A PIRATE BIRTHDAY

Can you believe it? Our baby boy turned 28 yesterday! His birthday just happens to fall on National Talk Like A Pirate Day, so it's always a double celebration for us. We felt bad that his sweetheart couldn't be there to celebrate with him on the actual day, so we whisked him away to lunch and a movie.

 

Lunch was at La Condesa, a "modern Mexican" eatery, and sister restaurant to Sway, which I wrote about not long ago. Turns out it's located in the very same building as the Violet Crown art house theater, where we were headed next, so that worked out especially well.

The food was quite delicious -- extraordinary even -- but be prepared to lay down some bucks. Each of those plates with two smallish tacos was around fourteen or fifteen dollars, margaritas ran ten bucks each, and of course, you get to pay for your chips and salsa. Made me appreciate my five dollar lunches at Mima's all the more.

At one point during the meal a young lady in a gorgeous red buccaneer outfit, complete with red turned-down boots, strolled past our window, and we barely blinked an eye. Such is life in Austin, Texas. Since we had a bit of time to kill between lunch and the movie, we took a walk around the neighborhood, and ended up stopping in to check out Toy Joy's new location.

Turns out Toy Joy is an awfully fun place to be on National Talk Like A Pirate Day. As soon as we walked through the door, every employee stopped what they were doing to shout "AARRGGHH!"
Too bad we couldn't stick around for the parrot, who was due to arrive momentarily.

Also unfortunate was our movie selection -- Blue Jasmine. Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie with some fabulous acting, but talk about a downer! Why did I not know that it was a new riff on Streetcar Named Desire?