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January 30, 2012 · 7:49 am

a Texan cinderella story

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howdy lola-rella

once upon a time there was a lovely lady named lola who was living in Massachusetts but really she was Texan at heart. she was sassy, fun-loving & flirty and loved to travel.

miles away, in Austin, Texas, was a magical destiny waiting for lola. and, NO, it wasn’t a cute cowboy prince charming.

lola's palace - the capitol of TEXAS

little did lola know that her bird friends had transformed an old vintage pair of boots into the perfect thing lola just had to have.

how ever did they do it?

enter lola’s Fairy Gold American Express card to wave its magic wand and turn the pumpkin into an airplane to take her to Austin and find her destiny.

i adore you fairy gold american express! you make ALL my dreams come true

this turned into JetBlue flight #1263!

once there, the Fairy Gold American Express card led lola to a little store on South Congress – Off The Wall. then, the most magical thing happened! that Fairy Gold American Express card turned lola’s old english-style riding boots into the most beautiful pair of pink cowboy boots any girl has ever seen. “oh, how happy I am” lola said to herself.

old boring boots

unfortunately, there was just one “stroke of midnight” catch…Off The Wall only had ONE pair of these boots and they were ONE size too small for lola. could you imagine the disappointment?! would she be able to squeeze her foot into that tiny boot? as one wise boot saleswoman said to lola, “for the right boot, you can make your foot fit“.

couldn't you just die!

guess what? it was true – lola slipped on those tiny boots! she had found her true love!

a blissful union!

and they lived happily ever after!

THE END

*beautiful capitol pic is by mr. kirk coleman

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January 26, 2012 · 10:22 am

terms of endearment Texas style

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a warm welcome from Austin

you may have heard the phrase “keep Austin weird” and i’m sure there are several reasons for this city tag line. for me, the “weirdest” thing i encountered during my visit to Austin was how incredibly friendly and endearing all the people were to me. literally, within 3 hours of being there i was referred to as “sweetheart, darlin’ & hon”. if you don’t know this about me or couldn’t guess…i REALLY like to be sweet-talked to!

the bartender behind me gave me my first Austin "sweetheart"!

needless to say, i was in heaven in Austin. people were especially smiley and some even went out of their way to compliment me in one way or another. for example, at one of the restaurants where we had dinner, a gaggle of girls that were busy chatting up a storm with each other made a point to let me know how much they liked my outfit. are you kidding me?? women complimenting other women…practically unheard of!! HOW NICE! another example was when a man struck up a conversation with me to say that it takes a lot of confidence to pull off pink boots and i was doing it well. talk about an ego boost!

if you’re ever feeling a bit low and unloved, i recommend you visit Austin, Texas ASAP to get a Texas-sized dose of compliments and terms of endearment.

thanks again Austin!

SWAK – lola

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January 22, 2012 · 11:03 am

Austin, Texas

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you can take the girl outta Texas but you can’t take the Texas outta the girl!

yeehaw! deep in the heart of TEXAS

what a great trip i had!  i have many more fun posts planned to cover my adventures but wanted to quickly recap my fab weekend in Austin, Texas. look back to Texas or Bust if you need to recall my plans…

i stayed in the beautiful Four Seasons Austin and was greeted with lovely southern hospitality and treated like a princess! i miss your cozy fireplace and beautiful rose bushes…lola’s favorite color – hot pink!

feelin' at home at the Four Seasons! love this awesome cow print couch!

i may have over-indulged in the tex-mex having it for dinner on friday at Gueros Taco Bar and then for breakfast saturday morning at Izzoz Tacos trailer! nahhh…who am i kidding, you can NEVER over-indulge with mexican!!

yummy breakfast tacos at Izzoz!

boy oh boy was the trip to Salt Lick BBQ worth the drive out to Driftwood, TX. do not, i repeat, DO NOT cheat yourself out of this experience if you are in the Austin area.  best beef brisket bbq sandwich EVER – hands down!

Salt Lick BBQ...yuuummmyyy!

live music was one area that i didn’t over-indulge in sadly. too much to do and not enough time. i did manage to swing by the Continental Club for some fun rockabilly and a few cheap beers!

the Continental Club

finally, lola got herself a new PAIR(S) of boots.  this…was definitely over-indulgence but i just HAD to!

lola's 1st pair of boots

lola's 2nd pair of boots!

gracias, TEXAS for being such a wonderful host.  i love you dearly. you’ll always be home to me and you’ll always have my heart!

BIG Texas-sized XO – lola

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January 12, 2012 · 3:46 pm

Texas or Bust

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coming home – the lone star state

lola's getting geared up to go home

i think it’s quite fitting that my first trip of the new year is to my HOME state – TEXAS!  while i do plan to swing through big D to see family, the primary purpose of my trip is to meet up with some travel blogger twitter friends in Austin.  we only  know each other virtually but soon will meet in real life.  i’m *super excited* and know it’s going to be the first of many meet up/tweet ups!!!

on the itinerary:

  • stay at the fab Four Seasons Austin – can’t wait to check out your swanky pad & be more “social” with you!
  • some fantastico tex-mex –  of course!
  • couldn’t leave Austin without trying Salt Lick BBQ – touted to be the BEST!
  • going to see some authentic Austin music in some classic Austin venues like the Broken Spoke!
  • and getting lola a new pair of sh#t kickers otherwise known as cowboy boots!

little lola has on her boots and is packed & ready to go! TEXAS or BUST!!

i may end up calling this trip F to the Fourth – Four Seasons, Food, Fun & Friendship!

see you soon, home sweet home!

XO – lola

PS – if you’d like to follow our adventures – we’ll be tweeting under the hashtag #TexasTweetUp all weekend!

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