January 4, 2012 by Misty.

I had great aspirations for this blog, that I started way back when; however, ask my mother or my husband and they’ll admit that I’m kind of lazy. I have these wonderful ideas in my head - I’m witty and funny but by the time I actually locate paper and pen those ideas are all but gone. My wonderful husband recently purchased Dragon naturally speaking for me, so hopefully this will help me to get back into blogging soon.

In the last year I actually went to a couple of really neat places and I took lots of pictures and completely intended on writing and uploading stuff to my blog; however, that never actually happened. So I’m going back through my pictures and see what I can come up with.

There was the snake farm, the bed-and-breakfast that my husband and I stayed at in Kerrville and I even spent two full weeks in New York with my in-laws. So I think I have some stories that I can actually put up on the blog that might be somewhat interesting to all two of my readers.

In addition to the couple of trips that I made in 2011, I was also thinking about possibly expanding the website to include some cooking, arts and crafts, and just anything that strikes my fancy. I am constantly coming up with new ideas in the kitchen and thought maybe I’d like to incorporate a food blog with my travel blog, somehow.

So check back often as I fully intend to get some more content, including pictures, up really soon!

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September 6, 2009 by Misty.

Let me first give you a little explanation into why I like cemeteries so much.  It’s not the modern day, headstones sunk in the ground, type cemeteries; we’re talking either old from 1800’s - early 1900’s type old or just HUGE cemeteries that include both old and new.

To me, they are artistic – in their own way.  The old headstones - the colors they become, the different styles, the mature trees that surround them - I think they’ve beautiful.  I envision everything as a black and white photograph.  If it’s something I really like, I print the picture in black and white and add it to the collage of photos already in our living room.  So, to me, they are beautiful artwork.

Of course there is an abundance of history in Upstate NY, so I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.  We went to several different ones.  Some in Albany and some in surrounding towns.  If I remember some of the names of cemeteries or towns, I’ll update the post.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

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July 27, 2009 by Misty.

What can be said about the Frisco Shop’s breakfast that hasn’t already been stated a million times before? It truly is the best place for breakfast in Austin, at least in my opinion. The Frisco Shop has been open since 1953 and you can tell, many of their customers are regulars. Those customers have probably been going to Frisco Shop for many years! That’s a true statement to the quality and yummy-ness of their food!

This past weekend, the hubby and I ventured out around 8am on Saturday. I wanted to beat the crowd and get to the Frisco Shop before it got too busy. We got there at the perfect time! We seem to be accomplishing this quite a bit lately; lucky for us!

I had the #6 from the Frisco Shop menu. This includes two eggs, chicken fried steak with cream gravy, hash-browns or grits, hot biscuits or buttered toast and coffee…..$10.70. I had 2 scrambled eggs, hash-browns, and biscuits, with a side of gravy (extra for those delightful biscuits!).

First off, let me start off by saying that I’m not normally an “egg” person. The thought of what an egg is, exactly, freaks me out! But occasionally I do get a hankering for some eggs. The scrambled eggs I had this past Saturday were cooked to perfection! They weren’t too runny and they weren’t browned; they were a very yummy in between!

The chicken fried steak is some of the best that can be found in town. Again, just my opinion, but I think it’s an opinion worth looking into! You can tell their chicken fried steak isn’t one of those already breaded, frozen “chicken fried steaks” that lots of other places offer. This chicken fried steak is the real deal and I wanted to enjoy it and completely tuned out my hubby. No offense to him, but I was in chicken fried steak heaven!

The cream gravy is pretty good, as far as restaurant cream gravy goes. Of course it’s not as good as the stuff that I lovingly make at home, but it’s still mighty tasty. I can’t tell if it’s a package gravy or not; but it’s got to be. I don’t know of any restaurant that makes their own gravy from scratch (apart from maybe Hoover’s or Dot’s.). Frisco Shop’s cream gravy is wonderful on the chicken fried steak and those beautiful little biscuits.

Out the biscuits come, in a little basket all wrapped up in napkins. It’s like they are just laying there, tucked in their warm little bed until you’re ready to devour them; and devour them we did! I usually have a hard time deciding how I want to enjoy the biscuits on any given visit to the Frisco Shop. This past Saturday, I opted to have 1 with gravy and then a top half with some of their scrumptious grape jelly. Reminds me of mustang grape jelly like my great-grandmother used to make.

The only thing that I didn’t love was the hash-browns. Growing up, I don’t ever recall having potatoes with breakfast, so the idea is a little foreign to me. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy home fries, hash-browns, whatever you so lovingly call them, but these were not what I usually like. They were a little bland, which I believe is intentionally so it doesn’t overpower the other flavors and they were cold.

I blame their chilly temperature on myself, though. I was so incredibly fixated on those scrambled eggs and chicken fried steak, I showed absolutely no love to the hash-browns. By the time I was ready to sample the potatoes, they had lost their oomph! My husband loved his though! Every last piece of breakfast beautiful-ness was gone from him plate. Good for him.

Not only does the Frisco Shop offer up very yummy grub, they’ve got a great history! Want to see what other delicious selections they offer and read about their past?  Check out their website:

Frisco Shop!

If you haven’t been to Frisco Shop for breakfast, or ever, I definitely recommend trying it as soon as possible. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll catch the hubby and I enjoying the most wonderful breakfast in all of Austin!

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