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Well I had not been to Lambert's. Hitting it Sunday afternoon there's just a short bar menu, but the chopped beef should hold me.

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She is my Lil' Ana. Also met CC for the first time.

A fantastic show at The Town Hall last night. T Bone Burnett, touring for the first time in nearly 20 years, in semi-support of his first album (The Other Side) over that same time period. All strings, lots of bluegrass, just great - as is the album. The strict no-photos policy was being enforced...with a light hand. So I waited until the final song to take a crappy pic... The album is well worth a listen...or ten.

At least Ford pays a good dividend.

Do you cheer for General Motors too?

So are you Ana's Uncle Wilf now?

Cold enough that I had been sipping Makers neat.

Post-Hinds snack, NADC Burger, something to do with a skateboarder. Basically a Wagyu smashburger. They do only have one burger on the menu because they think that's the one. Nice in a moist kind of way. Also good local drafts for concert goers with sore throats.

Mm, not widespread.

The foul call on Flagg in the last minute was dubious. O well.

Party on. Where's your Lone Star?

Nearly... This is an outdoor venue. Brrr.

Probably some Austin-specific thing.

I thought I would do the Blanton Museum and The Contemporary today but I had forgotten how huge the Blanton is. Ground floor exhibit presents examinations of the relationships between three pairs of artists: I found Arshile Gorky/Isamu Noguchi engrossing; I felt I understood Gorky better (had no idea they knew each other). Then upstairs, the vast permanent collection of European, American and Latin American art. Gave up whimpering after an hour or so. Then found myself in a protest against something or other, who knows, outside the Capitol. Also, truly weird, a Waymo to the Blanton. Available on the Uber app here; same price, no tip because no driver. It was a great ride but I felt like I was in a movie. IMG_1375.mov

Oh, there's an after-party. Glad I am not headed to the airport tomorrow...

Damn, I remember Stubbs now with the music in the basement. Thanks again @backyardchef I wouldn't have thought of this. It's been so long.

Are you having any fun? Yes.

Lonesome Dove, my second visit. The fettine are like very thin slices of ballotine with exotic ingredients. The trio is only $24 compared with $18 for each individual selection, so top to bottom: duck/rabbit-rattlesnake sausage; black buck/pork belly; wild boar/lamb. Lots of things like blueberries and pistachios floating around. Wood-fired oysters were tasty but had stopped sizzling by the time the white wine showed up. Elk loin was hearty and heartily priced at $69. I could have eaten half of it for half the price. The meat was great, the spice and salt crust a little over-assertive. A couple of Texas reds, mourvedre and tannat, with this and coffee (no cheese plate here). Given I was committed to the elk and started with champagne it was bound to be $200 and so it was.

Judging by the pictures from Denton last night, they are bringing fluffy red cowboy hats.

Grilled smoked sausage with dill sauerkraut.

Did you bring roses (or cacti)?