We had a super Easter 2009. The beer koozie request didn’t work out, but the celebration service at the Verizon was amazing! Talk about a nail biter: 8:00 a.m. it was pouring down rain, but by 10:00 a.m. the sun was out and there was blue skies and a cool breeze. It’s amazing to think [...]
This morning my Uncle Manuel Espinoza passed away. He was my dad’s younger brother, the second of the six siblings. This was totally unexpected and the family is pretty stunned. On the way to the hospital I told my sister that I wish I could turn my phone ringers off when I go to bed [...]
Friday night we and Wells headed north to Gruene Hall to take in one of the last performances of one of our most favorite musicians – Kelly Willis. This may be the last time for a while, as her homepage states: “I am taking a hiatus from live performances for who knows how long. Being [...]
Me mateys and I must have been stuck betwixt a rum bucket an’ a swarthy lass, but somehow we almost missed International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The most sacred of holidays tis today and also tis the same day as me ol’ mum’s bearth day. YAAAAAARRRRR!!!! HAPPY BEEAAARRRRTHDAY MUM!!!!! We plan t’ celebrate by [...]
This morning Pete and I threw off the shackles of suburban droll and packed up the truck to head out to explore the wild blue yonder. Of course by blue I mean green. And of course by yonder I mean the Guadalupe river. Pete sounded a bit like Mr. Miyagi while trying to explain to [...]
One of the best things about working Downtown is getting to enjoy Fiesta festivities over lunch. Today Anupama, Rommel, James, Kim and I continued our annual tradition of heading over to Market Square for lunch. This year we learned: that James needs to bring an extra shirt, you should bring your own ice (horchata doesn’t [...]
This past weekend we headed to Corpus Christi for the Beach to Bay relay marathon. Amanda filled in on the team of our neighbor – Se Donnas Bella. She did her 4.4 mile leg in 46:21!!! I was the ‘logistics person’ and bag sherpa. This was our first time to B2B and it was a [...]
