{"id":10882,"date":"2013-06-11T21:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=10882"},"modified":"2013-06-11T21:10:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:10:41","slug":"austin-coffee-kolache-and-a-rainstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/austin-coffee-kolache-and-a-rainstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin > Coffee, Kolache and a Rainstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

Wandering around is one of the joys of visiting a new city. With no real agenda, and no timeline to dictate where you go and what you do. That was my Sunday morning in Austin after BlogHerFood.\u00a0 After two days of sessions and chit-chat, which for me doesn\u2019t always come easily, I was ready for some quiet time to just be in my own head.<\/p>\n

Of course, Sunday morning the skies were heavy with clouds and they were calling for possible thundershowers. I threw on my sneakers and headed out a little after 7:30 a.m. for coffee. Even at that hour, the humidity lays on you like a wet blanket, weighing down everything.<\/p>\n

I live in Seattle, we don\u2019t do umbrellas.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

After coffee and kolache<\/a>, I\u2019m back out on the street.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

The wind is picking up, a breeze that whiffs away the stickiness. I pass a runner, I wander up the street, stop in for tortillas<\/a>, and then as I\u2019m standing on the corner waiting to cross, a few drops fall. There\u2019s a faint roll of thunder in the distance. A big black rectangle of something comes flying off the overpass. Accident? \u00a0Then, holy downpour, it\u2019s a sheet of water. Pelting. Arms.And.Face.And.Hair. When is the light going to change?!!<\/p>\n

I’m from California. Even if I have an umbrella, I never know where it is.<\/p>\n

Relentless. Drenching. And the tortillas……..are in a PAPER BAG.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally I cross and take cover, pausing under a metal awning and the onslaught continues, wave after wave, louder and louder, like thousands of nails pounding against the metal. The air is charged and for a few minutes I just stand there, soaking. And soaking it all up.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

I sprint back to Easy Tiger<\/a> to wait it out with a cup of coffee.\u00a0 \u201cThey say it might stick around \u2018til 11,\u201d says the guy behind the counter. Perched at the bar, I sip my latte with my hair plastered against my head. Even in a ponytail, there’s no saving it. Pecking away on my iPhone, capturing the beginnings of this moment.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe 20 minutes go by. It\u2019s starting to let up.<\/p>\n

Bless your heart, says Mother Nature. Girl from Seattle or California or wherever, you ain\u2019t seen rain \u2018til you\u2019ve seen a Texas rainstorm.<\/p>

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