Before Austin's obsessive infill era, before infill meant fill in every last damn nook and cranny to turn a buck, one of her proudest moments was to finally move the city's airport from the old Mueller site with not only the intention of redeveloping that into something sweet and residential but to move the air facility onto a site that itself would be recycled and reused. Many new-to-townies don't know that Bergstrom was our old Air Force base. And many probably don't know that the closest hotel, the handsomely circular Hilton, was not built new along with the terminal but originally part of the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command. Personally, we like to hit the bar in the center of the doughnut; order up a coupla double margs, rocks, no salt; and forget about all that. We prefer to focus on our guest flying in to visit – and have those drinks along with a room key awaiting her arrival.
