Spring Break, Y'all

It was not my intention to be absent from the blogoshpere for so long!  TH and I are just returning from my little brother's place in Austin, Texas and the South by Southwest Festival.  I brought my computer, expecting to do a little blogging, but the trip was a whirlwind of music, eating, site seeing, and bar games.

As usual, I stuffed my departure carry-on with dehydrated goodies; this time Cranberry Maple Granola (subbing blueberries) and corn chips, both from Raw Food Real World. The granola was a big hit with everyone who sampled it.

Viv did not get to go on this trip* (a week vacation does not call for checked baggage in TH's mind), so I encouraged the boys to get their vitamins with me, via green smoothies from The Daily Juice or Whole Foods.

*Don't worry,  a friend checked in on her in our absence.  :)

The Austin Whole Foods is actually the flagship store and it is magnificent.  There is a raw food bar which  I visited on numerous occasions.  It's not very often that I get to sample raw food that is not prepared by me.

raw tostada

mock tuna salad

Whole Foods also has a new wine bar, which was surprisingly bumpin'!  Friends of ours joined us in Austin for a few days of the festival and we sampled beer and champagne flights.  It was so much fun to hang out at the bar, occasionally sending someone off on a mission to find delicious, healthy snacks.  I think we spent five hours there one afternoon/evening.  (Whole Foods, will you please come to Anchorage??) 

Austin is a funky, eclectic, vibrant community.  There is a palatable creative energy that seems to pulse through the city.  Here are a few scenes from our week, before I hop on our flight to Anchorage.

 Question:  Did you have a spring break?  If so, what did you do?