I’ve been trying to make the best out of the time I’m spending in Houston by trying to find new, random things to do. Cai Guo-Qiang, a Chinese contemporary artist was commissioned by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to create a gunpowder drawing installation for the new Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Sister, Sister
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged austin, houston, katherine, run, volunteer on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s In My Blood
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I always love coming back to my parent’s house for a little bit. I love my parents dearly, but part of the reason I still love coming back is that I usually don’t spend more than a week in Houston. I have friends that really love Houston as an adult, but I just cannot find [...]
The Barron
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bari got here safe and sound around midnight. Apparently when he got in, the Managua airport had no power. They were taxiing for about 20 minutes and said that if the power did not come back on, they would just fly over to San Salvador. So, the Managua International Airport loses power on the regular, [...]
Here Fishy, Fishy
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The bay is especially clear today (it has been murky lately from all the rain we’ve been getting every night), so the boys decided to take out their fins and spears to go spearfishing around the reef at the end of the bay. I could only find two left-footed flippers and decided to snorkel along. [...]
T.I.N.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The neighbor, Rob, likes to always interject with “T.I.N. – this is Nicaragua” meaning different rules govern the happenings around here. Last week, Elise’s friend, Mike came to visit and decided to buy out the fireworks stand. He asked how much for all the fireworks, the guy said “80,” Mike said, “Well, perfect, that’s all [...]
Cabin Girl Jr.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We haven’t had many guests (though we currently have two – both are guys on vacation solo) so I’ve been able to get away with reinventing breakfast/lunch into dinner (no leftovers!!) That means soups/fried rice/stir-fry galore. I did get to try out this bomb curry and some chocolate/peanut butter rice crispies (kindergarten, anyone?) that I [...]
