Sherri took us to Austin to meet up with her sister Kristi for lunch. Well, we almost made it, till Sherri’s car decided to crap out on her. Kristi met us where we were broke down as did the tow truck driver. The car went to the shop and we went and had lunch at Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant.
Chuy's Restaurant
This was the best Mexican food we have had so far. The restaurant décor was Velvet Elvis. We tried to take a picture of the entry, but needed a shade for the glare. Checkout what we came up with, hubba, hubba, a live glare shade.
The glare shade was too small, so we opted for a photo taken in front of the entry.
Here we are with Kristi & Sherri
Kristi was now our tour guide through Austin since Sherri’s car would not be ready till the next day. We toured the downtown and surrounding areas.
State Capital
Victorian in Austin
We went to the headquarters of Whole Foods. OMG!!! This place was unreal, they had beautiful cases of various meats, cheeses, delicatestans, fruit and veggie and they even have a “Beer Alley”. The place is so big, they have a conveyer belt that takes your groceries to the parking garage and the workers will load them in your car for you.
Front of Whole Foods headquarters
Fruit stand
Johnny & Kristi in "Beer Alley"
We then went to Kristi’s house that she and her boyfriend Gary are remodeling. Kristi is currently establishing her business in Survivorship Planning, with the help of Sherri who is building the website. Gary is an established Chiropractor in the town of Austin. Gary and John started talking about cars and it was a funny consistence that John had 55 Chevy and Gary has 56 Chevy Nomad.
56 Chevy Nomad
In the evening, John and Sherri had a birthday dinner for their sister-in-law, Kathy. Kathy also lives in Ridge Harbor and travels back and forth to Iceland where her husband (Sherri’s brother), is Plant Manager for a major Aluminum factory.