Austinist: Truesday: Making Moves, Cutting Shake

stateoftheheart

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:30:41 -0600

all I read was migas.... mmm migas....

robist

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:06:48 -0600

Let the taco party begin!

truecraig

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:37:09 -0600

Bought me some tacos ON CREDIT this morning. According to the dude working the register, they've been taking credit cards for the past three months. I just wasn't paying attention the last time I was in there. My mistake. Mystery solved!

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:50:58 -0600

Curious indeed. If it has indeed changed, then these sites need to change their listings to include the new credit-thing: http://www.yelp.com/biz/NvdLYZgLmqXYZaFx7KR9MA http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/10210638/austin_tx/taco_xpress.html Even their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/maria39stacoxpress "Its an order at the counter-style shack, but bring CASH- they don’t take no stinkin credit or checks…" Either my chain's being yanked, or I was simply too hungover to notice the new credit policy when I was there. It's around the corner from me, so I'll just go in there tomorrow morning and buy with credit, since I'm the only one who has yet to experience this (personal emails claiming credit capabilities may cease whenever you all feel necessary). Okay thanks.

Bre

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:39:57 -0600

TC, I will go in on the Supramegalounge with you. I think our quote should be: "You drive hot shards of glass into your eyes because you know what a good time really is." And every bottle of liquor (which we secretly water down!) is marked up a kerjillion percent and is accompanied by hot shards of glass on a sterling silver platter. Yeah, something like that.

heyzeus

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:34:21 -0600

True story: Last week, my girlfriend and I were walking up Colorado, past Pangea. A group of middle aged men, all in blazers and khakis, was walking right in front of us. When we got to 6th and Lavaca, the men looked confused/lost. One of them said to me "Do you know where Pangea is?" I replied yes, that in fact they walked right past it one block back. And he said to me "Thank you. My name is Blah Blah, and I own Pangea. How did you hear about it?" I told him I read about it online, and his gaggle headed back the opposite direction. I gave the assbag directions to his own club, which they spent $3 million to build but don't know where it is located, and wasn't even invited in for a drink on the house. /end true story

robist

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:31:04 -0600

Was whittling my time away elsewhere on the interwebs... I was there for breakfast (brunch?) two Sundays ago, and I definitely paid with my credit card. In the past couple months, I've been there with cashless friends and they were also able to pay with credit card. Curious.

cram

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:24:07 -0600

I was reading doucheplatoon as doucheplantation. I kept thinking of Colonel Sanders ordering bottle service sweet tea.

Benj

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:17:21 -0600

I always go to Pangea. To meet up with the rest of the doucheplatoon.

Grape Ape

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:14:03 -0600

oh steph is on to something. Seeing the only way to get in is to be selected by the staff, maybe if you carry sparklers with you, you may be more likely to be let inside by self-acknowledging that you are indeed a player. Does anyone else think it would be fun to go down there on a Friday or Saturday night and all hang outside the velvet rope with a sparkler?

cram

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:58:24 -0600

Grape, I was thinking the same thing. Back in about 2002, it seemed like every 4th car on 360 was a Boxster. Maybe once all those 3 years leases were up and the tech sector cooled for a couple years, driving a Porsche became a little more rare? And by "a little", I mean "not-quite-as-ubiquitous-as-a-BMW-3-series".

Grape Ape

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:53:53 -0600

The only reason I used the term was that I hadn't seen you on the thread yet. A thread really just isn't complete without your input - and I mean that with all honesty. Let's just say that they aren't as interesting and fun to read. Oh yeah and douchepantaloon is awesome. One other thing I thought of in regards to the being noticed quotes. A Porsche isn't a car that you drive to be noticed, a ton of people drive them. How about a Koenigsegg or a Bugatti? A what? Exactly; that would say you're a real player and obviously we don't have any of those in Austin yet. I bet a dude with one of those could get two sparklers.

