Rick Steves Travel Brochure

Dinner last night was awesome -- the Lasagna Rolls turned out ok (note to self -- don't use Black Forest smoked proscuitto) but we made the Dr. Oeteker "Lava" cakes which are little cupcake-sized chocolate cakes with chocolate inside. Awesome! After consuming plenty of vino (we actually drank ever bottle of red left in the house), we walked over to the Horseshoe Lounge for a beer.

It's a divey bar with shuffleboard, beer, and plenty of interesting characters. One old-timer packs a lunch and keeps a bottle of whiskey in there too. My favorite moment was when a lady ran around frantically, "Fire marshall is comin', put out your cigarettes," and I suddenly felt like I was in a speakeasy. When the jukebox held the silence too long between songs, I even held my breath. A couple uniformed guys come in, look around, then walked out. Moments later, with a blissful smile, the lady runs around with a freshly-lit one in her hands and said, "OK, ya'll can smoke again!" Classic Austin.

Yesterday in the mail I received my Rick Steves Tour Guide Brochure!! I admit, I don't really want to go on a tour since I like researching myself and like the freedom of Ryan and I making our way alone. But, Rick Steves has a beautiful ethos about him and I really look up to him as an entrepreneur who is dedicated and passionate about what he loves! I hope to meet him someday. I read through it this morning and am in bliss.

I'm sad that we won't likely go to Europe this year...but we're in an investment phase of our life that will make future trips much easier, especially a little later in life. I find it strange how quickly priorities shift and how open we are to them -- has the culture of multitasking made us this way? I listened to my SWR2 podcast (all in german, which means I barely understood it) about multitasking and its impact on us. We're both super good about adopting change and are open about taking a look at "today" and changing the goal for "tomorrow" in a split-second.

Speaking of goals...we should get ready for the day and do something. Haha! Oscars are tonight, we are going to Melissa's house to watch them. Yay!

Tschüß!!