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💫READ: How I Turned my Love For Food Into a Bus

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🍕PIZZA PARTY🍕 We’ve got square pies, crisp

🍕PIZZA PARTY🍕 We’ve got square pies, crispy round pie, the best healthy veggie apps I’ve seen at a ‘Za joint, outdoor picnic tables, plenty of parking, and a place in Austin where you can actually get a big table last minute no ressie needed!!! @lovesupremepizzabar

Chek Recs:
🍕Square Pepp- yes, we all know it looks just like @psp_nyc this one is extra cheesy + soft dough
🍕Love Supreme - pepp, sausage, kale, olives, radish. This was my fave flavor wise! Crispy + crunchy dough
🍕Caesar Salad- chopped w basil oil
🍕Roasted Cauli- it has golden raisin pesto for crying out loud!
🍕Charred Broccoli- would def enjoy again when needing greens

Just when I thought I had eaten everything, a QUES

Just when I thought I had eaten everything, a QUESATACO comes along - a fried, cheesy, smoked barbacoa taco @rollinsmokeatxbbq .The BBQ creativity is really at the food trucks these days, plus you can BYOB, so I brought @dosequis Lime + Salt cans bc how awesome that it’s already mixed. Get the off-menu Burnt Ends, Player’s Pie, + add a little Dos pairing to wash it down! I shared the feast with two besties since age 13, and they were nice enough to brave the heat just so I could try a new-to-me BBQ spot. 🌮🌮🌮

P.S. Quesataco with beef cheek Sunday’s only! See 3rd pic for close up #getados #dosequis #dosequispartner

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☀️KRAUSE SPRINGS☀️ If you are looking to “get out of town” or a nature fix that isn’t too far, escape to Krause Springs a 45 min drive from Austin which two natural swimming holes— one is this giant cove with limestone hanging area + 👉🏻to see the spring-fed, man-made pool great for kids. It’s a lot less crowded post summer months, and you’ll feel that fresh recharge in the 68 degree water year round and maybe even some thrills if you dare to jump off the high rocks.

It lies on 115 acres complete with grills, a butterfly garden, and showers. Also, read my other favorite natural swimming hole day trips in bio link. 🦋🦋🦋

I don’t know a better photo that could sum me up

I don’t know a better photo that could sum me up, true or false?! More importantly, 👉🏻 here’s a nice look at my new crush—@birdiesaustin now open on the east side + what you should order:
💫Sicilian Choc Chip 🍪 + Soft Serve
💫Fish in a chilled corn broth
💫Panisse (kinda like chickpea fries)
💫Magical Spicy Peppers + Eggplant
💫 Venetian Spritz + Lucky Duck Pét Nat

They don’t take ressies and you order at the counter, so might wait in line a bit but the food flows. Lots of natural wine + hip hop jams on the back patio.

DO-NUT underestimate how many 🍩 I can eat in on

DO-NUT underestimate how many 🍩 I can eat in one day. I’ve been waiting for NEW @thesaltydonut to open in Austin ever since I tried a stuffed cookie dough brownie one in Miami years ago. So to be SURE I could give my best Chek Rec on this fried dough, we decided to make a day of it w 11 total btw @thesaltydonut @bougiesdonuts and KC’s.

The verdict: Salty is the most fun with great yard hangs & a seasonal mix of cake + brioche bases. Bougies has the best classic vanilla cake donut + KC’s is your great everyday pick-up + I will ALWAYS stand by the Cherry Iced (sans sprinks) at Shipley’s. However, let's be real, how can people eat donuts for breakfast everyday?? Then there isn’t much room for an after lunch cookie 😆

🦪Well, here’s some GOOD news!🦪 @otokoausti

🦪Well, here’s some GOOD news!🦪 @otokoaustin is NOW offering a $100, 12-course omakase called Kaiseki-Ryor —which is a pretty sweet deal starting TOMORROW and every First Thursday! This is the first time for a price-point like this, and you get to watch @yokaiberry put on a marvelous show at the counter + on your tastebuds. Tickets for all 3 omakase options go on sale on the 1st of every month-- p.s. the 22-course Sushi Omakase is back on Wednesday’s. 🍣🍣🍣 And yes, this is an oyster with an uni add on- wild!

I ❤️ tuna + sushi so much that (regardless of

I ❤️ tuna + sushi so much that (regardless of unpopular opinion)—I WILL indeed eat it for breakfast. Toro melts in your mouth, is best as nigiri, and really gets ya dancing in your seat! Here are a few of my favorite sushi spots that you CAN actually get in to last min + won’t kill your wallet around the US. This one is @elephantsushi in SF!

🍣AUSTIN
Tomodachi Sushi
@musashinoatx
@komeaustin
@tentenatx (see older post for full best of Austin list!)
🍣NYC
@blueribbonsushi
@sushionjones
@catch + lobster mac
@nyc_kanoyama
@momoyasushi
@kappomasanyc is $$$ but my 80 yr old client treated once + stole the fancy gelato spoon for me and I’ll never forget it
🍣SEATTLE
@shirosseattle my favorite of all time
🍣MIA
@pubbellyglobal crab roll + @katsuyabysbe
🍣LA
@sugarfishbynozawa

*** Now, who wants to go to Japan?!!

🏕BIG SUR🏕 - my dream trip to end the summer!

🏕BIG SUR🏕 - my dream trip to end the summer!! Nothing makes me happier than hiking, deep life convos, + a road side bakery situation! We slept in a yurt, ate the best wood-fired 🍕+ 🍷 over sunset, hiked 5 miles w an elevation gain of 1,870 ft. and sprinted after seeing a man kill a deer. We shared a memorable dinner next to 2 bi-coastal besties @deetjensbigsurinn who showed us what we would look like in 40 yrs — giggling + saying they wished to order the whole menu while telling us they were just like us but in older bodies. Big Sur Recs: 💫💫💫

⛰Stay + Yoga @treebonesresort (try to get into their sushi omakase)
⛰Hike Ragged Point Fire Road + Pfeiffer Falls
⛰Dinner @deetjensbigsurinn
⛰Fill up on Chocolate Banana Strudel @bigsurbakery
⛰Breakfast and a view @nepentherestaurant
⛰And when they allows outside guests, check out @esalen Hot Springs + Dinner @postranchinn

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