Back at the Spiderhouse

At-Spiderhouse 6
Originally uploaded by Jeffypop

I dropped by a classic UT hangout, the Spiderhouse. Like most of Austin, Spiderhouse had changed somewhat, and yet it still felt familiar. I met up with Jeanne, my old undergrad roomie, and Alden, a fellow engineering grad.

i am totally out of touch with the indie music scene. Most of the bands they were talking about I had never heard of. Maybe I'm becoming an old man.

Kolaches!

There's this little Czech town in Texas between Dallas and Austin. It's called West, Texas... not West the region out left in Texas, but West the small town in Central Texas.

I love kolaches. There's the delicious sweet ones, like cream cheese or poppy seed, and there's the savory, like sausage with kraut or cheese.

Bought a bunch to eat, and some frozen ones too. There's also this crazy looking Jerky place a little further north. I've been meaning to check it out, but I always just end up stopping for Kolaches.

Kolaches are best heated up in the microwave. We tried the toaster oven and other conventional heating, but unfortunately it dries out the pastry. I guess crispiness isn't really what you want out of a Kolache. Microwave makes it a bit soggy, which actually makes it softer and moister.

Cornelius the Gecko

Maggie and I have a lizard named Cornelius, after the smart heretic Chimp in Planet of the Apes. Not to be confused with the smart monkey that Carleton Heston tries to bone.

We got Cornelius when he was tiny. Now he's plumped up on crickets.

Some people have too many Dog pictures. I'm starting to get too many lizard pics.

Leaving San Francisco

Russell Driving off into the Sunset
Originally uploaded by Jeffypop

I flew out of SFO on Weds, after a week of nostalgic goodbyes. After 8 years in the same place, you set some deep roots. Now it's off to Dallas, and then Austin.

Russell came with me to the airport, gave me a $500 roll, and then drove off in my car, disappearing into the horizon.

Box Tetris

The Final Crate
Originally uploaded by Jeffypop

I packed up all my stuff last night. Had to have it ready by 8am, and I didn't finish until almost 6am. The tricky thing was that, aside from fitting my stuff in there, I had to put 2 bikes (maggie and mine).

I was missing a tool I needed to fully disassemble them, so I couldn't use bike boxes. Instead, I had to get creative with using old pillows and empty boxes to create nooks to hold the bikes and fill the empty space (so hopefully things won't slide around too much).

My bike is vertical with a tire removed, while Maggie's bike goes lateral with the handlebar turned upwards.