one of my most favorite places to grab a drink (or 3) in austin is hotel san jose {owned by the same gal that created this awesome spot}. the patio is always amazing day or night – rain or shine / the champassion {champagne + passion fruit juice} goes down almost too easily, and they often have live music. last weekend we attended their jazz brunch and i could have sat there for hours ...
this past weekend we had kp's brother in town, his first time to austin! he picked a perfect weekend to visit, too. the sun was out and the trees were blooming. hello, spring. this meant breakfast tacos, bike touring {thanks to austin bike rental we were able to get an extra}, texmex on the patio, drinks on the patio, and why not more patio time on the way home with a stop at clarks for half priced bottles of wine. it was a pleasant day.
we have awesome friends – the day we moved to texas it seems like they were all booking tickets to come visit us. i think they're using us for a free place to stay, but whatever we like the company. last weekend we had a whole bunch of folks crashing at our place with sxsw in full swing. friday we kicked things off with a night on south congress at some of our favorites – perlas for dinner, hotel san jose for drinks in the trees, and live music + two stepping at the continental club.
saturday rocked. we started by grabbing coffee and croissants at the best –walton's. we then took a nice long stroll all the way to east sixth to get in line for la barbecue, a spot we've been wanting to try, but were scared of the 1hr + waits. their strategy is they serve until they run out of food for the day. so ... it's ... a little scary. for once the wait was absolutely worth it {and they didn't run out of anything we wanted!}.
^^ hey! we're back in college – 6 people in a one bedroom apartment
^^ free beer, live music, and frendzz make the long wait a little party. plus the smells coming from the smoker make your mouth water the entire time...
it was fate when we walked by austin's new bike rentals. the weather was nice, and we were on the verge of meat sweats, so a little biking city tour seemed like the only right thing to do... we made stops at yellow jacket social club, south congress {hotel san jose, stag, feathers...}, juan pelota, and finally made it home for naps and a much needed regroup.
^^ the rest of our night was spent getting cozy at the best french spot in austin, justine's.
^^ unfortunately a cold front put a damper on our bocci game, and resulted in us huddling under the heat lamps for our final cocktails... and when we got home, us girls packed into one bed to make the most of our last night together.