1. Celebrities. 2. Travel rigors 4. (see #2) 5. MAF net access (There will be no South By So What information in this post.)
1. Sort of a toss up, who’s the bigger celebrity, the kind and gracious folks who opened their home to me, instead of the usual motel, or me, having my name in the paper last week. Bit odd, that’s for sure. Being from Austin, I’m never more than 2 degrees away from a musician. Yee-haw.
2. “If I leave here tomorrow… Lord knows I can not change…”
(I had a “road list” playing, and as a joke, I’d added Freebird as the final cut. Yee-haw.)
3. On the way to the airport? Still the best deal in town, the airport shuttle, fifty cents, that’s less than a dollar. There were watermelons for sale, roadside. A (I’m guessing) 1965 T-Bird, up on a trailer, also for sale. Then, in East Austin? On a portable sign outside one local taco place?
“Friday’s special! No extra charge with SXSW Badge or Wristband!”
(Which may not seem funny to some, but I did see a special SXSW breakfast menu one place, identical to the regular menu, except all the items were a dollar more. Who says Austin isn’t a little capitalistic? Red Austin? Maybe a purple is a better description?) Yee-haw.
4. (lost by baggage handlers)
5. Austin? WiFi is everywhere. I sometimes wander off – on purpose – with no phone on my hip, just to avoid conflicts. When I searched for WiFi in the Permian Basin area, the net revealed that there were two commercial spots, but I’m not sure my gracious hosts really want to spend an hour parked outside of the mall – while I tweak and write.
“Oh, don’t worry, the house is wired for wireless.”
Yee-haw.
