So many updates, and quite a bit of time

It has been a very busy end of 2012. It has also been a while since I have updated the old blog-y, so here we go

In September I found a new home and a new home mate, Shannon! It is quite a big step up from my 396 sq ft studio. 

Shannon thinks its cold...

Packing was freaking ridiculous

Balcony view, but they all look the same

Is this where the magic happens?

I need art

My room the size of my old place

We have lots of shelf space

Next up: ACL!!!! or Austin City Limits Music Festival

This was my first year going to ACL. I have been going to the tapings of the Austin City Limits television show. I saw the Shins, Bon Iver, the Tuneyards amongst others.  ACL Fest was an epic 3-days of music, art, rain, food, and silliness. 

The entrance to the park

Great shot from the park

Afghan Whigs

It's Mon and Eric!

If you pan down, there is Neil Young

Overhead crowd shot

Broken Bells

Packer Nation at ACL!

Oh yea!


To be continued......

I accept your challenge, and raise you a topic!

I have neglected my blog. And only one person has missed it. So Christy, you ask, and I'm answering!

This is my challenger :) 

The topic: (From the Facebook comments)
How an urban girl beats the heat - Go!

How this urban girl beat the heat!

(Monica was a big help)

My dear friend Mon bought a Groupon for the group (ahahaha cheap play on words, cheap device)

So we made great big plans, Meg made food and drinks, I made food and drinks, the dudes made food and beer. Jackie came in last minute from Houston so she bought vegetables, ice and what not. 

In order to make sure we weren't too tired (aka Friday night party pooped) Jackie and I met Megan downtown to watch Out of Africa. (I cried and then ate curry) See it, ole Redford there is a hunk!

I made juice and guacamole and mango salsa after the movie. Mmmmmm

 So we made it to the dock on a Saturday at 9:30am (go us!)

We hired a drunken Captain (I think all captains are drunk from birth, therefore legal)

There he is, Captain Eric

We had sweet tunes, (Yacka Flacka I believe was on the list) We ate, we drank, and we swam.

Meg-o makes the best watermelon shots!

Petite and pretty

Will she do it?

Canonball!!!!

The cool water kept the beers cool :)

Again, thank you Mon!!!

The other dudes in the crew Hi Guys

Megan looks like she lives on a boat

I dont know why I pressed my lips to my own face like that, but I needed a me pic

Serious sailor face 

Eventually, the boat had to be returned. The crew wasn't done.

Onward!

Sleep-o Jackie. She literally sleeps anywhere

After a brief stop at Casa de Mego, we decided some dancing was in order.

And that Christy, is how an urban girl beats the heat! Watch out Cosmo! I got this.

Ms. Schultz Goes to DC! (DUn dun dun DUN)

Been a while... Sorry, sometimes my whimsied whit goes on vacation.

Ms. Schultz went to DC!

Look at that shot, I did it from the top of the moving bus!

It has been a while since I've been there, I was like 10 or 11 maybe.

But I didn't go to DC, just for DC. Oh no....

It was this precious face :)

That's my girl

It had been entirely too long since I had seen this precious face, who I have had the distinct pleasure over the past 9 years of spending tons of time drinking, chatting and traveling.

I flew into DC on American (I've had better) and because of the tornados that hit DFW that week and apparently not checking the plane was working before loading it, we had a delay. No worries, I got into Reagan, grabbed my carry-on grabbed the first train to DuPont Circle.

Now I was romping around with my bag and since I dragged that bitch around like thats what I do, I found that people were more interested in befriending me than staring and assuming mean tourist thoughts. So after a new friend pick-up, they were a cute new couple on a date, I made it to the bar to see CHRISTY!!!!

We ran down to the Russian Vodka Bar. That's the name, and we were the only non-Russians. We laughed, cried from laughing, and drank Russian vodka. There was a dude, I assume his name was Boris, who was apparently "eye-doing" me. He was just outside of my peripheral vision, so I was not uncomfortable, but Christy and her friend felt violated for me. Boris asked me to stay for another drink in the signature Russian rumble, but we had a train to catch!

I will point out that we stayed up until 4 or so drinking JW Black and giggling or guffawing. 

So after a recovery breakfast, we hit the train and did the DC day trip. We decided to do the open top bus, because, well, I had limited time and this was an overview. I can focus more on my next trip. I will not sit here wax poetically about what I saw, I will just pictorialize it for ya.

The White House... we were too lazy to go to the front

You can see the Earthquake cracks!

Waiting for the bus.
You take a hot dog, wrap it in a pizza, you got cheezy blasters! Thanks Meat Cat!
We sang that.

A statue we no doubt stole from S. America

That's a crazy car. I wanted to get closer. 

Smithsonian!

Ford Theater

Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln!

My pictures got jumbled, and every time I caption the uncaptioned picture, it deletes the picture. Weird.

Moving on as they say.

We went to U Street that night for a celebratory birthday etc dinner and drinks. At one point we called a one, Michelle Nichols, and sang Whitney Houston to her. Why? Why not?

The severely steep subway escalators make me dizzy and vertigo'd.

Sunday,  Christy made us breakfast and we drank some lovely mimosas. Then we took the Sammer Jammer, her sweet doggie Samantha, to the park near her house.

We closed out the day with a nice light dinner and went to see a film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, at the local theater. It was a really nice wind down. Went home and talked books, and careers, stayed up probably too late. But worth it.

Got up at 5:30ish to take the train back to Reagan and fly home. The line was longer for Dunkin Donuts coffee than for security.

Thank you Dr. Crusty Pants for a wonderful weekend. No more long waits!