Currently viewing the category: "austin"

Somewhere in the Middle

On December 9, 2009 · 2 Comments · In austin, san antonio, travel, vacation

“Do you even know where Oklahoma is??”
“Somewhere in the middle?”
– Sleepless in Seattle

#47 on my 101 in 1001 list: Travel to at least six different cities for weekend getaways/vacations.

San Antonio and Austin are #2 and #3. We are doing well with our pace, and on track to meet this goal.

[…]

Continue Reading →

Adios, Texas

On December 7, 2009 · 2 Comments · In austin, san antonio, travel, vacation

We didn’t have much on the agenda for today. We woke up a little later than usual, packed up everything, checked out of the hotel, loaded the car, and took off back down I-35 to San Antonio.

And well, we ended up back at Mi Tierra. Yes, again.

One more lunch. One more taste of […]

Continue Reading →

Austin

On December 7, 2009 · 4 Comments · In austin, travel, vacation

I told you yesterday we woke up to wonderful, sunny weather.

Today was the opposite of that. I parted those lovely, hotel blackout curtains to the rainiest, dreariest, nastiest looking day… it was pretty disappointing.

Still, we had places to go and things to see, so we made the best of it. We started […]

Continue Reading →

Small Town –> Big City

On December 6, 2009 · 7 Comments · In austin, san antonio, travel, vacation

I love the blackout curtains they have in hotels. I could sleep all day!

But I don’t. Especially not while on vacation.

When we parted those curtains this morning, we were greeted with a beautiful, sunny (but still kind of cold) day. Today was the day for making our way from San Antonio to Austin, […]

Continue Reading →

Ketchup Day

On December 3, 2009 · 3 Comments · In austin, holidays, in the news, ketchup day, movies, operation baking gals, photography, san antonio, travel, vacation

Can you believe that it has already been two and a half months since I last did (my first) Ketchup Day? If you ask me, we’re long overdue.

New to Ketchup Day? It’s basically just a collection of short thoughts to get me “caught up” on my blogging. Things I want to tell you, […]

Continue Reading →