Entries for March 2012

2nd

• 11:09:24 That's the next few days sorted then
• 12:23:36 Checked in at Bea's of Bloomsbury
• 17:52:51 Classy first birthday celebration
• 17:54:19 First birthday cake
• 20:04:34 Tom Collins — "I made this!"
• 20:06:13 Checked in at Mint Leaf

4th

• 16:50:03 Checked in at The Royal Standard Pub

5th

• 12:15:11 Checked in at Apple Covent Garden
• 14:57:50 Charged

6th

• 15:53:05 Reid Hoffman is watching me work

7th

• 06:40:11 Checked in at Terminal 4
• 07:17:04 Loading up the delicious airline foods
• 08:52:44 Welcome aboard
• 23:45:36 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites

8th

• 02:17:31 Checked in at Stubb's Bar-B-Q
• 02:18:07 Checked in at Buffalo Billiards
• 02:25:29 I love you too Iron Cactus
• 04:46:34 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 04:54:25 Home away from home
• 14:49:08 SXSW registration, packed as always
• 15:04:54 I approve of this drink
• 15:08:05 Checked in at Jo's Coffee
• 17:48:56 Is this all there is?
• 18:32:33 The other home away from home
• 18:35:11 Checked in at Hoffbrau Steak
• 18:37:32 LIES!
• 22:07:03 Checked in at Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
• 22:13:24 Obligatory frozen margarita photo

9th

• 01:19:14 Checked in at The Salt Lick
• 04:09:09 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 14:14:23 Coca-Cola
• 17:43:07 Texas sunshine
• 18:28:21 Checked in at Casa Chapala Mexican
• 19:47:12 Checked in at Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin Downtown
• 21:12:20 Checked in at Neal Kocurek Exhibit Hall
• 21:18:43 URLs are hard, mmm'kay.
• 21:22:36 Checked in at ACC Ballroom F
• 22:51:44 Checked in at ACC Exhibit Hall 5

10th

• 00:23:46 Checked in at Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill
• 03:24:38 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 03:28:09 Nyan Kirk would tweet that
• 03:56:09 Checked in at Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
• 06:10:17 Checked in at The Ginger Man
• 15:04:16 Breakfast of champions
• 15:42:18 Not Joss Whedon
• 16:39:10 Checked in at ACC Room 18ABCD
• 16:42:12 Still not Joss Whedon
• 16:46:22 Blue light
• 16:51:24 Full audience for Joss Whedon
• 17:02:20 Joss Whedon
• 18:44:29 Everything is a remix
• 19:20:53 Checked in at The Ghost Of LEGO Corner Past
• 19:48:15 Checked in at Hoffbrau Steak
• 19:54:39 Proper steakhouse menu
• 21:09:25 Checked in at ACC Room 18ABCD
• 21:18:07 Hoffbrau
• 21:23:39 Molested
• 22:33:39 Checked in at ACC Ballroom BC

11th

• 00:41:38 Act casual...
• 01:19:49 Checked in at Four Seasons Hotel Austin
• 01:28:08 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 01:52:00 Checked in at Champions Restaurant & Sports Bar
• 02:32:39 Four burgers, one plate
• 03:19:00 Checked in at The Ginger Man
• 14:16:57 Checked in at ACC Ballroom A
• 14:26:24 Best. Checkin. Ever.
• 14:30:50 Empty stage
• 15:50:54 Checked in at Vimeo Theater for A Conversation with Seth MacFarlane
• 15:52:45 Waiting for Seth MacFarlane
• 18:21:45 Seth MacFarlane
• 18:23:24 Where the rain go?
• 18:37:51 Balcony
• 18:39:40 San Jacinto
• 18:47:58 Checked in at Mongolian Grill San Jacinto
• 19:12:00 Gettin' some veg
• 19:34:35 Checked in at foursquare court
• 19:54:00 Checked in at Shakespeare's Pub
• 21:00:46 Booze on the deck
• 21:17:31 A cloud in the sky
• 22:24:10 Checked in at Maggie Mae's

12th

• 00:15:58 Checked in at Mekong River
• 01:16:51 Checked in at Friends Bar
• 01:54:08 Checked in at The Parish Underground
• 02:15:48 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 02:28:20 View from the hotel
• 15:48:04 Checked in at Courtyard by Marriott Austin Downtown/Convention Center for Online Personality Disorder: Resumes & Profiles
• 17:17:44 Checked in at The Driskill for Get Excited and Make Things with Science
• 18:51:31 Checked in at Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe
• 19:17:09 Blackened chicken and gumbo
• 21:37:40 Checked in at ACC Exhibit Hall 5

