A bit delayed again 🙁 I blame life, work, naps and a trip to Austin that got in between 🙂
I have friends in Austin and I visited them last year around this time too. If you been here for that long, you might remember that I went to the Phish concert and crashed with the scooter right before LOL… No crashes this time since I skipped the scoter rides!
I hired a local videographer to film me for a couple of hours hitting some local spots. Will be on my OFTV channel hopefully next week 🙂 –> https://of.tv/c/puma-swede-tv. There is a new episode up there from the gym with me, Ava Devine and Kimber James! Go watch 🙂
Oooops, got sidetracked there… So with the videographer we started with a coffee spot called Sightseer. Great coffee and I love when people get artsy with the design on their coffee bags! Space Cowboy looks like Hunter in space and Killer Queen reminds me of the movie Kill Bill which I love!
Making sure I got enough caffeine, we also hit Once Over Coffee Bar. Love their space with pictures of a couple of icons, David Lynch and Dolly Parton! Unfortunately the latte I got was not the best. Could’ve just been one off, as they are rated highly.
Got to eat too and Texas has great Mexican food. They have Tex Mex, but I opted for an authentic Mexican food truck called El Primo. I think they said they had been in business for 20 years, and their tacos were as tasty and authentic as it gets! I forgot to take pics of my tacos cause I downed them with a passion!
I love thrifting and hit American Drifter. Found this cap that says ‘ U toucha da cap, I breaka u face” hahahaaa… Felt it was a good fit for me!
Also hit Feathers Vintage that had a great selection! Got a nice denim overall/jumpsuit from them, but it was too hot and humid to wear it right there and then 🙂
Allens Boots is a must if you’re in Austin. Bought a cool pair of cowboy boots there last time. Found an amaing pair this time too, but unfortunately they didn’t have them in my size so had to walk out empty handed 🙁
At this point the sun was toasting me, so we headed to Barton Springs. It’s a spring-fed natural swimming pool and the temperature of the water is 68-70 degrees year around. I love this place!
I went back once more with my friends while there. The last pic is of the end part of the pool where dogs where allowed and I think drinking alcohol too, which is not allowed in the main park area.
Loved dinner at Fresa’s. This was more Tex Mex style and everything tasted fresh and delicious!
Turns out there was more friends visiting Austin at the same time I was there. We all got together and later ended up at Creek Cave for stand up comedy. It was great and I made a note to self to make an effort and go see more stand up comedy!
On Saturday we hit a farmers market. It had a little bit of everything and I ate a superb sourdough sandwich, had coffee and found goats. So damn cute! Almost jumped in there with my friends kid to cuddle them up 🙂
Austin is a cool place. I love getting around by walking and there are so many cool houses. Old and colorful ones mixed with new modern designs. Not like Vegas where everything is 3 shades of beige LOL…
Always making sure I pass by a coffee spot too. Need the boost of energy when strolling in the heat and humidity! Visited Maaribu last time while in town and I love this spot. Great coffee, nice interior with a small shop and all their bakery stuff is gluten free and made in house…
I loved this spot! It called Thicket Food Park. Bunch of food truck, playground for kids and it also had a barber truck and a beauty bar. Opted for sourdough pizzas from Day’s and they were sooo good!
Topped it off with ice cream from Lick. Made with real cream without a lot of additives and fake stuff. I like how I found a flavor that matched my nails hahhaaa….
Took a couple of rides with the fully automated Waymo too. So cool to ride without a driver. At one point it had trouble to exit a parking lot and make a left turn, and after a while it just announced – Figuring this out… It finally did!
Some other snaps from the city, a snake I saw, perfect homemade lasagna my friend made, their cat Gizmo and a grasshopper by the pool…
Such a great trip! Some delay on the return flight, but made it home to Hunter who always is happy things get back to normal with cuddles and naps.
Filling in on some stuff that happened before, after and in the between 🙂 Wrinkles had to have a dose of touch up…
Took care of the hair too… Before and after.
There’s been a loooot of pickleball! Decided it’s time to pick up lessons again to work on my smashing and backhand. It’s already hot as pizza oven here in Vegas, so I’m considering playing in a bikini from now on!
I tried getting Hunter to support my pickleballing by buying him some accessories. Can you tell how excited he is????
Been a bit better with also hitting the gym 🙂 There was more sessions than just these 2, but I forgot to take pics as proof. Just trust me 😉
Haven’t made it out in time to hike. It gets too hot out in the Red Rocks with no shade, so taken a stroll in the neighborhood…
Finally received some pics from the photographer who I did a shoot with a few weeks back. I think they turned out great. More to come 🙂
Saw some cool stuff you could make with AI using ChapGPT and decided to have a go. Well, like last time it game a third limb. An arm this time! I think AI is trying to tell me something hahahaaa…
Well, that was a little update. Let’s see what next week has in storage 🙂 I think there will be an excursion to the Colorado River. Have another pickleball lesson and got to shoot. I had a Dr’s appointment and I’m now trying out to take Prednisone every 2nd day. So I have cut my dose in half and so far so good! The rheumatologist in LA said I was tampering down way too fast. I like this Dr here better! I want to get off them asap!
Anything fun in your neck of the woods?
Me & Hunter wish you an excellent week ahead! Which just reminded me that Hunter went full Terminator on the neighbors dog the other night!!!! Everyone is fine and tell you about it in my next post. Go Hunter!
XXX Puma
