Austin → Philadelphia

The route

1. ShreveportLA

   3 nights · 48 recommendations, ≥5 confirmed

2. JacksonMS

   3 nights · 53 recommendations, ≥7 confirmed

3. BirminghamAL

   3 nights · 47 recommendations, ≥4 confirmed

4. AtlantaGA

   5 nights · 51 recommendations, ≥6 confirmed

5. CharlotteNC

   4 nights · 50 recommendations, ≥5 confirmed

6. RichmondVA

   3 nights · 46 recommendations, ≥4 confirmed

7. Washington DCDC

   7 nights · 87 recommendations, ≥4 confirmed

8. PhiladelphiaPA

   home

Philadelphia is a waypoint, not a stop — where life happened rather than where the trip went. Their location history is deliberately not carried here.

What this chapter holds

Of those places, 29 were on the sourced guide, 43 on the self-made list, and 10 on neither. “On the self-made list” is an upper bound and “found” a floor — saves cannot be dated.

What it was about

Sourced curation. Every city on this leg had a ten-category guide built from Atlas Obscura, Eater, Time Out and TasteAtlas before departure. Counts are the whole trip's, read from the corpus-wide comparison rather than summed per city.

• Books76
• Food69
• Museums & history44
• Coffee31
• Record stores24
• Outdoors17
• Horror & occult6

Off the route

How closely the list was followed

• Shreveport51.7% of the list59.3% of visits
• Jackson44.1% of the list46.9% of visits
• Birmingham50.0% of the list60.5% of visits
• Atlanta46.0% of the list68.4% of visits
• Charlotte36.4% of the list52.2% of visits
• Richmond20.9% of the list29.0% of visits
• Washington DC36.9% of the list45.5% of visits

Where the days actually went

• Orlandeaux's Café On my own list ×5
• Shreveport Municipal Auditorium On the guide ×5
• United States Postal Service On my own list ×3
• Rhino Coffee Uptown On the guide ×3
• Strawn's Eat Shop On the guide ×2
• Jacquelyn's Cafe On my own list ×2
• Herby-K's On my own list ×2
• Lowder Baking Company On the guide ×2
• Best Buy Found there ×2
• Planet Fitness On my own list ×2
• Shawn’s Triple J Found there ×1
• Enchanted Garden On my own list ×1
• Rooted in Mississippi On my own list ×7
• Smith Robertson Museum On the guide ×7
• Broad Street Baking Company & Cafe On the guide ×3
• Museum of Mississippi History Found there ×2
• Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Found there ×2
• The Book Rack - Jackson On the guide ×2
• The Finery On my own list ×2
• Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument On the guide ×2
• Native Coffee On the guide ×2
• Elvie's On my own list ×2
• Lemuria Book Store On the guide ×2
• Seasick Records On the guide ×6
• Joe Minter’s African Village On my own list ×5
• Irondale Cafe On my own list ×4
• Steel City Barbershop On my own list ×3
• Church Street Coffee & Books On the guide ×3
• Alabama Booksmith On the guide ×3
• Bandit Bakery On my own list ×3
• World's Largest Office Chair Found there ×2
• Buc-ee’s Found there ×2
• Chez Fonfon On my own list ×2
• Last Call Baking Company On the guide ×2
• Krog Street Tunnel On the guide ×53
• Talat Market On my own list ×35
• Charis Books & More On the guide ×11
• Kamayan ATL - Filipino Restaurant On my own list ×10
• Doll's Head Trail On the guide ×8
• A Cappella Books On the guide ×6
• Criminal Records On the guide ×6
• Peachtree Road Farmers Market On my own list ×6
• Chrome Yellow On my own list ×6
• Bookish Atlanta On my own list ×5
• The Reading Room On my own list ×4
• Grant Park Farmers Market On my own list ×3
• For Keeps Bookstore On the guide ×3
• Olympic Rings On my own list ×3
• Troubadour Booksellers On my own list ×22
• McEwen Funerals & Cremations at Forest Lawn West On my own list ×6
• Musical Parking Garage On the guide ×4
• Haberdish Found there ×4
• Paper Skyscraper On the guide ×3
• VisArt Video On the guide ×3
• Haraz Coffee House On my own list ×3
• Mama Ricotta's On my own list ×3
• New South Kitchen & Bar On my own list ×2
• Sea Hut On my own list ×2
• Fairy Ring Lights On my own list ×2
• The Roosevelt On my own list ×11
• The Jasper On my own list ×4
• New York Deli On my own list ×4
• Vinyl Conflict Record Store On the guide ×3
• Public Parking Found there ×3
• GWARbar On the guide ×2
• Sub Rosa Bakery On the guide ×2
• Marco's Pizza Found there ×2
• USPS Collection Box Found there ×1
• WPA Bakery On the guide ×1
• Fish Shop Restaurant On my own list ×7
• The White House On my own list ×6
• Martin Luther King On my own list ×6
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site On the guide ×5
• YELLOW Georgetown On my own list ×5
• Busboys and Poets On the guide ×4
• Library of Congress On my own list ×4
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial On my own list ×4
• Lucky Danger On my own list ×3
• Washington Monument On my own list ×3
• Eatopia Eatery On my own list ×3
• Bridge Street Books On my own list ×3
• Thip Khao Restaurant On my own list ×3

Ranked by direction requests — the only measure of emphasis the export carries, and truncated to roughly the top ten per city, so this is where the days went most, not everywhere. Provenance is matched after the fact, not recorded at the time: the export has no per-item save timestamps and the lists were edited during the trips, so a place saved while standing in it cannot be told from one saved before leaving. “On my own list” is therefore an upper bound, and “found there” a floor.