When You Move Away, Far Away

It was all innocent enough. I had just finished my DVRd episode of Downton Abbey when a commercial came on for Antiques Roadshow, the host standing in a green valley, mountains rising up...

Sea World San Antonio at Christmastime

The week after Christmas, the kids were anxious to get out on an adventure. Realizing that our Sea World San Antonio passes would expire at the end of the year, we decided to take a very...

Blasting Into the New Year, Texas Style

If you’re ringing in the New Year in Texas, you’re going to see some fireworks. The first year we lived here, I admit, we were bewildered by it. But by the second year,...

LOCAL DEAL: $12 for 4-Time Open Play Card at A Bunch of Fun

I’m always on the lookout for someplace fun and creative where my 3yo can play and burn off some energy. I’m not sure how I missed the A Bunch of Fun play center outside Katy on...

The Psychology of Texas Weather

According to my California-bred, long-time Oregon resident brain, when a day looks like this: the temperature should look something like this: But here in Texas, you end up happy –...

My Hat Is There, My Home Is Here

Feeling very quiet and reflective on this leg of our trip.  We’ve stopped in Hillsboro, Oregon – a suburb of Portland and the city we moved from when we relocated to Texas 2...

It Really Snowed in Houston!

Much to our absolute shock and delight, it really did snow in Houston on Friday! Forecasters had placed the worst of the action during mid-afternoon, but even by 9am the sleet was coming...

Houston: A Winter Wonderland?

Talk of snow has been all over town for days.  Really?!  It has been delightfully chilly, hovering in the 50′s all week long.  For once I haven’t scoffed at the idea of a...