It's official! We know when we're going to Europe!
Sep 30, 2011
Pics from 5 Years Ago
It's like the photo version of "texts from last night."
I was just playing with Facebook's new mapping feature for photos. In doing so I discovered a lot of photos I haven't seen in a while and realized a few things.
2006
2007
2008
Val visited but apparently we took no pics...there was not enough of y'all in my life this year...very sad
2009
2010
2011
Hey 2012...BRING IT.
I was just playing with Facebook's new mapping feature for photos. In doing so I discovered a lot of photos I haven't seen in a while and realized a few things.
- We took a LOT of pictures in college
- Not all of them were that flattering,
- But we were having a damn good time
- And we drank quite a bit (we should probably apologize to our livers)
- And this seems to resurface every 6 or 12 months in spectacular, slightly fancier fashion
2006
2007
2008
Val visited but apparently we took no pics...there was not enough of y'all in my life this year...very sad
2009
2010
2011
Hey 2012...BRING IT.
Sep 28, 2011
Restaurant Week: Flemings
It's Austin Restaurant Week!
We inadvertently went to Restaurant Week last year for Nancy's birthday. It was delicious. So this year we purposefully and checked out Fleming's.
Stiletto Martini
This fun red raspberry martini was the breast cancer awareness drink. It was vodka with a delicious berry puree. It was really fresh and fruity.
Fleming's Salad
Candied pecans, cranberries, garden greens and cherry tomatoes. So yummy. I almost licked my plate. I really especially enjoyed the sweetness from the pecans and cranberries.
Filet Mignon
Fleming's is known for its steak so all six of us ordered the filet. Mine was cooked perfectly and it was delicious. Plain, simple good steak. No fluff, no flair just high quality steak. Now I'll admit it wasn't as good as the steak at El Arbol but that was the Zeus of steaks. You can't expect every good steak to be Zeus.
Mashed Potatoes
They were the side for the filet (duh) but were so outstanding they deserve their own paragraph. I had the blue cheese mashed potatoes and WOW. You expect a steak to be good. You expect mashed potatoes to be mashed potatoes. But these mashed potatoes were so far above anything you expect from mashed potatoes. They were rich, flavorful and spectacular. I might go back just for those.
Cheesecake
Mmm tasty. It was plain cheesecake with a berry sauce and it was good. So good in fact I am going to have Ross' slice tonight. (For what it's worth he doesn't like sweets so I'm not thievin' this; I'm making sure we don't waste food.) I did learn though that when it comes to cheesecake, I prefer bells and whistles. This is good cheesecake, but for me, the Cheesecake Factory chocolate chip cookie dough and key lime pie cheesecakes are better.
Verdict: Good date night and if you get the mashed potatoes, great date night.
We inadvertently went to Restaurant Week last year for Nancy's birthday. It was delicious. So this year we purposefully and checked out Fleming's.
Stiletto Martini
This fun red raspberry martini was the breast cancer awareness drink. It was vodka with a delicious berry puree. It was really fresh and fruity.
Fleming's Salad
Candied pecans, cranberries, garden greens and cherry tomatoes. So yummy. I almost licked my plate. I really especially enjoyed the sweetness from the pecans and cranberries.
Filet Mignon
Fleming's is known for its steak so all six of us ordered the filet. Mine was cooked perfectly and it was delicious. Plain, simple good steak. No fluff, no flair just high quality steak. Now I'll admit it wasn't as good as the steak at El Arbol but that was the Zeus of steaks. You can't expect every good steak to be Zeus.
Mashed Potatoes
They were the side for the filet (duh) but were so outstanding they deserve their own paragraph. I had the blue cheese mashed potatoes and WOW. You expect a steak to be good. You expect mashed potatoes to be mashed potatoes. But these mashed potatoes were so far above anything you expect from mashed potatoes. They were rich, flavorful and spectacular. I might go back just for those.
Cheesecake
Mmm tasty. It was plain cheesecake with a berry sauce and it was good. So good in fact I am going to have Ross' slice tonight. (For what it's worth he doesn't like sweets so I'm not thievin' this; I'm making sure we don't waste food.) I did learn though that when it comes to cheesecake, I prefer bells and whistles. This is good cheesecake, but for me, the Cheesecake Factory chocolate chip cookie dough and key lime pie cheesecakes are better.
Verdict: Good date night and if you get the mashed potatoes, great date night.
