Josh and I went out on a cold Sunday afternoon to take Sydney out to play with other dogs at Auditorium Shores. On our walk across the 1st Street Bridge, I just had to take photos… the trees and lighting were just soo beautiful.

On Saturday, so I started off the Tasty Up Trailer Tour with a trip to La Boite (read post here), and then continued on to Texas Cuban and Odd Duck Farm to Trailer before being way too stuffed to continue on.

At Texas Cuban, we had croquettas and a Cuban sandwich with plantain chips.

We then headed over to the area where Gourdough’s, Odd Duck and Austin Brevita (a coffee shop) are located. Although all three are delicious, on Saturday Josh and I only had Odd Duck. He had carrot soup and a rabbit soup with grits and a farm egg. Both of those were super-delicious and wonderfully rich. I had shrimp with cauliflower and quail over a sweet potato puree with pecans. Both of those were tasty, but not quite as tasty as Josh’s.

Oh.. and I couldn’t resist snapping a couple of photos of the Gourdough’s trailer.. even if I was too full to try their donut hole sampler.

Okay, I couldn’t help myself. I went back to La Boite. I took more photos. But this time was different. First of all, it was a much warmer and sunny day. Secondly, this was my first stop on the Tasty Up Trailer Tour, which was an event bringing food lovers out to a lot of the food trailers in Austin. Many of the trailers on the tour had longer-than-usual hours and were serving special samplers or smaller portions.

At La Boite, I had a cup of their French press coffee which was delicious and an almond croissant– the perfect amount of crunchy outside, chewy inside with a generous dusting of powdered sugar covered with almond slices. (I took so many photos of them.. see below). And the service here was excellent! They handled a huge amount of customers with friendliness and efficiency.

Last Sunday, after a fun meet up with lovely blog/twitter friends at La Boite Cafe, we headed up to House Pizzeria for some yummy lunch. Super-cute inside. I got half pepperoni, half roasted rosemary potato and goat cheese. An excellent combination. Mmmm.

Note: If you missed the previous photos, Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.

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Okay.. and we’re down to the end. I’m gonna do this a bit differently and start with my least fav of the last 3 and work my way up to the favorite. I mean,  I want to leave you with a great impression of the house tour.. so here goes

House on Mount Bonnell
This house was pretty, and had pretty windows but the decor didn’t seem to match the surroundings. The best part was what we found in one of the bedroom closets. Three chests of drawers with a giant shell on the top of one of them. Amazing.

Another House on Mount Bonnell
This house was really pretty. And the view was INCREDIBLE. This house definitely took advantage of the view with lots of windows. And have I mentioned the amazing view? That must be why I hardly took any photos of the inside.

House in South Austin
Loved this house. LOVED. It had a nice outdoor area and lots of nice glass windows looking out onto the yard, which was great because it just made everything seem so open. And the details in the house!!! You know, photos do this house way better justice than my words so..

The end! Thanks for viewing.

…..continued from Part 1

House 5: South Eastside, close to Lady Bird Lake
Loved this place. There were a couple of weird quirks, but I loved the translucent walls and the big glass windows and balconies. One of my favs. I would totally live here.

House 6: South Austin
This house was pretty cool. It had really pretty bathrooms and I loved the staircase.

House 7: South Austin
This house was gorgeous. The living room/dining room/kitchen were all upstairs which was pretty cool because when that happens, you know what else happens? Awesome views from your living room.