Back to Austin with Mari

Last year…. and every year since I met Mari, it has been a blessing. Mari has invited me to speak at her design store in Austin. Here are some photos from our last visit:

At Dinner with the Joker

 

At Dinner with the Joker. French Husband can be a clown add that to goofy and stir in his joking about something silly such as a Frenchman acting out different accents as the French hear them. 

Instant comedy without much to drink.

Our friends Mari and Shelby egged French Husband on with, "Let's hear a German accent, an English accent, a Chinese accent," and then they went into over drive with laughter as French Husband acted each "foreign accent" in French for them.

 

 

At Dinner with the Joker

 

 

Some people have to drink, or take drugs, or been paid to have this much fun. Mari and Shelby just had to sit and ask for a different accent.

I didn't know who was having more fun the ones laughing (Mari and Shelby) or the one being laughed at (French Husband).

 

At Dinner with the Joker

 

 

 

In a restaurant they laughed full throttle.

 

The more they laughed the more French Husband accelerated.

 

 

At Dinner with the Joker

At Dinner with the Joker

 

As French Husband joked,

they laughed, which prompted them to say english expressions, and French Husband tried to understand the meaning:

'Have a cow!"

"Who has a cow? What do you mean to have a cow?""

He never caught on.

I guess he has to come visit Mari in Austin.

More to come as I venture to Texas… and I thought Sacramento valley was hot…. 



Comments

7 responses to “Back to Austin with Mari”

  1. better buckle up, girlfriend – it is hotter than the hubs of hell here – when in Austin, don’t forget to eat at Tacodeli!

  2. They say the Scots apologize for their rain, well as a Texan I apologize for our scorching heat. The highest of our highs, so far. I also ache that I won’t be able to greet you in person even though you will be only Hop-skip-jump from my home (Texas equivalent =90 miles away). I know you will have a great time and make a lot of people’s day!

  3. Have a spectacular time and may there be much laughter. How I would love sitting in on the laughter.

  4. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    That was the best series of unbridled amusement and laughter ever. I can just imagine it all. The other diners at the restaurant must have been jealous to not be in on all the fun. (Or they finished up quickly and got back to their sad little tedious lives?)
    Will you be in TX for Round Top or just to speak? Have fun! Don’t melt!

  5. We would love for you to drive to Oklahoma to visit or we could meet you! I know time is limited for you, Dave & Teresa

  6. I hope you get a chance to eat Tex Mex at Guero’s on S Congress St. In Austin.

  7. Oh Corey! I would have loved sitting in our your speech! And it would have been a great getaway from the 104 degree hot WEST Texas scorchers we’ve been having! Please give us a report of how it went in Austin, ok?

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