So here's the deal, as youtube sucks and won't let me upload video, and myspace times out all the video I shot, no one is going to see it until I get home. So I thought we would go old school tonight and have a text/video blog bonanaza as we didn't dso anything of note that pictures won't describe today.
Day one was wet, like really wet, you wouldn't believe how wet it was, ok it wasn't that bad but getting woken up at the crack of dawn by a thunder storm is not good. This is Congress from the Capitol.
For some reason I love this shot even though its just a hinge. Texans take their poltics serioulsy, if you can spend this much time on a hinge democracy is in safe hands.
This is the Texas Senate debating chamber, note oak chairs (Senate is not in sessions so they put these in for show purposes, in reality they get big leather bound comfy numbers).
This my friends is a dome.
This is the other end of the capitol; Congress they sit here in nice leather seats .
This is where it all happens, 6th Street just as the sun starts to shine.
My favourite modern building in Austin.
The Campitol from the outside.
We have actually done some SXSW things in the last 2 days, today we collected our badges as seen here, and got our bags below. The bags are intersting combination of information and sales pitches.
Tommorow we will have actual SXSW stuff to do, as not a lot happens on a Tuesdasy. However here is my list of things that you should know if you come to Austin.
1. As a pedestrian you are inconsequinetial to way Austin runs, they even managed to make cross walks extra thrilling by allowing cars to come across it when your on it. Cars turn into you at will most of them don't use turn signals either (I am sorry about the Americanisation of this blog).
2. The food is awesome and varied go eat, a lot.
3. Amy Winehouse is taller that you think, at least I am pretty sure it was Amy Winehouse, she looked the same as Amy Winehouse, and had a tag that read "Winehouse, Amy" guess she got her Visa then.
Hey we have a ton of bomcastery to catch up on but I thought some visuals would help so here some more pics;
I want this view when I wake up.
Ice Cube will playing here tommorow night.
Pilgramage to see Stevie.
This is how busy 6th Street gets during the day its twice as busy at night.
Rileys my favourite eatery and band venue on 6th.
The Driskill the oldest hotel in Austin Kate Nash plays here tommorow.
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