I've spent the last 4 days in Austin, TX with Big Brown Bear at a Music Festival Conference so I apologize for the delayed post and the frustration I've caused. I realize there are only so many times an individual can refresh their screen painfully waiting for my next wisdom-laced diddy.
On Sunday, we checked into the Omni Austin - the conference host hotel. Because of our procrastination we literally got the last room in the joint. So we had to share a room. Yep, two full grown heterosexual professional males bunking together. That's cool when you're a 19yr old whippersnapper on a college road trip. When you're 38 you feel like a giant dickhead. Luckily the room had two queen beds. Because the last time BBB's 6'6" shiz crashed on a roll-away bed he had some harsh words for Housekeeping. Evidently, he thinks it's absurd that hotels don't carry cots for giants.
We drank some wine for sure. We settled at a place called Max's Wine Dive. A very cool place with a plethora of wines and evidently the best fried chicken in Texas. Unfortunately, we didn't try the chicken. The service was fantastic with our man Kevin, or Keith, or Kelvin, Kermit...hell I don't know...his name started with a "ku" sound. Anywhoo, he was fantastic, pouring us samples of just about everything on the wine list. Unfortunately a lot of the wines were oxidized and not tasting great but K-man made up for it with his hospitality. The way all wine bars should be.
The highlight of the trip (aside from the amazing 1am bratwurst cart visit) was a blues/rock musician we stumbled upon named Eric Tessmer. Strolling along 6th street, we heard Eric and his band playing and decided to drop in and catch some bluesy rock while downing a few Maker's and gingers. We had no idea what we stumbled upon. For the next two hours we stood with jaws dropped while this cat shredded his guitar song after song. He is, by far, the best guitar player I've ever seen live. Needless to say, we're working on bringing him to Vegas. Check out the video below...if you have the full 6 minutes it's worth the watch...especially when the tempo picks up in the second half. And this is TAME to what he does live.
We drank some wine for sure. We settled at a place called Max's Wine Dive. A very cool place with a plethora of wines and evidently the best fried chicken in Texas. Unfortunately, we didn't try the chicken. The service was fantastic with our man Kevin, or Keith, or Kelvin, Kermit...hell I don't know...his name started with a "ku" sound. Anywhoo, he was fantastic, pouring us samples of just about everything on the wine list. Unfortunately a lot of the wines were oxidized and not tasting great but K-man made up for it with his hospitality. The way all wine bars should be.
The highlight of the trip (aside from the amazing 1am bratwurst cart visit) was a blues/rock musician we stumbled upon named Eric Tessmer. Strolling along 6th street, we heard Eric and his band playing and decided to drop in and catch some bluesy rock while downing a few Maker's and gingers. We had no idea what we stumbled upon. For the next two hours we stood with jaws dropped while this cat shredded his guitar song after song. He is, by far, the best guitar player I've ever seen live. Needless to say, we're working on bringing him to Vegas. Check out the video below...if you have the full 6 minutes it's worth the watch...especially when the tempo picks up in the second half. And this is TAME to what he does live.
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