Don't know about the local news there, but it is making headlines here already. In fact, guys are lining up to celebrate their birthday! I didn't know some people have more than one a year.
F1 is detailing the bach pad in WY. On the market now. Have seen amazing photos of finished house (of course), bison in yard, elk herd scratching against side of house during migration, and most recently moose butt outside kitchen window. However I think that one might have been a rogue plumber who didn't want to leave after the work was finished.
Word is that Tigger is Tiggerific. BA has great new gig just made for an animal lover. Moved to new house in NC and makes trips to office (plus apt) in NY. Don't know if she started Trivia team there yet or season tickets. Not even sure if she adopted new baseball team yet, or staying loyal to Atlanta.
I used to have a lakefront place outside Tyler. After work on Fridays it was take the top down and make the 90 mile ride to the piney woods of east Tex for the weekend. Blood pressure goes down there. People talk slower and longnecks become fashion statements. Got rid of the lake house and car when someone wanted to quit work and have kids. I didn't see the pattern back then; someone getting rid of everything when it became boring and something new sounded like a better life.
There is pole dancing in Tyler, but it is often a metal fence post sticking out of the middle of one of those big wooden spools that phone cables come on. You turn the wooden reel on its side and stick the metal pole in the hole in the middle. Of course, if you drink too much and dance too near the edge of the makeshift table ... you get the idea. Just think splinters!
I'm guessing your brother doesn't know all those little things that make the area special just yet. Like sitting on the deck at the lake drinking pitchers of margaritas and listening for the bell. The bell is tied to the huge rubber band stretched out into the lake from a post on the edge of the water. The rest of the line has catfish hooks and bait, just under the water. When a six pound cat gets on the line it shakes the bell. After pulling the stretch line in and unloading the snack, you re-bait the hook and let it back out; then blend another pitcher of drinks.
The most well known biker bar there closed when the grandma owner passed. Shotguns on bikes were common, but good folks. May be open again now; not sure. I guess its good that your k-kids didn't write a story for the new parents about teacher has a friend with @ssless chaps!
