Fantastic Things to Love About Texas

Since the time has come to leave Texas again, I thought I would pinpoint some of the things that keep me coming back:

• Most importantly, of course, my FANTASTIC, FABULOUS friends. No one could be blessed to know better people.
• Chopped brisket BBQ.
• The beauty of Texas hill country.
• Watching King of the Hill and knowing you're here in the thick of it.
• Restaraunts, restaraunts, restaraunts.
• Bangkok City.
• TexMex.
• Grocery stores with fun imported cheeses.
• Humidity low enough that you can take a walk outside even when the temperature is above 90.
• My good friends.
• The store in the Valley View Mall where I buy cheap little white gold earrings, and where they always act like they are giving you a great deal even though you know you're probably getting their actual regular price.
• U-turns under the freeways for turning yourself around on the access roads. Brilliant.
• Lots of movie theaters with stadium seating.
• Six Flags over Texas.
• The mix of cultures you meet as you move through town.
• Gelato.
• Still being able to give fairly reliable directions, even though I haven't lived here for a while.
• My friends. 'Nuff said.