Tourist things to do

Tourist things to do: Waterloo. [Buy Texas music] Amy’s. [Mexican Vanilla ice cream] Shopping on South Congress Avenue. [Boots] Watching that girl from California try on cowboy hats, the sales clerk had to keep politely reminding her that, “The bow goes in the back.” It’s how you tell the front from the back — for the non–Cowboy hat wearing types. I just sort of assumed everyone always knew how to wear such hats. Last night, the ultimate in tourist things, and pretty normal event for me: The Broken Spoke. Chicken fried steak and Dale Watson were the star attractions. The crowd was its usual, and it stretched from young to old — always makes interesting people watching. My California tourist didn’t get the musical humor when Dale Watson swung into a tune that was clearly not one of his own. It was the theme song from the “Dukes of Hazard.” I should give extra points for the trivia question, who sang that, and who was the show’s narrator. But around here, it’s pretty much common knowledge. Of course, Dale played it like it was his own, and it did fill up the dance floor. The e–mail flood continues with notes about the demise of Astronet.com. Funny thing is, my horoscopes have been on the web since 1994. Astronet didn’t launch until late 1995. This running on three and four hours of sleep, though, is starting to wear me a little thin. Tourists are so hard on the old body.