We’ve purchased Desert Creek Honey since 2008 to help with Kelly’s allergies. Plus local natural honey is just yum for cooking. I’ve written many times about how much we love to tour factories – if there’s a chance to see how something is made, we are THERE. I’m sure part of my fascination with watch-it-made […]
Travel
Bucket List Trip | Niagara Falls
While we were in upstate New York for the Wineglass marathon, we made a slight detour north to visit Niagara Falls. Because, you know, NIAGARA FALLS!!!
Garza Blanca – The Great Hayley Getaway
The Hayleys needed a vacation. Work has been epically busy, plus our Galloway running group duties and a host of other things we’ve said yes to over time. Then there’s the whole, Hey – we haven’t been on a proper vacation in over two years thing. That’s how we found ourselves in Mexico right after Thanksgiving. We found a beautiful resort, Garza Blanca, owned by the same group which owns Sierra Lago where we’d enjoyed a wonderful vacation several years ago. Garza Blanca didn’t disappoint.
Beautiful Banff
Since I talked about TED Summit in my previous post, I thought I’d share a bit of the scenery and fun from Banff. Lovely Lake Louise: Overpasses on the highway to allow safe wildlife migration within Banff National Park: Hiking: Running: “The Castle”: Scenery in and around Banff:
Along Came Matilda
Just when I thought I could not take one more step on my 20-minute walk to the office on a horribly humid and warm morning in Dallas, along came Matilda. Good girl.
Gospel Brunch Time
I’ve wanted to go to a gospel brunch for-ev-er. For a while, I thought we might attend one at the House of Blues in Dallas, but those were offered less frequently over the years and it didn’t feel right to miss a service with our own church family to attend a brunch downtown. Kelly and […]
Bats, Bats and More Bats
I only had two things I really wanted to do during our weekend in Austin – ok three, if you count spending relaxed time with my spouse. First, I wanted to go to Stubb’s for a gospel brunch (more on that tomorrow). Second, I wanted to see the bats fly. For those who don’t know, […]
Other Austin Eats
Bacon wasn’t the only thing we ate while in Austin (though it was enough to fill us up for two meals that day). We also stopped in at Maiko Sushi Lounge on 6th Street: They had a great happy hour menu (apparently, any time after 5 p.m. is happy hour – a fact which made […]
We Ate At Bacon
Our rental cottage in Austin provided a wonderful (witty) list of local restaurant and shop suggestions. One place within walking distance was Bacon. They noted it was a small place…small indeed. That could get crowded…crowded indeed. With a bacon-themed menu…indeed. Based on Yelp reviews that I read while waiting in line, Kelly opted to have […]
Sometimes…
Sometimes you look at your spouse and realize you haven’t gone away, just the two of you, for a non-family, non-faith based, non-friend related trip. Sometimes you just need time to invest in your marriage. So we did over the July 4th weekend – and it was good.