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On a whim, I rang the doorbell of the house where I lived from ages 3 to 10. Before I even introduced myself, the homeowner had a smile on his face. Geez, if it had been in New England, the owner would have glared at me, wondering why I was intruding on his space.
He and his wife were very happy to show me all over the house, and even insisted I walk through the backyard to the creek. My parents sold the house in 1973 to the person who sold these folks the house in 1981. They've changed everything so much I couldn't recognize much, but it still brought back memories. I don't know who was happier about the interaction, the homeowners or I! Just a very nice experience, and a reminder of what makes Austin special.
My youngest is going to be here for the 4th of July. First time since she left for college freshman year 7 years ago.
ShawSon lives in the Bay area and ShawD is moving there with her BF this fall. ShawSon found an apartment that he, ShawD and BF, and two of his friends from business school will live in together in SF. Nice that our kids like each other so much that they choose to live together.
I happened to meet one of my board members at the shopping mall and mentioned it and she graciously agreed to be my emcee (she’s very poised and has been emcee for other events as well). I’m just delighted and can now finalize my program and get it to the printers and proceed! Yippee! This has been weighing on me for some weeks — trying to finalize speakers and emcee!
We first had it at a restaurant near the northern end of the High Line in NYC. It was put on half a lime in a big clump and then they squeezed the tajin topped lime over some fresh veggies. Delicous! It's a blend of chiles, salt, dehydrated lime, etc.
I finally found it at a local chain of markets called Ideal Market. It was not with the spices, but in a different aisle that had small bottles of pepper sauce like Tabasco. They also had chile blends that are meant to sprinkle on fruit. Yum!