Austin and everything after

imlad and I spent a week in Austin, TX, with faerywolf's Feri workshops as a centerpiece. But it was also a true vacation, and an experience I'd only previously had as a 3-day blitz during the Nebula Awards.

I should probably start by saying that it was 100 degrees, at least, every goddamn day. This was my fault, of course, for visiting East Texas in June, though the proprietress of Ancient Mysteries told us that the weather had come early, and usually it's ten degrees cooler around this time. Thanks, Texas, for knowing I was coming. Heatstroke, anyone?

Luckily, I've been to Burning Man a couple of times, and know to carry water around with me and drink it even when I don't feel thirsty. Even luckilyer, just about everything is air conditioned down there. I mostly only had to handle the heat between the house and the car and between the car and wherever we were going.

Besides the workshop and some other personal magical work we did, which was all super-intense, we did what one generally does in Austin: ate tex-mex and barbecue, drank margaritas and beer, hung out with cool people, listened to amazing live music, and went to the Botanical Gardens. Oh, and ogled the ubiquitous scorching-hot waitstaff. Ngarrgh.

For further evidence of our trip (but sadly, not of the hot waitstaff), ( clicky. (I cut because I care.) )