Uncle Billy’s Brew & Cue

Tonight I had dinner with Warren and Janice at Uncle Billy’s Brew & Cue down on Barton Springs Road. That was some darn good food! We had brisket, jalapeño & cheese sausage, baby back ribs, macaroni & cheese, and green beans. The brisket was great — almost as good as the County Line’s. The sausage was quite good too. The best part of the meal though had to be the green beans. They were crispy and spicy, just like homemade. I tried a couple of beers there, including Uncle Billy’s own Hefeweizen and a pint of Live Oak Octoberfest.

Afterward we went to Amy’s Ice Creams on 6th Street, where Warren treated us to some delicious desert. I had the Jamaican coffee ice cream — a creamy coffee-flavored ice cream spiked with Jamaican rum. Yum!

Tomorrow I'm heading up to Dallas for a few days with family. We will celebrate my grandfather's 90th birthday and Thanksgiving together.

Biking & BBQ with Åsa B.

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Sunday I joined Åsa B. for a nice bike ride in Hellas. We started behind Hammarbybacken and took the blue trail as far as Hellasgården. Then we went part of the way around Källtorpssjön, where we stopped so I could take a quick dip in the cool water by PG’s Udde.

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After the ride, we retired to Åsa's lovely balcony for a little barbecue. We fixed a couple of kinds of sausage and ate them on a fresh baguette with potato salad and fresh green salad. Yummy, except for the very bland so-called Chorizo sausage.

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With the great view from her balcony, Åsa and I sat out there sunning ourselves and drinking beer. Here are all the photos from the bike ride and barbecue. This is the life!