Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Light

falling clutter
wings a-flutter
nearly crowning
almost drowning
help me up
loving cup
almost morning
without warning
help me cope
now there's hope
heaven above
filled with love

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Burgers so far...


For the ten burgers off the list that I’ve tried, I decided I should rate them.  After all, it’s a nice round number, right?  Well, here goes.

1.        Max’s Wine Dive – cooked to perfection and smothered with a thick slab of brie.  Add in a place full of personality and this burger easily tops my list (so far!!).

2.       Alamo Springs Café –an excellent taste experience.  It didn’t quite send me into ecstasy like Max’s did, and the atmosphere does detract a little from the total experience (too hot and no A/C).

3.       Gourmet Burger Grill – a truly great experience all the way around.  Lots of interesting and unique toppings to try.

4.       Roaring Fork – one of these days, I’ll have to go back and see if I can handle the Big Ass burger, but the Half Ass was heaven on a bun.

5.       The Cove – the melding of flavors on the Texas burger will make you beg for more.

6.       Fatty’s – the flavorful burger came perfectly cooked and dripping in juices.  Kudos to the new owners for thinking outside the (ice)box with an ice cream burger that will give you a unique burger experience.

7.       Big’z – make sure you get it dirty – you won’t be disappointed!

8.       Koffee Kup – the burger was overcooked from how I ordered it, but it was good and messy like a burger should be.

9.       Roadhouse – fresh jalapenos and a thick slab of cream cheese topped this burger off well.

10.   Café Michael – the mushrooms and onions on the burger saved this burger from blandness.

It's interested how differently I rated these as opposed to Texas Monthly's ratings, but I guess that's why there is never a shortage of new burger places for us to try!  I've been having a blast so far - just wish I was better at describing how good these have been and how much fun it's been.  Right now, my bigger issue is that I’m going to have problems trying to convince my husband I need to drive to Dallas for a burger (not to mention the eight hours to El Paso), but I’ll work on him!  At least the places in Austin can be easily reached.

Local Trip for Burger #10

I was downtown today, so I managed to swing by Mark's Outing (recently renamed from Fatty's Burgers and More) for the #18 burger on the list.  Just for fun, I decided to try one of Mark's new creations - the ice cream burger.  It came with the usual toppings - along with a scoop of fried strawberry ice cream!  Interesting is what I would have to call it - didn't hate it, but wouldn't really rush back for another.  The burger itself, however, was definitely worth going back for.  Not too big, not too small, seasoned just right and good and juicy (needed lots of napkins).  If you're interested, here's a picture:

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Hico rocks!

Spent half of  yesterday driving up 281 to Hico, TX for the #41 burger on the list - a jalapeno cream cheese burger that apparently led the Texas Monthly people to start compiling this list just to be able to get another taste of one.  Which just makes me wonder why it's only at 41 on the list.  I found it to be pretty darn good; however, they did ask me how I wanted the burger and then did not proceed to cook it to my specifications.  That was definitely my only complaint as I tried to finish the 1/2 pound monster, which is probably still sitting on my thighs.

Definitely worth checkout out there as well are the Cactus Jack burger (messy but worth it), fried pickles for an appetizer, the superb onion rings, and the worth-the-entire-trip pies.  We tried peanut butter cream, coconut cream, and pecan fudge - none of which disappointed any of us.