aj & sarah: Baton Rouge to Austin

This past Saturday evening was spent in Baton Rouge at the "Cool Jumbo Holy Mess" show. Sarah and other Philly legends such as Lindsay Chandler and Sean Fitzgerald were featured alongside artists from NYC and Baton Rouge. There was live music, free drinks and a bonfire. A good friend of Sarah's, Becca Herbert, organized the entire event and perhaps it (and other events like it) will be just the thing Baton Rouge needs for a shift in the tides (in terms of young, expressive, creative culturing.)

En route to Austin we experienced torrential downpours. Literally, I was hunched over the wheel, fists clenched, foot riding the brake (on the interstate,) and nervously spilling giggles. All was well, quite obviously since I'm writing presently, but all the same, the rest of that ride had sporadic bursts of showers that obscured all dividing lane lines. At one point, somewhere along chapter 24 of The Stand, we heard a high pitched ring that couldn't possibly be coming from one of the characters or from the car itself. Sarah and I have concluded it must have been a tornado siren. Sirens--whether it be ambulance or twister alarms-- always particularly jar me... Must be some cellular memory from when Pterodactyls screeched over prehistoric skies.

We got to Austin at about 9 pm and had a low key evening with some really wonderful girlfriends of Sarah from the homeland (South Dakota.)

Today we got a real taste of Austin, here are some photos:

just some typical jawns in this sort of place

foooooood trailors. EAT MORE!!!

More food trailers and some nice girls. Sarah, Emily and Anna.

"Frog Shaved Ice"

Sarah in Allan's Boots. Literally, each boot is a piece of beautiful, beautiful artwork. If anyone ever wants to give the nicest gift ever, give someone a pair of boots from this place. It might set you back $500, but just do it.