Patty around town, the school carnival and a HUNTED house of torment
Our good friend Patty came in for the weekend. we took her to a few places around austin.
chef Josh Watkins at Carillon makes edible art.
tastes as good as it looks.
quick stop at easy tiger for a beer and a pretzel. kat appreciated the size of it.
midnight cowboy, I took my own oriental models to enjoy the cocktails.
some friends came over with a vertical tasting of Miner Wines Oracle 2004, 2005 and 2006.
I made a land/sea sort of surf and turf with seared salmon and braised lamb shanks.
the two girls had a quiet moment to catch up. they go back 20 years or so.
soundspace at the blanton museum of art. 80 trombone, a keyboard and one soprano.
Eanes Elementary fall carinival.
good shot by #1 son (close-up below)
over to the SOCO area to catch junior brown and a pre-show snack at botticelli's. the PEI mussels and shrimp and polenta are just $5 for happy hour (all day on sunday). they were both done perfectly.
we enjoyed the beer garden out back at botticelli's. will definitely be back as everything we had was enjoyed.
I took the boys to a haunted house earlier in the week. #2 son didn't want to get any closer but he talked about it for days later. "some day I will make small hunted house, with flying pigs, and flying cows that say MOOOO (in a monster sort of cow voice) and ZOMBIES, and my blue hair chicken that is a tree at the bottom"
the house of torment was MUCH spookier this year. the effects were better and many more spooks and ghouls that jumped out and scared me. #1 son was unflappable, he just said "HI monster" and waved.