We used to get fresh organic vegetables delivered to our door. Then one day, it stopped. Not sure why. But Greenleaf Organics went the way of the dodo. I tried to get our lazy selves down to the Sunset Valley farmers market, or even Boggy Creek, once a week, but it's so much harder having to pick out the random vegetables for the week when there's a dog, and a sleepy boy who'd rather be spending his weekend morning drinking coffee and watching DVR'd episodes of CSI and Veronica Mars (and Ugly Betty -- let's see how long that stays in). I'd been thinking about trying Greenling, but wasn't sure if they were worth it (I'd seen their delivery trucks in Hyde Park when I was getting Greenleaf delivered via the family car).

I always have a sense of weird nostalgia when we eat at Go Go Gourmet. It reminds me of a french bistro about to close for the day (usually because we're there for dinner, and not lunch), and the friendliness of the owners borders on overwhelming, but is so firmly entrenched in endearing to make me think that Austin is a much larger city than it really is, despite Go Go being a deli that we can (and do) visit by walking. The food is rich in flavor and delicious (truly gourmet food), and the cookies are sooooo much better than the ones we had at El Gringo.

We went to Fino last night and although I've been happy with their food before, last night was disappointing. I got bored eating the fish. There was only three ounces. How can you get bored eating only three ounces of fish? A's duck was good, but the salads were uninspired mounds of romaine topped with slabs (not slivers) of manchego and large anchovies. I like anchovies, but in one forkful (I wasn't paying attention) I got four slabs of cheese and an anchovy. Ick. (hehehe. Ick. That was a joke). So in a fit of weird depression about everything I got up at way too early and made sushi petit fours (little cakes covered with marzipan shrimp).

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New Zap dealer in Austin, TX. Carries the Xebra line of vehicles.

There seems to be a new EV dealer opening soon. We got a press release from ZAP trying to get interest in a press conference on Tuesday of next week. Although they don't say specifically, they seem to be talking about the Xebra and not the Obvio. What concerns me is that they seem to be claiming that this is the only electric car available in the US... eh? We all know of SEVERAL cars that are available today, some of them MUCH more capable than the Xebra. ONe of the things that I have always had an issue with is the marketing that Zap puts together around its products. It doesn't seem to do us any good...