May 19, 2009
Reasons for this Tummy Ache
EAT THROUGH AUSTIN, the final list:
(Watch as this goes from me feasting with glee, to trying to take a break from food (and failing), to needing to shove every morsel I've missed into my face before time ran out.)
Night Pre-One
Opal Devine's:
Live Oak Black Bark Beer
Cracked pepper fries
Southwestern Eggrolls
Day One
Trudy's
Migas w/ Flour Tortillas
Chips/Salsa
Kona Coffee
Shoal Creek Saloon
Crawfish
Shiner
Doubletree Inn
Cake
Scotch
Verde Camp (Home Base)
Peach
HEB Central Market BBQ Chips
Day Two
Guero's
Breakfast Tacos (Potato, Egg & Cheese | Spinach & Egg | Bacon, Egg & Cheese)
Chips and Salsa
Peach
Coffee, coffee, coffee
El Chile
Ceviche de la Casa
Chips/Salsa
Bloody Mary
Verde Camp
Salad we made from food bought at HEB.
Wine
Cheese & Crackers
Red Velvet cupcake from Hey Cupcake!
Day Three
Chuy's
Chips & Salsa
Chips & Salsa
Chips & Salsa
Elvis Green Chile Chicken
Queso Compuesto
Herradura Margarita
Chips & Salsa
Verde Camp
Shiner
Amy's Ice Cream
Mexican Vanilla w/ Ginger Snaps & Strawberries
Verde Camp
Blackberries
Day Four
(also known as "Pamie Pretends She's Still Twenty-Five")
Trudy's
Mexican Breakfast
Kona Coffee
Verde Camp
Shiner
Prosecco
UT Club
wine + professors
Casino el Camino
Casino Burger w/ Bacon
Fries
Spicy Chicken Wings
scotch
Ego's
Shiner
Common Interest
Some kind of crazy Jell-o shot that comes in an enormous joke syringe. When I said I don't do Jell-o shots, my friends said, "Well, it's just... I thought you were eating through Austin, doing the local food thing. ... Pussy." And so I did the Jell-O shot, and then I did not feel good and then I sang through it and I was fine.
Whataburger
Whataburger w/ Cheese
French Fries
Sprite
Day Five
Verde Camp
Tara's leftover chicken quesadilla tacos from Chuy's (and a couple of bites from my Elvis plate)
Strawberries
Freddie's Place
SALAD.
Pacifico
Thundercloud Subs
Roast Beef Sandwich
Salt & Pepper potato chips from HEB Central Market
Amy's Ice Cream
Mexican Vanilla w/ oatmeal cookies and bananas
Day Six
Eva B's Bakery
Elgin Sausage Kolaches (2)
The worst coffee ever
Sonic
Diet Cherry Limeade
small Tater Tots (shame-scarfed at the red light leaving the parking lot before Dave knew)
Ichiban
sushi
beer
sake
Day Seven
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Lone Star Beer
Salt Lick pulled pork sandwich
beans
slaw
coma
We did it. We totally did it. I stuffed an entire city into my body and had such a fantastic time. Good friends, good food, good memories, all of it. Sad that it took five years to get there, but so happy I was lucky enough to get to spend a week.
...and I guess I'll have some time to go back now that hiatus has turned to unemployment.
Yesterday brought another uniquely Hollywood experience. Around here, good news comes first from your agent. Bad news comes from your ex-husband and Variety. In that order. (Forever known as my Carrie Fisher Epiphany.)
Goodbye, Samantha Who?. I will miss you lots and lots.
So when I'm feeling blue, now I have this O+ podcast to cheer me up.
THREE TYPES OF COOKIES -- The tourists at night are big and full DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS! On the eve of Tara’s departure in the middle of the Eat Through Austin tour, Dave, Pam, and Tara relive some of their favourite meals and moments of the trip thus far. Are you more interested in cookies? LBJ? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered in either case.
It's our little Austin souvenir (to go with the hundreds of Austin souvenirs purchased), and I am so grateful for minute 25, which will never fail to make me laugh.
Photos of the trip can be found on Dave's, Tara’s and my Flickr accounts.
Posted by pamie at 7:20 AM
