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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week.
Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. And is there anything local to Texas he could get? (Thinking of something with a repeat of Bush dynasty portraits that could be embroidered with pistol-range target patterns or luminous vampire teeth...). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Is he going to the percussion convention? I'll be there, too.
I'll check my travel book to see if there are any fabric shops and let you know. Off hand, I guess there aren't any fabric shops in the downtown area. But let's hope I'm wrong! KJ "Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. And is there anything local to Texas he could get? (Thinking of something with a repeat of Bush dynasty portraits that could be embroidered with pistol-range target patterns or luminous vampire teeth...). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. I'm talking to DSis right now and she looked in the Yellow Pages but couldn't find any fab shops in the downtown area that he could walk to. The "music" part of town is on 6th St. and she says it should be walking distance from a downtown. He MUST try Texas barbecue and DSis says he could walk to Whole Foods, INL HQ which is a humongous market with a restaurant inside that sells good BBQ. It is also walking distance from downtown on 6th & LaMarr. Another downtown restaurant that serves fairly good BBQ is Pokey Joes. She says none of the places in the music district have good BBQ -- other types f good food, just not BBQ. She found one quilt shop that advertises 5,00 bolts of fabric plus loads of books and accessories & tools. It is The Quilt Shop at 2700 W. Anderson Lane and the phone is 512-453-1145. She thinks it is near North Cross Mall and she says the young man should easily be able to get a bus to the mall and then walk to the quilt shop. I just looked in the Yellow Pages Online and found only a few shops for Austin and none of them look to be easily gotten to using public transpo. The Quilt Shop is just off Mopac South which is one of the biggest roadways in the city. There is Ginger's which is off of I-35 but I'm not sure what the fabric selection is like nor am I sure how easy it would be to get there using public transpo. I have been there several times but it was more a needlework shop at the time and has since started carrying a lot more fabric. Anyway, give the young man this info and have him ask the concierge at the hotel for assistance in getting about. OH -- DSis also said there was a fairly new museum right in downtown that is loaded with Texas history. She was in a hurry and on her speaker phone so I didn't get the name but I'm sure the concierge at the hotel would be able to get this info. Hope some of this will help and the young man has a nice time in the States. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. ...... My DSis (Betsy) lives in Austin and I can ask her. Could you tell me the location of the hotel the young man will be staying at so that DSis will have a more precise area to consider? I've been to what I think of as downtown and I don't know about any fab shops but there are some *wonderful* little restaurants, bars, bistros, etc. that have absolutely superb music of all sorts! Make sure the young man knows about this aspect of Austin night life!!! I would hate for him to miss out on it if he has any way of getting to this part of town. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
I'm going to save this message too. I'm going to be in Austin for a
percussion convention the week after next. BBQ...yum! KJ "Tia Mary" wrote in message ... Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. I'm talking to DSis right now and she looked in the Yellow Pages but couldn't find any fab shops in the downtown area that he could walk to. The "music" part of town is on 6th St. and she says it should be walking distance from a downtown. He MUST try Texas barbecue and DSis says he could walk to Whole Foods, INL HQ which is a humongous market with a restaurant inside that sells good BBQ. It is also walking distance from downtown on 6th & LaMarr. Another downtown restaurant that serves fairly good BBQ is Pokey Joes. She says none of the places in the music district have good BBQ -- other types f good food, just not BBQ. She found one quilt shop that advertises 5,00 bolts of fabric plus loads of books and accessories & tools. It is The Quilt Shop at 2700 W. Anderson Lane and the phone is 512-453-1145. She thinks it is near North Cross Mall and she says the young man should easily be able to get a bus to the mall and then walk to the quilt shop. I just looked in the Yellow Pages Online and found only a few shops for Austin and none of them look to be easily gotten to using public transpo. The Quilt Shop is just off Mopac South which is one of the biggest roadways in the city. There is Ginger's which is off of I-35 but I'm not sure what the fabric selection is like nor am I sure how easy it would be to get there using public transpo. I have been there several times but it was more a needlework shop at the time and has since started carrying a lot more fabric. Anyway, give the young man this info and have him ask the concierge at the hotel for assistance in getting about. OH -- DSis also said there was a fairly new museum right in downtown that is loaded with Texas history. She was in a hurry and on her speaker phone so I didn't get the name but I'm sure the concierge at the hotel would be able to get this info. Hope some of this will help and the young man has a nice time in the States. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Howdy!
