A visit to Barton Creek, Austin TX

Bernie was invited to attend a conference with one of his customers that was held at Barton Creek Resort in Austin TX.

Lucky me, I got to tag along. Bernie and the men played golf on the course above (and Bernie won) while I flaked out around the pool and read up on Switzerland, sketching ideas of what I'd like to do when we visit there in May.

Bernie took a quick picture of me before he headed out.

I got into my swim suit and got comfortable under an umbrella. The mockingbirds were singing beautifully, the waterfall sounds were refreshing, and the whole place was just perfect.

Then a woman sat down in the next chaise lounge and popped open her cell phone.

She must have called everyone on her phone list, essentially saying "I'll call you later, uh huh, well, yeah, I'll call you later" over and over.

About the time she ran out of people to call and tell that she would call them later (?) two other women came and sat on the other side of me. They both wore elbow length tee shirts, light weight vests and knee length pants. I'd say they were in their early to mid 40's.

Since it was around 80+ degrees, I didn't quite get the vests, but hey, what ever, they looked nice. Apparently they were friends and were going to be chatting together, catching up.

I was busily reading in my book about Swiss cheeses and Swiss chocolate, so I tried not to eavesdrop.

Oh please, please don't let me eaves drop!

But it was no use.

I only wish I could have had my watch with me to time how long these friends managed to chatter about their hair.

"Oh I think you look real cute with it up like that"

"I know, I didn't think I could wear it like that.."

"I got the clip with the five comb things, I first thought five would be enough but I had to go get the one with seven prongs to hold it"

"The seven prong works! I don't think the five prong would do it"

"I know, that's why I went and got the seven prong one"

"Well it looks really nice"

"Your hair looks really cute too, it looks really nice..."

"I'm trying to wear it a little fuller now, I can almost pull it up, but mostly I'm just wearing it fuller"

"You didn't see it but when you were walking through the restaurant, people were checking out your hair. They were! They were like looking you up and down and then just looking really hard at your hair. You counldn't see it, but I could. They were looking at your hair"

"Now that I have some blond highlights...I thought I'd let them grown out, but I might have them put in again" etc. etc. etc......

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH! Enough about hair already!

They finally left after about 45 minutes. The topic never changed.

I headed back to our room. This cowhide (with fur) covered chair was a hoot. The room was Texas elegant. I loved it, and wished my camera battery hadn't died.

The arrangement above was one of several on a table in a room off the lobby. It appealed to me, and made me think of Laura, who worked as a florist as she went through college.

A glass floral frog held the green flowers in place. And I like the square shape of the vase.

You can see more of Barton Creek from their website photos. Tomorrow I'll post what I had for dinner there.

Oh yum!