Messin' with Texas

One of the exceptionally cool things to do in Beaumont is go to a place called Painting With a Twist. There is one location in Beaumont which is conveniently located a less than half a mile from my house.
According to the website:
We have the answer! Come alone or grab a friend or two, your [...]

I took a trip through east Texas over Easter Weekend. After going to Joe Patoski’s lecture on “Why Texans are Texans: An Introduction to Texan Identity” (related blog entry), I decided I wanted to get out and see something else of Texas. So I hit the road and headed north on 69 out of the [...]

Current Mood: HappyA few weeks ago, I went to see this guy speak:

His lecture (see the title of this blog post) was part of a series of five lectures put on by the Mcfaddin-Ward House, on the future of Texas. This particular one I was chomping at the bit for. Texans are an interesting group [...]

Current Mood: SurprisedI took a road trip this past weekend and – having broken my iPhone – had the opportunity to listen to the radio for six hours. It was an educational experience to say the least. There was a lot of religious programming, country music, gun advertisements, fishing supply advertisements etc – the kinds [...]

Fourth game (my indoor team) was a 5-8 loss. But I am happy I made it through 4 games in one day. Our goalie ruptured a tendon today though #
Third game we got a red card early and played down a man all game. We still won 4-0. Go united!!! We are in the semis. [...]

Back in the usa! #

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My greatest challenge so far this week: how to get 8 bottles of port and 4 bottles of wine to paris and then the usa. #
I think i got everything on the plane. Had to pay 120euro extra for two checked bags. Not sure how i had a free checked bag from holland #

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I broke the elevator to nuno's apartment in portugal and we got stuck waiting for help. We had a cake though so this time we have food #
Went to the winery of my brother's namesake today (graham). Not great but not bad. #

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On my way to the air port in holland to catch a flight to portugal. Things have been going well lately. I am still very sore from climbing. #

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What a day. No money or phone. Missed trains. Credit cards blocked and cannot rent a car. Bus is full. Unbelievable! #
At the bus station 2people cancelled. 3 waiting for tickets. A nigererian guy said he and i were together to be sure i got the last spot! #
In our darkest hours my dad and [...]