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Travel Blogs from Austin
Ho! Ho! Who?
... Why?"
"Oh, geez, for the past few weeks here I was thinking it was Ryan Harman!" Terry started laughing at the ludicrous suggestion that Harman could be Santa. What a relief! Not only was the large, deep-voiced, exceedingly masculine Ryan Craig going to be the other Santa, but I wasn't the only one who couldn't conceive of Harman doing it. So while I was embarrassed, I was also vindicated.
As I was laughing, I said, "I couldn't get my ...
At Ollivander's
No. I didn't get a letter from Hogwarts although that would have been cool. However, I did go to buy my first pair of cowboy boots and another for Shilpa. I walked into Allens Boots and my first reaction was Oh **** ! There were rows after rows with thousands of boots and I had no clue how to find a pair. I asked one of the guys about how to fit a shoe and he explained. And then he said very slowly in a very Texan ...
Austin, TX: The Unusual Nature of Austin
... to 30,000 pound of insects. I hope the mosquitos are included in this. God, I hate mosquitos; the Lord created them to annoy all the other species that had ever roamed the dry Earth. I found out about the bats from my colleague, Charles, who's a native of Austin. The bat hotline is 512-416-5700 ext. 3636. Charles went to Barton cold springs on Friday. Alex, Casie, Dresden and I went there the next day. There must have been 500+ people in that ...
Day 7 - Tacos, floating bikes and more!
... life time, I realised said festival was not where I needed to be! So I headed back to the camper to have a bit of Holly time.
When the boys joined me later, we got a taxi back into the city and went to Taverna, an Italian Restaurant for dinner. I had amazing risotto and a shared a nice bottle of red wine. Exhausted once again, we wandered back home to ...
Pre-Departure Research, Connections and Such...
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Immediately following the Borneo assignment, Jim & Karen will travel to Thailand to take part in the first annual AMARC-Asia/Pacifica Community Radio Training Forum "Enhancing Impact of Community Broadcasting" in Bangkok, November ...