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Long story short: I canceled an event in Houston on the Monday following Hurricane Ike’s tragic path through east Texas. I could postpone my flight and arrive on Tuesday, but any other changes to my schedule would cost me at least $600. So I went. I landed and immediately drove to Austin, and then on to San Antonio.
I returned to the “Live Music Capital of the World” in September for a conference on the oil industry, with a special appearance by Dick Cheney.
Yeah right.
Austin City Limits 2007. Three for three.
I traveled with one of our top faculty members, a Dean and Professor of Psychology who specializes in olfaction, the sense of smell. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of being at a dinner table with me when conversation runs dry, for 0.000073 seconds, then you’ve certainly heard me tell about studies of attraction levels and familial recognition based on tee shirt smells. Fascinating! He did a fantastic job, and I’d like to think Texas showed him a good time.
I took two days in New York City before my next business trip to Dallas, Austin, and Houston. Go to Bread on Spring Street, order their pesto. Do not try to find love in Williamsburg on a Tuesday night, though.
Austin. I love Austin. I love that my job sends me to Austin. Austin!
It became apparent early in my tenure at U.Va. that I should plan a trip to Texas. My job was originally conceived as being one in which I would be based in my region and travel from there, reporting back to the Office of Engagement at U.Va. I was eager (!) to get out of independent film / festival development and unable to find more work in reality television casting in Austin. A Real Job where I could stay in Texas and travel extensively would also be a Dream Job. When I was extended an offer, however, I was to be relocated to Charlottesville, Va. Given that I’d just moved halfway across the country to be somewhere other than Charlottesville and had found the friends and social/cultural experience I wanted, I was dismayed (!). But I was also really excited. And let’s be honest– Texas was in my region, and Austin was centrally located between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. I would be back. And I would have the best job, ever.
