With the bikes downtown, and bad weather for walking around (cold and windy), M and I decided to take the bus ($1). We headed to the Brooklyn Vegan/M for Montreal Showcase at Galaxy but left when we couldn’t find a posted schedule.  The next stop was Maggie Mae’s for the Aussie BBQ.  Plenty of food for opportunivores but not vegetarians.  I had a beer and we stayed for City Riots and Best Coast.

M and I braved the cold and headed to LoveJoys for the DC does TX showcase.  They were supposed to have free beer and Le Loup was on at 3.  By the time we got there, the beer was gone.   We decided to stick around anyway.  The music was good and we were out of the cold.   Yenta showed up at the end of the set by the band we don’t have a name for [edit 3/22: The name of the band is Typefighter.  They were a last minute sub for Title Tracks.].  We stayed for Le Loup and weren’t that impressed (it was Saturday, maybe they were tired)

After the show, Yenta headed to a movie and M and I made an attempt to see Thurston Moore at the Mog Show.  The line was wrapped around the building so we opted to hit the Under the Radar/Jansport Party. No beer but it was warm.  I stayed for Sondre Lerche [singer/songwriter, did the Dan in Real Life Soundtrack] and Vivian Girls [imagine what it would sound like if Au Revoir Simone rocked out]  M left to meet up with the Jew at the Hypemachine party.  My the time I got there Death Set still hadn’t hit the stage.   Once they got started, I wasn’t impressed.  I decided to bail and head over to PureVolume to see who the Special Guest was.

We aren’t sure if the random girl from OK was the Special Guest.  We hoped it wasn’t.  But at the same time, we couldn’t stand there to find out.   M, the Jew, and I decided to grab fancy dinner at Annie’s around the corner.  The food was ok.  A bit overpriced (I think we were paying for location). I had Arugula and Lemon Chevre with a glass of Prosecco.  We ordered 2 carafes of the house red (they were out so they gave us the Cabernet).  They have one veggie entree listed.  I probably could have asked them to make me something off menu but since it was SXSW, I decided on the Vegetable Risotto (they made it with caramelized onions, asparagus and a balsamic reduction.  The three of us split the ginger creme brulee for dessert.

After dinner, M and I decided that our wine drunk selves should go to Prague to check out :papercutz.  Sadly, the soundguy didn’t do them justice.   We left 5 minutes into the set and headed for Karma Lounge to dance it out to  The Hood Internet.  We got there early and caught Oh Snap! They made our SXSW 2010 highlight reel with their performances of “Rich Kids” and “I’m too fat to be a hipster”

After the shows, we decided it was too cold to walk/bike and decided to hail a cab.  We tried for over 30 minutes and had no luck.  We were close to the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, so we asked the valet to hail us a cab.  They worked their magic and we were in a cab home in about 5 minutes.

M decided to ask the cabbie if he had any tips on nights like this for hailing a cab.

1. Taxis don’t like picking up large groups.  They will pick up one or two people over a group of 5.
2. Do not try and hail a cab when you are smoking or have food/drinks.  Cabbies don’t want to deal with that.
3. If possible, hold up cash.  Cabbies like paper, not plastic.

Cost for the day: $10 for cab,$1 for the bus, $4 for M’s beer, $50 for fancy dinner.

Free: 1 beer