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The Leather Anniversary: Tough but Flexible
Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary, and even though Orlando says it's stupid to write out something to someone you are likely sitting right next to (which I'm not at the moment), I still want to take the time to put down on "paper" a small tribute to our three years...
Met Gala Madness
I'll be 100% honest with you. I didn't even remember the Met Gala was last night until I started flipping through my Instagram feed and was slapped in the face by Anna Wintour herself. Just kidding, but as a former fashion lover, it kind of felt like it. This...
Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood…
When Kelly and I first started Haute in Texas, we were both married, child-less, and new to the Texas lifestyle. Since then, she's packed up and moved back to her hometown of Atlanta with husband Drew, I gave birth to a child, and our lives became similar to Frost's...
Happy Birthday Mi Amor
The very first time I celebrated the birth of one Mr. Orlando Mendez-Valdez, I was a freshman in college, and he was my (totally hawt 😉 ) boyfriend. We had officially been a couple for all of two months, and barely knew each other's middle names, much less what our...
You wonder when they lose it…
The first time my Grandma met Cora, she was about 3 months old, still brand-spanking new. As my Grandma's weathered hands softly stroked the silkiness of my baby's hands, she remarked, "Their skin is so soft in the beginning. You wonder when they lose it." At the...
How I Found My Fitness and Got Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Hello Loves, Well I've never been one to shy away from the fact that I am a big girl and honestly, I never minded it too much. I was always on the larger side of normal, brought to you by my sturdy Irish genetics and my middle-class upbringing. I used to always...
Grad School Papers: MIX Travel Article
It’s funny how memories can be one of two ways: full of feeling and emotion, but lacking anything concrete, or tied to a specific place and time where you can remember every detail as if it were yesterday. Looking back on my wedding day, I feel a surge of happiness...
New Directions
As you may have noticed, the postings around here at Haute in Texas have taken a turn for the motherly and personal, vs. the anonymous and informative. Kelly and I have evolved over the past two years, as I'm sure you have, and it's become clear to us that a rebrand...
One Year.
Dear Cora, Today you are ONE! This time last year, your Dada was rushing back from a playoff game at Nuevo Laredo to San Antonio to be with me. You took your sweet time coming into the world, but now that you're here you've been nothing but a whirlwind of...
10 Reasons Why Marriage Is Awesome: A Friendly Reminder
I love the phrase "friendly reminder". It's one of those back-ended things where we truly want to say one thing, but write another. So instead of, "Hey, get this done before I kick you in the teeth", it's, "Hey, just a friendly reminder to take out the trash!" ...
Your Dreams vs. Their Dreams
Being a part of a family is simultaneously the most amazing and the most taxing thing in the world sometimes. One minute your daughter is shakily taking her first steps towards you just so she can give you a hug, and the next her diaper implodes to create a monster...
Review: Spectacular Specs from Benji Frank!
I'd like to clarify that I am alive. Between A having her baby and my new job, the blog was a bit neglected, but I'm here with a fresh start and I'm ready to continue. It's fitting to be reviewing a product from a company that celebrates our country's history with its...
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