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A Bit of Austin Doings (12/9-12/14/25)

A quick update on some of our activities in Austin. Last Tuesday, Bob walked from the apartment to downtown Austin for a late night meet-up with our nephew who was in town for work. Unfortunately, Bob didn’t get any photos of their visit at a downtown restaurant/bar, but he snapped a photo on his walk.

The iconic University of Texas Tower and BEVO mascot lit up.

The next evening Bob and I walked a few blocks to a pizza restaurant. We ate off the happy hour menu and scored a coupon for another free pizza there as they screwed up our order. Afterwards, we walked down 37th Street (between where we are staying and the restaurant), where the block of houses was getting prepped for their annual walk-through Christmas decorations.

Looks like a place where they might be serving drinks or food when it officially opens

On Thursday, we walked around the Hyde Park neighborhood (where the apartment is located) to check out a few local sites and shop for some food to bring to our friends’ house that night.

Elisabet Ney Museum which is undergoing renovations.
Elisabet Ney was a German born sculptor
who lived in Texas for 35 years. She had this studio built in 1892.
A mural on the side of a Fresh Plus grocery store in Hyde Park.
Bob and I with our friends Sandy and Kennon
on the balcony of their condo.
We will both be sitting for them in early January,
and I will be sitting for them fora few days over Christmas,
as their Trusted Housesitters confirmed sitters
have bailed on them.

On Friday, Bob and I walked to the UT campus to watch the Longhorn Volleyball Team compete in the NCAA tournament. Our current homeowner only has the Prime streaming service with no local tv and the tickets were sold out, so we went to the Student Activity Center next door to the gym to watch the game.

Dog car? Someone’s keeping Austin weird.
A walkway across a creek on the route to campus
On the pedestrian only street in front of the gym.
Love the slogan “What starts here changes the world”
and the explosive canoe sculpture.
The tv we watched the Longhorns beat the Indiana Hoosiers
to advance to the Elite Eight,

Tonight, my graduate school Alma mater (Texas) plays my home state (Wisconsin) tonight to advance to the Final Four. Texas has won the national championship two of the last three years, but Wisconsin is playing strong and Nebraska is the top ranked team this year. Bob and I will likely be tuning in and out online as we get a bit too stressed when it gets to this level.

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