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Category Archives: food
Cruisey
I’ve never wanted to go on a cruise. I’ve backpacked through Europe on my own and developed a distaste for people who travel with tour groups or had set schedules. I thought cruises were for lazy Americans who were too … Continue reading
Posted in fishies, food, la familia, non-/consumerism, the boy, travel
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It’s My Party
One day when I was 9 or so, my great-grandma (Nannie) called me to tell me that she’d just figured out that on 11-11-11 I would be 11×3. I thought it was cool and stuff but 2011 sounded really far … Continue reading
Posted in food, la familia, non-/consumerism, product, social media, the boy
Tagged 11-11-11, birthday, party
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Give Up.
Yesterday I made a not-too-ambitious to-do list, or so I thought. It included yoga, buying a shower curtain, buying succulents/cactus since apparently this drought is going to last 10 years, planting them and going to a group meditation (my first … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, bleeding heart, design, food, gardening, green, maybe, meditation, non-/consumerism, product, running, stabby, the boy, yoga
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Happy Day
I should have played the lottery yesterday. Everything was coming up Jen. Remember how I threw a fit last year about my bus route changing right after I had decided to ride the bus all over town? Well, the route … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, food, green, non-/consumerism, product, workahol
Tagged bus, Capitol Metro, free shit!, good day, winter soup
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Back on Track. Except Not. [UPDATED]
At work, we say we’re “on track” when we’re working out regularly and not eating, say, queso at every meal. Around our office you’ll hear things like, “I’m getting back on track tomorrow,” or “OMG I won’t be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, blog, food, joys of being a woman, running, stabby, the boy, workahol, yoga
Tagged get in shape girl, on track, working out
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Ale
Dave’s youngest aunt had been sick and in and out of the hospital for years. She also suffered from fairly serious epilepsy and had just been in a fragile state for quite some time. In August, she threw in the … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, civic, Fit is go!, food, la familia, running, the boy
Tagged adventure, ale, cousin, family visit, tour de austin
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Serious chill time
[I wrote this on Sunday night] On Thursday evening Dave called me to tell me his aunt (who had been very sick for a long time in spite of her youth) had passed away. Work is super busy for me … Continue reading
Living the Cliche
Let’s see. I joined a gym, so I go to yoga at lunch. I went bike shopping so I can ride my bike to work. And 2 weeks ago I joined a CSA and picked up my first box last … Continue reading
Posted in ATX, Austin, bike, food, gardening, green, ice cream, non-/consumerism, running, vegan, yoga
Tagged bike, but damn it's good, CSA, dairy makes you fat, Linus, Public, veggies, yoga wall
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Life List Thing #8, Part 2: Section C (Eating Our Way Through New York, Day 3)
Thursday. Thursday was our last day to spend on our own. On Friday we’d go to Brooklyn and hang out with our Houston friends. So this time we got up early and made it to the Circle Line for the … Continue reading
Posted in babies, design, food, life list, non-/consumerism, product, the boy, travel
Tagged Circle Line, Crumbs, drinking, drunk, Groupon, Guggenheim, MoMA, NYC, sushi, Upper East Side
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Life List Thing #8, Part 2: Section B (Eating Our Way Through New York, Day 2)
First of all, let me say this is what 5am in June in NYC Brooklyn looks like. 5AM!! That’s too early, sun. On this day we slept in and didn’t rush off to do anything. We ate breakfast/lunch at the … Continue reading
Posted in food, life list, non-/consumerism, product, the boy, travel
Tagged chinatown, empire state building, inefficient sightseeing, john's pizzeria, little italy, new york, nikon p500, no plans, walking
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