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Last weekend was the 3rd Annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Dallas. We walked down to the end of the street to cheer on over 14,000 participants. And most importantly we cheered on our sister Natalie who finished her first half marathon! We’re so impressed.
My new office is a pretty awesome place. In comparison to the more corporate environments that I’m used to, the space is a breath of fresh air. One of the highlights is the amazing hand-crafted wooden plank wall that adorns the entire south side of the room. It makes the perfect surface for the dart board and accompanying chalk scoreboard.
The two week break is about over and it is time to get back to normal life. Well, as much as we can with a newborn around the house. We celebrated one of my last days off by bringing the baby to the lake and having a little picnic. The weather has been great lately and it was a perfect day to be outside.
It has been pretty quiet around here and on Fish and Veggies lately. But for good reason! I am excited to announce that our baby girl, Grace, was born a few short weeks ago. Becoming a Dad for the first time has been the most incredible experience of my life, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
Last weekend, world renowned street artist Shepard Fairey was in Dallas. Along with his team he spent a few days painting several buildings in West Dallas, near the site of the soon-to-be-opened Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. The work is incredible. And even more incredible to me is the size of the work, and how quickly it was done. For drivers coming across the new bridge this spring, there will be an amazing display of modern art waiting for them on the other side.
Cheers to the Dallas Contemporary for inviting Shepard to Dallas.
I was walking around downtown Dallas last night and was struck by the contrast in the night skyline. On the left is the modern and stunning Museum Tower still under construction. On the right is the Cathedral Guadalupe Church, built in 1898.
A few us of gathered yesterday for a little cooking lesson at my brother-in-law’s new place. The lighting in his house is perfect at this point in the afternoon and it made for a fun, tasty and well-lit event. I’ll leave the food pictures to an upcoming post on Fish and Veggies, but here’s a few of my favorites in the mean time.
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And for those watching the event, there was plenty of cereal nearby for snacking.
Happy New Year! 2011 was a great year full of significant events and major life changes. 2012 is shaping up to be no different, but we’ll get to that later. Here’s a few of my favorite moments from 2011:
The year is coming to an end and I’m cleaning out my photo closet.
This is one of my favorites from our trip to New York earlier this fall.
I’ve been doing a bit of furniture resurfacing lately to prepare the nursery. It feels great to be out in the garage working on something again.
Kelley McRae and her badass guitar playing husband Matt — old friends of my wife — were in town a few weeks ago. They are possibly two of the coolest people you will ever meet. We had dinner before their gig at The Opening Bell coffee shop and we just listened to them talk about their adventures as they travel around the country in their VW Westfalia van. They played a great show, said goodbye and were off to the next stop on the tour.
Oh, and Kelley now comes equipped with this great little stomp box that Matt made himself.
As we were driving through downtown this week I couldn’t help but to notice the massive new Omni Hotel and its impressive light display. It was difficult to get a reasonable vantage point from where we were at but the hotel is pretty magnificent from a distance at night. Definitely looks like a great addition to the Dallas skyline.
The world of babies is a bit overwhelming, but nothing is more overwhelming than these massive baby stores. They have things I’d never known to exist but now I can’t live without. I can easily justify not purchasing some of these items by proclaiming that “babies have survived for thousands of years without this stuff.” Then I lie awake at night regretting that I haven’t picked up a machine to twist bags around dirty diapers yet. Here’s a few scenes from one of our weekend shopping outings.
It’s Halloween this week and where I’m from that means one thing: pumpkin carving. Every year as a kid we would take a trip across the border into Pennsylvania to go to a local farm store to pick up the best stuff around. We would pick fresh apples in bunches and choose a few pumpkins to bring home.
This year was a little different, but the idea remains the same. I live in Texas now, and unless you are in the middle of nowhere, a pumpkin patch and apple farm is not a common sight. And, much to my surprise there are people in this country that have never carved pumpkins before, including my wife. We found a few pumpkins and carved up these guys. Not bad for a first timer.
After the carving was complete, we cleaned, heavily salted, and roasted the seeds. Don’t forget this step. You’ll be missing out.
Happy Halloween!