Monday, July 26, 2010

New Wordle...

just playing around.... 
 
Wordle: Student Affairs


Monday, July 12, 2010

Texas

I recently spent some time in Austin, TX....i was there for a conference and had never been to that part of texas before....

it was hot there....close to or over 100 everyday....but on our first day, we ventured out to eat tex-mex and explore downtown austin....we walked up and down historic 6th street, which was full of bars, restaurants, and tattoo parlors....austin is known as music city and has a large variety of bands playing each night in the bars downtown....we then walked down to the congress st bridge.

there are bats that live under the bridge, and each night between may and august they come out at dusk....and it's supposed to be a site to see....so, we decided that after dinner we would come back to see these bats- even though i think they are creepy....

however, when we returned at dusk, with all the other tourists....














the people were everywhere....including in the river

and we all just waited....while the sun went down and the moon came out...
 but the bats never came out.....

later in the week we visited the state capitol building.....it was interesting to take a tour of the building, learn about the politics of the state....what I learned the most was that texas believes it should be it's own country.....
the building is made of rose granite....it's a very subtle pink color....
all over the building you would find things in the ceilings and floors to remind people that texas is best....

after visiting the capitol building we walked up to u of t....the size of the campus was overwhelming....from the 10+ story football stadium to it's clock tower in the center of campus....
 the clock tower has been closed for a very long time because a student opened fire on the campus from the top of the tower....

overall, austin wasn't a place i would go back to.....but i did get to see plenty of it....and eat my way through it :)