miles of macrame

when was the last time you owned anything macrame? if it was any time between 1983 and 2007, i'm not sure we can be friends. but since today is not within that time period, i was lucky enough to find this little gem of a macrame purse for $9 minus 30% off at the austin antique mall. it could use a little clean up but it will be perfect for a weekend of music, sundresses and brewskies during ACL in a few weeks.

yep, i did go to austin for the weekend

yep, nick and i did go to austin for the weekend. and yep, we loved it. we had an awesome weekend and we're very excited for our "new life" there. it's about 11pm sunday night and we just got back to the jerz from JFK - so my sincerest apologies for not posting all of the lovely details about the trip first thing. i promise i will post the highlights as soon as i can tomorrow. athough we sadly didn't make it to ACL while we were there, i'd say we did do a good job of keeping austin weird as we drove around in our bright white rented toyota matrix with kentucky plates. will post more soon, i promise!!

above: me with the kentucky matrix

above: you can barely see my head but that's me pointing up at the "annie st." sign

above: the view of ACL from one of the apartment buildings we toured

secret's out: annie does austin (and this is my 101st post!)

big news.

no, wait.

HUGE news.

nick and i are moving to austin.

yes. the austin that's in texas.

TEXAS.

in five weeks (give or take a week or two).

nick was offered a kick ass promotion that's perfect for his career and we couldn't pass it up - even though it entails a move halfway across the country. here are a few tidbits about austin that i've learned in the week or so that i've known we're moving there:

• dazed and confused was filmed in austin.
• "keep austin weird" is the city's slogan. the slogan is grounded in austinite efforts to support local businesses.
  
• forbes named austin the least stressful city to live in in 2009.
• austin had almost 70 days over 100 degrees this summer.
• barton springs is a ginormous three acre swimming "pool" in the middle of the city that is fed by a natural spring. it gets up to 18' deep.
• my favorite coffee shop in the whole entire world, coffee bean and tea leaf, recently opened a store in downtown austin. natch, austinites revolted since it's a chain and goes against the whole "keep austin weird" mantra. i, however, will blog from there as much as humanly possible with a large chai in hand.
  

i've also been doing some blog stalking to learn more about austin's style and it reminds me a whole lot of the hipsters here in brooklyn and the lower east side. i'm going to be "that preppy girl" and stand out like a sore thumb. these are the austin-based sites i've recently added to my blogroll...check 'em out!

• adored austin
• common birds of town lake
  
• this is life in austin
  

i'm so sad to be leaving nyc and the east coast. but i'm excited for what it means for nick's career and for a new adventure with the hubby. and i'm also excited for all of the visitors i'm going to have and to finally get to attend sxsw and acl.

most of the details of the move are up in the air so i'll be sharing updates along the way. until then, keep austin weird!