Taco time!

We walked over to this delightful food truck which specializes in tacos the other day. The fried avocado tacos were delicious. Turns out that the owner's family is related to mine.

Big music truck

This 18-wheeler was parked near the Austin Music Hall the other night. The sign on the side kind of lurched out of the darkness.

RockabillIE music!

Elizabeth McQueen provided the tunes at the grand opening of a new ballroom at the Hyatt on a recent night.

Old car, hip look

Here's a great-looking car we saw in front of Nau's Drugstore the other day.

Wayback politics

They had to dig hard to find this one-- plus a Hello Kitty to balance it out.

Retro Tennis

Last Saturday Westwood Country Club had a wooden racket tournament and our head pro went all out with retro short shorts and head band. I didn't participate. An old lady (me) playing on a clay court with other 'women of a certain age' is retro enough.

Tending the Wounded

In this shot you see more of the scene from the Vietnam Veterans memorial. The soldier's arm from yesterday was that of the wounded soldier on the right. The designers intended him to be one of our South Vietnamese allies. However, he was later 'changed' to an Asian-American soldier. I read in the newspaper  recently that they didn't change all the elements of his uniform and, in fact, there are epaulets and other details that would mark it as a South Vietnamese uniform. The reason for changing it to an Asian-American was to complete the ethnic tableau of the soldiers.  White, black, Hispanic, Native American were already represented. (I have to confess, I just saw soldiers.) There was also the issue that this monument was about Texans who died. Dog tags with the names of the dead are entombed in the monument.

Soldier's Arm

In this detailed shot from the Vietnam Veterans memorial on the Capitol Grounds you can see how realistic the soldier's skin appears (especially with the rain drops that were dotting the statue that day).

Vietnam Veterans

In the Vietnam War, 3417 Texans fought and never returned. There is a memorial on the Capitol Grounds that was dedicated this year to those who fought in that war.

Good runnin', mom!

These pretty dogs were patiently waiting for their masters to come back from exercise class on the Great Lawn at Zilker Park the other day. I wish I had had my good camera with me, but this shot isn't bad.

That Big Ole Moon

The Super Harvest Moon a couple of weeks ago as it rises above the Frost Bank Tower.

There's A New View

When you live in a dense urban area, your view can change. This sunset reflection now includes the topped and almost completed Colorado Tower. Before it went up you could see the top of another building on Congress. (See here about a year and a half ago.)

Workin on the night pour

I couldn't sleep the other night but that had a silver lining -- I was able to get this photo of the crews doing a pour at the Trammell Crow development.

Crafty tattoos

This nice lady has tattoos which reflect her profession of creating artistic works.

Fly into Fantasy

The lobby of the new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and South Lamar has some vintage vehicles to imagine flying away hanging from the ceiling.

Where's the mate?

How did this lady not realize that she had lost a shoe?

Pretty porch

This porch looked inviting on a sunny day -- it even had a sunrise carved into the front aspect of it-- and some birds, too.

Little blue shoe

Yet another entry in our lost shoe series -- this one just north of the University of Texas campus.

A nice touch of color

We got this pretty array of flowers as part of our invitation to the Ballet Austin Fete. They fit in nicely against a small selection of our books that we have in our alcove desk.

Xeriscaping at its best!

Lining up this batch of cacti took some work!

Apartment Slogan

This mural inside the garage entrance of the AMLI apartments between Colorado and Lavaca brings the slogan of the apartments to life I guess.

Drenched to the Bone

We could use some rain. But this graffiti makes one wonder about the saying "drenched to the bone." Captured on West Lynn.

Graffiti Wall

We've posted many pictures of the offering of graffiti on this wall coming up to the overpass on North Lamar. Our friend Jackie caught the wall in this state with the mixed up paint that comes out gray and white and taupe which was then covered by drips from various bright colored paint buckets. Is it art? Was what it covered art? For some examples of what has appeared on this wall: click here or here or here or here.

Livestrong

We've shown a picture of this mural before (by the 5th street tracks near Robert Martinez) but FFP decided to shoot a picture with his phone a few days ago. We still don't really 'get' the mural. I like that I caught him taking a picture of it.

Bright memorial

Someone went to a lot of trouble to make this pretty shrine on the north shore of Lady Bird Lake.

A slew of stickers

This car's backside has a lot of things to say!

A bit of history

This interesting historical marker is on Sixth Street. Mr. Samuleson was a legend.

Rush is on!

This sign on a top sorority at The University of Texas says it all.

No pearls -- just great eating

We recently dined on these delicious oysters at Clark's, a local restaurant. They were from Washington state.

Rust and Ruin

While walking down Robert Martinez the other day on the east side, we saw lots of modern infill and well-kept cottages. But an old garage that had seen its heyday long ago yielded this detail of a rusty hinge and weathered boards for today's City Daily Photo theme day: rust and ruin. Click here to see other interpretations of the theme from around the world.