Monday, January 29, 2007

Austin is HOT



It's Ali's and my third day in Austin and we are very pleased to find that it's everything savvy travelers and the NYT Travel section promised: bright skies, urban renewal, funky bars and friendly people. It's also liberal and activist, which means I'm feeling right at home.

Nobody told us how dog-friendly the city is, so it was a nice surprise to find that Scout is welcome nearly everywhere and that the city park has a huge riverfront area designated off-leash. After four days of eating on my lap in the driver's seat, it's nice to have a meal that doesn't have an aftertaste of styrofoam.

The weather is gorgeous - warm and sunny during the day, cool at night - and the men are HOT. Not just regular old good-looking hot, but Matthew McConaughey-rugged-athletic-tanned-toned-polite-drawling HOT. And way better than the guys I saw at the truck stops in Arkansas.

I could definitely live here.

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