Austin


Went to Austin this weekend, to visit Yvette

Yvette has moved away to college this year. Sigh! Actually, we're very proud of her - she was accepted to St. Edward's University, and she's take further strides toward independence. Not financial independence, mind you!!! But, she is making more choices for herself, and researches her choices carefully.

Yvette took us to several popular shopping areas around town. The first was along S. Capitol; I think the area is called "Taylor Heights". Ten Thousand Villages is located there, along with some interesting eateries, art shops and antique stores. Then, later, we went to the Drag, near UT. Shopped at a nice bookstore with an excellent literature selection. Avoided, though, the UT "Coop", where they sold branded University of Texas memorbilia. Does "coop" not have any meaning anymore?? It was clear this was not a cooperative operation, co-owned by its customers; nor did it even seem to be a non-profit. Instead, I figured it was a very profitable operation for UT. I guess since UT itself is a non-profit entity (it's a branch of the state government), then the whole thing is "non-profit", but I don't get the "Coop" name.

Anyway ...

Dropped by "That Popcorn Place". Fun place, with an energetic owner. Some tasty flavors too. We stocked up on a couple of popcorns, for our trip back home.

All in all, it was a nice weekend trip with the family.

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Posted: Tue - September 4, 2007 at 12:10 AM

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