I'm still in Austin. Probably won't get back to Chicago until Sunday. This makes me very happy.
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Observed:
*An oil-change place that provides roomy rocking chairs on their outside patio waiting area.
*There is a major thoroughfare in Austin that is spelled "Manchaca", pronounced locally as "Man-shack". Yep.
*Beautiful ball moss hangs off the trees around the house. And it's a bromeliad, doncha know.
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In unrelated news, S. has the biggest d..............amn bed I have ever seen. (What were you thinkin'?)
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