La Quinta Inn & Suites Austin/Cedar Park/Lakeline
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A for Austin, A for Awesome
What did I expect from a city that takes pride in being weird? Awesomeness.
It was a short drive from San Antonio to Austin and I decided to stay a bit outside the downtown because downtown hotels were too expensive. It was already evening so I decided to check out the music scene at the 6th street district. I was in for a surprise. …
Ho! Ho! Who?
... in a beautiful setting, then get to sit on Santa's lap after a short story that I try to make interactive. A few dozen kids in a line can move pretty quick, so nobody is antsy. And for the open houses, there are more kids because the Teas are limited to however many made reservations (they all sold out), but the line still moves along. And when they're not waiting, they can drink cider, have cookies, take pictures, spend all kinds of time gawking at the huge ...
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 ...
From where i left off....
... a blur whilst i was there, it became normal life it wasn't weird waking up every morning rubbing cream on my bum and putting on padded lycra shorts to ride 70 miles up and down hills, through 36 degree heat, we just did it. And only when i look back do i realise how hard it actually was and how well we dealt with it. I think we both have come out slightly different people, it hasn't made us mad on bicycles, it hasn't made me want to cycle everyday, it hasn't made me ...
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 ...