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Food writer @ Texas Monthly. Cookbook author. Formerly: Eat Me Daily, Eater, Epicurious. Central time zone lifer. pforbes@texasmonthly.com She/her. You know this boogie is for real.

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Mostly thrilled there are still bands practicing in Austin garages!

05.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they seem to have acquired a drum machine I think is why πŸ‘€

05.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

okay now we are back to the old standards phew

04.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

i doubt it because they only play the same ten songs all the time!

04.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

important announcement: the band that practices at the house across the street, and is actually quite good, HAS A NEW SONG. i think they've lived there 4 or 5 years and have only practiced the same 10 or so songs the whole time. FIRST NEW SONG!!!

04.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I once did this by asking why some bourbon taste like peanuts πŸ˜‚

04.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

chaos!!!!

04.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes i think the pandemic started and roughly 20% of the population was like, cool, grand theft auto time

04.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my house is on a corner at a four-way stop sign and the number of cars that simply blow through the intersection at like 40mph is BONKERS there are also speed bumps?!

04.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going down to Austin, Texas, I’m going down to save my soul. Get that barbecue and chili, eat my fill then come back home

03.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas’s Best New Restaurants in 2026 These ten spots have one thing in common: audacity.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN may i present the best new restaurants in texas

02.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

when i was trying to catch up on game of thrones before the last season i literally muted every single character place name keyword and half the people i followed on twitter πŸ˜‚ not sure i ever recovered

27.02.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

awwwww. he is tho!!!

22.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the best thing on the internet is videos of little kids DEMANDING TO WATCH THEIR BAD BUNNY

22.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

see this is the texan style commiseration I am looking for πŸ˜‚

22.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve lost the juice for that πŸ˜‚

22.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

16 year old Paula would not only be in shorts in this weather, she’d go swimming

22.02.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I literally just went out in a giant Carhartt, it is 59 out, I am a disgrace to my ancestors

22.02.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this is a joke about me having lost my cold tolerance

21.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

again i am from wisconsin

21.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

not me being a baby about the cold and then looking at the temp and it’s 61 πŸ˜‚

21.02.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

are they even actually supposed to be croquembouches? Or just like…piles of pastries

10.02.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the croquembouches in the current season of bridgerton are gonna push me over the edge

10.02.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

i am sorry i just googled "what time is the super bowl" (5:30 ct)

08.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously!

04.02.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(none of this was from actual crabs btw, i know that's not our game lol. brown shrimp! but crab boil seasoning.)

04.02.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i took a shower, i washed my hands, i did lotion. all the the things. and I STILL SMELL LIKE brown sugar and bay leaf and chiles and MSG and celery salt

04.02.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i think the only texas food side effect more prolonged than permanently smelling of post oak smoke is permanently smelling of crab boil

04.02.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow that second one is a crime

01.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

lol thank you for these reference photos. the cake was also ombrΓ©!!!

01.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0