the Greater Nomadic Council

Goodbye Austin

Tomorrow is my last day living in Austin for at least a few years, if not forever. So, naturally, it's an excuse to post some photos. These are mainly all places I've hung out at. None are of people I know, since I'm not sure how they'd feel about having their pictures online. Enjoy.

Austin is in the hill country of Texas. This is a view from the fourth floor of the office I worked in.

This is my empty cubicle as of today.

This golden Buddha statue sits in front of a temple I passed every day on the way to work.

Thundercloud Subs makes the best sub sandwiches in town, much, much, much better than Subway.

Kerbey Lane is open 24 hours and has some great pancakes. The one near campus is always filled with college kids and their parents.

Magnolia Cafe is another great place for breakfast and probably captures the feel of Austin a little better than Kerbey Lane.

Spider House has a great open, cobble-stone courtyard with wooden windchimes and Christmas lights everywhere.

Mojo's is yet another coffee house. It lets graffiti artists tag up the fence and walls outside. You can usually find people playing chess there, too. The iced Mojo is great for hot days.

Austin is a generally liberal town. The mural behind this wacko is one of the many spread out across the town.

Anyways, this is nowhere near all the great spots in Austin, but it's a few that I've spent a pretty significant amount of time at. I've left out the Greenbelt, 6th Street, Barton Springs, South Congress, downtown, Waterloo Records, and a thousand other places. Hopefully my new neighborhood will be as laid-back and fun as Austin, but there's something unique about this place. Despite the many recent changes that long-time Austinites decry, it's still plenty weird.