Category Archives: Texas

Chicken scratch (this really great place in Dallas)

March 20, 2013

We chose to fly out of Dallas late this past Sunday so we could meet up with some other good friends of ours before going home. They took us to lunch at a place called Chicken Scratch. It’s am amazing mix of food and beer garden. Add to that the Texas sun and warmth and seriously I could’ve spent all day there.

On a recommendation I got the chicken tenders and fries. The seasoning was…so…good. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about them. Oh my. We didn’t spend all day there but we did hang around for some time. It was so nice catching up with friends and talking about what’s to come for our futures. Exciting and scary!

It’s one of those afternoons you’re sad that you live so far away from the places and people you love but I sure am glad to have such a huge appreciation for both. An appreciation that sometimes doesn’t happen until you are separated. Basically I miss my friends, I miss Texas, I miss being warm all the time but I’m so happy to have and to have had these things in my life. Feeling pretty nostalgic I guess.

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Texas we miss you

March 19, 2013

This past weekend we got to head to Texas for a friend’s wedding. All week Walker and I were so excited to head out. We knew the weather was going to awesome, the food was going to be so good, and we were going to see some of our good friends that we miss dearly.

We took a red eye to maximize our time there but that meant we arrived in Texas at 5 am without a wink of sleep. Luckily we got to check in super early. We took a nap and promptly headed to the pool and the sun. We were in heaven. The sun felt so good and we were so warm. I’d have stayed out there all day if I didn’t think I’d turn into a crisp.

We also hit up a local Mexican joint for some texmex and a Mexican martini. Little did we know we’d be eating Mexican food the entire weekend, but really I’m not complaining. We relaxed the rest of the day and got ready for the wedding activities.

We had the rehearsal dinner Friday night, a brunch the day of the wedding and then the wedding and the reception. The reception was held at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth so I took a gander around a few galleries before getting my dance and drink on. It was a lot of fun and it all went by much, much too quickly. When can we go back?!

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The salt lick-oh my

January 18, 2013

I didn’t have any particular place in mind but when I was in Austin I was going to eat barbeque-somewhere. The day before I left I called my friend Katie to remind her of my arrival and she said they already had a trip planned to the Salt Lick to say goodbye to one of the grad students in her department. Perfect! The Salt Lick isn’t the best barbeque in Austin but it’s got the best atmosphere by far and honestly most of the time the best bbq is the bbq I’m eating at the moment.

We were with a group of about 15 physics students and I invited a few friends of mine along also we were quite the crowd. My friend made me a birthday cake and I was super excited because I told him how Walker wouldn’t let me put 29 candles on my cupcake so he brought 29 and lit it up! It warms my heart when friends do such nice things for me. I’ll have to do something extra nice with he and his girlfriend come to visit us here. Hehe.

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-the cake maker

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-the cakemaker’s girlfriendDSC_1189

-my friend KatieDSC_1195

-my birthday sparkling juice! (I would drink this every year on New Year’s but I couldn’t get a bottle in Seattle but I happened to have an older one in Austin that I left when I moved-my mom had mailed me 3 bottles last year since you can only buy it in Michigan-hahaha-oy!)DSC_1206

-29 candles!DSC_1208

-can I blow them all out at once?  DSC_1212

-deep breath!

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-yes I can!!DSC_1213

I just love my birthday month and I was so blessed to get to continue the celebration with friends!