Liveblogging the Austin City Store Opening
By Wells Dunbar, 2:10PM, Fri. Dec. 15, 2006
On Channel 6, of course.
Will Wynn is soundchecking. He's rocking a pale blue Austin shirt. Decidedly casual.
"Even though it's only 1,400 square feet, this is a very important project for us," says Wynn. Normally, it takes 214,000 square feet to get noticed, huh?
"Soon will be opening the Ruta Maya coffee house, on the western corner." WTF happened to Austin Java?
OK, he messed up. It's still Austin Java… eventually. God, how long has it been since that thing was supposed to open?
That was Woody Woods on the guitar, ladies and gentleman.
Toby Futrell is on about the "grand experiment" at City Hall. The jokes write themselves, people. "Those eclectic, special, local places" are getting her holidays bucks.
Holy smokes, there's an oversized novelty pair of scissors to physically cut the ribbon with. Must be what Futrell uses to castrate Council.
"It's open, now go shop!"
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