Yesterday Chill and I went to Houston for the Texans-49ers game. The game itself was pretty brutal (especially for cousin quarterback Shaun Hill), but some highlights of the game:
- Sitting 11 rows up from the field. We were so very close.
- Alex Smith replaces Shaun in the second half, when the 49ers almost came back from a 21-0 deficit. Made for quite an exciting finish, but not sure if this is a good or bad thing?
- Three army people parachuting into the stadium from the sky, one holding an American flag and another holding a football. This was pretty awesome.
- The Bushes were at the game.…
Posted October 5th, 2009 in
Every year is Austin City Limits is memorable in a very different way. This year, it was cold rain on Saturday that led to the warm, oh-so-yummy-sewage-smelling Mudfest on Sunday. Can’t say that I preferred it that way, but there won’t be any other ACL like this one, that’s for sure.
FRIDAY
My bike was fixed (from being hit by a car four days prior) just in the nick of time so that I could ride my bike to Zilker on Friday. It was a pretty sweet ride since I just took the Lance Armstrong bikeway from downtown straight to Austin High…
Tomorrow I leave for California for a good 5-6 days! I am finally excited, although I can’t believe it’s already Labor Day weekend. It will be a fun time. The first few days will be spent in Santa Cruz as Doublewide plays in the Labor Day Championships (on those gorgeous, gorgeous UCSC athletic fields), and the next few will be a tour of wine country, with beautiful drives and visits to the various wineries in Sonoma and Napa. It was be a nice break from these 100-degree days in Austin (not that it bothers me all that much). Of course,…
