911: Expired Mambas & Crotchless Pants!

Home. Is it where the heart is? Or is it where your pager is? For me it’s the latter. And that pager has friends. When most people sail away to college, their high school bedroom mysteriously transforms into a study or guest room. The previous occupants, Mr. Bear or Miss School Girl Uniform, get shipped […]

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Day 6: See ya next time, vacuums. I’m rushing home!

Regretfully pass the museum of vacuums, the largest rocking chair in the world, and an entire wax museum dedicated to Jesse James. 3:55 Enter Addison, IL. Population: 32,000. Home to Marcus Cinema, Creative Mirror Designs, and 9 friends from high school who are currently pregnant. 4pm Pull into the driveway of my childhood home just […]

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Day 5: Christians and horse motels

9am Bid adieu to the family and head on out again. I am a woman of the road. 10am Realize road trip blogs are not that interesting. Weigh the possibilities of skipping right to Chicago but decide to persevere. Sorry. 11am Don’t even sneer as I pass George Bush freeway in Dallas. I’m very mature […]

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Day 4: Nice chaps. Yee Haw.

730am Wake up to the same cute voice talking about the same trucks. Man, kids get up early. 8am Smile and nod as my entire family laughs at my Malaysian moo-moo. It’s comfy! 11am Head to tailgate party for UT game. Against my will. Refrain from making jokes about UT also meaning Urinary Tract. 12pm […]

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Day 3: Drinking & Driving

10am – 4pm Drive. Drive. Drive. Sing. Sing. Sing. Drive. Sing. 4:10pm – Stop in Fredericksburg, a german enclave in the middle of Texas. Not sure what drew those Germans there, but they set up shop in the middle of this most conservative state. 4:16pm – Stumble upon the glorious wineries of Texas and take […]

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