Almost everybody has b-b-que in Austin, most of it is delicious. g http://www.10best.com/Austin/Restaur...cue/index.html We always stay at the Driskill overnight in Austin, as downtown as downtown can be. http://www.driskillhotel.com/ No fabric shops right around there, but plenty of city buses, and pedicabs for evening traffic between the night spots. Thursday nights are THE party night of the week in Austin, w/ crowds of (mostly young) people doing the pub crawl, beer joints, blues bars, comedy shows, more booze & parties. I can put him (via you) in touch w/ some 20-somethings there who can give the ins & outs of life in downtown Austin (my older son lives there). One of the must-do's on my list is tramping thru' the shops on S.Congress. Funky, junky, antique-y, weird and fun. They all offer something different. I like the ones that sell cheapie accessories from Mexico (I stock up on carved, wooden cats). Digging around the shelves turns up many an odd piece of vintage fabric and worn quilt. Getting there by bus is easy, w/ plenty of sidewalk space for browsing. http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,75893/36/record.html It doesn't sparkle but it's real. Another gotta' eat there place is Kerby Lane on South Lamar (also accessible by bus): Kerbey Lane Café 2700 S Lamar Blvd Absolutely the best pancakes I've ever tasted, esp. the gingerbread ones (I have a recipe for these and it's always a hit w/ family and guests). It's not fancy, but it's delish. Local memorabilia? Well, we got the tur..er.. what's his name out of the state, mostly (he's not from here anyway) so there's very little furor for or against his royal pain-in-the-buttness in Austin. But there are still plenty of yahoos near the Capitol, maybe we can send the current piker aka Governor Good Hair (thanks, Molly Ivins) to your part of the world; for good/ever. g Right now it's pretty much campaign buttons and the Texas Flag everywhere. Don't know about the vampire types but there's the every night Flight of the Bats on Congress Ave: http://www.austincityguide.com/conte...ats-austin.asp again, right there in downtown, accessible via the city bus or by walking. Happy Trails/Travels to Marion's son. Ragmop/Sandy--north of Austin in n.Tx. ;-) On 10/27/06 11:33 AM, in article Txq0h.254755$1i1.3062@attbi_s72, "KJ" wrote: I'm going to save this message too. I'm going to be in Austin for a percussion convention the week after next. BBQ...yum! KJ "Tia Mary" wrote in message ... Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. I'm talking to DSis right now and she looked in the Yellow Pages but couldn't find any fab shops in the downtown area that he could walk to. The "music" part of town is on 6th St. and she says it should be walking distance from a downtown. He MUST try Texas barbecue and DSis says he could walk to Whole Foods, INL HQ which is a humongous market with a restaurant inside that sells good BBQ. It is also walking distance from downtown on 6th & LaMarr. Another downtown restaurant that serves fairly good BBQ is Pokey Joes. She says none of the places in the music district have good BBQ -- other types f good food, just not BBQ. Jack wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. And is there anything local to Texas he could get? (Thinking of something with a repeat of Bush dynasty portraits that could be embroidered with pistol-range target patterns or luminous vampire teeth...). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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fabric shops in Austin. TX
Oh gosh Sandy....now I don't want to work at the convention...I want to go
shopping! Darn. KJ "Sandy Ellison" wrote in message ... Howdy! Almost everybody has b-b-que in Austin, most of it is delicious. g http://www.10best.com/Austin/Restaur...cue/index.html We always stay at the Driskill overnight in Austin, as downtown as downtown can be. http://www.driskillhotel.com/ No fabric shops right around there, but plenty of city buses, and pedicabs for evening traffic between the night spots. Thursday nights are THE party night of the week in Austin, w/ crowds of (mostly young) people doing the pub crawl, beer joints, blues bars, comedy shows, more booze & parties. I can put him (via you) in touch w/ some 20-somethings there who can give the ins & outs of life in downtown Austin (my older son lives there). One of the must-do's on my list is tramping thru' the shops on S.Congress. Funky, junky, antique-y, weird and fun. They all offer something different. I like the ones that sell cheapie accessories from Mexico (I stock up on carved, wooden cats). Digging around the shelves turns up many an odd piece of vintage fabric and worn quilt. Getting there by bus is easy, w/ plenty of sidewalk space for browsing. http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,75893/36/record.html It doesn't sparkle but it's real. Another gotta' eat there place is Kerby Lane on South Lamar (also accessible by bus): Kerbey Lane Café 2700 S Lamar Blvd Absolutely the best pancakes I've ever tasted, esp. the gingerbread ones (I have a recipe for these and it's always a hit w/ family and guests). It's not fancy, but it's delish. Local memorabilia? Well, we got the tur..er.. what's his name out of the state, mostly (he's not from here anyway) so there's very little furor for or against his royal pain-in-the-buttness in Austin. But there are still plenty of yahoos near the Capitol, maybe we can send the current piker aka Governor Good Hair (thanks, Molly Ivins) to your part of the world; for good/ever. g Right now it's pretty much campaign buttons and the Texas Flag everywhere. Don't know about the vampire types but there's the every night Flight of the Bats on Congress Ave: http://www.austincityguide.com/conte...ats-austin.asp again, right there in downtown, accessible via the city bus or by walking. Happy Trails/Travels to Marion's son. Ragmop/Sandy--north of Austin in n.Tx. ;-) On 10/27/06 11:33 AM, in article Txq0h.254755$1i1.3062@attbi_s72, "KJ" wrote: I'm going to save this message too. I'm going to be in Austin for a percussion convention the week after next. BBQ...yum! KJ "Tia Mary" wrote in message ... Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. I'm talking to DSis right now and she looked in the Yellow Pages but couldn't find any fab shops in the downtown area that he could walk to. The "music" part of town is on 6th St. and she says it should be walking distance from a downtown. He MUST try Texas barbecue and DSis says he could walk to Whole Foods, INL HQ which is a humongous market with a restaurant inside that sells good BBQ. It is also walking distance from downtown on 6th & LaMarr. Another downtown restaurant that serves fairly good BBQ is Pokey Joes. She says none of the places in the music district have good BBQ -- other types f good food, just not BBQ. Jack wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. And is there anything local to Texas he could get? (Thinking of something with a repeat of Bush dynasty portraits that could be embroidered with pistol-range target patterns or luminous vampire teeth...). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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