A ZINGER OF A HARDWARE STORE

We had a little time to kill in Austin on Sunday, between our yummy lunch at EZ's (fantastic rosemary chicken and focaccia) and seeing Wicked, so we decided to check out this unusual hardware store I'd been hearing about. It was "unusual" alright! It had all kinds of furniture, both indoors and out...

lots of gardening stuff, including these cool pop-up greenhouses...

all kinds of good smelly stuff, which my hubby promptly loaded his arms with...

not to mention aisles-full of toys, dishes and housewares, canning supplies, organizers, etc.  In fact, just about the only thing they didn't have a whole lot of was, well, hardware.