Brown Motion

I was in Austin again.  Capital of Texas.  Still humid and somewhat hot.  I got to stroll down the main drag in the early morning from where I was put up to an industry conference I was attending down the road.  Main drag being Congress Avenue. What began in the mid 1800's turned into a brick lined road in early 20th century to its modern Avenue status with tree lined sidewalks on both sides of the six lane road.  It runs south of the Capitol building right over the Colorado River (not the mighty but a local version) which is dammed to form the lake on towards I-35. I got to walk it going downhill starting from my hotel close to the Capitol to where the avenue crosses the Lady Bird Lake in the form of Congress bridge.  Here are some of the interesting sites - from historic and kitchy to modern and definitively Gen Z. One thing you notice is this city takes its main artery seriously and has done much over the years...

In Austin Texas.  I hung out in the lone star state for few days this month for a conference on the subject matter that pays my bills.  But there was lot of action outside the programmed event.  Clearly it was more fun. My last trip to the deep south had been over 15 years back.  Austin was on a road trip from Galveston to Dallas - sort of a detour if you will.  It is the state capital.  It has a few things to see and do.  Other than visiting the state capitol building, which is an impressive architectural feat I did not remember much.  I decided to fix it. With all the fixings.  First came tacos.  On a food truck.  Corn made into dough called Masa, rolled and lightly cooked on a griddle or pan yields tortillas which topped with grilled and marinated meat (pig, cow, fish depending on how you lean) from the animal (depending on your mindset you can go exotic and get intestine or brain or head or hoof or tongue or stick to ...