Tracie P and I traveled east today from Austin to Houston for the Levy family reunion this weekend, with a lot of Levys and Parzens and Rosenbergs coming in from the east and west coasts and Indiana.
It’s Texas Bluebonnet season and wow, what a gorgeous drive today from Austin, with folks braking everywhere to admire the beautiful springtime fields!
We couldn’t resist a quick roll in the Bluebonnets… ;-)
And I know BrooklynGuy will never forgive me but I also couldn’t resist Welch’s Grape Soda — icy cold, in a GLASS BOTTLE — at the Southside Market in Elgin, Texas.
The brisket was very good, the sausage excellent. Sides also tasty. Highly recommended, especially for the Southside Market hot sauce.
Do Bianchi 
Texas Bluebonnets a fair rival for California poppies!
DUDE -nothing beats welches grape soda! at summer camp in 1988, a welches grape soda was worth 2 cokes : D
beautiful flowers. if i saw that many of them, i’d need grape soda too. if it’s in a glass bottle they probably used actual sugar in it too, instead of corn syrup. now, did it have the oomph to stand up to the ‘cue?
@Vinogirl my two favorite states, my two favorite flowers!
@Jason Welch’s is the shiznit.
@BrooklynGuy naw, it was just good ol’ corn syrup. I guess it’s kinda like Thomas Keller’s Heinz ketchup. It’s just one of the flavors — grape flavored drink — that I associate with my childhood as a poor black child. Also, a GREAT hangover cure!
welches has a fucked up factor of 8.5