Important Texas Milestones

I did not know this:

Ya'll know, of course, that Jimmy Buffett wrote "Margaritaville" in Austin in 1976 after tasting his first margarita at Lunga's Cocina del Sur restaurant, which was at the former Fuddrucker's location in the Village Center strip mall on Anderson Lane. After drinking that first margarita at Cocina del Sur , Jimmy sat on the deck of the house at which he and the Coral Reefer band were staying and began singing some lyrics about flip-flops, pop-tops and a lost shaker of salt.

I'm always struck by the randomness of history. What would have happened had Jimmy had whiskey sour that night? "Wasted away in whiskey sourville" just doesn't have the same ring.

But it's true: Margaritaville was written in Austin, as so many other good songs have been.