Tag: Austin

• A New Packing Strategy for Sensible People (Not Me)

  I forgot to include this in yesterday’s post. It really is quite impressive. It’s my travel year in review. I flew 59,866 miles. My longest flight was between Munich and Bangkok, twice 5,474 miles. Anyway, our latest trip was a long weekend in Austin, Texas over New Year’s Eve. Usually, I fret and panic over what…

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  January 4, 2013

  travel

  Allen’s, Austin, boots, New Year’s Eve, packing

• Food Porn: Meyer’s, Louie Mueller

  Before we went to the king of all BBQ festivals, we had our own little mini festival after touching down in Austin. Last year, my personal-pit-master-for-life XFE and I made the pilgrimage to Lockhart for Smitty’s and Black’s. This year, we went to Elgin for sausage and Taylor for everything awesome about BBQ. We started…

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  November 4, 2011

  food (of all types), travel

  Austin, Barbecue, Matt and Melissa, Texas

• Another Reason Michael Vick is a Jerk

  The main thing to know about this year’s Texas Monthly BBQ festival is that I threw up. That puts thePoeLog household at two-for-two on throwing up after the BBQ festival. They should probably hire us as spokespeople. Last year was my meat-lover-for-life XFE’s shot at toilet glory. This year was all me. (*Disclaimers: Neither of…

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  November 3, 2011

  food (of all types), travel

  Austin, Barbecue, Matt and Melissa, vomit

• Run Review: Run for the Water 5k, Austin, Texas

  I’m back! OK, what did I miss? I mean, Kim and Kris are still happy young newlyweds, right? And Jessica Simpson is totally not preggers, right? And Rick Perry gave an amazingly awesome speech in New Hampshire that’s going to help him regain the top of the polls, right? Oh, so…..none of those things are…

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  November 2, 2011

  running (away), travel

  Austin, Races, running, Sweat

• No Time to Blog. Stuffing My Face with BBQ.

  No, seriously, I’m at the Texas Monthly BBQ festival right now stuffing my face. I’ll have a couple of posts about the weekend next week; including, obviously, LOTS of food posts, and a race review of the Run for the Water 5k. In the meantime, I thought you might like to read a little essay I wrote…

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  October 30, 2011

  food (of all types), travel

  Austin, Barbecue, Chicken Shit Bingo, Texas Monthly

• Food Porn: Juan in a Million’s The Don Juan

  Even as you read this, I am hurtling through the sky, heading to God’s Country, aka Texas. Specifically, Austin. I got my bachelor’s degree in Austin at the fine University of Texas. Took me seven years. And, if you’ve ever been to Austin, you know why it took me seven years. Why would you hurry…

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  October 28, 2011

  food (of all types), travel

  Austin, breakfast tacos, government cheese, Juan in a Million

• Hotel Crashing: The W Austin

  Aaaannnnd, I’m back! Did you miss me? I would say I missed blogging, but that’s kind of a lie. OK, let’s just say I did miss blogging (there was plenty of brag-worthy stuff to share), but I drowned my sorrows in copious amounts of barbecue, queso, and chicken fried steak. But, my absolute favorite pain-numbing…

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  September 12, 2011

  travel, trip report

  Austin, beautiful people, hotel crashing, hotel review, Hotels, Jacuzzi tub, Starwood Properties, W Hotel