Don't mean to hi-jack this thread, but since you're all (or is that y'all) from the Austin area...
Gonna be in Austin for the ACMF in Sept. with my bothers and brother-in-law. What's the cigar atmosphere? Will be staying in the area of Zilker Park, any good B&Ms &/or Cigar (or at least cigar friendly) bars in the immediate area?
Thanks,
I return you to your regularly scheduled thread.....
Bumping this thread to get MIKES attention :computer:
Daniel--no problem with the threadjack. BTW, it *is* "y'all" when you're in town :nodlaugh:
The closest B&M to where you'll be staying is Habana House, tucked inside the Ruta Maya coffee house on South Congress:
http://www.showmeyourash.com/. It's about 2-3 miles as the crow flies from the area in which you're staying. The City of Austin has a smoking ban in place for all public buildings; where properly marked, smokers can smoke outside of establishments if they're 15 feet away from any public entrance. Lots of joints have decks and all you need to do is ask one of the servers whether they have any problems with you lighting up a stogie--most don't mind. Right down where you're at, you MUST stop in at Shady Grove for a great burger and rings, it's on Barton Springs road a couple blocks west of Lamar. There's also a good coffeehouse near Shady Grove called Flipnotics, which has a nice shaded deck area.
As for our group, we get together Sunday afternoons, 1:30 or 2 p.m., just outside the smoking ban ordinance at Lil' Woodrows, up on the north side of town. If you and yours are free while you're in town, join us! Just post here and we'll get you directions/map info.