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Austin Vacation Recap: Day One, Part One

October 24, 2011 by Julie 9 Comments

Oops.  I’ve been back from Austin for 2 weeks and haven’t blogged.  I’m going to try to get back on a quasi-regular schedule here.  Sometimes after a long day, you don’t want to blog.  You just want to watch episodes of Breaking Bad and eat Fruity Pebbles….and then you repeat that pattern for 2 weeks.  🙂

Anywho, I spent a great few days in Austin over Columbus Day weekend visiting family.  I arrived at my aunt & uncle’s house on Thursday at 4 pm.  My aunt immediately said, “You’re just in time for happy hour!”  I was promptly handed a glass of wine.  Oh yeah….I knew it was going to be a good time in Austin right away.  🙂

Friday, I spent the day with my aunt Jill, uncle Carl, and my cousin, Kristy.  Kristy picked our lunch spot…Hopdoddy.

They grind their beef in-house and bake their buns fresh daily.  The buns!  The buns!  SO GOOD!  I went with the Magic Shroom burger:  beef, goat cheese, mushrooms, pesto.  Delicious!

After lunch, we walked around Congress Ave to check out some shops.

Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds costume shop, very cool!

They had a boat load of Dumb & Dumber suits.  Are those still popular for Halloween??

Uncommon Objects…definitely a store of oddities!

How do  you know what’s valuable and what’s junk?

I need to walk around this store with the Picker Sisters.

Next up, my cousin insisted that we go into the Big Top Candy Shop.  I figured that it was like any random candy store in a mall, so I resisted.  I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo glad we went in.  It is ahhhhh-mazing.

Eww or awesome?

I haven’t had Sixlets in forever!

Chewy Sprees!  Be still my heart.

Candy cigarettes?!  I thought those were illegal now.

Gummy bacon?!?!?!?  Strawberry flavored!

And lastly, cupcake flavored dental floss to clean between your teeth after all those sweets.  I think my gums would be in better shape if I had cupcake flavored dental floss.

More Austin fun to come soon!

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Comments

  1. Rock Star Dad says

    October 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Looks like you had fun! I miss candy cigarettes.

    Reply
  2. Eliot says

    October 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    I love Uncommon Oddities and I found the best stuff there when we were in Austin. I can’t wait for your next update.

    Check out my Austin posts from last January:
    http://eliotseats.com/?p=2723
    http://eliotseats.com/?p=2729
    http://eliotseats.com/?p=2736
    and
    http://eliotseats.com/?p=2767

    Reply
  3. Eliot says

    October 25, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Whoops! I mean Uncommon Objects (but there are quite a few oddities in there!)

    Reply
  4. Stephanie says

    October 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    Glad you’re back! Looks like you had a fun trip! I have heard so many great things about Austin, but all I’ve ever seen is their airport, lol.

    Reply
  5. Veronica Miller says

    October 28, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    OK, I started with day 3 and now am on day one and so far, two for two, you’ve had me LOL’ing at the end with your final statement–this time your gums! haha! Duuude, I so neeeeeed me some of that floss! And the chewy bacon candy! Crazy! We stopped at a burger place called RG Burgers (Real Good Burgers) in Denton, TX on the way to visit friends in The Woodlands this past spring and I had the same thought about their buns. Seriously amazing burgers, esp with those buns!

    Reply
  6. the food dude says

    October 28, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    That burger and the candy store look awesome! And the name of the costume store’s pretty cool! Great read!

    Reply

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