January 2012 Tour: Day 14

1/22/12: San Antonio & Flipnotics Coffee Space, Austin, TX


Before we headed to Austin, David and I checked out a local vegetarian restaurant in San Antonio, Green Vegetarian Cuisine. They do brunch on Sundays, so we were pretty excited about it. I think good breakfast is the hardest thing to find as a vegan.


Everything on the menu at Green Vegetarian Cuisine was vegetarian, though not much of it vegan. David and I each had their vegan breakfast tacos with hash browns, and we split a praline muffin.




The food was pretty good, though I'd like to have seen more vegan options on the menu. I'd place it above some other vegan food I have had at restaurants, but I still think Ethos Vegan Kitchen in Orlando has been my favorite so far. It was cool, though, that this particular restaurant had a small garden on site, which serve as home grown ingredients for the food. And the place was packed- always a good sign.

We drove about an hour and fifteen minutes to get to Austin from San Antonio. By this time, I was really not feeling well, and just wanted to get the gig over with. I was excited about it though, as I was sharing the show with Martin Bemberg, of Memphis Pencils. I've always enjoyed his music, and it was cool to hear him play solo. His sound is so unique. Such a breath of fresh air. He's got such a clean, effortless voice, which is a nice contrast to his often distorted/reverby guitar.

Martin Bemberg

Flipnotics was a cool place. They had a listening room separate from where the coffee is ordered and made. They also have plenty of seating outside. It was a really nice day out, so the majority of the customers were sitting outside. I played to a handful of people, who really enjoyed the music. This was not one of my biggest or most lucrative gigs, but it was cool to hang out in Austin for a bit. I had never been, and had always heard good things.


We had gotten to the venue early, so David and I decided to take a walk around Austin. There were very cool trail/walkways going into the downtown area, and plenty of people out and about utilizing them. I'd definitely like to return to Austin again. It seems like the typical progressive oasis town, like Asheville, Athens, or Fayetteville, with a big emphasis on art and youth culture, bicycles, and the environment. Seems like my kind of place.