{"id":671,"date":"2011-04-19T12:18:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/?p=671"},"modified":"2011-04-19T20:47:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T03:47:41","slug":"what-i-did-at-txla-%e2%80%93-the-food-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jessamyn.com\/journal\/2011\/04\/what-i-did-at-txla-%e2%80%93-the-food-version","title":{"rendered":"What I did at TXLA \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the food version"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bananananana\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

I went back to Austin for TXLA and was pleased to get to eat at a ton of places that were terrific without the usual lines that sort of plague everything during SXSW. My write-up of the actual conference is over on librarian.net<\/a>. Since most of what I did in Austin this time was eating, sleeping, or attending TXLA, I’ll cover all bases.<\/p>\n

The sleeping part is simple. I stayed here<\/a>, a very nice AirBnB place that was everything I could have wanted, except possibly not being a treehouse. Nice price, great location, well furnished, terrific. Having my own little apartment made it easier to manage my own schedule without having to put a Do Not Disturb sign on my door or get dressed to go have coffee. And the food, wow. We lost our only “Mexican” place here in town; it’s been replaced by a decent coffee shop so I can’t say I’m too disappointed, but I do hanker for guacamole and beans and rice, pretty much constantly.<\/p>\n

I think the preponderance of food photos and food talk and food twittering online is often a way of letting people know both 1) I like food, I am a person of decent appetites and also 2) I am taking care of myself. See? Food! I feel self-conscious talking about food much since it’s always the cliche “I don’t care what you had for breakfast” response to people who like twitter\/facebook\/social media. But whatever. You might care what I had for breakfast. And if not, we are still internet-friends, or real ones.<\/p>\n