Made it to Austin

Getting here seemed to take all day, but only because of the pre-flight nonsense at the airport and the waiting in between actual flying. Dallas was 34 degrees but I never left the terminal to verify that and Austin is apparently 33, but I was whisked by air-conditioned hotel shuttle to this excessively air-conditioned hotel, so what do I know? I made a beeline for the conference’s welcome snack table and settled down in a free wifi spot with power plug to do this blog and to down a large soft pretzel and a bottle of Dr Pepper. Does that count as local cuisine?