why austin is better than your town

austin is freakin great and im proud to live here. right now, springtime, the weather is absolutely beautiful!!! for instance, lunch yesterday, i ate by the lake. yeah, thats right..not like i was at a restaurant and could see the lake from afar...i was about 20 feet away from getting in the lake. i would have been tempted had i not had to return to work and being all wet might be uncomfortable for the rest of my work day. but yeah, the weather was amazing...i was in the back of my crv eating my lunch..getting some sun..and all with a lakeside view.

speaking of eating..the food is great in austin. lots of distinctly austin places that are eclectic and cute and have great food. music? well, if you know anything about austin you know it has great music. ACL? SXSW? oh yeah. my friend from work volunteered at sxsw all week and got some of the music bags that you get if you have a pass or something (basically if you pay a lot of money). but anyways, she brought one to work and let me pick and choose stuff out of it. it was like christmas! magazines, cds, coupons for restaurants...there were like 50 things in it! made me appreciate austin even a little more. i didnt get to partake in sxsw bc i was without funds but next year i think ill make the splurge...

austin is a great mix. it has the outdoorsy stuff, the biking, the climbing, the lakes, the trails. and its got a great downtown...which ive grown to love a lot. and not necessarily the night life downtown. thats fun too however the middle of day downtown with the great shops and restaurants is just as fun. wouldnt mind moving downtown if it werent so pricey. although i practically spent my whole life in austin, i never really experienced downtown. lived pretty far north during high school...so north that true austinites probably wouldnt even count it as austin. plus i didnt go downtown tons bc well, you arent old enough to go in hs. so now, being 23...almost 24..yikes...im for the first time really enjoying the city for what its worth and im happy to be here. would be great if i had more friends bc ive come to realize that i dont have many of those..they all seem to be in other cities..and states. but im trying to make more...its a process and you gotta really put yourself out there but in the end its worth it. if anything, maybe i can just convince everyone to come live here right? right now im working on getting ruth down here and kel should be here as soon as she leaves vail. everyone should move here and we can have our families and raise our kids together and stuff...that would be cute huh? :) consider this my official invitation. besides, i dont see why anyone wouldnt wanna live here...