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Argh. My mistake. The Edible Book Fest is Friday afternoon, from 2 to 4 pm. Rick Quoting Rick Taylor <[log in to unmask]>: > And if you happen to have a little free time Thursday afternoon, on your way > to > the LBJ Library, you might want to check out the Edible Book Festival at > UT's > Collections Deposit Library, 1810 Red River (corner of MLK). The Edible > Book > Fest is an international event in which creative types make book-style works > of > art out of food. The Austin event is organized by students from the > Kilgarlin > Center for the Preservation of the Cultural Record, of which I am one. My > entry is a book-on-tape made out of fettuccine, but it's too soon to tell if > it's going to work. > > http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ebf/ > > Rick Taylor > > -- > Rick Taylor > Graduate Research Assistant > DLSD - Audio Digitization Lab > University of Texas Libraries > The University of Texas at Austin > > > > Quoting Jerry Young <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Some other places that might interest ARSC visitors, > > looking for something off the beaten path: > > > > Not sure if anyone mentioned Jim Cartwright's > > "Immortal Performances," and I am sure many of you > > know Jim. He has an astonishing selection of records > > and phonographs and a shop with pre-EBAY prices. If > > he's not too busy, he'll show you his collection of > > phonographs -- a working mid-20s Brunswick Panatrope, > > a ca 1920 Actuelle, and a Victor long-playing > > phonograph (seems like he has Stokowski's Gurrelieder > > on a '30s LPs, but I may not remember correctly). Lots > > more. > > > > If he's really not busy, he may cut the end off an an > > old extension cord and show you his amazing collection > > of antique light bulbs. Breathtaking, but not for the > > squeamish. > > > > No matter where you've been and what you've seen, you > > will never forget Immortal Performances, I'm certain. > > 1404 W 30th. 478-9954 > > > > Food: > > > > La Fonda San Miguel specializes in interior Mexican > > food. It's tucked away in N Austin, 2330 W. North > > Loop. It's pricey and the owners aren't especially > > neighborly to the middle class folks who live on their > > street, but still, when we want to folks from out of > > town to have meal they can't have elsewhere, we take > > them to Fonda San Miguel. > > > > For a less corporate feel, here are other recommended > > places in North Austin, all neither trendy nor > > franchised: > > > > Elsi's is an El Salvadoran/Tex-Mex restaurant at 4708 > > Burnet Rd. Not nearly so whoop-de-doo as Fonda SM, > > but they also have things you can't find > > elsewhere—yuca frita, Salvadoran tamales, migas with > > vegetarian chorizo, pupusas, and a great molé. Not > > quite as funky as the location they had to move from, > > but still good food and great folks. > > > > Across the street from it is a smaller scale place > > called Aranda's that caters to working-class Hispanics > > -- menudo, horchata, pozole, and torte Cubana. Very > > cheap and big servings. I always leave a big tip > > because i don't think they charge enough. > > > > A campus standard is Martin's Kum-Bak aka Dirty's -- a > > great greasy hamburger joint with killer (literally) > > milkshakes. In about the 2700 block of Guadalupe > > (regrettably pronounced Guadaloop). Knowing how to > > play backgammon will allow you to nestle up with the > > locals. > > > > And not far north of that, ca. 2900 block, is a > > Korean-run burger joint called Burger Tex that makes a > > not-yet-but-should-be famous bulgoki burger. Right > > across the street from the second Antone's, where I > > used to play piano several times a week (okay, back > > when it was a Shakey's Pizza Parlor). Antone's record > > shop is in the same block. > > > > And if you want unselfconscious '50s-style Tex-Mexican > > food, at the north end of the 2900 block is El Patio, > > where they serve crackers instead of tostadas. This > > was former chairman of the UT Board of Regents Frank > > Erwin's favorite restaurant. That should tell you what > > you need to know about the cuisine. I'd swear they use > > cream of mushroom soup in their enchiladas. > > > > One block west (30th and Fruth) is Trudy's Texas Star > > Cafe, which I mention it because lots of people like > > it, and it's in this neighborhood. Good food, really, > > and a favorite of college students, so it's not too > > expensive. Knowing sign language is a plus if you hope > > to carry on a conversation. > > > > In East Austin, 1511 E. 6th, is the famous Cisco's > > Bakery. A great breakfast place where you will see > > photos of famous folks who have been eating there > > since the '50s (not continuously). > > > > And if you have a car, or a friend with one, there's > > the Salt Lick out south of town. Great barbeque in a > > lovely hill-country setting. Vine-covered screened-in > > patio where you can watch the hummingbirds nectaring. > > After your eyes adjust to the light, look for the > > soot-covered piñata that may still be up in the > > rafters. Important: they don't sell beer, but you can > > bring your own. > > > > See you soon. > > > > Jerry > > >