Last Stop: Oasis

My last stop was the Oasis in Austin. It is a restaurant nestled along the cliffs of Lake Travis and is called "The Sunset Capital of the World". They are right. We hit it right at sunset on Cinco De Mayo and it was one of the most amazing sights I've ever seen. The pictures do not do it even the slightest bit of justice. The sun is just a HUGE ball of fire setting ever-so-slowly behind the hills. My sunglasses have a blue hue to them, so when peering at the sunset, it appeared as a big hot pink ball. Incredible. Once the sun completely sets, they ring a bell.

I had some foo-foo drink and basically a bowl of melted cheese. Yummy, melted cheese and tortilla chips. I ordered an appetizer, but only took one bite because, well, I ate a bowl of melted cheese. Shut up. I was on vacation. The boys went on after that back to 6th Street, but I elected to go back to the hotel because holy crap I was tired. 8 days of fun, but I was done. The flight back sucked. I was supposed to take off at 6:45 pm, but it was delayed over an hour, and I got to the airport at 4 pm, so I sat there what seemed like FOR-EV-ER. Thank God my morning was filled with a hot stone massage and a facial to relax me. Vacation was great fun, and Texas is cool, but I was very glad to come home. Nothing beats home. I love the beach, my pool, my mom and of course I missed little Magadog terribly. I've wanted to talk about Miss Maggie, but with Louie's passing, it seems too hard right now. Don't worry, I'm taking good care of my little girl.

Sorry about the delay in posting, but there has been something distracting me of late. ;-) I'll dish later. Maybe.

The Riverwalk ROCKS!!

LOVED it! By far the best part of the trip, however I think I left my liver there. A little hung over today. Despite what you may think, I don't actually drink that much, so when I decide to let loose, well, OUCH. So, the next time you are there, you can't miss "Dick's Last Resort". Holy crap that place is hilarious! It is "service with an attitude", and how true that is! The waiters are too much, they make hats for you with nice little sayings (pictured) and if you are a guy ordering a girly drink, you get a "pussy cat" drawn on your cup! LOL! I need to work there. The guy giving me the bird was the host. We took the little river boat tour, shopped, ate and drank. Great day!

San Marcos

Spent the day in San Marcos. My friend Mario graduated from Texas State, so he wanted to go visit his old stomping grounds. The campus is beautiful, and we had a huge lunch at "Grins", a college town restaurant. Home of the 99 cent margaritas! Really cool place; relaxing with trees and foliage all around. I ordered the "hottest burger in San Marcos". I could totally handle it, no problem! The H.E.B truck? Kind of an inside joke. It is a grocery store, but I call it "The HEB", and it is pronounced by each letter "H" "E" "B", so Mario laughs every time we see the sign. I can't help it. Spent the remainder of the day at the pool and jacuzzi. Today we are headed to San Antonio! Leaving now.

The Salt Lick, Baby!

So, after getting lost in the backwoods of Driftwood, Texas, we found "The Salt Lick" Texas BBQ Ranch! OMG, YUM! Great food and a little live country band. I had the 3-meat platter with beef brisket, ribs and sausage. I could seriously eat there every night considering my love of meat. It is freezing tonight, and Mario is crashing at my hotel. We are watching the CNN coverage of Osama's death and eating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Jalapeño Pringles. Good times! Another funny thing, as we were driving back, Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Walk the Line", to which Mario and I sang along. Classic. The toilet paper pic. I found it disturbing that this is how much T.P. was in my stall. I was thinking, Oh God, what the hell is in the food!?! I also bought a Salt Lick T-shirt. Had to.

Feeling My Age

OK, I've been going non-stop since I got here and am I TIRED. I slept a good portion of today because I experienced 6th Street last night and didn't get back to the hotel until dawn. They close the street, so there are 100's of people walking around bar-hopping and partying. There is live music and food, too. I lost track of all the bars we went to, but I remember a few: Coyote Ugly, The Dirty Dog, and Besos. It was fun, but LOUD. I even got to experience a strip club. LOL. The funniest part was every time I showed my ID to a doorman, they did a double take at my age, looked up at me and said, "No fucking way!" Hehe, I think I like Texas.

The night before we gorged on massive amounts of Italian food and yesterday before 6th Street, we went to the Hula Hut. LOVE that place! You can get a Mai Tai in a FISHBOWL. Tonight, is Texas BBQ, and tomorrow I'm not sure.

The weather is very strange here. It was 95 degrees at noon, and now it is 60 degrees. No shit. There could be thunderstorms tonight, oh please, oh please, oh please! I would love to see a Texas storm! Apparently, Dallas has a severe thunderstorm warning, but I don't know if we will see anything here or not.

A Late Night in Austin

OK, so I got back to the hotel around 4 am. Hey, what's wrong with having fun at 39? Here are some pics of the airplane, the Phoenix airport, Mario, Stacy, and Carlo. I just woke up and will probably go down to the pool and wait for my friends to wake up out of their comas. It was kind of a wild night.

What happens in Austin, stays in Austin.

Hello, Austin!

CrazyDogMama has arrived in Austin, Texas!  Yeehaw! I will have more pics soon hopefully. Well, I have to go, they are picking me up and we are going out. Let the fun begin!

Off to Texas on Thursday!

So I'm getting ready for my trip. Here are some of the places I'm going (or so I've been told I'm going):

The Oasis in Austin

The Hula Hut

The River Walk

University of Texas

Grins Restaurant

Lake Travis.

Anyone have any additional suggestions? I'm open! This will be my first visit to Texas, and I will be staying in downtown Austin. We will be traveling to San Antonio one day as far as I know. It feels great to have something to look forward to! I will be gone 8 days. Woohoo!