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TEXAS!

Despite a bumpy (literally and figuratively) start to my Texas vacation that resulted in a delayed flight out of Rochester, a missed connection to San Antonio, and an unexpected – but generous and lovely – overnight with my wonderful sister in Chicago, I finally made it to the Lone Star state Thursday morning. Weather and airplanes: Keeping life spicy since 1903.

After my 4:30am wake up call to get to the airport by 6, I was too tired to do much else on Thursday aside from help my mom chop the 15 lbs. of New York rhubarb I brought her, smother Sancho with kisses and cuddles, take in the scenic views I’ve missed so much, delight in an afternoon siesta, sip my way through happy hour at the gorgeous (and hip! Boerne, you are getting so hip!) Boerne Wine Company with my parents, and enjoy some good conversation and an authentic Tex-Mex feast (shrimp and cilantro cream enchiladas, and the best creamy jalapeno chip-dip around! ) with my mom, dad, brother, and sister-in-law. After dinner, my brother Brent – a pilot – took me to his hangar to check out his airplanes, ncluding the one he scored a great deal on at an auction and a Kitfox plane he’s been building for the past several years. We were also treated to an awesome  summer lightening storm, with rolling thunder, that lit up the whole sky!

Friday morning my mom and I did some browsing at a handful of sweet (and hip! Boerne, you are getting so hip!) boutique clothing stores up and down Main Street. Of course, I also had to stop in the local family-run Pickle store that’s been in town since well before we moved there in the early 1990s because, duh. Those sweet, spicy, crunchy pickles are delicious and addictive and scream Texas! We also met my childhood best friend Alix and her sweet 7-week-old babe Cali (from my elementary and middle school days at St. Gregory’s!) for a chilled coffee drink and 14 years of catch-up. It was so awesome to see her again! Friday evening I met my high school best friend Katie, her husband Kevin, and their newest babe – one-and-a-half week old Micah – for mouth-watering snowcones at Snowbiz on the river (our high school hangout!) and then I was off to Random for our 10-year high school reunion!

Check back tomorrow for Part II!