Sep 25, 2011
First Pumpkin Bread
The first pumpkin bread loaves of the season are in the oven! My house smells very pumpkiny. I wish I could figure out how to capture the scent and include it here for you.This pumpkin bread is part of my attempt to bring fall to town. I have Yankee Candle apple cider plug-in things, an apple cider candle, other apple cinnamon candles (Ross' pick), a pumpkin front door hanger and though I should probably be a little ashamed to admit it since it is still September, a ghost yard sign, jack-o-lantern candle holder and spiderweb candle holder. All out and on display.
Never mind that it is still September and that it was 102 in Austin today. Those things are irrelevant.
Sep 22, 2011
Grade 20-Something
From the time you enter preschool until you graduate college, you and your friends basically reach all your milestones together. You all start kindergarten in the fall when you are five. If you live in Texas, you learn about the Alamo in fourth grade. You enter high school at fourteen, get your driver's license at sixteen, go to college at eighteen. You start (legally) boozing at 21 and graduate at the ripe old age of 22. Neat, tidy and all tied up with a bow.
Then it's Grade 20-Something which lasts for 8 years and has no state approved curriculum. Some of you go straight into graduate programs. Some get engaged (lots if you are in Texas). Some start dead-end jobs but hey it's a paycheck. Some land bad ass jobs that give them raises before they even have their first day. And let's be honest, some go "backpacking" in Europe but never leave and end up smoking lots of legal-in-Amsterdam stuff while drinking heavily. Hey to each his own.
But that's what's crazy, often fun and sometimes a little unsettling about it.
Suddenly you and your friends are supposed to be entirely independent people doing things entirely on your own schedule without a built in group of sameness. Which is kinda unlike anything you've ever done before. CRAZY. On the other hand, it is wicked fun to hear about all the different paths these wonderful friends of yours are exploring. You can vicariously become a chef, serial dater, married lady, PhD student or hip urbanite all via Facebook and email. FUN. And at times it's a little unsettling. You go through something and naturally you turn to a friend to say "dude, remember when 3 months ago you..." except oh crap, they didn't. It's not like a driver's license where one of your friends has just done it. You might be the only one. (Ok not in the whole world, but in your world.) Or maybe they've all done it. Except you. UNSETTLING.
I'm not saying it's bad. In fact, it's probably good. (Imagine if we all had the same job. Competition would be fierce and a lot of society's needs [like all the rest of them] would go unmet.) Good, but at times a little surprising how independent-study style it all is. No syllabus, no standardized tests, nothin'.
I'm just saying that if Grade 20-Something seems a little unfocused to you, well, you're right. The only focus of this grade is getting to the next one, 30-Something.
Then it's Grade 20-Something which lasts for 8 years and has no state approved curriculum. Some of you go straight into graduate programs. Some get engaged (lots if you are in Texas). Some start dead-end jobs but hey it's a paycheck. Some land bad ass jobs that give them raises before they even have their first day. And let's be honest, some go "backpacking" in Europe but never leave and end up smoking lots of legal-in-Amsterdam stuff while drinking heavily. Hey to each his own.
But that's what's crazy, often fun and sometimes a little unsettling about it.
Suddenly you and your friends are supposed to be entirely independent people doing things entirely on your own schedule without a built in group of sameness. Which is kinda unlike anything you've ever done before. CRAZY. On the other hand, it is wicked fun to hear about all the different paths these wonderful friends of yours are exploring. You can vicariously become a chef, serial dater, married lady, PhD student or hip urbanite all via Facebook and email. FUN. And at times it's a little unsettling. You go through something and naturally you turn to a friend to say "dude, remember when 3 months ago you..." except oh crap, they didn't. It's not like a driver's license where one of your friends has just done it. You might be the only one. (Ok not in the whole world, but in your world.) Or maybe they've all done it. Except you. UNSETTLING.
I'm not saying it's bad. In fact, it's probably good. (Imagine if we all had the same job. Competition would be fierce and a lot of society's needs [like all the rest of them] would go unmet.) Good, but at times a little surprising how independent-study style it all is. No syllabus, no standardized tests, nothin'.
I'm just saying that if Grade 20-Something seems a little unfocused to you, well, you're right. The only focus of this grade is getting to the next one, 30-Something.
Sep 21, 2011
We're Delta Famous
I bet you remember two posts from last year: "Yesterday Sucked" and "Delta Sparkle."
Well now our favorite TriDelta publication has combined them into "Sisters with Sparkle"! Yup, that's right, we're in the Trident!
My favorite parts of this article are
Well now our favorite TriDelta publication has combined them into "Sisters with Sparkle"! Yup, that's right, we're in the Trident!
My favorite parts of this article are
- That they use "delta sparkle" dictionary style and let me define it.
- That it includes the awesome pin-on-wedding-bouquet picture
- That y'all are so awesome as to make this story exist
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