Nov. 25

It is rather interesting to watch people here having winter coats on when the morning temp is in the upper 40s or the morning of the 26th - about 60.

Tuesday was a full day! Dara had to leave early for her drive to San Marcos and her teaching assignments. We picked Doug up about 8:00 and headed to a new Hoover restaurant only to find it did not serve breakfast so we ended up at a new Kerbey Lane. Jim had a speciality pancake - maybe will think by the end - and Doug and I had omelets. Jim's pancakes were far superior to our omelets - good by Chillicothe standards, but not up to Kerbey Lane standards.

We then did a series of errands - wine for Thanksgiving, food items for Thanksgiving, etc.

We picked Doug and Dara up about 4:00 and soon were heading to downtown Austin to a Brazilian steakhouse. The salad buffet was magnificient and then we had a choice of 15 meat entrees to sample. The waiters would bring the meat around (one kind at a time) and we could indicate if we wanted a sample. Doug had chosen a good red wine to go with the meal. The manager came to our table later and Dara indicated a wish to have more wines by the glass available. The visit with the manager eventually indicated a Fogo de Chao would be opening on the Plaza in KC. He ended up bringing a special apertif (spelling) to the table as a complimentary closing to our evening.

We then headed to the relatively new Long Center for Performing Arts and saw a marvelous production of Cirque Dreams - am thinking it was called a jungle fantasy. The performers were marvelous for their physical contortions, aerial acts, juggling, and various gymnastic performances. The costumes were also spectacular.

Be safe.
B.