Yea! One good thing about a depression…

So, what do you think? Is this sponge past its prime? Or does it have more washing in store for it? Sure, it has been almost cut in half. It has lost chunks of its nylon scrubbing surface. And its spongy interior is degrading. But it is not ready to be put out to the pasture yet!

I tried out another Sushi restaurant in Austin. This one is currently lunch only. And roll only. Which sounded like an interesting draw. But they failed in execution. You only get to chose one roll. You start out with the wrapping (I chose the seaweed). Next is the main meat (for me, the smoked salmon). And then you chose three items to go with the main selection. There are many different things on the menu. Some of them seem weird for sushi (like strawberries and mandarin oranges). I went with avocado, cream cheese, and jalapeno peppers. You can even add toppings (I went with sesame seeds and salmon row).

The did have some interesting machines in use. There was one that spits out a evenly rice covered roll. And they cut the roll with another machine.

I would rate this restaurant thumbs down. I suspect that the turn-over on the fish will be low as it is lunch only. Also, I had wanted multiple small rolls rather than one big one.

…orbit stuff. But hey! They are close together! From this one angle. On a tiny blue speck in space.

But I am sure that it features strongly in astrology.

I need to work on my astronomy photoing skills it seems.

Well, wouldn’t you know. BMW sent me a present for buying a car from them! It contained three things:

• A small book titled “Uniquely BMW”
• A brochure about BMW services (they must continue up-selling it seems)
• Four TED DVDs and a BWM DVD

I guess they consider their clientele to be highly educated with a passion for learning.

To its new location just up the street to the north. The new restaurant is twice as big. Although they do not have the big blackboards listing veggies, meals, and desserts. Which loses part of the charm, in my opinion.

Wow, our biggest spur-of-the-moment lunchtime sush event. Four people in attendance. We even checked out Nick’s new automobile (a mini Cooper).

Jon took me to try out the Steeping Room. They have a good Chocolate chipotle chai.

Because of my two week trip, I was forced to vote today. Man, the place was busy. There was a line of fourty plus people. But, first, I had to find my voting place since I usually vote early at the public library. It was also interesting that almost everyone took the paper voting option. There was only one electronic voting booth.

A bunch of us went down to Wurst Fest today. We arrived a little early and my stomach was growling as I waited…

Wurst fest is about the German beer and German sausages: four different kinds (including one sweet). And at least four different kinds of beers to wash it down with.

Rox took a picture of me taking a picture of sausages. God, how I hate the crappy quality of cell phone cameras.

Potato pancakes with applesauce and deep-fried oreos also stopped by inside my tummy.

Chapel broke down and bought a fest-hat.