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Happy Friday!

January 18, 2013 by Kristin

Val and I kicked off her second weekend in Austin by heading to the heart of downtown and eating some fancy BBQ at Lambert’s. Although a Texan would frown upon taking a visitor to fancy BBQ, to a Florida girl, pulled pork covered in sauce is where it’s at. We both cleared our plates and headed across the street to ACL Live to get our listen on.

ACL Live was such an awesome venue! The stage could be seen from every spot and the acoustics were top notch. It was also super easy to get a cocktail, which was important since we didn’t love the bands that were playing. We headed out early and walked down the street to Péché, which is perhaps my favorite all around spot in Austin.

I introduced Val to absinthe and, as a fellow black licorice lover, she thought her cocktail was life-changing. I stuck with my go-to’s, the absinthe god and the silver monk. Val went with the tru blood and death in the afternoon, which both were straight up absinthe and champagne. Did you know that mixing absinthe with champagne is a Hemingway creation? A bartender that can get nerdy about booze… Love.

We finished off our night with an olive oil cake desert that was served with meyer lemon sorbet, candied nuts, and cream. We cabbed home, completely satisfied with all that we packed in to another super fun girls’ night. Happy Friday!

@SFCmarkets

May 12, 2012 by Kristin

I felt especially adventurous this morning, especially after a night on the town with my newest friend Kara. I woke up, pulled myself together, walked to Whole Foods to get a juice and cash, and continued walking to the Downtown Farmer’s Market.

I loved seeing so many people out and about, reusable sacks in hand.

By the time I arrived I was starving. Most of the booths were out of something or another, but I was completely OK with an egg and cheese taco!

I parked myself on a picnic bench, mounged on the taco, and people watched in the sunshine.

After Mission: Get Food in Belly was accomplished, I circled around the rest of the booths to admire pretty veggies.

Crooked garlic, colorful beets, big ol’ fennel bulbs.

I came home empty handed, but fulfilled. The farmer’s market made for quite a lovely morning!

The Box, In French

February 24, 2012 by Kristin

It’s a shame to be cooped up in a cubicle on a super sunshiny day, like borderline painful. As soon as it was an acceptable time to hunt around for lunch plans and not look like the hungriest kid on earth, I did. The first taker to my lunch-outing offer was my co-worker Elizabeth. She suggested this food-truck-ish place that she called “the box, in French”.

We chatted our merry way to La Boite and stepped into the box of a restaurant. The menu was small but amazing. We both ordered the pain au lait sandwich vegetarien du jour and a Topo Chico.

The outside seating was adorbs.

Our chatter continued as we decided we could live off of bread (perhaps this bread) alone, and went to town on the goat cheese and veggie perfection that sat in front of us.

Touristing Around

November 18, 2011 by Kristin

Pumpkin pie for breakfast should always happen in November. Pumpkin pie for breakfast on an alarm-less morning on a day off of work in November is the rightest of right things!

I snacked on pie and took my time getting ready. It’s been a while since I’ve had a day off of work without traveling involved. And I had no particular reason for taking the day off other than I was at a breaking point, both literally and figuratively, with my project and it seemed like the logical thing to do.

I ran some errands and then headed over the bridge to meet my mom in downtown St. Pete. Whenever I go to the State Theatre for a show, there are a slew of stores that I make a mental note of visiting if I’m ever in the area during small store business hours. Today was my day to do just that.

Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for my wallet, I didn’t find any fashion gems. But since I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, I had a fine time rummaging through potential treasure and chatting it up with my mom.

Afterward we headed to Ceviche for an outdoorsy lunch. I still maintain that Ceviche’s ceviche is top notch goodness.

Now we’re sitting across from each other at Starbucks, sipping on warmth and typing away on our respective laptops. What a lovely day!!