Hi Uncle Chuck!
We survived the great tire debacle and have made it to Wednesday! Has it really been a month since I got the news my life was going to change? Wow. But I reached a milestone: I earned $10 in my first freelance gig! The task was to review the website for a dumpster rental company in Fort Lauderdale. It’s not a lot but it’s a start. While doing the research, I saw one of their competitor’s name was “Bin There Dump That.” They would easily earn my business!
Down in ole San Antone
The cool thing about being adults with no kids and a bit of free time is that we can randomly decide to do a day trip. So we drove down to San Antonio on Saturday and hung out. We went to this iconic Tex-Mex restaurant called Mi Tierra. It was bursting with color. I wish I had taken a picture of the huge bas-relief mural of the whole extended family. It was impressive!
Willing to drive for a good bite
I’ve talked about concha’s before and once you get a craving, ya gotta do something about it! I don’t get why Austin bakeries can’t get this right; it’s kind of like how croissants are the best in Paris or SF and bagels in NYC. At La Panaderia, they’re as big as your face and so delightful. You bite into a pillow and then there’s a satisfying crunch. Come visit us and we’ll take you there!
Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame
On a whim, Alex got tickets to an award show honoring 6 songwriters from Texas. They were being inducted into the Hall of Fame for their contribution to the music industry and I was amazed by how much of their work I recognized even though I didn’t know who they were. I never thought of myself as a country fan but I guess I am! When you compare the lyricism of their work to a lot of music today, they’re real stories instead of just cliches. I hope people continue to appreciate that. We highly recommend listening to “Tin Man” by Miranda Lambert (that’s who is pictured below with the songwriter and another honoree).
