Old Pecan Street Festival

The 27th Annual Fall Pecan Street Festival was held this weekend. In the oldern days when Austin was laid out, the north/south streets were named after Texas rivers and the east/west streets were named after Texas trees. See, Austin was eco before it was cool (and annoying). While the north/south streets are still named after the Texas Rivers, the east/west streets got the old numbering system. Pecan Street is now the infamous 6th Street, but twice a year, it reverts back to Pecan Street for the bi-annual festival.

The festival featured free admission (of course!), 250 arts and craft vendors, musical and performing artists, art classes, dance classes, international foods, a carnival, petting zoo, and much more. Tommy Tutone, of 867-5309 fame, headlined on Saturday night and sadly, we missed it. Wonder if they played more than the one song?

Instead of eating festival food, we decided to try a new Vietnamese / Thai place called Mekong River. While we were not impressed by the spring roll, the entrees were pretty decent. Not sure if we will return though, there seem to be other Thai and Vietnamese places that are superior.

 

Kid-A-Pult in front of the Frost Building

(too bad they're strapped in)

 

Tap Dancing thugs