The Twitter account @TracesofTexas posts stuff about Texas
history/geography/culture, etc. After Jimmy Buffett's too-soon death a few
days ago, @TracesofTexas posted this account of Buffett's explaining how,
"after visiting a Mexican restaurant on Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas, and
then retreating to a friend's house in Northwest Hills," he wrote the
beginnings of "Margaritaville" (finishing the song later in Key West).
I like the story (reproduced in the screenshot appended to this email and
also reachable at on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/TracesofTexas/status/1698012922302062839?s=20).
I know where my lost shakers of salt are (hence: not lost). But I can't
quite remember the names of the Mexican restaurants on Anderson Lane back
in the mid-'70s, except to say that I'm pretty sure I ate at all of them at
some point, so likely ate at the restaurant in which Buffett found his
inspiration for the song.
Love,
Mike
