Messin' with Texas

Within three months of moving here, I joined a soccer team last February. It was a second division co-ed team. Here in Beaumont, we have two leagues: over 30, and open. Both leagues are co-ed. Each league has a first and second division. When I joined my team (United) last year, we had just formed [...]

Here in Beaumont we have a group called the La Cercle Francaise (The French Circle). It is based out of Lamar University and is organized by the head of the French deparment there, Dr Ken Rivers. Twice a year they show a series of French films on campus on a weekly basis, and about once [...]

Mucver (a turkish food), fried tofu with satay sauce, and fried fava beans with garlic and cumin. It was super yummy!
The pinor noir from the bliss winery. Very good.
Rather than use the clay piece on top of my hookah, I carved out a grape fruit and put the tobacco inside of it. I put the [...]

So this is me on an almost typical day at work. In order I am wearing:
A. Dark safety glasses. Before 8am and on night shifts we cannot wear the dark ones. They obviously protect your eyes from flying debris. We are also required to have goggles on us at all times. They attach to your [...]

I am not joking. There is a bag pipe band based out of Beaumont, Texas. I thought it was crazy too. When I heard about it I thought it was a joke or a trick, but sure enough, they exist. Saturday night I went to mackenzie’s Pub in Beaumont – where they actually had an [...]

This year for Halloween I got dressed up and went with friends to see Ben’s former band, The Scraps, play a show. I went to several of their shows before they broke up this past summer – one of their band members moved out of the area. On Saturday, they were short one of the [...]

Notice all the basil? I finally had to harvest my basil. It was getting too big. A lot of pesto will be coming once I find a recipe that I like. For now, my freezer is full of basil (there was a lot of basil from the other two basil harvests).
I cannot cut onions. They [...]