Yay! I'm very glad. Wish we could send some sunshine your way. I'd take some clouds and rain in exchange.

Austin gets all the press for being the liberal hotspot in Texas but Houston is where the ballot initiatives to end affirmative action died at the hands of the voters. We tend to be a welcoming city with a multinational ethnic makeup and a welcoming spirit. I'm often critical of it - heat, humidity, bird-sized mosquitoes, lack of aesthetics, sprawl - but this part I am well and truly thankful for.