I received this spam email today. I never knew that I was so mean…

I read in the Chronicle that the original owners of one of my favorite restaurants (Gumbo’s) were opening up another Cajun restaurant close to work. I just had to try it out. It is located near the Red Robin on Parmer and IH-35.

The recipes were slightly different. I wonder why. Perhaps there is a no-compete clause still in effect? They didn’t have the garlic butter served with the bread. And the dirty rice was blander. Not as rich and dirty. So I will stick with the original Gumbo’s.

I saw a restaurant review for Terra Burger and it intrigued me. I liked the fact that they had sweet potato fries and gluten-free buns as choices (as well as vegan) and that they used organic ingredients. Unfortunately, this place is an outdoor restaurant. Which is not a good thing in the land of 100+ degree weather. Or rain or cold for that matter.

On the whole, its a meh. And I would be unlikely to go there again.

Hrm, that is an Austin Police Car, yet it has a different paint job than its brethren… I wonder what duty it is assigned to?

This would be a pretty brutal place to live if it was real.

It seems a restaurant finally opened up within walking distance from my home. Which is a good thing since my car was off getting its windows tinted. And it seemed much cooler out. I didn’t sweat at all. What a different 10 degrees makes outside (from the 104+ days we have been having recently). Lunch was so so.

It seems that road work is still being done. And it looks like they are getting ready to repave a better job than they did last time.

Mrs Pigeon apparently built a nest and laid a couple of eggs over the weekend. However, she picked a bad place to do it. In the middle of a parking garage and right where cars drive. I have always admired their courage when they keep standing when cars are driving past. However, they should have flew away this time…

Today’s high will be 107 and people are out playing either soccer or ultimate frisbee. I wonder how they cope with this heat?

I sometimes seem some interesting looking cargo being transported up and down IH-35…