Washington is the New 6th St. (but I still love the original)

Alright, so my friend Grace, pictured below hoola hooping made a very interesting observation this morning.... For all of us T-Staters, or Southwest Texas children, since moving to Houston, Washington has now become our new 6th street.

Pearl, 8, Citizen, Social, Drake, Porch Swing Pub, the Lott, Reign, the brewery one i rode drew's bike into (i can't remember the name).... Anyways, the point is, what used to be a totally ghetto strip of land that none of us would dare walk alone at night on, is now a hopping social scene and i like it! Take a look at some of the pictures of the last time we went out...


And if you're curious, we're pretty much this retarded every time we go out. What is most odd to me though is all of the door guys and bar owners in Austin seemed to have magically moved to Houston because we seem to know each door guy at the bar of our choosing and we always get to go in ahead of everyone else. While this used to be normal, in my adult age, I'm starting to feel just plain guilty about it. Oh well.

Same drunk rules in Austin apply in Houston, a fall isn't a fall unless your knees hit the ground*.

But for a moment, let's just reminisce on all the cool bars in Austin -- that I'm pretty sure may not even exist anymore since my time... and recap the memories of each bar.

-the Aquarium (first stop of the night, bartender always gave us free drinks)
-the Crazy Monkey (good looking guys hang out here and Sunday is industry night so drinks are cheaper -- for those of us who went out sunday nights...)
-Friends (when you want to dance to 80's music.)
-Blind Pig (when you're in to chill)
-0 Degrees (oldie but a goodie, watch out, we were all 18 getting into this one and were a hot mess coming out!)
-the Drink (parents, do NOT let your kids go in this bar)
-Vicci (old men hang out here)
-Dizzy Rooster (don't forget, the Real World AUstin crew went here)

There are far too many memories to go into, so I won't share them.. but I have just two more phrases to sum up Austin in my mind.

1. Ropolo's Pizza
2. Paddy Wagons

and i'm out this Friday.