Anyone who has traveled to Austin can testify to the fact that it is a different realm from most towns, especially most Texas towns. Weirdness is just expected when you travel to the capital of Texas. Aside from some of the best food around and people-watching galore, you can find enough there to make up an Austin-centric bucket list. I welcome any chance to go to Austin and had such an opportunity over the weekend.
I can't think of a more appropriate locale for a Museum of the Weird. Where else can you see the contents of an actual cow's stomach and the back door of an apartment that Johnny Depp lived in under the same roof? Apparently, it was a brief stay during the filming of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. And this is according to the guide, whose credibility I won't comment on. A check of IMDB did confirm that the movie was filmed in the area.
The back door now looks like this:
And all of this came out of a cow's gut:
It's true that they eat anything and everything. Really makes me question the sanctity of the hamburger.
That's all for now. I was going to post about the Driskill Hotel, but that place is worthy of it's own post. I'll get to that tomorrow.
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