As it's funny how much the fortunes 'O
"TWINKIEBOY" (Seb' Vettel) have changed in one year's time, eh? (And
that was before his shock leaving Red Bull announcement!) As this time last
year he was en route to tying the all-time consecutive wins tally of nine races
in-a-row whilst thoroughly dominating the Austin F1 weekend...
TUES, 11/12
It was hard to believe that it was one year
ago (Nov 13, 2012) when I'd forgone attending RUSH's Clockwork Angels concert
at Key Arena in Seattle in order to fly to Austin, Texas instead for their
debutant Formula 1 race which was a resounding success (and sell out) with
118,000+ F1 Aficionados attending, which I laboriously scribbled 'bout in;
And what seemingly has become a typical occurrence
for getting anywhere at a decent time from thee Pacific Northwest, once again I
was fated taking another Oh DARK 30 flight, this time departing at 7AM, with my
Shuttle arriving at 4AM after having abruptly awoken at 2:45AM; SHEISA!
Upon having been safely collected by my hosts
Claudio' & Nelie, and with their friends
(Larry & Karen) from North Carolina in town, we all inserted ourselves into
the mighty CRV and trundled off towards Lockhart in search of the apparently
world famous Black's Barbeque restaurante established in 1932, which Karen had
seen multiple times upon the Travel Channel.
There we had some fine eats as in brisquet
Y'all! Not to mention ribs, "Snazages" (Sausage) and beef to name just
a few of their tender morsels, not to mention the plethora of side dishes...
But Don't worry Y'all, there weren't NOBODY named Barrack trying to cut ahead
in our buffet line; Hooah!
After our driver Claudio had a little trouble
finding our route back home, we took a brief drive around Downtown Austin to
view the Capitol building, Governor Rick "Good Hair" Perry's Fortress;
Err mansion, etc before returning home...
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| Red Ferrari with TNT, shell, Pirelli, and Fiat logo, at 2013 Austin Fan Fest. (N & C' Photos) |
WED, 11/13
Really don't recall what all we did, although
after an early morning breakfast and send off of our guests and lazing around,
I think we all collapsed and went to bed early, having been sleep deprived the
past two Dazes...
THURS, 11/14
Spending Thursday leisurely, I mused that
evening that it was just another typical day in Austin; Hya! First having been
rear ended by some speedy Toyota Camry whose entire grill, front facia and hood
were smashed-in upon clobbering our CRV's rear mounted spare tyre. As our heads
were thrust harshly into the seatback as we were trying to pull out into
traffic.
Then as we exited the 'Regal Beagle cinema
where we'd gone to purchase tickets for the special screening of Clockwork
Angels, Claudio said that's funny, there's a "Copper" next to our
car... And upon entering our vehicle I asked Claudio if he'd rolled up my
window? Then in the middle of the spacious parking lot he came to an abrupt
halt and said what's this on my window? It was a note from APD (Austin Police
Department) saying windows down, key in ignition; you're asking for I-T!
Informing us they'd rolled up our windows; Aye Karumba!
then upon the way to the local Colver's
restaurante, as our guests had informed us they've got the bestest cheese
burgers & frozen custard; Somebody Give Me a cheeseburger; Hooah!
We passed
by a local climbing wall with a flotilla of Austin Fire Dept vehicles
parked in front of it, as they were busy practicing their repelling techniques;
Yep! Just another typical day in Austin, right? Hooah!
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| Tomaso & Claudio pose with red Ferrari at 2013 Austin Fan Fest. (N & C' Photos) |
As I mused over this during the first of many
fine dinners prepared by Nelie, while I decided to stay home and get a good
nights rest instead of attending Hells Belles opening night performance of Austin's
Fan Fest, which I was glad I'd chosen to
do so as Claudio returned home from their concert at 12:30AM! Making our 6:30AM
wake-up call to go to the track seem exceedingly early...
Although we've now both lamented this past year how
we wished that we'd gone to check out
'Wee Willie Buxom's (Will Buxton) charity extravaganza at the Speakeasy instead!
Which is on our agenda this time 'round...
(All photo's courtesy of Austin Correspondents
Nelie & Claudio')