keep austin weird

one of the best things about austin is the people. they're creative, they care about the environment, they lean to the left. tonight i went to a bar with old friends and made some new friends. two of them live in a bus to reduce their carbon footprints. that's the guy's brother in the pictures/video. he lives next door in his own renovated bus.

the buses have kitchens, showers, shelves and a wood stove. they run on vegetable oil and generate electricity with solar panels. 40 square feet. the way kira described it, it sounded kind of fun.

so there are some perks in this town.

p.s. bread round 2: anadama

it's got a half a cup of molasses so it's dark and kind of sweet. i hit a tiny yeast snafu. it didn't 'foam' as it was supposed to, and wasn't rising. but with a little help from google, i got advice from a baker who said you can stick a heating pad under your bowl if it's a cold day.. and voila! in the third hour, it rose.

it tastes just like the bread at the county line. now all i need is some whipped honey butter.