Austin - Kerbey Lane Cafe and Symphony on the Green

Lunch at the Kerbey Lane Cafe was pretty good. This is a kind of a diner, but not in the sense of the rest of the nation. The food is kind of southwestern. We had a 25 minute wait or so before getting a table. The placed was pretty packed. Apparently there are 4 of these, all open 24-7. It's a pretty good franchise.

This was such a big lunch that we had a small picnic for dinner while waiting for the Symphony on the Green to start. This is a summer institution where the Austin Symphony plays each week for free in the open air. This week was a brass quintet with a selection of baroque and classical short pieces. The harmony was wonderful. The shortness of the pieces and the explanations by the quintet members kept the crowd in touch. The setting was the Long Center for the Performing Arts, south of Town Lake.


















Our picnic included the goat cheese from yesterday's farmer's market, along with fresh fruit.


















Some had Hooters to Go, from down the street.

As usual, the crowd included dogs.


















The quintet members played trumpet, cornet, French horn, trombone, and tuba, as well as this (some strange name I forgot - oops, H remembered it is a cornetto).

The story of the night was the kids. First one, then another, then more kids found themselves drawn to this surface. They all danced, wiggled, strutted, giggled, and generally had a good time.

The kids were gorgeous!

As the evening drew on, the light became slanted and rosy, making the kids even more beautiful. What a future Austin has!