I left my heart in ATX

I went to Austin for the first time since last August last weekend. I got to see Rachel and her and Matt's new house in Buda, and I went cake tasting with her and her mom, too. We tried to look at bridesmaid dresses, but by "tried" I mean, "went to one store, laughed at the ridiculousness that is the world of bridesmaid dresses, and gave up." We had much more fun gabbing at Le Madeleine after tasting cake.

I saw Maryam and Audrey, too! We had a good sushi dinner on W. 5th St., a place called Sushi Zushi. Good stuff :)

Sunday was the kite festival! It was awesome! I went last year with Matt, and we tried to fly this pathetic kite we made for free that we named Lil Lightning (it's a 'Simpsons' joke). Needless to say, Lil Lightning should have been renamed Piece of Crap (which is ironic, because Matt's an aerospace engineer. He told me to emphasize the 'space' when I tell people that :P )

Anywho, Maryam and I got a kite before we hopped on the shuttle - a Little Mermaid kite, clearly for kids, but I liked it - and got it flying on the first try! It was a gorgeous day, and to see Zilker full of kites in the perfectly blue sky made me think how much I love that city.

This is our kite in the sky. yup, it's Ariel!

I was able to go to Austin because I got two whole days off from work to go to a page design workshop at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. I really enjoyed it. It started Wednesday night, and then you spent all Thursday learning and creating page design. Seriously, we went from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 or 11ish at night. But, we got to use all of the super-new software and iMacs at the TCU School of Journalism. It was like being a kid locked in a candy shop, to sound like a total nerd.

I tried to post the page I created up on this post, but I couldn't get it to work because it's a PDF, not a JPG. Oh well :(