Hometown Series - Lia of Life is aMAYESing

Thursday and today is the day that my parents come in for a quick visit, head north for a few days then come back to hang out with Sean and I. I am definitely for sure looking forward to seeing them, I miss my parents a lot and wish we had opportunities to see them more frequently.
Today is another installation of the hometown series. 






I hope none of you think I am overdoing this, but I love to travel, traveling has always been a huge part of my life and I love learning about new cities and I hope that whenever of you travel to any of the cities posted about you can visit some of the places mentioned! For the past two installments we were in California and now we are heading to the great state of Texas. Personally, I am dying to one day visit Texas, I have heard amazing things about that state and just hoping to go one day! 
Take it over Lia!

Hi ya'll! I'm Lia Joy and I blog over at life is aMAYESing! I currently live in Fort Worth, Texas with my sweet husband, but I've only been a Fort Worth resident for about 3 years. The other twenty-something years of my life were spent in Bryan, Texas, where I was born and raised!

I've really enjoyed reading about different people's hometowns courtesy of Meg's blog! And though Bryan isn't as exciting as some other cities are {Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, etc.} it's my hometown and I'm proud to call it home. Maybe you'll find something intriguing enough to entice you to visit!

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About 65,000 people reside in Bryan. Though it's a decent sized town, it has a fairly small town feel. Bryan's real claim to fame would be that it is the "sister" city to College Station, Texas... The home of Texas A&M University. {I am a proud graduate of Texas A&M!}

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Bryan/College Station is about 90 miles north of Houston, about 90 miles east of Austin and about 180 miles south of Dallas/Fort Worth.

If you were to come visit me in Bryan, there would be a lot of places I would take you...

First things first, I would take you to A&M's campus. It's huge and it's beautiful.

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Once on campus, we would visit {to name a few}:

The Memorial Student Center {MSC}

currently under construction, but this is what it will look like
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Kyle Field

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Bonfire Memorial

I would explain the greatness that is Bonfire...


{if you don't know what I'm talking about, read here.}

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After we're done walking through campus, we'd head across University Drive to Northgate and hit up the Dixie Chicken for the best hamburger and cheese fries around. And maybe play a couple games of 42.

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A few other places that we would go:

Messina Hof Winery

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Of course if you come visit my hometown, I would have to take you to my absolute favorite restaurant of all time... Wings N More! Even if you're not a fan of buffalo wings {although, their wings are the best!}, this place has the best of everything! Not only is the food great, but they have the best margaritas in town! And I may or may not have worked there for 3 years during college!

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Depending on the time of the year, we could head to Downtown Bryan for the Texas Reds Festival. {Usually sometime in October}

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If it's a nice day, maybe we'd head out to Lake Bryan and hit up the Lakeside Icehouse.

There's always great live music playing!

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From March to mid-June(ish) the best crawfish in town can be found at The Tap!

Don't like crawfish? The Tap has a full menu! And the night life is always a go at The Tap! From karaoke night to piano bar to live music. There's always something going down!

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Last, but certainly not least, if it was around the end of March/beginning of April, we'd head a few miles outside of town to Snook, Texas for Chilifest... The most amazing country music fest ever.

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sometimes things like this happen at Chilifest...

front and center for Willie Nelson (yes, I did take this picture)

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my hometown!

Have you planned your trip to Bryan/College Station yet? {Warning, if it's a Aggie football game weekend, there will be NO available hotels}

Thanks, Meg, for allowing me to share my hometown! Come say hi over at life is aMAYESing!

*Only two more days to enter my giveaway for $50 of make-up here and for a rosette headband.