Lynne and I serendipitously (read: accidentally!) ended up on the famous San Antonio River Walk on a perfect spring-like Friday evening. We were headed to a bistro for dinner, so we were looking for a “reasonably priced” place to park in the downtown area. We parked the car and walked through a doorway to exit the lot, only to stumble onto this: Continue reading
I am reminded over and over that when one must work 9 to 5, five out of seven days a week, one must make the most of the two remaining days as best they can, come rain or shine. I am reminded of this over and over, because the vast majority of my friends and family no longer work 9 to 5. 😉 So with the first of my two days off having turned cold and rainy Continue reading
It’s perfect spring weather on our first full day in San Antonio. It is finally warm enough to open up the skylight, with nothing but a screen door between my virtual office and the cacophony of birds in the old pecan trees outside. It is 4:00pm, and I sitting at my desk, sleepily downloading excel reports to the chirping of the birdsong outside, when the “ding” of my iphone signals an incoming email. Continue reading
With my good friend and blogger buddy Lynne now retired and me pretending to be, we needed something a little more fitting with the “Austerity Plan” than the absurd going rate of $40 per night in downtown San Antonio. As the first major city along the I-35 corridor from South Texas, clearly, San Antonio has the “snowbird set” over a barrel, Continue reading
While passing time the last couple of months in The Driveway, waiting on the multiple appointments required for Mom’s cataract surgery, I had some time for a couple of projects. Continue reading
I once read a bit of blogger profundity that the size of a full timer’s storage facility indicates their commitment to the full timing lifestyle. If the storage unit/building/shed holds all the comforts of home, full time living on the road will not hold an equally promising future. As much as I have loved the full timing lifestyle over the past year, Continue reading
Texas bragging rights can get downright annoying sometimes, especially for someone who has spent as many years living outside the state as inside. Always with the “Bigger and Better in Texas” theme. Do other states have everything in the shape of their state from tombstones to tortilla chips? Continue reading
When I was in Austin for my two week escape from the driveway, I went to dinner at my favorite sushi restaurant. I love to sit at the sushi bar and watch the edible art being created as I sample the small plates that come up one by one, while sipping $3 sake until my gums are comfortably numb. The place is always packed, so it is always a crap shoot whether you will be seated next to Continue reading
Old man winter’s back in town! Looks innocent enough, right? Just a sheer, subtle layer of shimmering slickness. Not to worry, right? 
Too bad I was driving and couldn’t grab a photo of the rear end of some guy’s car dangling overhead in thin air, high off the edge of the overpass Continue reading
It is time for me to leave Austin and return to the driveway. I have had a great time here, and I am sad to leave. But as Tracey Chapman would sing, “Leave tonight or live and die this way.” Continue reading