Where is Summer?
Posted on | July 8, 2009 | No Comments
HERE!
Thanks Accuweather.com! I didn’t know you guys were following our trip. Do you know how hot it is in Austin? Well today it was one bajillion degrees. If you don’t beleive me you can ask the people bursting into flames on the sidewalk because the sun is an inch from their heads. My weather widget says that the high in NYC is going to be 77º tomorrow. HA! As this diagram shows, that is not summer. Summer is not in New York, summer is Texas and someone must have peed in summer’s cornflakes because summer is pissssssed.
Because it was so fraking hot today we went to Barton Springs Pool. This is a giant naturally fed spring that the city dammed up and turned into a huge concrete swimming pool. The contents are about 68º all year which is perfect for dealing with days like today. The water is painfully cold and feels ike swimming in a giant meat locker. There are few things more fun than jumping in the icy water and then heading to a grassy hill to relax in the shade. This process, repeated for a few hours makes you forget that you are being baked like a shrinky-dink.
After we couldn’t pretend to relax anymore we went to the South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery for some Torchy’s Tacos. I know that this is not considered authentic since the trailer park theme, which consists of several hipster food trucks and trailers and some picnic tables, is sort of a Disneyland version of the taco truck experience. But they’re good. Really good, and even better if you’re from New York and wouldn’t know a good taco if it hit you in the face. I had a pork and a beef taco washed down with a Mexican Coke. Delicious.
For desert we headed to the parking lot down the street to get some chocolaty treats from Holy Cacao which along with Izzoz Tacos is operating in a mini food court in a parking lot directly adjacent to the above mentioned South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery. Two words people: Cake Shake. Cake(your choice) + ice cream(you choice) + blender = awesome. I can’t overstate how good this thing was. As described by the woman who owns and operates Holy Cacao the inspiration for this beverage came from the bottom of a bowl of cake and ice cream. I can only imagine that even she thought she might be crazy when she put that first piece of cake in the blender. Crazy like a fox. Creamy and sweet with little cake bits that add some nice texture but don’t overwhelm, I drank it all down before we got back to the house. Delicious.
I realize that I didn’t mention the breakfast tacos we had today at Mi Madre’s. They were great. The breakfast taco remains one of my favorite foods but there’s not too much to say about the zen like simplicity of this breakfast treat. Think of the east coast staple, the egg sandwich, and then imagine that it tastes good. Then add some fresh salsa and a homemade tortilla. Consume and repeat until full.
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