The weather in Ohio has been in a constant state of flux of late, which is nothing unusual around here. What’s the old joke? If you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes. I don’t think it was originally said about Ohio, but it applies equally as well. As a result, my body can’t decide if it’s catching a cold or just in the throes of normal seasonal allergies. It’s given my voice a neat extra-nasally quality. Hurrah, autumn.
I went to Austin a week and a half ago for a brief holiday. Used Airbnb for the first time, and stayed at a tiny house. This tiny house.
It was as cozy inside as the exterior would suggest, but it was nice and mostly comfortable. It was also cheaper than a hotel would have cost, and close to a lot of places we wanted to go. I’d definitely use Airbnb again for a quick trip like this.
Austin is an interesting city. It’s hip, which is what you’d expect from a city that hosts SXSW, but you never forget you’re in Texas. So think trendy cafés and bars, long beards and tattoos, interspersed with cowboy hats and openly carried handguns.
While there, among other things, I did the usual: ate a ton of delicious food, took in a Halloween-themed burlesque show called Tits-or-Treats, played at Peter Pan Mini Golf, which is BYOB and populated with giant statues of things like Peter Pan, a T-Rex, and a demented yellow rabbit. We also visited the Museum of the Weird, which was charming and not as cheesy as I feared it might be. They possess the Minnesota Iceman and a bunch of horror movie props — including a Krite! — and a bunch of other dime store oddities. They also put on an entertaining show to demonstrate how electrical immunity works, which my travel companion got volunteered to be a part of.
Really, though, it would’ve been worth the price of admission alone just for this photo op.
This was my last bit of travel for the year. Before too long it’ll be time to start planning next year’s adventures.
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