{"id":20665,"date":"2019-04-21T18:22:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T23:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=20665"},"modified":"2019-04-21T18:22:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T23:22:59","slug":"more-austin-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=20665","title":{"rendered":"More Austin Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few pics that we took while we were in Austin…<\/p>\n

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Cool guitar decor in the middle of the hotel lobby.<\/p>\n

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We found some more while strolling around town. I guess guitars are kind of their thing there. It is the live music capital of the world after all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After lunch at Easy Tiger<\/a>, we checked out the Yeti store by our hotel.<\/p>\n

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Then we went to tour the State Capitol.<\/p>\n

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There are lots more photos on Flickr. Clicking on one of the above photos will take you to the album where you can scroll through the rest of them.<\/p>\n

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This is a nice green space downtown that we always walked by to and from our hotel. It was a beautiful day and lots of people were hanging out on the lawn.<\/p>\n

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The adjacent building has a nice foodcourt with lots of food options and also good happy hour specials.<\/p>\n

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Foodcourt pics follow…<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t so busy when we first arrived but, within the next thirty minutes to an hour, it started to get crazy.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what we had.<\/p>\n

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The next morning, I talked Brian into going to the Hotel Van Zandt near the Rainey District. My original thought was that we would have brunch at Geraldine’s, it a cute restaurant inside the hotel.<\/p>\n

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One of the best things about Geraldine’s is they have live music even at brunch.<\/p>\n

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We didn’t end up eating at Geraldine’s because, after looking at the menu, Brian decided that the food was too frou-frou and he wasn’t in the mood for it.<\/p>\n

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We opted for the more casual Cafe 605 instead.<\/p>\n

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After breakfast, we did some exploring downtown. Here’s a picture of us in front of the Driskill hotel downtown.<\/p>\n

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This historic boutique hotel is so authentic, it even smelled old!<\/p>\n

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This is a picture of a really cool church building that we passed on our way to the Blanton Museum of Art.<\/p>\n

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We went to check out the Words Matter<\/a> exhibit.<\/p>\n

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They had a typewriter that you could play with.<\/p>\n

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I thought using a typewriter would be like riding a bike so I decided to demonstrate it on video. I used to use a typewriter as a child so I figured I knew how to use it. Well, it turned out to be the most hilarious video ever because I couldn’t figure out how to make a new line. Watch below.<\/p>\n