All-American, even back in 1st grade. Guess I was prepping for TX even before I knew it.
Posts Tagged as ‘texas’
July 23, 2010
Wandering Around
Austin has some absolutely beautiful things to see. It’s easy for me to get caught up doing things indoors so I’ve been making a concious effort to get out there and check things out! Wednesday night I went to Blues On The Green. Beautiful evening. Zilker Park (possibly has the best grass in the world, [...]
July 15, 2010
4th of July
Went down to Auditorium Shores for the fireworks this year. First experience and it was a memorable one. About 100,000 people attended, but as Austin has that little big city vibe, it didn’t feel crammed. My favorite part – the Austin symphony performed before and during the fireworks. I love love love live orchestras. Fireworks [...]
June 20, 2010
Stereotyping Texans + Oregonians
Before you read on…please read the title of this post…and the following definition of stereotype…then read on and enjoy! (= Stereotype: an exaggerated belief that can be positive or negative but generalizes without allowing for differences So…I went out in downtown Austin / W. 6th street for the first time last night in a long [...]
May 22, 2010
Talking To Strangers
Looking back over the year, I sure have alot of things to be thankful for. #1: Deb and Marc for connecting me to my job which I am so happy about. No matter what I am doing at work, I know that I am helping students study abroad. Study abroad really did change my life; [...]
May 9, 2010
A Friday Night On Red River
So once upon a time during COLAB I met a bunch of really wonderful people. Well, one of these people contacted me a few months ago to pick my brain about the Austin music scene for an event she was putting together. She needed to find a band and I said…well hmmm that is perfect, I [...]
April 30, 2010
After Greek Class This Week
I went to hear a guy perform. I love how much live music there is here in Austin. There always something all of the time. Excellent. Check him out, 5 Ways From Sunday:
February 6, 2010
promenade and dosado at the farmer’s market
It was SUCH a beautiful morning this morning – after a week or so of rain here, the sun was shining in full force and it finally felt warm! Sooo wonderful that today was Saturday so I could go out and enjoy it. I had only been to the Austin Farmer’s Market once before, so [...]
February 5, 2010
recycling some things
So I moved apartments this weekend…with moving there comes cleaning, with cleaning there comes recycling. Although Texas doesn’t have anything similar to the Oregon bottle bill, I’m sure happy that Austinies go out of their way to recycle. This place is kinda downtown Austin – Ecology Action (ecology!!!!) it’s basically a volunteer recycling organization. Nice. [...]
