sportball + easter

I could really get used to not working weekends. Unfortunately, this was my last free one for a while. No worries, I made good use of it.

Sportball Saturday:








Easter Sunday:



Yes, I eat the ears first. Because the ears are the best part. Obviously.

I made vanilla cupcakes (recipe here) with buttercream frosting for the family, but I can never seem to find an icing recipe that I like. They're always way too sugary, even when I used less than the suggested amount of confectioners sugar. Does anyone have a great non-sugarcomainducing icing recipe?

Austin, TX: Food, Drinks, and Mustaches

This weekend Corban and I took a little trip down to Austin, just to get away (also, to eat...the eating was very important.) We re-visited some favorite spots:


Magnolia Cafe for nommy breakfast items


Perla's for delicious food and drink



Once Over for coffee and peaceful reading (Corban is reading The Pale King by DFW and I am working on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer)




And had a few new experiences:


Imbibing delicious cocktails at Peche (I highly recommend the "Bees Knees")


Shopping on South Congress where I bought some lovely sunglasses at Prototype Vintage



Cataloguing all the different types of hipster Austin mustaches



Then, of course, we came home and immediately went out to watch the Rangers kick some Orioles butt.



I took my AE-1 on the trip, but I didn't really use it. I prefer portraits to landscapes, and it was only me and Corban, so I didn't exactly have an abundance of subjects.

A lovely break, but now it's back to the grindstone. Today I am observing an ESL class taught by the famous and talented Ken Myers. I'm excited to see friends and hopefully learn something (crossing my fingers that the "something" is not that teaching ESL is way more than I can handle and I should fall on my sword directly!)

Texas Rangers: The Stealing of My Heart

Ok, let's talk about
baseball
the Rangers (pre-apology to all non-sportball fans...believe me, I am one of you with the exception of this particular team.) We all know that I love the Rangers. And, not just because they went the World Series last year. posers. When I was a little girl I used to think that I would marry Nolan Ryan. I would still like to give him a hug one day. So, there is a very particular type of devotion here. Let's just say that I was glad to sit in Kenji's backyard, drink tequila, and watch some Spring Training...


(photos taken with the illustrious vintage Canon AE-1...I'm getting better, I think)









...and then I was super excited to tailgate before Opening Day (no, we did not get tickets to the actual game, my devotion does not extend to $300 a pop tickets.) I had never tail gated before and discovered that it includes sitting, getting sun-burned, drinking beer, and eating hotdogs/burgers/ribs.






(self-pics taken with POS point and shoot)





Not a bad use of a Friday morning, I'd say. I promise, I'll try to keep Rangers talk to a minimum this summer. I know nobody cares. Unless you do care. In which case you'd better speak up now.

Starlight

I had the time of my life last night when Corban and I made it onto the KISS CAM at the Star's game!! Every game we go to, we both secretly really want to get onto the kiss cam, so we were beyond stoked when we got to make out on camera last night. I'm still smiling about it. :)

Plus, our seats were beyond awesome.

I Wish

Just got At the Seams posted, you can check it out here.

Checking out Gordon Biersch tonight with Ashley and Michael. SUPER EXCITED.

**Edit**

Also, C and I watched the Rangers kick the piss out of Tampa Bay on Friday.

He surprised me with my very own Rangers gear! Love my man and my new hat. :)

Fallback

Hello, blog. It's been a while. I have a few things to say:

1. My Soft Spoken hat came in last week! Just in time for all this warm weather. I guess that's what I get for ordering a knit hat in March. But, whatevs, I freaking love it.

2. Corban and I went to our first (collective and individual) professional sports game! Fake-cheese-nachos, sweaty men with funny noses, $8 Bud Light, and good friends is definitely the recipe for a good time. Go Stars!

3. For those of you who don't know, I got a job! A real one. Full time. I get my own desk and everything. :)

Happy Sunday, everyone, don't forget to get back your clocks. The government took an hour from us. I wonder what they will do with it...

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Daddy, kthnxbai, Burgandy?, and Jap. Chad and Corban refused to be silly with us.

Taking into account all the chili and queso from the Super Bowl, our official Valentine's dinner on Wednesday, and our steak dinner at home last night, Corban and I are working on some serious food babies. Time to bust out some free weights and crunches!

This is super belated, but I wanted to share some photos from the Super Bowl.

Chad, Corban, me, and Kenji- Team Sport Ball