A drive by posting.
Hi there. On the tradeshow road, this week San Antonio, next week DC, the week after that back in San Antonio and then the folllowing week in Vegas.
If I write strange things during this time, or disappear for days at a time...don't be alarmed. Random thoughts...
- San Antonio might have the worst mexican food I've ever had. Wondering how that can possibly be. I also feel the Riverwalk is wildly, wildly overrated. There, I said it. Nothing against the town, really. Just get me the frack out of here.
- I miss my sister. So badly I may have to do a drive by visit to Los Angeles to squeeze her, sit on a beach and look at the side of her face.
- I also missed Adult Swim. I watched it last night until I feel asleep in my frigid hotel room. Not sure if it was my intoxication or just having been away from it for so long that made me so nostalgic. Each time I woke from my
stuporsleep I found myself laughing out loud. - For those of you who have nudged me to do the etsy thing...it commences this weekend, stay tuned.
- I'm going to write a short story called The Expo. I may save it for NaNoWriMo next month. Details on that later.
- I love Stewie. I mean, I really do.
The outrages I have suffered today will not soon be forgotten!
I miss this space. Be back just as soon as I can.
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Well I'm no good for YOU!"
(One of my all-time favorite Stewie lines!)
Happy trails and thanks for the heads-up about San Antonio. We'll just head to Austin if we ever actually go anywhere. Ever. Again.
Enjoy the side of your sister's face as soon as you get to see her!
I'll tell you, I tried to see San Antonio (coming from Austin). The highway traffic was so thick, I said "screw it" with exasperation, turned around and headed back north.
I got BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS!!!!
Wow - that's one hell of a travel schedule. I have no room to complain about mine!
Be safe!
Now for the Riverwalk itself. Yeah, it can be kind of a disappointment at certain times of year, or times of day, depending on what you're looking for. At Christmas, it is absolutely smashing, especially at night. In January, they hold the Mud Festival, complete with King and Queen, both of whom are ceremonially dumped into the empty riverbed (which has been drained for its annual cleaning and maintenance.) In April, Fiesta starts, and the whole city goes mad for 10 days. There are lights, cascarones, food galore, and ... the Flambeau Parade. It's basically the same as a regular parade, only on the water, with tons and tons and TONS of lights. It's gorgeous.
One of my favorite things to do is go to the Riverwalk in the afternoon and sit in the central courtyard sipping a nice cold drink and listening to the live South American band that plays there almost every night. I also like to watch the boatloads of tourists come around the bend, gawking and snapping pictures. I rode one of those boats once (it's quite informative and fun), and as we entered the bend in the central courtyard, there was a group of high school kids all dressed in black standing on top of the ... thingy with stairs, dunno what it's called, the one right in the middle of the water that the boat goes around. There were about 20-30 of them, all dancing and jumping to the live music. It was so joyous and unexpected, I had to take some video. When the song ended, they all laughed and cheered and hugged each other, then headed into the mall to eat (I guess, after all that exertion).
Sending you good thoughts, hope the rest of your trip goes smoothly.
Don't give up on us yet :)
I believe I write less in Vox because of how much random mind farts I find myself posting to Twitter or FB. In my case, it's trading short 'whatever' nonsense for longer 'whatever' nonsense, but in your case, I fear we may be missing wonderful, insightful, pieces of writing and wisdom when Twitter siphons your content away from here. Long way of saying, I miss your Vox posts! Damn near every one of them stop me in my tracks and make me want to kidnap you and make you move to CA to be closer!
BTW: I can't entirely blame Twitter or Facebook for my lack of posting. As you know, I'm rather protective of the delicious things cooking in my life right now. And it's so much easier to write sad love poems than happy ones. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
BTW: I can't entirely blame Twitter or Facebook for my lack of posting. As you know, I'm rather protective of the delicious things cooking in my life right now. And it's so much easier to write sad love poems than happy ones. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Hey! That's my hometown you're talking about!
When are you coming back? Where are you staying? Perhaps it would be best if a local made some restaurant recommendations . . .
I wish I knew that before I went. I'm back in Austin, ramping up for this week's trip to DC. Didn't mean to dis your hometown my friend.