Or, the random thing I labeled this FGF long before I sat down to write it. And to be fair, I love bike commuting. To happy hour, to volleyball, to the gym, to anywhere, it makes me so happy to be outside and NOT in a car! I am so grateful for Shoal Creek trail…
North Central Austin is a hidden gem for out-of-towners because airbnbs are much cheaper than staying downtown or other hip areas (ahem mueller ahem), but access to everything is easy due to Mopac (DON’T GO DURING TRAFFIC). I spent the first three months of my return to Austin in a great house off 2222 &…
Halloween is my least favorite dress up holiday because it’s so broad: you can be literally anything and you’re on theme. I abhor people asking “so what are you?” Nope. I want a theme and to creatively riff off of that. Alas, I am apparently in the minority and am actually attending a Halloween party this year—well, Hollaween…
Well, I made some new friends and biked around once the weather cleared up and had some awesome dinners with awesome people and it’s beginning to almost feel like I live here in Austin. Which is good because technically I moved here 5 months ago next week (although I long joked that I was moving…
I’ve been using the Girl of Two Shoes metaphor for a very long time (here’s the og). I never stopped to think about if it’s still serving me. Now that I have, it’s time to retire it. Because y’know what? We’re past thinking women even need to be/should/are “high-heeled” (girly) or “tennis-shoed” (tomboy). Women as…
Despite the deluge of rain the past few days weeks month, I managed to squeeze in some much-needed yard work last weekend. I asked my dad to help me—I wanted to tear out some bushes for an herb garden and move some stones around, he decided we should trim all the tree limbs and brought…
Except, y’know, I’m a girl. Was boys weekend where three of my closest dude friends flew in from literally all over the country (Atlanta, Tucson, OC) to hang out, hit up one day of ACL, and explore Austin really just a week ago?! It was so much fun. There were missed airport pickups, scooters, mubers,…
I made the mistake of browsing a few comments on this amazing youtube vid and while I’m certain readers of my blog are well aware of the following, I reiterate: feminism is about equality. Equality is about respect. This song is calling out a disconnect between rhetoric and reality that does not discount any other…
I was wrong about everything. I was wrong that I didn’t want the jacuzzi tub… even though it looks tiny, it feels fucking amazing to have a JACUZZI TUB in YOUR OWN PERSONAL bathroom. I was wrong about what I wanted when I moved home. I was wrong about who I wanted when I moved…
It’s seriously an official office, y’all. Everything is bigger in Texas, including my office (because remember my closet desk in Cali?). My work title may or may not be right, but it’s been like five different things (Director of IT Product Management, Director of Client Technology, Director of IT Solution Development …) since I transitioned to…