Had to make a day trip to Austin for a dental visit, and then went to the new Trader Joe’s in the Arboretum area on Great Hills Trail by Williams Sonoma. Decided to take plant pictures instead of food pictures. There are large Paddle Plants (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) in all the beds surrounding Trader Joe’s, and they’re…
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Austin Inspired – Ravioli with Sausage and Spinach
It was a quick trip to Austin this week. Our first stop was Wheatsville Coop. They had some great fresh sausages. I bought chorizo sausage, and some chorizo verde sausage. I did get one other kind that was really delicious, but now I can’t remember what it was. I had them packaged together, so no…
Austin February 2013
The trip to Austin started out slow. First we decided to go to East Austin Succulents, a nursery that was new to us. Being devotees of nurseries and succulents, it was the perfect spot, if it just hadn’t been Tuesday. The first problem was that we were on 7th street, and Tillery St. is an…
Austin Restaurant Trifecta
Originally, our trip to Austin revolved around the Tecolote Farm tour, through Slow Food Austin. It’s an organic farm and the oldest CSA in Texas. Then the tour was cancelled, but the momentum had already started, so we went to Austin anyway. I know this will come as a shock, but the first stop of…