Shane
Last week we took a quick road trip down to Austin, mainly to see The Pogues at Stubb's BBQ. All I can say is wow. So glad we didn't miss that. It's so rare that The Pogues are this far into the US, in fact, it had been 20 years since they'd been to Austin. I personally just wanted to set my peepers on Mr. Shane MacGowan, the miracle of science that he is. And to set the record straight, no, he does not have new teeth. Also a bonus, Spider Stacy. Yum. But it really was an awesome show, thank you Scott for hipping me to The Pogues.
ShameSo we go to visit a friend of ours who is a firefighter, he invited us to come by the station. We went out to the trucks, one was his, the other a team that was sharing the station at the moment. We put on the gear, took pictures, Max climbed into the truck. Then Max said he needed to use the bathroom so we all went in. When we were finishing up, a call came in. Scott poked his head out of the bathroom and our friend said it wasn't his truck but the other one. I said "Um....our camera is on that truck"...!!!
We stupidly set it down on the other truck then got distracted with the potty break. We did retrieve everything out of the street but it's toast.
The SameOur last day in Austin, we stopped by Helen's Casa Alde, our favorite family owned restaurant in downtown Buda. Run by 88 year old Helen and her sons Rene and Ernie. When we left two years ago, Ernie had just been diagnosed with cancer. We were heart broken to hear he lost his battle on Valentine's Day of this year. The last time we saw him was our last day in Buda, the day we closed on our house and headed up to Edmond. When we went to pay he said "no charge". We sure miss that place, both kids were born into Helen's, we took every visitor there. We went at least once a week for their awesome breakfast tacos. Seemed fitting we went there on our last day of this trip. We got our usual, their two signature breakfast tacos. Scott got "The Fattie" (potatoes, eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese) and I got "The Same" (potatoes, beans, bacon, cheese). I challenge you to find better breakfast tacos then the ones they serve at Helen's.
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