Wild and Crazy about Austin

plate by KathyPhantastic, www.kathyphantastic.com

Howdy, blog reading lovelies!

I am writing with information about my upcoming (temporary) relocation to Austin, TX.  That's right.  This blue state gal is studying abroad in the down home red state breakfast taco mecca that is Austin (actually, Austin itself is quite blue... but it is situated in a sea of red and that is therefore fun to talk about).

I will be departing my beloved D of C on January 2 and will return on January 29.  (And if you are reading this and thinking that you can come to my apartment and steal my KitchenAid mixer while I'm gone... you'd be wrong.  My friend Kirk will be living in my apartment, fending off possible KitchenAid robbers, and making Jell-o molds in my absence.) For those of you in DC, you should contact him! He is such a cool dude. (Thanks to Kay B. for making this connection!)

While in Tejasland, I will be working out of Convio's Austin offices and learning how to calculate the Eastern to Central time difference on my Outlook calendar.  Other activities planned include:

tiny Darcy feet

• photo shoot with Joey M. and her adorable dog
• breakfast tacos every single morning
• cake pop making date with Chris C. and Kathy P.
• eating lots of BBQ
• new boot purchase 
• quality time with Darcy P.
• naps
• spa day/tamale dinner with my colleagues Rachel J. and Rachel  M.
• water aerobics at the Austin JCC
• searching for randomly shaped pinatas to ship back to my favorite people in DC for no reason
• visits from Katie R., Lauren B., parents Goodstein, and Rebecca G.!
• lots more...

My fabulous friend and blogging mentor, Jodi B., is also hosting a little happy hour to welcome me to Austin and introduce me to other bloggers in the area (almost as fun as my Bat Mitzvah, right?).  The details are on Facebook, but I've also copied them here:

Join me in welcoming the wonderful Emily Goodstein, blogger at Wild and Crazy Pearl, lifecycle celebration photographer, and all-around adventurer to Austin!

Emily will be "studying abroad" in Austin for the month of January, which she has arranged through her job at Convio. For the other 11 months of the year, she lives in Washington, D.C.



This girl is all about community, so I wanted to arrange a happy hour to introduce her to my friends in town.

5:30 PM on Tuesday, January 10 at Black Star Coop, 7020 Easy Wind Drive, Austin, Texas 78752

I hope you can make it!  Even if you're not a blogger, don't you want to check out this fun beer coop and dine on some of their very delicious bacon peanut brittle? Good, that's what I thought.

Although I am often on the road and am rarely in one place for too long, this will be the longest I have been away from DC and my own bed... ever.  So keep me company during my adventures by watching W and CP for updates and reporting FULLY on ANYTHING fun that happens while I am gone.

Hook 'em!