Food Trucks: Austin Part 3

*Check out part 1 (the surprise) and part 2 (house stalking). I knew that I was gonna like Austin, but the food truck scene made me love it. They have these little spots with 5 or 6 food trucks all over the city and they're pretty sweet. For this round, we stopped in south Austin to get breakfast tacos before Andy headed back to Houston. But we start this food truck adventure with DONUTS!

I am partaking in a little false advertising with this Gourdough's Donut Streamliner, because I didn't actually eat them. They are loaded with dairy and we were about to be in the car for 14 hours-- you do the math. But how adorable is this little truck? Also, over 1,000 people on yelp just can't be wrong.

LB got super thirsty after finding the food truck "trailer park"... and clearly, super excited too.

And then LB magically flew over Andy off of one leg to pick lint off of his best bro (doesn't he look like he is gearing up for flight?).

The boys were as happy as two boys who just had delicious breakfast tacos are bound to be (read: THRILLED). (Please note the oblivious grumpy old man on the bench. He makes me laugh) I was already entering my "Andy is leaving" sad phase (it's clinical: AILSP. Look it up), when I spotted this random little resturant amidst all the food truck glory. There is something about the color that just makes me wanna smile.

And then we hit the road. We jammed out to Mumford (typical), Need to Breathe, some old school 80s hair band jams, Bruce Springsteen, and Howard Stern. We ate In 'n Out in the middle of a Texas strip mall. Stopped in OKC to see my favorite tree and to say hi to the boys from TNT. Cruised into Witchita, Kansas where we scored a Hyatt for $70. In the lobby of the hotel that night I unknowingly tore my labrum in my shoulder. I say unknowingly despite the fact that the pain dropped me to the floor. It didn't matter though because even through my AILSP, and the physical pain in my shoulder, when LB pulled off the freeway outside of Witchita the next day I got the best shots I probably will ever take.

Just as a teaser, y'all can gander at this picture of a little barn somewhere in Oklahoma that I snapped from the car.

Do you suffer from your own version of AILSP? I also get EILSP (Esther is leaving sad phase) big time.

**PSSSSSST: The giveaway ends tomorrow at 5, don't miss your chance to enter!

House Stalking! Austin Part 2

The entire purpose behind LB and I's trip to Austin was to pick up a truck (and to eat our faces off). The guy who we bought it from couldn't have been nicer or more willing to let me house crash his bachelor pad along the river/lake (with no water in it) in Austin.This garage/apartment combo sits next door to the house that originally came with the property. The original house is actually getting torn down and rebuilt by Stuart. (I think I am going to have to make a trip down there JUST to photograph the new house). He told LB and I that he had a designer come in and help him with the space, and it shows!

First up: the exterior: As you can see, this garage with the apartment above is HUGE. (We bought the GIANT truck on the right and so far are happy with it.) Back behind the cars in the garage is his workout space complete with a flat screen and a carpeted area. In the far left of the garage are stairs that take you up the bachelor pad. This lovely light fixture greets you up the stairs. As you reach the top of the stairs, you look right and EUREKA! Modern bachelor pad heaven. Now, ignore the mess (he had no idea some crazy lady with a camera was going to come house stalk his house...), and focus on the decor. I LOVE the color of the kitchen cabinets; that light blue is awesome in such a masculine place. With the light grey walls and blue cabinets, the space actually felt pretty light, as opposed to modern and heavy. I also adore that giant standing lamp. And can we just pause on this chair!???? I makes me wanna take a nap. This gem of a light fixture sits over the living room and Stuart swore that beyond looking cool, it actually works to circulate air. The couch obviously gets its own special mention since I have never seen anything like it before: the color or the back with the "posts." And finally a zoomed in shot of the gorgeous granite that was in the kitchen. It just really played off of the blue and grays in the room and pulled everything together. What a surprisingly awesome space right!? Seen any "warm modern" spaces lately? I'd love to hear about them.

PS: I had no idea that Austin looked like this in the hill country!?