Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.
– Harry Potter Scarf : $25 dollars
– Life sized Harry Potter Lego : $1000 dollars
– A Donation to Help Rannie get to SXSW : $25.00
– Two Harry Potter Fans Picturing themselves together in Austin : Priceless
My Mom e-mailed this to me, and it just amused me too much not to share. Especially since I just read on the front page of the Houston Chronicle how Bush will drag us in to war with Iraq regardless of what the U.N. thinks about it. Ugh.
In other news, when driving home last night from the H-Town blogs gathering at Brasil’s, I passed an intersection that had several flags that had been placed there with flowers and candles on the ground … and it took me a second to realize it was 6 U.S.A. flags and 1 Israel flag. It was a beautiful and simple tribute, and if it hadn’t been late and pretty dark I would have been tempted to turn around just to photograph it. Sometimes it’s the simple things…
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. – Henry Van Dyke
Many people were left outside last year at Fray Cafe 2 at SXSW when the venue was simply too small to hold all the people that wanted to attend. This year, they have a larger venue – but it comes with a larger price tag. If you’re interested in learning more about Fray Cafe 3 and possibly donating to the venue cost, you can do so here.
I heard nothing but great things about Fray Cafe last year, so I’m looking forward to attending it this time around. Then again – since it was too crowded last year I got to hang out with Mike (that would be Barking Moose Mike) and John Freyer, creator of All My Life for Sale. It was a wonderful evening and fascinating to hear John’s stories of how he sold everything and then travelled to visit the things he sold. And I mean everything – taco shells, half a bottle of mouthwash, his favorite bowling shirt. So it all worked out in the end!
The haircut is growing on me – now that I’m not wondering “who is that?” every time I see myself in the mirror. It wasn’t that bad to style this morning (I was afraid the “flippies” would be a pain) and when I got to the office almost everyone said they liked it – even one of my male attorneys! Yes, he gets brownie points for not only noticing that I got my hair cut and colored, but they were doubled for saying that it looks nice! (No spork for him!)
I snapped photos last night, but I was too tired to even get them off of the camera, so I’ll post them tonight.