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March 10, 2007
BBQ and Karaoke
It didn't take long to get into the spirit of SXSW. After the opening panel, I crammed into a car with Jay Dedman, Richard Hall and his wife Maureen, driving about 30 minutes outside of Austin to Driftwood - I'll say that again - Driftwood, Texas, for barbecue. You might wonder why someone would leave Austin and go more than 20 miles away for something you can find in every corner juke joint in the city. It's because Austin doesn't have Salt Lick.
Salt Lick is hard to describe. A rambling ranch of a place filled with picnic tables and pickle jars, some located in indoor halls, others under shade trees outside. And it oozes BBQ - some of the best I've ever eaten. The good folks at Divx organized the event, bringing together a few dozen vloggers over ribs, cole slaw, mashed potatoes and BYOB beer. (It's a dry county.) Good times were had by all.
We then spent the next - oh, I have no idea how long it took, but it felt like hours - getting lost on the far side of Austin, trying to find a Karaoke bar, where a surprise birthday bash was being held for Casey McKinnon. By the time we got there, we missed the surprise, but that's okay. (And who know Casey was so petite in real life?) After that it was karaoke, Texas vs. Baylor, and more karaoke. I wanted to sing "Bandages" by Hot Hot Heat, but they didn't have it in the karaoke machine. I was off the hook. -andy
Tags: bbq | Casey McKinnon | Divx | Jay Dedman | karaoke | Richard Hall | sxsw | vloggers
Posted by acarvin at March 10, 2007 8:58 AM
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