Things I love about Austin

Things I love about Austin:

• Everything is bigger than Texas.  Seriously.  Even the sky feels bigger.
• Most hotels have Texas-shaped waffle irons.
• Cookies are also Texas-shaped.
• You see stars everywhere.
• The Texas flag (I don't know why I love it so much, but I do! But to give you an idea of how much my opinion means ... I also think Mississippi's Confederate flag is pretty.)  I see it on the side of the highway and my heart starts pounding.  SO WEIRD.  Also, you can fly it as high as our national flag!  GO TEXAS.
• People saying "y'all" and "blessed" and having that adorable drawl ... even the receptionists at the doctor's office!
• How friendly everyone is.  Mom said, "Even the Asians smile at you!"
• Bluebonnets
• Tex-Mex
• Texas BBQ
• Food in general.  Especially here in Austin (it's not all just about the music!) there's a lot of variety.  Just like Utah.  Only not everyone here is white. =p:
• The birds.
• Swimming pools.
• Monster Texas thunder and rain storms.

I think part of the reason I love it here is because it reminds me so much of Arizona, only it's not as hot, it rains more and is greener, it's in the South not the West (so the people don't all secretly wish they were Californians?), the locals have funny accents, and football is The Shiz.  It also seems flatter to me, but then they've got hill country.  It feels so much like home.

LOVE.

(sorry for the lack of pics.  Here, have some bluebonnets.)



Oh, and one thing I think is funny.  Last week, a good friend of mine said something along the lines of, "Well, Texas is pretty much unlivable except for Austin..."  HAHAHA.  She lives in San Antonio and likes it well enough. ;)  Too bad I can't convince her to move here!  Austin is a pretty awesome town.  Definitely.  I'm sure there are some people who like Houston, or Dallas, or San Antonio, too.  They're only the 4th, 9th, and 7th most populous cities in the United States.