Austin

Tommy wearing cowboy hat

Welcome to Texas: We’re glad to have you!

One of the biggest surprises of the year Matt and I spent traveling with Tommy was the three months we spent in Austin, Texas. Neither of us had expected to like it there, but it ended up being one of our favorite stops. In fact, it was hard at the …

Mondays are for dreaming: Zilker Park

As I've written before, Austin, Texas holds a very special place in my heart. We spent three lovely months there in 2004 and I would go back for a vacation (or a longer stay) in a heartbeat. I've been thinking a lot about Austin this weekend because …

It’s Blogapalooza time!

Update: I won a goody bag! And it will have Angela's book in it! Look here in the future for a review. Thanks Angela.The lovely and talented Angela over at Just Go! (check our her wonderful guidebook about Rome) is hosting a blogapalooza with the …

Well now, we’re glad to have you: Austin eats

Before I went to Austin I had what can only be described as a laundry list of Yankee prejudices. Texas was as remote to me as Mars and if you had asked me to picture the landscape, the only image I would have been able to provide was a desert of …