Yesterday I was in LA. Tomorrow I’ll be in Nashville. It’s wild out here, kids, but let’s reflect on how grateful I am for this full life. Last weekend is the story of a friendship close enough that all it takes is a one-word text message. Party? Party And so we did, Saturday night after…
The west Texas elopment was perfect. Every breakfast at Aster Marfa was perfect. Meeting Rice alum Roberto leading us to Garza Marfa for his Mimi y Roberto pottery was perfect. The family Sunday celebration brunch-into-hangout was also perfect. Sunday night cheese-and-wine catchup was perfect. My workouts this week were perfect. I hit 4 lifting days,…
Tuesday was a great day. Last weekend was great. Moving the trip I had planned for this week to next week was great plan. This week was great. MY week was great. Lots of things happened in the world to make me frustrated with our government, country, and society (as defined by social mores). I…
I am so grateful, for this most trying, amazing, high and low, peak- and valley-filled year. I am grateful for this absolutely ridiculous Christmas week, which saw me bounce from San Antonio to Sonoma to Houston back to Austin in just 6 days… San Antonio generations girls getaway at the gorgeous Hotel Emma in the…
This marks the FOURTH weekend IN A ROW that I’ve been in Austin, without plans. This is (the last weekend) a record since I moved back, and probably a record for a long time in wherever I called home. It was very intentional, and it’s been very, very fun—but, actually really challenging as well. It’s…
Unreal. Turns out, this is how I describe Lake Tahoe EVERY TIME I’M THERE. But … it is. How is it so gorgeous, viewed from a ski run, from the top of the mountain, from the shores?! This last-minute, celebratory, easy, ski trip was absolutely perfect. Solo skiing, four (fully-grown, tall) adults stuffed into a…
Aspen Real life. This Aspen/Vail trip was characterized by getting to share real life with my best friends—often, visits turn into vacations, but this one got to include couch nights, deep conversations and also the complete lack of conversation that characterizes the deepest friendships. We went out and had a blast too, but I was…
Towels are one of those items in which you don’t think about what you want until you have to really freakin’ figure out what you want and then you wonder: do I want soft towels? Light towels? Big towels? Small towels? Absorbent? Am I going to lounge in them? It’s exhausting. In my new fabulous…
I mean, it’s perfect. I debated what to do with this kitchen alcove/nook, but making it a coffee bar was definitely the right move. Thanks in no small part to the most amazing, badass, delicious drip coffee maker of ever, that I just got after coveting my facebook girlfriend for life’s for years… It’s the Zojirushi…
I wrote this in April, when I decided to move back to Austin: My god the history of this blog is long. I stumbled upon this June 3, 2008 post when my brother and I were looking for our first house (which we and now just he still own, in Brykerwoods) and was struck by the…