Austin, Texas

We spent last night and tonight at Lisa's friend Kathleen's house in Austin. Following a looooooooooong drive across Texas yesterday, we were greeted with good, home-cooked food at Kathleen's ... which is just what the weary travelers needed.

We spent this morning doing various bits and bobs around the house, then went into Austin for some tasty Brazilian food. I looked for a decent music/DVD store in town, but was disappointed with what I found. In the evening, Lisa, Kathleen, Scott (her husband) and I went to the Alamo Drafthouse movie theatre to see The Servant, which is part of a Joseph Losey retrospective they are having. The movie is a great slice of 1960s British weirdness, but the movie theatre itself was just as much a highlight for me. Not only does the Drafthouse serve food and beer to you, with service to your seat, they also screen lots of the kinds of movies I like. It was recently ranked the #1 Best Cinema in the US by Entertainment Weekly:



We'll probably hit the road for New Orleans tomorrow. I spent a lot of time in New Orleans a few years back, so I'm curious to see how it now looks, post-Katrina.

New Features & Segui Interlude

I've just added some new features to the blog's sidebar. Under "Our Route", you can now search for blog entries by location. The places are listed chronologically (i.e. from California to Florida, when we get there). I've also added a section at the top of the sidebar for photos we have taken. The Flickr Map lets you interact with Yahoo Maps to find our photos based on where they were taken. Below this, there are links to different Flick photo sets I have organized of our trip.

We will be spending the next few days in Austin, Texas. You'll hear updates about this leg of the journey soon ... but in the meantime, here is a short video of Segui's reaction when Lisa left the car and entered a stranger's house. It's a perfect illustration of his pack mentality.