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Date

03 JUL 09 | 5:25PM

Summary

Hitting 12 holes with Brigham & Co. at the Jimmy Clay practice course.

Brig and his family recently moved to Round Rock, which is great because we get to see them a lot more often than we used to. The only catch is that they live in Round Rock (north of Austin) and we live in Kyle (south of Austin) with about 45 minutes of driving in between.

To split the difference, we’ve found some common ground on the greens of the Jimmy Clay Golf Course in Austin. It’s about halfway between our houses and we both enjoy playing so it’s worked out quite well.

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Now if only I could get a leg-up on Brig; he’s pretty consistent on the putting greens, which means my usual five strokes on a par three just isn’t cutting it anymore.

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Date

27 JUN 09 | 10:13PM

Summary

Overlooking Town Lake from Mount Bonnell.

Since Marcia has been staying with us to help out with Asher, we’ve tried to get her out of the house every once in a while to enjoy all that Austin has to offer. Today, the weather was uncharacteristically tolerable, so we decided to head over to Mount Bonnell where you can look down on Town Lake.

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While it took quite a bit of effort to keep Asher from hurling himself off the side of the rock face, everyone really enjoyed sitting back and enjoying a light breeze while the sun set in the hill country.

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Date

25 JUN 09 | 11:56PM

Summary

Jill and I head over to The Beauty Bar for a Scion event.

Every once in a while, Scion will send out invites to events going on in Austin for use to attend. Last year we got to go to an independent film festival at Alamo Drafthouse which turned out to be pretty fun.

Most recently, we got invited to go downtown to sample music from the newest lineup on Scion’s music label. The first few DJs laid down some nice beats and we chilled out for a couple of hours. And of course, at the end of the night we came away with a nice shoulder bag full of Scion-branded swag to enjoy.

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Date

21 JUN 09 | 6:38PM

Summary

An evening of music in the park on Father's Day.

Father’s Day was very relaxing this year, given that Jill let me take an extra long nap in the afternoon. By Sunday evening it was time to get out of the house, however, so we decided to head over to Zilker Park for their weekly classical music presentation.

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The weather was nice, though a little on the hot side, but the music was a little more drab than we were expecting so we didn’t stay long. Well, that and Asher ate all of my Swedish Fish, so there was no point in sticking around any longer.

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Date

20 JUN 09 | 11:56PM

Summary

Reconfiguring the Tetris shelves in the living room.

One of the nice things about the Tetris shelves that I built a few years back is that, unlike traditional furniture, if you ever get tired of how these shelves look, you can simply take them apart and reconfigure them.

This last weekend we decided it was time for a change, and as such, I started a weekend-long chore of disassembling and reassembling all the electric components and shelves. This new configuration boasts a few drastic improvements over the older one, including a beefed up media server (the old Spartacus Jr. computer has been retired to make way for the Mac G5), a 12-inch touch screen to control lights and music, and better access to the Roland 808 for mixing beats.

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The most time consuming aspect about this new update was building the custom stand for the touch screen and the Roland, but we’re really enjoying having a fresh look in the living room. Oh, and Asher really likes the ’T’ - shaped bookshelf by the lounge chair.

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