Went back to Austin! — Casey Scieszka

Steven and I went back to Austin and it was sooooo fun. Just three nights, but not in the middle of a serious pandemic crisis? And with the little ones back East with their grandparents? It felt like THREE WEEKS of tacos and two-stepping.

We stayed at the lovely little Hotel San José on South Congress, same neighborhood we “lived” last year for a few months so we felt right at home. Such a different kind of trip to just be hitting up all your old haunts vs. constantly researching spots and how to get there etc. Extra lovely to get a big dose of sunshine as spring out here in the Catskills is really just winter with more mud. (I say with some affection.)

All that said, in some ways it feels like summer is just around the corner because I’m opening up our Spruceton Inn summer and fall reservations THIS FRIDAY!