I forgot to mention yesterday about a nice little Mexican restaurant Mads and I went to on Sunday. It was called La Cabana and it was pretty much on the western border of Marble Falls next to a town called Highland Haven. They had the BEST breakfast burritos I have ever had. for $1.75, yes that's the right price, you could pick 3 ingredients from a list of about 10 items that could go into your burrito. I chose cheese, eggs, and chorizo as my 3 and when it came out it was HUGE!! A great buy for that price and it filled you up nice.
So, back to the future? Monday, after some business I had to take care of in the morning, Mads and I went to the Capitol Building in downtown Austin. Quick Fact, all the marble used to make the capitol building came from Marble Falls. Second Quick Fact, the Texas State Capitol building is taller than the U.S. Capitol building. Maybe that's where all their bravado comes from. So once inside, the main rotunda is AMAZING! Gorgeous work on the ceiling and great marble work on the floor.
On the floor in the rotunda, are all the flags flown over Texas at one time. U.S., Republic of Texas, Mexico, Spain, France, and the Confederate States of America. Looking out over the second floor of the capitol it looked pretty cool.
We also got to explore the State Senate and House of Representative chambers. The desks in these places are originals from 1889 or so and are in their original locations in the room. It's pretty weird to think that these desks have not moved in over 100 years. Crazy. Once we could explore all we could (and our parking meter would run out of time) we went to the Whole Foods down the street. This isn't any Whole Foods, it was the corporate Whole Foods. This place had everything! even a bar! Mads and I picked out some really nice, fresh sushi and sat at the bar and enjoyed some local beers. It was so weird sitting in the middle of a grocery store and drinking beers and eating sushi but there we were. After a wonderful lunch, we went over to a bookstore called BookPeople. This place is an independent bookstore and many of the copies of books they have for purchase are signed by the author. It is also where I got my "Keep Austin Weird" Tie dye t-shirt. I had to get something with their "Town Motto". I must say though, that motto holds true. There are so many independent bookstores, music stores, restaurants, bars, you name it. It's really cool to see how eclectic a downtown metropolis can be.
With the sun slowly setting, Mads and I headed over to Zilker park for a quick round of disc golf (of course I would pack my discs). This park is also home to Austin City Limits when they perform outside concerts. This park is HUGE!! It has disc golf, huge polo fields, a nice river with canoe and kayak rentals, hot springs and just huge tracks of land.
After nightfall, we headed to an independent and quirky restaurant (I'm detecting a theme haha) called Kirbey Lane Cafe. Where I had the turkey and avacado quesadillas and Mads had a great chicken pesto pasta dish. We also were given complimentary chips and salsa. It was like getting chips and salsa from Omega, just kind of weird at first but seemed to fit. After dinner we made our way back to Mads place and rested up for our next journey, camping on Padre Island along the Gulf of Mexico. Stay tuned my lovelies and remember, tell your friends to read too!!
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