The Little Things

On the way home from work, I decided to try out another little coffee shop for a Friday night treat. I stopped at Bennu coffee and tried the Pride & Prejudice mocha. So good. 
(I also spotted a funny little mural across the street from Bennu)

But the best part of this lovely Friday evening was coming home to find a package from my sweet mama in my mailbox. She sent me two issues of the Mississippi arts and entertainment review (one with good ol' Elvis on the front) and the newspaper from my hometown. 

It's the little things, y'all. 

Downtown Days.

On Saturday, I drove into downtown Austin for a little exploring. I finally went to see the capitol building--which is a pretty, pretty sight in the sunshine.

After I drove around for a little while, I decided it was high time I stopped at had lunch at one of the food trucks. Right after I moved here, I started a list of the ones that I really wanted to visit. So now I've finally crossed one off the list! I picked Conscious Cravings to try first. Their full menu is vegetarian, so I tried their Spicy Chickpea wrap and a mango smoothie. The wrap was delicious, the homemade sauce really takes the cake at Conscious Cravings. Yum. But the smoothie was a little depressing. I expected a deliciously cold, icy smoothie, but it was lukewarm blended fruit. I would stil go back for another meal, but I'll skip the smoothie next time.

And then I decided that I should try two foot trucks. Mostly because right next to Conscious Cravings is Holy Cacao. There's no way I'm passing up a food truck that serves delicious chocolates. I tried the Red Velvet cake ball--red velvet cake dipped in white chocolate. Obviously it was fantastic. So I crossed two of the food trucks to try off of my list last weekend.

I think I'm going to make a goal to try a new place every weekend until I finish my list--then maybe I'll have found some new trucks to try!

Walton's Fancy and Staple.

Since I have a few more days before I start my new job, I have time to get myself oriented in Austin and find some restaurants and coffee shops to enjoy. Today I found one such place called Walton's Fancy and Staple. They serve a lovely breakfast and have all kinds of coffee and espresso as well as a lovely deli sandwich menu. Plus they have cakes, danishes, and daily flavors of macaroons.

Today's macaroon flavor was oreo. Yes.

And I had a Garden Sandwich on fresh wheat bread and a prickly pear lemonade. 

Walton's, I think, is going to be one of my favorite spots.

Renegade Austin

First thing this morning, I went over and signed one last piece of paperwork for my new apartment. It looks like I'll be moving in to it this week!

In the afternoon I got to have my first experience with Renegade Craft Fair--I love it. Being a craft-lover, I've wanted to go for a few years now and somehow I moved here the week of Renegade Austin. How does that work out? Even though I meant to come leave with just one thing I came home with three. A necklace (sewing machine), a bracelet (arrow), and a screen printed dress. Typical. 

After having the Renegade experience, I decided to do a little exploring--which led me to the Whole Foods in downtown Austin. Having grown up in small-town Mississippi, I haven't ever really spent time in Whole Foods since the nearest one was always a few hours away. I love that place. Fresh fruits and veggies everywhere. I came home with strawberries, peaches, kiwi, and an enormous salad for dinner with lemon-chive salad dressing. It was wonderful. 

Happy weekend, y'all!