Messin’ with Texas

Friday afternoon it snowed in Beaumont! All of my friends here say it almost never snows. It will be years between snow falls. Well since I have been here it has snowed twice! (last year’s snow blog entry)
Anyway, here are some pictures and video of the snow. It is so humid here that the cold [...]

Two weeks ago, a friend from my soccer team, Robin, and I, split the cost of a plane rental and flew from Beaumont to nearby Jasper. Robin has a pilot’s license and is working towards some higher certification (I don’t really know the details). When I found out Robin was a pilot I begged to [...]

Within three months of moving here, I joined a soccer team last February. It was a second division co-ed team. Here in Beaumont, we have two leagues: over 30, and open. Both leagues are co-ed. Each league has a first and second division. When I joined my team (United) last year, we had just formed [...]

Here in Beaumont we have a group called the La Cercle Francaise (The French Circle). It is based out of Lamar University and is organized by the head of the French deparment there, Dr Ken Rivers. Twice a year they show a series of French films on campus on a weekly basis, and about once [...]

I am not joking. There is a bag pipe band based out of Beaumont, Texas. I thought it was crazy too. When I heard about it I thought it was a joke or a trick, but sure enough, they exist. Saturday night I went to mackenzie’s Pub in Beaumont – where they actually had an [...]

Notice all the basil? I finally had to harvest my basil. It was getting too big. A lot of pesto will be coming once I find a recipe that I like. For now, my freezer is full of basil (there was a lot of basil from the other two basil harvests).
I cannot cut onions. They [...]

A friend of mine took these pictures. She said:
“I was able to fool my friends and family and now they think that Beaumont is a great place.”
Thanks Carolina for letting me post your pictures. Hopefully everyone else is fooled as well. Great shots. They really do capture the best views of Beaumont.

This past Tuesday former astronaut and former US Senator from New Mexico, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt spoke at Lamar University (the university here in Beaumont, Texas). You can read his bio on his wikipedia page. He was part of the Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the Moon.
I actually had not intended to go to [...]

Random sign on the side of the road. Not sure what they were selling.

Water tower on one of the back roads

Baseball, the great American past time

Oil pumps. Just need a couple of long horns to create the perfect image of Texas

Sour Lake, Texas, the home of Texaco…

… has a population of less than 2,000

Middle [...]