East Austin Absurdity

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Scene Report from the Yellow House That Still Has Its Original Porch

The yellow bungalow at Rainey and Davis used to let you drink $3.50 whiskey Cokes on its actual porch with zero irony; last Friday the same address had a $12 cover, a bouncer checking IDs against a tablet, and a bride-to-be group from Houston doing tequila shots while a speaker played remixed Willie Nelson at volumes that rattled the original glass.

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