Thursday, July 12, 2012

30 Before 30: College Station

Another one off the list!  This past weekend we headed to Houston to celebrate the first birthday of our friends' son.  Since Chris and I both have vacation time to burn we decided to take off on Friday and head out early to make a quick stop over to my old stomping grounds, College Station home of Texas A&M.


The last time we were there was in 2009 when we went to a couple of weddings in CS, but I haven't been on campus since 2005 and Chris has never had the chance to actually walk around.  Wow, what a difference a couple of years make!  Our first stop was the Memorial Student Center, or MSC, and that place sure has changed! It looks so nice on the inside, and I'm glad to see that they still kept the student living room and my favorite part - the wood carvings of A&M's history.


We made a quick stop into the bookstore, which is now a Barnes and Noble.


Loved seeing t-shirts that incorporated the Aggies' new home in the SEC.  On the other hand seeing shirts for the class of 2016 made me feel really old!


After the MSC, we checked out Kyle Field home of Aggie football and then walked over to the new Blue Bell park for baseball.





With the heat beating down on us, I decided to skip walking over to Mays Business school which is where I spent the majority of my junior and senior years.  After making our way through all of the construction (both on campus and down University), we enjoyed an early lunch at Freebirds on Northgate.


I really wanted to add my name to the bricks, but I didn't have a marker or pen with me.

On the way out of town we made one last side trip to taste some wine at Messina Hof.


 I haven't been to the winery since my graduation weekend and was happy to learn that they have opened another location down in Fredericksburg.  



It was a short trip, but I'm so glad I was able to see some of the changes to campus and share some of my college memories with Chris.

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  1. what a fun day trip! i wish i had more vacation days to burn!

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    1. It was a fun time! I wish we didn't have to burn so many days, but we can't carry them over so it's a use or lose type of situation.

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  2. The campus looks gorgeous! I love the wood carvings of the history, that's way cool. Hooray for fun days off!

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    1. Those have been one of my favorite parts since my first tour when I was in high school. Definitely something that I would show to all of my friends and family that came to visit!

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  3. The Messina Hof location in Fredericksburg is really pretty :) Definitely go there if you're ever tasting in the Hill Country! They have a cute B&B on the property that we want to stay at one day.

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    1. I hope we can plan a trip down there soon because I would love to see it!

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  4. Ahhh it makes me a bit homesick (collegetownsick?) to look at these photos! I'm aching for a trip to College Station so bad! Corey and I were just talking about how we haven't seen the new MSC yet and are dying to check it out!

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    1. I think Chris thought I was weird because I was just so amazed at how much it had changed! When you walk in (the side where the breezeway used to connect the walkway to Rudder) see those stairs and just the new modern/clean look you'll think you're in a totally different building.

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  5. I never saw the original MSC (it has been under construction since I moved here three years ago!) but the renovation looks SO nice! I went to see it back in May with hubs' family, and was pretty impressed! Glad you had a good trip!

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