matt & dee's big adventure

Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop

deeHowe — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:00:34 +0000

There is no bakery in the world to rival the cupcakes produced at Sweet Life Patisserie in Eugene, OR, but since we now reside in Austin, a substitution has been found. Sugar Mama’s cupcakes are pretty damned good, if aspirationally priced.

Filed under: Food & Restaurant Reviews, Life in Austin Tagged: Bakery, Cupcakes, Sugar Mama's Bakeshop

Tacos in Texas

deeHowe — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:54:56 +0000

Tacos are different in Texas.
In Austin, what they call a “taco” looks like a tiny burrito: rolled up in a warm, moist, flour tortilla are the ingredients of your choice.
Taqueria Amy, on 1st street, is our favorite place for breakfast tacos.

Filed under: Food & Restaurant Reviews, Life in Austin Tagged: Food Cart, Mexican Food, Street Food, Tacos, Taqueria Amy

A new year, and a new resolution

deeHowe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:44:14 +0000

Here’s Cho, sitting on the bottom shelf of the “ladder” going up the wall we built for her to explore. So far she’s limited her exploration to the bottom step, but no doubt one day she’ll brave her way to the top.

Happy New Year! It’s been too long, I know, and one of my resolutions is to post more regularly here. So many of our friends and family a far away from us, and this is such a great format for us to continue to share our lives with you. I’ll get better at it, I promise!

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s celebration. Matt and I had just a few people over for thanksgiving, and I worked both Christmas and New Year’s days— very low-key holidays indeed!

The weather in Austin in really something: one day it’s 35F, the next day it’s 70F. Nit that I’m complaining— it’s January, and we have yet to use any heat in the house! Unheard of, this time if year in Oregon.

Today, my day off, Matt and I will walk up South 1st Street to a taco cart we enjoy, and eat some tacos!

—Danielle

Filed under: Life in Austin Tagged: Austin, Cho, New Year, Tacos, Weather

Our new address!

deeHowe — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:58:06 +0000

We have a new address! It’s a PO box:

Matthew & Danielle Howe
3005 South Lamar Blvd.
Suite D109 #405
Austin, TX 78704-4785

Filed under: Life in Austin Tagged: Address, Mail, Post Office Box

We made it!

deeHowe — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:22:59 +0000

At the synth shop, "Switched On"

We finally made it to Austin! It was a somewhat easy trip… once we got out of Oregon… We started the adventure without functional break lights or turn signals on our U-Haul car-dolly, but my dad helped us find and replace the dead fuses. Then, just before we hit the Idaho border, a tire on the U-Haul blew out! We sat on the side of the road in no-where’s-ville for about two-hours getting eaten by mosquitos while we awaited the service provider, who, when he arrived, was quick and polite. Not too bad, so far as those experiences go.

Lesson learned: U-Haul does not maintain their vehicles well, and we’ll be looking to a certain Yellow-colored moving truck for our next adventure.

Today’s our fifth day in Austin, and though we’re still unpacking, we’ve found the time to visit an amazing synth shop (read: nerd porn) called Switched On, dedicated to all things electronic music. Matt and I each found at least one item for our respective wish lists.

More pictures from the trip as soon as I can find/unpack the camera cord…

Filed under: Adventures, Family Events, Life in Austin Tagged: Austin, Bleep Labs, Road Trip, Switched On, Thingamagoop, U-Haul