TODAY I TOOK MY FIRST TRIP TO THE TEXAS WINE COUNTRY. I drove a group of 4 women — Duke grads who met 20+ years ago in college — down to Driftwood, where I dropped them off at a couple wineries while I took in the view when I wasn't enjoying the air conditioning in my cab.
One of the women, Julie, is an English teacher at Beverly Hills high school — breeding ground for entitled brats, hard-working immigrants and future superstars like Angelina Jolie and Lenny Kravitz. (Not to mention Pauly Shore and Monica Lewinsky for you fans of the D-listers.) A decade ago Julie was my next door neighbor in LA — our 3-unit building was about 13 yards from the Beverly Hills city line — who once invited me to speak to a couple of her writing classes about this book that I was working on at the time.
Ten years later I'm making $120 bucks for driving Julie and her friends around for the day in Austin. But don't cry for me Angelina. As you'll see if you continue reading these posts, I'm thoroughly enjoying the experience.
In the meantime, you can read about my first night ever in Austin right here.
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