Texas Brit

Bouncing off from another thread, a few of us are going for a pint on Thursday Nov 11th, 6:30 pm. So far, the following are up for it:

g1ant (Alex)
Texas Brit (Mark)
Britdrinker

Shakespeare's Pub
314 E. 6th Street

Anyone else?

Mark

Texas Brit

Britdrinker's name is Tony, by the way. We've got 3, trying to get some more. Come on, I know there's some more of you out there.

g1ant

Anyone want Branston Pickle bringing over?

Alex.

Britdrinker

You can buy it here! Salad cream and English bangers too.

g1ant

I thought someone said there is going to be a shortage of Branston.

Seriously, do any of you Texas expats need anything brining over next week?
Like Asda Special Reserve Xmas pud. Blindingly awesome stuff. Almost 30% alcohol in it.

alex.

Texas Brit

You'd be suprised how much we get here, although not sure about Xmas pud, but its really not the same without the brandy butter, dotty old relatives, slightly inebriated kids knocking back "snowballs" while they see how many toys it is possible to break in one day, etc . . .

Jimbo the Bimbo

As of the first week in December, I will be a resident of Austin.

Where do you buy the british stuff like Branston? Is it just from regular supermarkets or are there special food stores.

Cheers
Jim

Britdrinker

The Phoenica Bakery, of which there are at least two locations, has the best selection of british goods, in my opinion. MGM Indian Foods does well, too. Fiesta (hispanic Tesco's) had an aisle of british foodstuffs last time I was there. Only Phoenicia has bangers, naan, black pudding, cornish pasties, etc, in the frozen section. Let me know if you need directions to these places.

Hope you can join us for a pint once you get here! You chose the right time of year to arrive.

g1ant

I'm on the plane in the morning, headed for Chicago, Dallas then Austin.

Is the meet-up still on for Thrusday?

Alex.

Jimbo the Bimbo

Where do you all live in Austin?

We are going to be in Cedar Park to begin with.

Jimbo

Scorchio

Cool... we're moving to Cedar Park in December, if all goes to plan!

CaliforniaBride

Ahh memories

Jimbo the Bimbo

Hi Scorchio

We are arriving on the 5th December. Why do you say if it all goes to plan? Is there a chance it may not happen? Where abouts are you now then?

Jimbo

Britdrinker

Read your Private Messages.

Scorchio

We're currently renting an apartment in south Austin, but we've been having a house built in Cedar Park. It's supposed to be complete in December, but I'm not ruling out any last minute problems with the house or the mortgage application. There's been a few hitches with the preferred mortgage broker not being familiar with international credit checks, and me losing my job , but fingers crossed everything is back on track now!