Archive for June, 2009

what i like about texas

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

This past weekend, we made our annual trek to the Guadalupe River. It’s a longer drive now that we’re in Dallas. Even though it’s technically supposed to be an extra 90 miles or so, I35 is the worst interstate in the history of interstates, so it took us five hours instead of three and a [...]

riled up

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I had a fun, light-hearted post all planned out and it got totally derailed. I’ll have to save it for later.
You see, I read a lot of news for my job, and this popped up on The New York Times Web site this afternoon and got me all fired up. Excuse me while I step [...]

hole in the wall

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

About twenty miles outside of Dallas, there is a little bar & grill that has intrigued us for awhile now. It’s a small concrete building with no windows, and honestly, it looks like a seedy strip club. But no matter what time of day we drive by, it’s always crowded. Since we like to [...]

i’m back

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Well, I’ve had more than one person upset with me today for neglecting my blog. It’s a good problem to have, I suppose. But here’s the thing, y’all. I was trying to spare you all my surliness. I’ve been stressed out, impatient, snippy and basically walking around with “screw you” written across my forehead. And [...]