Explaining Austin to a Frenchman

"As long as you don't buy a ranch and play around with guns," says my Parisian former colleague.

Cute. Provincial. Earthy. Vibrant. All words I've used, or heard used, to describe Austin.

Part of me wants to say, "What's wrong with ranches and guns? Bang! Bang!"

Part of me wants to send him some links as counterexamples, but all I've got right now are Austin del Sur, Mary Street, Willie Nelson's bio page, and Austin Live Music dot com.

Sooner or later I am going to cry. But first, I will go read up on SXSW.

"The music that we make will heal all our mistakes and lead us.
The music that we hear is always standing near to feed us." - Morcheeba

So, yeah. I think I am going to move to Austin.