Sunday, September 28, 2008

Masses of People go to ACL

We didn't go to the Austin City Limits festival but the authorities closed part of San Antonio street one block over and buses shuttled hundreds of people back and forth to Zilker. You can see the buses and lines beyond the parking garage roof below our place. When I went to my tennis game, I saw people parking near Mopac to walk or catch rides of some kind. There was a veritable migration of people. Mostly we tried to dodge the traffic in our day's adventures. Added to this crowd was a burnt orange sea of people who watched the University of Texas beat Arkansas. In the evening, we threaded through that crowd going home to go out by Lake Travis and go to a party toasting the opera's new season. A few people looked from their 'fashion' like they had come from the game, but mostly there were just Austinites who don't go to ACL or games. Yes, we exist! Before I went to bed I saw a traffic jam on the street below of cars trying to get out of the parking garage. One thing about having a condo downtown is that you have a private parking place.

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