

an example of growth spurt

yes, the daughter is now adult sized... 

ambhar tequila swag yelp party elite

we also attended a yelp elite party at sully's side bar

yelp elite austin sully's side bar ambhar tequila

the yelp elite party was also sponsored by ambhar tequila.  the fermented agave juice cocktails flowed fast and free.  that was GOOD tequila.  many people have had some past bad experiences from tequila, and it's usually from a cheap tequila.   if you are gonna drink tequila, drink the real stuff.  don't do shots of cheap nasty stuff and later label all tequila as evil.  always check the label to ensure your tequila is made from 100% blue agave.  if it doesn't say that, it's a probably mixto-tequila and has sugar added. bad mojo that cheap tequila is. 

lit at the yelp elite party austin ambhar tequila sully's side bar

yes, the party was very illuminating. 

grilled gochujang salmon austin lost creek

we grilled some more salmon with the #5 gochujang korean fermented chili paste.  good times...

electrician driving copper ground rod into the earth wimberley

hired electricians to hook up kat's barn to the grid.  still no power, but getting close...

eanes chess club tournament

#1 son competed in a chess tournament with his school chess club.  he was there for 7 hours, said it felt more like one hour it was so much fun.  his team didn't do a lot of winning...  he said "all these other teams have been to like, at least, THREE other tournaments!  this was our first".  I'm just glad he had fun.  I saw those other kids were VERY serious about their chess.  he was far more interested in the ipad/kindle fire/ninentdo fest that was going on with his team's table while they waited between matches. 

I also did TOO much lumberjacking here at our west lake hills home (amh).  found two dead oaks, called the city arborist and she issued me a permit and told me to take them down asap.  she later confirmed it was NOT the dreaded oak wilt.  likely a result of the drought of 2011.

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