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:49:54 -0600

According to heyzeus (and robist?), it looks like Maria's has taken the capitalist plunge (the old location NEVER took anything but cash), during lunch if no time else. But not the Sunday when I was there. Awesome. My guess is that they started taking non-cash payment recently, but only when they aren't slammed, to keep the line moving? Anyone have an inside scoop on this? Their migas tacos are deloosh, but I like my al pastor with pineapple. Okay, now someone else pipe in and tell me they have actually got pineapple on their al pastor ten minutes ago, that I just get shafted every time I go in there, and do it with some sweet sarcasm. Please.

oh steph

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:45:22 -0600

I am going to start carrying sparklers with me everywhere, so that everyone will know that I am a player.

cram

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:43:52 -0600

I'm picturing great white killers circling drunken $30,000-a-year-millionaire girls. Why do these sharks seem much more interesting than the kind under the glass at Qua?

mdahmus

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:41:05 -0600

Grape, Those of us who sling around the term "paleoliberal" also think the Pangea dude is a douchepantaloon. Sincerely, TOUWSATTPL

heyzeus

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:38:20 -0600

I was at Maria's for lunch a few weeks back and they took my debit card. I presume they used it for payment? Who knows. Maybe they just wanted to look at it for a minute.

Benj

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:32:48 -0600

Being a "player" on my street means everything you own was bought on credit and you still live in your mom's house.

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:23:35 -0600

Many people agree with Ault, the purveyor of all things internationally Pangina, and his vision for Austin's today/tomorrow. I hope they come out to actually support him and his investors, because his sales pitches don't appear to be doing him any real favors. I never felt that 'douchebag' should be removed from current parlance. I have, however, advocated for the adoption of the variant: 'doucheballoon'. I hear it's getting big in Singapore Slang, but has yet to filter its way back to The States. Oh, and SPARKLERS = BIG BALLIN'.

Grape Ape

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:09:43 -0600

"When your bottle comes out, it comes out with a sparkler, and everybody knows you're a player," said Michael Ault, one of the owners I posted this earlier as well. What a great quote. All of us "paleoliberals" read it for what it is; a total and utter douchebag quote, but what our mere unopen minds don't understand is that this actually translates in "Austin is a progressing city and that "a sparkler" represents all that is good about change and shows progress in action"

name

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:08:51 -0600

Austinist should claim these views as a whole. best story ever.

coleenmck

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:06:55 -0600

i don't care for the condos (although i'd love to see the views), but this IS the 21st century and this town's name ain't podunkville. my uhaul arrived in 04 and i've seen every uhaul that came after mine. i must say, the magnetic pull of this town is very impressive. i've only been here for three years but [unfortunately?] i'm already all too aware that the amount of old-school whah-whahs will forever be in equal proportion to the daily influx of new-school arrivals. yknow that feeling you get when you've adored a band or musician for years, then they have a hit and everyone discovers them, and your nose crinkles at the thought of sharing "your" artist with these know-nothing-newbies? well, the truth remains... america is a pretty cool place to live, the south is warm in so many ways, and living in a blue city surrounded by the bright red cheeks of god's flock is a pretty awesome existence. so whah-whah all you want, but don't come cryin when no one will buy you a pint or pass you a bowl, cus guess what? you're killin' our buzz, man.

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:06:14 -0600

Kelso rocks the slayingist santabeard in the '04.

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:58:41 -0600

robist, three weeks ago (last time I was there for hippie brunch on Sundays), Maria's Tacos only took the cash money. No cards of credit. You know different?

LoudMouth

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:56:54 -0600

I can't even read "That's why you drive a Porsche. You want to be noticed." without hearing it in a Hans and Franz voice.

LoudMouth

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:55:52 -0600

"When your bottle comes out, it comes out with a sparkler, and everybody knows you're a player," said Michael Ault, one of the owners, who along with his partners invested almost $3 million to put this place together in the Warehouse District. "That's why you drive a Porsche. You want to be noticed." Can we start using the word "douchebag" again?

Benj

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:53:00 -0600

Nice try, True. But I think it's pretty odd how nobody's ever seen you and Kelso together. As soon as you show up it's like, "Oh, there you are Craig. Kelso's around here somewhere. What? Oh, I guess you just missed him."

robist

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:49:15 -0600

Do we have the same definition of 'cash-only'?

truecraig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:33:53 -0600

If Kelso actually read the Austinist, that would be sweet. For any readers who are curious, here he be writin' in what I assume is the source for [2]'s comment: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/18/1118kelso.html If that address even fits.

Adam S

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:25:47 -0600

Great idea, myname, but how are people supposed to talk over the bands they've come to see?

Kelso

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:16:54 -0600

I'm gonna sue the shit outta you.

myname

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:11:39 -0600

If we really want to accommodate both the old-timers and their desire for live music and the newcomers in the condos we should build the world's first silent live music venue. As you enter you get wireless headphones to rock out. The drums would have to be electronic. We could build solar panels on the roof to recharge the headphones.