More Austin

We stay in Austin for a few more days to do a workshop with Austin Taiko & UT's Gin Daiko. And to get a few more snacks...

Freebird's World Burritos.

Yummy and weird, just like Austin. They had one of our Long Center posters on their wall. Not sure if this was the reason we got a lot of free stuff...




































Still to come: Hoover's! Hoover's! Hoover's!

Return to Austin

Austin! The home of numerous music festivals, excellent snacks, cultural events, and the world's biggest Whole Foods.

We have been here before.

This time, we play at the brand-friggin' new Long Center, which is enormous and beautiful.









Sculptures & Hermann Miller furniture in the green room!






















































Alex is happy to have some of Franco's mom's home cookin'.

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Where: Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

Eats: Whole Hog Cafe, winner of many bbq competitions/awards, and the place to go for excellent brisket & sauces.



I liked them all, but my favorites were #2, #3, & #4. The Volcano sauce was seriously hot.

Day off in Little Rock

Flying Fish, near downtown Little Rock. I had a really, really amazing bbq shrimp po' boy.

Painted on the wall, beside the menu: "BE NICE OR LEAVE."





























Dyls liked the local beer.






































And of course, we must go to the Clinton Library.

Texarkana, Texas AND Arkansas

Highlights from our concert day:

1) We make the front page!


















2) We have lunch at Merfeld's Bread Company on the Arkansas side of the street. Bread, ice cream, and cookies, all made in-house. It's a cute, friendly place that's been open for almost 2 years, and I hope it's around for a long, long time.


















3) We judge a drumline cometition in front of the Perot Theater, which is on the Texas side of the street. And notice the Texas-sized trophy.

































Oh, and we played a concert.

Thanks, Texarkana!

Texarkana, Texas. Or Arkansas.

Texarkana is, if you couldn't guess, on the border of Texas and Arkansas.















First dinner: Bryce's Cafeteria, serving home cookin' since 1931.

Famous for fried chicken, pies, and peach cobbler!

Clockwise from top left:
Jalapeno cornbread (buttery), eggplant casserole (like mac & cheese with eggplant replacing the mac), baked vanilla custard (a little too eggy), cornbread dressing (good but sweeet), and fried chicken (mmm).
















All my food is brown.




Adam got more green things than I did.





















Alex finishes his and everyone else's.

Don't try this at home, kids. He's a professional.

Verdict: Everything was good, but really, really southern (sweet, salty, & covered in fat - not necessarily a terrible thing). Bryce's has about a dozen different pies available, and though they're obviously handmade, they're a little too sweet for me.

I really liked the eggplant casserole, though. It was trashy & awesome.

You want to go to this.

Tickets for our annual home concert series are still available. Call (408) 866-2700 or go here.

And check out our YouTube channel.

And Gelato Classico is offering a 20% discount to ticket-holders for the entire month of September. Woot!

Fruitaholic

It's true. I am a fruitaholic. I have eaten whole watermelons, pineapples, and 10 lb bags of oranges for dinner (not all of those at once - I'm not that crazy, you know).












Combine that with my magnificent ice cream machine, and you get this:

Watermelon sorbet

- half a big seedless watermelon, cut into chunks
- 1/4 cup sugar, if the watermelon needs it
- 1/2 teaspoon salt

Puree together. Toss into ice cream machine. (You may have to do this in batches.)

Lock your door. Eat the whole thing. Don't share.

Repeat with the other half of your watermelon.