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| Armadillo Day at J. Black's |
Apparently,
Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and thus we can expect six more weeks of winter. I'm nonplussed, as winter in Austin is a mild and sometimes delightful time of year. I was much more concerned during last August when Archie the Armadillo (the fat one on the left; pictured with his posse and their liquor) waddled in front of
J. Black's Feel Good Lounge on West 6th whereupon he saw his shadow (thus predicting, accurately, several more weeks of hot weather). After months of triple digit temperatures, I was ready for things to cool off. Unlike the mild winter, I find late summer in Austin to often be brutal enough to send me indoors for extended periods of time. I'm hoping that this year's Armadillo Day will have a different outcome.
Speaking of
armadillos: despite being considered pests and being seen most frequently as road kill, it is astonishingly hard to find a licensed armadillo handler to wrangle armadillos for an event.
