So I grew up in Texas but never made it to Austin until a recent road trip with my mom. We spent the better part of a day there exploring, shopping, eating and just checking out the local culture. It was pretty much amazing. I loved it even more than I thought I would. More Texas trips are definitely in order. The old flame has been rekindled.
First stop was Cenote for some much needed pre-shopping caffeine and lunch. We stumbled on this place almost by accident but were glad we did! I'm only sorry I didn't get a photo of the house it was in because it was adorable.
Iced coffee for me (of course!) and some herbal tea for mom that I'm pretty sure she is still talking about!
We pretty much had our thrifting and shopping planned out since we were only there part of the day, so up first on our list was Treasure City Thrift. There was such a buzz about this place, we had to check it out. It was definitely not your average thrift shop, but very cool and we both found a few things there.
Next, we headed downtown, our first stop was Uncommon Object. I almost don't have words for how amazing this place was. It was so jam packed with so many different vignettes and little nooks full of the BEST stuff. I mean the absolute BEST stuff, it was hard to see it all.
Here are just a few snaps I took of some of the things that caught my eye.
Oh... books. I can't help it, I am just obsessed with old books.
This reminds me of high school biology class... ugh. But I love his dapper little bandana!
Jesus. Love Him, too.
After Uncommon Object, we found a place called Tesoros Trading Company. It was basically like a World Market with a Southwestern flair. So so good.
I kinda want to make a paper mache mask now.
After much more unpictured shopping, it was time for food again before hitting the road. So we stumbled on this great taco place called Maria's Taco Express which we picked mainly for it's proximity to the last thrift shop we wanted to check out. But it didn't disappoint, fun atmosphere and really great tacos!!
So once we were full of tacos, we hopped in our car that was full of treasures and headed further west!
