There was no barbeque in the cards for me in Austin, but there was good food and even better time with our daughter C who is living the good life there.
I'll just say that, as a college professor, if UT called, I would most definitely answer. Austin is one nice place to be.
To the left is a picture of my most delicious main course at the East Side Diner--smoked salmon and shrimp cakes with lemon remoulade. The cakes were buttery and held together with only the barest minimum of nonfish ingredients necessary to hold them together. The remoulade was--well, it was lemony. Very lemony, very sour. Alone it made my mouth pucker, but with the fresh salad greens and the buttery salmon/shrimp cakes, it was mighty fine. We had a dry malbec rose that was so good we had to demand another bottle. And for dessert a buttermilk chess pie served warm in an individual, generous casserole and four spoons. The restaurant itself is in an old house with lots of charm, and the company couldn't have been better--M, C, C's roommate the charming B, and me. I don't think I'm just being a doting mother when I say that the conversation was funny and smart and quick, but if I am, who cares.
Following the dinner was an opening of a video exhibit in another old house. The videos were a couple of years old and not uninteresting. I wasn't swept away, and I am a fan of video, especially following my experience at nerd camp at Ohio State earlier this summer. It's a much different experience now, as I can watch and know something of how it was done and how it was edited. It was a young crowd, and we left early.
So UT, are you listening? I'm sitting by my phone waiting for your call.
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