daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
I needed a bit of an extra boost of caffeine today, so in addition to my regular cup of coffee, I made use of the cup I got in Barcelona and had a nice strong espresso. Yummy!
Hi! Today’s photo is of Mariko teaching a bagel class. As you may know, she’s an amazing cook. But I wanted to share that she has started a new Instagram account, PopoTXKitchen, with quick and easy recipes in English and Japanese.
Please check it out and share! おねがいします！
Here are a few photos of our overnight camping trip to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. It was a wonderful getaway, just 1.5 hours from home. Highly recommend (when it’s not too hot)!
While browsing Amazon Prime Movies, Garden State popped up in the recommendations. I have kind of known about this 2004 movie for a long time and have been mildly interested but not enough to actually watch it but since i had a couple of hours, today was the day!
Although I enjoyed Garden State, I think it is more suited to a younger version of myself. I think I would have been really into if I saw it when it first came out, but now it felt a little naive and lacking. Still, I am happy I watched it.
One thing I am happy about is that while reading the movie’s Wikipedia page, I learned about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. I think that bit of info was worth watching the movie for. 😀
This week, a lot of my coworkers came into town to meet in-person. It was so fun to see everyone’s faces during the day, and also have fun chatting with everyone after work. We all went to Austin Beerworks to hang out for a couple of hours. I’ve never been here before, so it was interesting to see the brewery that produces a lot of the beer we drink. In fact, our fridge has several cans of beer from Austin Beerworks in it right now. 😀