13th

• 00:14:26 Checked in at Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
• 01:32:02 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 19:46:28 Drugs
• 19:48:37 Frost Bank Tower - the owl building
• 23:58:05 Checked in at Iron Works BBQ

14th

• 00:34:15 Weigl Iron Works
• 01:06:20 Checked in at The Ginger Man
• 03:20:52 Condensation
• 06:04:16 Checked in at The Ginger Man
• 06:39:45 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 16:18:44 Working man, @themattharris
• 18:01:23 Checked in at Hoffbrau Steak
• 18:33:30 Original Hoffbrau

15th

• 00:30:26 Checked in at Roppolo's Pizzeria
• 00:47:10 Checked in at The Mohawk
• 01:57:13 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 02:24:48 Checked in at La Zona Rosa
• 05:55:57 Checked in at Austin City Limits Live
• 15:24:09 THERE WILL BE MEAT
• 15:28:08 Act casual, it's the off-road rozzers
• 18:21:58 Checked in at Maggie Mae's
• 20:28:43 Checked in at The Grackle for Japan Preview Day Party
• 21:56:36 The ZZZs
• 22:02:02 Katana
• 22:03:40 Kao=s
• 22:06:57 Kid headphones
• 23:16:47 Checked in at Chi'lantro BBQ

16th

• 00:01:19 Checked in at Central Presbyterian Church for Fiona Apple
• 02:18:01 Checked in at Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
• 02:26:25 Fiona Apple
• 02:33:31 Chicken Seoul burrito and spicy fries
• 03:06:21 Checked in at Haven for Tenacious D
• 05:14:28 Tenacious D behind a hundred fucking phones and cameras
• 06:35:36 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 07:00:30 Tenacious D
• 14:14:35 Checked in at Jo's Coffee
• 16:16:19 Checked in at Mellow Johnny's for Pickwick
• 17:20:30 Disco cow
• 17:22:23 Pickwick, my first gig in a bike shop
• 17:26:20 Ballet and 18-wheelers
• 18:10:56 Checked in at Mongolian Grill San Jacinto
• 20:00:37 Fanfarlo
• 20:01:42 This is @nascentguruism, Rule Breaker
• 20:58:13 Ben Kweller

17th

• 16:53:58 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 17:30:09 Checked in at Vivo
• 19:45:51 Checked in at Toy Joy
• 19:46:21 Checked in at Schlotzsky's
• 19:55:35 Checked in at Bullock Texas State History Museum
• 20:31:33 Prickly pear margarita
• 20:32:45 Art jigsaws
• 20:34:05 Raspberry Coke
• 20:35:54 Texas
• 20:36:53 Texas carpetting
• 20:38:26 Hood ornament

18th

• 01:38:14 Checked in at Hoffbrau Steak
• 01:46:32 Now that's what I'm talking about
• 03:15:17 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 03:22:16 Goodnight sweet Hoffbrau
• 18:10:22 Checked in at Wendy’s
• 18:41:54 Checked in at Tears of Joy Hot Sauce Shop
• 20:54:41 Shopping for @bovinemoo
• 20:56:18 Refreshment

19th

• 00:02:09 Empty Hampton is empty (apart from @SteveMarshall)
• 00:17:48 Hampton breakfast nook
• 00:34:37 Checked in at Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
• 01:39:18 Checked in at Hampton Inn & Suites
• 17:07:11 Checked in at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
• 17:47:48 Checked in at Gate 18
• 22:42:15 Checked in at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
• 23:18:45 Checked in at Gate E7

20th

• 09:11:01 Bye, bye, Texas sunshine
• 09:14:54 Checked in at London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
• 09:17:00 Hello London

21st

• 14:44:07 Ordered as I left Austin, arrived the day after I did - #stickygram I salute you

26th

• 11:18:11 Freemason's Hall
• 17:33:14 Maybe it's Lupus, House
• 17:49:43 Art exhibition
• 19:24:04 Checked in at The Plough Bar & Kitchen

27th

• 16:54:30 Can cause addiction

29th

• 12:30:56 On average, two shoes per pair

30th

• 08:54:10 Space. On a cab.

31st

• 12:07:36 I do not like the cone of shame
• 12:15:39 Checked in at All Creatures
• 12:30:09 Sadcatface

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