June 29, 2001 - 10 Year Anniversary!

10 official married years!  A decade come and gone.  We had high hopes of putting together a new music play list and sending everyone that attended our wedding a '10th anniversary' cd - but like some good ideas - they stay at the 'idea' phase.  10 Birthdays each, Dave's 40th birthday, A new career adventure for Dave, 2 kid's, 10 years at Nike for me, one dog we put down in 2007 and 4 chickens later...  Life seems so simple when you break it down.  

Dave was needed in Austin, TX over our anniversary - his company flew me down to Austin to spend the evening with Dave and celebrate our 10 year anniversary.  Yes, I spent almost as much time on the plane than I actually did in Austin but it was worth it!  Dave lined up 3 sitters for our overnight adventure - I was ready to stay home; seemed like way too much work for just one night!  however, he was determined and made it happen.  If you ever visit Austin - I think we stayed at the best hotel around.  

It was awesome!  Hotel San Jose - I liked everything about it - it definitely had that hipster vibe but in a good way.  

Hotel San Jose
1316 South Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78704
(800) 574-8897
www.sanjosehotel.com

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 Everything is living... this hotel seemed very 'green' with the living green spaces, rain chains, concrete floors in the rooms, etc... I loved walking through the green gardens.

 Although I wouldn't call Austin a 'bike friendly' city - we did notice bike lanes were in the process of being painted and incorporated into the city streets.  We knew with limited time - the best city viewing would be by bicycle!

Just down the street from the Hotel San Jose, the Congress street bridge, we were able to view one of the  local attractions... every night at dusk 1.5 million bats escape from under the bridge for an evening feeding. There's a bat hot line you can even call that updates when 'dusk' will be each night.  

We took the Town Lake pathway which is basically a lightly graveled large pathway a long the Colorado River which runs through the city.  

We rode on the  to check out Barton Springs - a natural fed hot spring pool.  If we had more time we definitely would have checked this place out.  and from my understanding even in the winter the water stays around 72 year round.  

We ate at a pretty good Texas style restaurant in the Warehouse district of town.  

We checked out 6th street - lot's of pubs and restaurants and music.  

After dinner and checking out the scene on 6th street and around downtown, we made our way back to the hotel (dj was playing music outside on the patio) and headed across the street to the Continental Club - which is basically the granddaddy of all music venues in Austin.  Perfect and it's right across the street from the hotel!  We watched the first part of the midnight show...  and then 6am came too soon.  and I was picked up at 7am and back to the airport.  

A memorable 10th anniversary! 

Thank you Dave for 10 great years and cheers to many more!