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About Diana

Canadian-Vermonter, Texas transplant. Cowboy boot wearing, maple syrup connoisseur, music lovin', wine and micro-brew drinkin', two-steppin' traveler who loves finding all the hidden gems the world has to offer. Come join me on the ride!

Round Rock Donuts

As if the Czech Stop wasn’t enough for us to stop for breakfast. Who are we kidding here?!
Has anyone ever watched Man vs. Food? It’s dangerous. I mean really, who can eat all that food. The portion size is crazy (not to mention unhealthy), but we were on vacation so those things just flew out the door! Why not try it?!
Just off I-35 in Round Rock.
Super Easy to find.
Just look for the water tower and the cars pulling onto this side street.
Then the cars clumped together in front / on the side of this building.
Here she be! There’s a parking lot and drive thru over here on the left side of the building. What you don’t see from the outside is how deceiving this building is. At least it deceived me. I thought it would be huge inside. It’s actually quite small. Beverage cooler, donuts to choose from (they also don’t pick them out of the shelving, it’s handled in the back), counter, cashier. Just walk in, tell ’em what you want and pay.
These are the famous Round Rock donuts.
They are huge.
One cost about $5.99.
One could feed a small village.
Or a small Texas town, we did drive thru a few that were that small.
Even these were not on my vacation diet.
Is “everything” really bigger in Texas?!
Here lies the donuts for the average person. I am ok in being considered average in this sense.
The man here to the left, seriously kept walking closer to me everytime I went to take a picture. Thus he is part of the picture. I think he might have thought my camera was going to eat his donuts.
Sy opted for a dozen donut holes.
I opted for a cake donut and I had to try a Round Rock donut.
It costs about $2 and some change.
The cake donut was awesome! I love them, they are my favorite as they remind me of these homemade donuts we got as kids. All donuts should be these.
The Round Rock donut I tried a little later. It tasted like it had an orange glaze. Soft, airy.
If you are in the area. Swing by, it’s easy to find. Grab a cake donut as they are my favorite. Try a Round Rock donut as you are at Round Rock Donuts.
Feeling lost? Just do as the Texans do – look for the water tower.
Love me some water tower photos!

Birthday Weekend

Sy and I just got back from our little vacation over the weekend. Is it ever nice just to get away from reality for a little bit! It was beyond fantastic, relaxing and quite frankly it was just greatness. Currently, we’re exhausted from the drive back so a much more detailed post will be in the near future but in the meantime here is a little glimpse.
Saturday, we left bright and early. By early I mean 4:30am. (Sy is crazy.) Who drove? This lady. Anyway – it doesn’t matter, it was all worth it in the end. We left, we made a pit stop at the Czech Stop in West for breakfast and hit the road. We ended up stopping at a store off a random exit and I found one of my favorite things about Texas. “Main Street” and a water tower. Oh – it gets me so excited when I have a camera in my hand.
The sun was starting to come up. It was cloudy, drizzling rain and sporadic lightening. It was perfect.
Bruceville, TX, just off I-35.
Great start to a great day / weekend!

Happy Birthday!!!!

Today, I turned 28. It was a great day.
My desk was decorated at work and had ice cream sundaes with the co-workers.
Many, many, many texts and facebook messages wishing me a happy birthday!
Came home, talked to mom and dad and Memere.
Sy came home from work and I got to open up my present and had my birthday cupcake!
Check out the Wambach tshirt! Whooohooo!

Yesterday’s post really made me realize that it’s really not about the number, it’s about what goes into the year.
Looking back at 27, it was pretty fantastic.
I am blessed to know and have the people that I do in my life.
Here’s to the year ahead!