Maker Faire

KarenD did a good job of posting photos of our weekend trip, but I'll find one or two to add here.

We did have a great time at the Maker Faire outside of Austin. Weird people from all over were there. I enjoyed gawking at them as much as at the robots and other cool gadgets around. There were also booths with organic foods. Hubby bought some bison jerky which was really good. I got honey from Round Rock. This photo is the DietCoke/Mentos demo. They had those spurts of Coke dancing, swaying, crossing in patterns; it was awesome! And a little wet!!


Whole Foods was once place I did not take pictures and wished I had. It was amazing! Did you know there's PINK salt? There were so many unusual foods my eyes could hardly take it all in. And, there's a restaurant where you can get delicious food (gourmet variety) to go or eat in. The bakery was awesome as well as the cheese counter, spice aisle, and oils, to name a few. We also got a "splurge" bottle of oil/spices combo for dipping bread...yum!


Katz's Deli was interesting. The decor, food, and service were like being in a NY deli complete with subway theme and Jewish food. We had links and sauerkraut topped off with a HUGE cheesecake we all shared! mmmmm

IKEA was an experience, too, although this one was Swedish! While the furnishings are not necessarily my taste (too angular) I loved the accessories and gadgets they had. I got out of there for under $100 which I thought was good! Here's Alan at the end of our shopping:

Yes, our carts our full! haha

It was a beautiful fall weekend for an outing, and it felt like we had a much-needed mini-vacation! Sweet!