On Friday evening Teresa and I walked over to downtown Bryan for their First Friday event. They have live music, restaurants have special things going on, and the streets are busy with many local people. We started off the evening by going to the Village Cafe for a drink and to cool off. It was a little loud in there, so we moseyed on over to Los Norteños Cafe for some dinner. We had passed by this place a couple weeks ago and liked the looks of the outside, we liked the inside even better. And with $3.99 breakfast tacos, how can one go wrong? Just a tip, two people can share one, these tacos are huge, and kind of like burritos. After getting stuffed on tacos, we waddled a short distance to the Revolution Cafe (there are a lot of cafe’s in Bryan it seems) to listen to some bluegrass. I was wondering if the bluegrass in Texas was different than that of the bluegrass in Asheville. The answer is no. They are pretty much the same. We stayed for a little bit, but being stuffed on tacos, and at the tail end of a work week, we were tuckered out so left after only several songs. You can hear one of the songs they played below.
It was good to check out the First Friday and I am sure we will check out some of the others that go on during our year in Texas.
Wooh, what a weekend! It was a busy one here in Bryan, Texas. Lots happened. So much in fact that I was unable to update until this evening.
Saturday was a busy day for the two of us. We ran several errands for some semi important things that were needed around the house. We purchased one new three-speed cruiser for Teresa. We ate some sketchy Mexican food, and we danced some serious Contra Dancing.
The errands were only semi important, and I can only remember one of them now. We purchased a new TV last week and needed a cable in order for our eyes to see the best movies that they can. I also had to return something to Best Buy, so it was a two-birds-with-one-stone kind of thing.
The bike purchasing was great. Teresa had gone to a couple bike shops, and many place online, looking for a new bike. She had a cruiser, but it was only a one-speed. She wanted gears. So, she found a bike she liked over at BCS Bikes right near texas A&M’s campus, so we went to look at it and possibly buy it. When we got there the bike she had test rode and liked had been sold! Thankfully this shop has more than one bike, and she saw another that she liked. After a test ride and some serious thinking, she decided that this new bike was the bike for her. It is a nice cruiser, copper and cream, with three gears. Exactly what she was looking for. Now she just needs a basket and some streamers for the handle bars.
After bringing home her new bike we needed to head right back out in order to make it to the Contra Dancing. Though we did leave some extra time for dinner in there. Nobody wants to contra dance on an empty stomach, or 30 minutes after eating. We decided to try a place semi near the contra dancing location, a restaurant by the name of Los Cucos. Sounds like a nice name right Well that is about the end of the niceness. Except for the Funky Face Disguise machine by the entrance, that was pretty awesome.
After our sub-par dinner we headed over to the Unitarian church for some contra dancing. It was pretty awesome. We were nervous at first, wondering what kind of people would be there, and if we would have to excuse ourselves after the first dance. Thankfully everybody there was great, and we stayed for the full three hours.
After the three hours dancing around in a hot Unitarian church, we felt the need for ice cream, so we went on over to Ben & Jerry’s for some cool treats. It was a great Saturday, which was followed by a lazy Sunday. Lounging around in the morning. A late breakfast that perhaps should be called brunch. After a while we were able to rouse ourselves and head out into the world for a couple more errands. This time, of the necessity kind. We first went to Academy Sports again so we could get Teresa a helmet so she can safely ride her bike around. I am very glad she agreed to wear one. I like her head intact. After the helmet-a-thon, we got groceries. After that we decided it would be a good idea to break in Teresa’s new bike and helmet, so we went for our first bike ride together around the neighborhood. During our ride we passed by a cop car on the side of the road with the officer outside of it. He summoned to us and asked if we had seen a man and girl from where we had come from. It seems that this man had kidnapped this girl and was dragging her down the street. Unfortunately we had not seen her. Other than that drama, the ride was great. Teresa loves her new bike, I love riding with her, and I love that she wore her helmet. It was a pretty good Sunday, which was nice since the next day was Teresa’s first day at her new job! We don’t need a stressful weekend before that kind of thing.
Now, take a gander at some photos from the weekend, and a video of Teresa contra dancing.
So, today Teresa and I went to Austin. It turns out that it is only a 2 hour drive from Bryan, and very easy to get to. We know we will be going back quite a bit. We started off the day by meeting an old high-school friend of mine, Kristen Robitaille, who lives in Austin, for brunch at a great Mexican restaurant by the name of Curra’s. After that we were given a tour of downtown Austin that included the State Capitol, and the largest Whole Foods we had seen. After that Teresa and I drove to IKEA for some desk shopping. I start work on Monday and needed to set up a good work area. After a couple hours in the store we decided upon a desk and two desk chairs.
It was a great day, it was fantastic to see Kristen again, be introduced to Austin and some fantastic Mexican food, and know that I can set up the office tomorrow for work on Monday.
