Jun
23
On The Road Again
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On the road again. This time headed for Austin, Texas, on another work project.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Texas again after our roadtrip from Houston to Big Bend to Marfa last year. I’m expecting tasty barbecue, great live music and lots of big hats.
If this work assignment is similar to the last one in England there won’t be too much spare time. But I do intend to make the most of it, and to find out why the city’s unofficial motto is “Keep Austin Weird.”
8 Comments
June 25th, 2007 at 3:38 am
That guy in your picture is a good example of the growing number of people who make the mistake of chosing comfort over style when travelling. White trainers/black socks/chinos! And I bet he’s going to carry on that case rather than stow it. All wrong.
June 25th, 2007 at 10:51 am
So what’s your traveling uniform?
June 25th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
For the last one it was: navy blue Canali super 120′s suit, white Thomas Pink shirt (open at the neck), black John Lobb shoes & a tan Burberry mac. I was in business class already but, had I not been, they’d have upgraded me anyhow as I was looking pretty sharp. Unlike your typical sloth traveller pictured above who is dressed for digging ditches.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Does it make a difference if sloth traveler is sitting in the JetBlue lounge?
Every seat on our Embraer 190 was the same. Even if sloth traveler had been wearing a tux, he could never have been upgraded.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
That’s true, I remember the internal US flights I took… Very dreary affairs.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
So, would you dress down? Or would you still sock it to ‘em with the open collar Thomas Pink shirt?
June 26th, 2007 at 3:33 am
But open collar IS dress down.
March 30th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
So why is city’s unofficial motto “Keep Austin Weird”?