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On Friday, I took the wife out with a bunch of friends. We went to Esther’s Follies, a great little comedy show in Austin. It’s on the corner of 6th and Red River in downtown.

Before the show went to eat at Stubb’s Bar-b-que just up the street, then walked over to Esther’s Follies. We arrived at 9, about an hour before the show started. I’d reserved 12 tickets, and we were joined by some late comers so our party jumped up to about 16 people. It was the wife’s first time to the show, and she really enjoyed it. We had a great time. The show focuses on the local comminuty to drive their laughs…

If you ever get a chance to come to Austin, and have a couple of hours to spare on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night, drop by Esther’s Follies, but bring a grin because you’re gonna love the show.

On Sunday, we went to the Paramount Theater, a stately old theatre built in 1915 on Congress Ave, to watch A Tuna Christmas which is a fantastically hilarious look at Christmas in a mythical small town in East Texas. This two man show looks at all aspects of small town life in the racially slanted environment of East Texas. It’s quite funny and definitely worth the price of a ticket if you get a chance to catch it as it tours the country (I know that A Greater Tuna has shown in New York, and will be in Charlotte, North Carolina in February/March and the Wilshire LA in May. It does require some knowledge of Texas to get all of the jokes though).