Texas road trips: Corpus Christi
The next location on our Texas ‘hit-list’ was a little fishing town called Corpus Christi, it’s about a three and a half hour…
Category: Living in America
Get away to Louisiana! (Part III) New Orleans; The Attractions
For my last New Orleans blog post, I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about the different attractions we visited…
Get away to Louisiana! (Part II) New Orleans; The Food.
It’s been a while since we went to Nawlins, I think perhaps I wanted the pain of my brother going home to settle…
Things to do in Houston: Port of Houston tour (Free)
Another boat tour my friend Julie happened upon, was the free Port of Houston boat tour. It’s a 90 minute boat tour around…
Things to do in Houston: Tour Mrs Bairds bakery (free)
Have you ever wondered how the bread on your local supermarket shelves gets made? A friend of mine discovered this tour of Mrs…
Things to do in Houston: Astros -v- Skeeters
Col and I have never been huge baseball fans, we love ‘live’ sport and we’ll go to watch pretty much anything, but with…
Sugar Land Farmers Market
As a ‘foreigner’, I’m not particularly accustomed to the idea of ‘farmers markets’. At home we have a big weekly market in Belfast…
First time cheering for Mosquitoes!
We’ve had quite the wash-out week last week, it was tough. It was torrential downpours, flooding, pitch black skies and any number of…
Crafting a nifty 4th July!
As you all know (if you don’t, you must be living under a rock) Pinterest is my go-to place for inspiration when I…
"A question of sport" (and hurricane-prep!)
You asked, and I delivered! Ok, well one of you asked, but I’m still delivering! ‘This better be coming soon to a blog…