Woke Up in Texas

My head is all sorts of pounding. With the school year ending Monday afternoon and my flight to Austin, Texas on Wednesday morning, my body crunks and shimmies clumsily towards grasping a new routine. But my next two weeks won’t offer this part of me, the part of me that thrives off order and predictability, much in the way of comfort. I’ll be out and about. I’ll shun standard daily dealings for a brief stint behind the wheel. I’ll be flying by the whim and fancy of my appetite. All my appetites. But first of course, a well needed breakfast. Aching with a real hunger headache upon arrival, we hit the granola-hipster hang-out, Bouldin Creek Cafe. Austin-old timer and new-timer, Ms. CandyPenny, had high praises about their flavorful tofu scramble. So I opted for their Bouldin House Omelet with the tofu substitution, a side of potato hash cake and red and black bean medley. The perfect remedy for my hungry head.

To balance the buds, a visit to Sugar Mama’s Bake Shop, which offers several vegan cupcake options, was next. They had a pineapple upside-down cupcake-a moist, spiced cake topped with Hostess Fruit Pie-esqe fruit compote-and Strawberry Lemonade, a berry-infused cupcake with a high head of sweet lemonade-y icing. Both were vegan. We decided to skip the Mint Chocolate cupcake which was also vegan. Not a fan of minty sweets. 
Later, after lounging a bit in the cool AC of Texas Leslie‘s home and playing with cute dogs (below), CP and I hit Wheatsville Co-op for dunch. I picked up a Tofu Po’boy, deliciously breaded tofu, tahini and fresh veggies on a soft hero. Something about the onion, soft bread and tahini brought a nostalgic White Castle flavor to my head. Weird, I know. Nonetheless, the sandwich was very good… eating it in within the soiled concrete and pigeon-populated outdoor seating area, not so much.
I mentioned the dogs. Peanut, a sweet, rambunctious Chihuahua whose tongue licks as fast as his little heart beats, lives next store to Texas Leslie. Boy, what a hyperactive little guy! He has it bad for Friday, below, but c’mon… wouldn’t you?
Here’s Friday, the dapper dog who is strikingly similar to my ol’ dog Pancake. What a sweetheart!