Comments on: Sorry, We’re Open

By: minxlj

minxlj — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:35:22 +0000

Sorry we’re open…LOL, I love it. And the colours in that sign are just perfect. Fab shot, Jon

By: Jenine

Jenine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:38:45 +0000

There’s nothing like sitting outside, sipping margaritas in February. Just in case there IS a chill, most places have outside heating units that they disperse throughout the patios.

Austin is the only place that we’d ever live in Texas. We liked it so much, we came back here after spending 7 years north east. I’ll take 3 months of heat as opposed to 6 months of snow any day. At least with the heat you can get out and about. And there’s AC everywhere.

By: Kevin T Driver

Kevin T Driver — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:17:45 +0000

Wow! Great capture. The lights are awesome.

By: annalitchka

annalitchka — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:13:23 +0000

I’ve lived in Austin since 1982. Many things to love about it. What I hate about it is what I knew at the very first I would hate:
Heat — summer NEVER ENDS, it just takes a breather for a couple or three months
BUGS – the cockroaches are astonishingly big and they live EVERYWHERE. God, how I hate cockroaches. And with all that HEAT, nothing ever really kills off the fireants, the mosquitoes, the aforementioned cockroaches, etc. etc. etc.

And the traffic has become a huge issue. I now work from home, thanks be to God, but have to drive my daughter to work. The Friday afternoon traffic jam starts on Thursday and ends, well, sometime. Maybe by Monday.

Anyway, I second the idea of Austin as a second home — you guys love summertime, hate winter, what about having two homes? If you homeschool Leta and the new one???

By: Maura

Maura — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:25:21 +0000

Wow, I really like this sign! And Austin? Yeah, I love it but couldn’t live there.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:14:31 +0000

I agree about Austin.

The perfect life might be: Portland (Oregon OR Maine) in the summer, Austin the rest of the year.

By: christelpistol

christelpistol — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:38 +0000

and salsa. salsa fixes things too. we also have those HUGE cupcakes your wife likes.

By: deidremck

deidremck — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:28:35 +0000

delicious magnolia. did y’all eat at hyde park grill? they have a wonderful turkey burger & fries. man, i’m hungry.

By: Ms. Jen

Ms. Jen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:27:58 +0000

You could be a SLC/Austin snowbird family: Winters in Austin, Summers in SLC. ;o)

By: ska1ser

ska1ser — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:53:55 +0000

Ahhh the first place I ever ate on the cusp of starting my college time… it’s the BEST… and if we could get a job there, you can bet we’d be living there! Austin is awesome (even their shitty traffic)