Hi, my name is David and I just moved to El Paso from San Antonio at the end of May of 2008. I graduated from Baylor University in May of 2007 with a BBA in ENT & MKT. The point of this blog is really just a place for me to store my thoughts on living in a new city/border city. I also hope to offer insight on the development and revitalization going on in the El Paso area and also share the stories of those who make El Paso what it is. I hope you enjoy the ride as I live El Paso.
You can contact me at livingelpaso@gmail.com
19 responses so far ↓
Jesse Gandara Jr // October 24, 2008 at 1:49 pm |
I enjoyed your site. I lived in San Antonio for about 2 years and it was great.
livingelpaso // October 24, 2008 at 2:37 pm |
Thank you for reading Jesse. San Antonio is a great place, but I am also having a blast exploring El Paso.
Roberto Camp // October 25, 2008 at 6:11 pm |
Your ideas are great ones. Those proposals have been tossed out for more than 15 years on both sides of the border and would be wonderful alternatives to the Border Wall.
However, as you have probably noticed, the movers and the shakers, the binational Downtown revitalization folks, the altermative as well as the standard media, the city councils and stated and federal officials from both cities, the planning organization etc., etc., etc. keep anything as practical as this KISS proposal from being achieved.
They are all obsessed with destroying what´s left of their Downtowns with continual reinventions of wheels that are stuck in the sand, yet alone coming up with waterfront redevelopment.
Hopefully an Obama victory will bring change and new faces such as yours for border regeneration before it is sealed.
livingelpaso // October 25, 2008 at 9:57 pm |
Thank you for the comments Roberto. I took a drive down the border highway for the first time since I have been here and just seeing the fence being built made me kinda sad.
Wendy // December 2, 2008 at 6:22 pm |
Wow I’m glad I found your blog. We moved to El Paso from Boston about four years ago and I’m still freaking out. I’m hoping you’ll make me feel better about living here. There’s nothing wrong with El Paso, it’s just a shock to my New England sensibilities. I WANT to like it…make me like it!
Arturo // December 2, 2008 at 8:22 pm |
Was born here and went away for college and graduate school. Just got back last month and still settling in. It’s interesting to see how much you take for granted when you grown up in a one place only to return with a renewed sense of adventure and curiosity for a place that you though you knew so well. Stumbled across your site. Will be checking it often
livingelpaso // December 2, 2008 at 9:31 pm |
Haha…thanks for reading Wendy! I thought moving from San Antonio was a shock to the system…but I can only imagine New England. It must have felt like Mars when you got here. I will do my best to help you enjoy EP. One of the reasons why I started this blog was so that it would force me to go find activities to do out here. I really do enjoy this city, I am finding something new every week.
livingelpaso // December 2, 2008 at 9:34 pm |
Arturo…it makes me really happy that you decided to come back to EP. You are one the reasons why this city is going to make a resurgance. What are some of your favorite things to do in El Paso? What made you want to move back here?
Al // December 17, 2008 at 5:45 pm |
Count me in David, I’ll be checking out your blog and it’s messages, it’s nice that you take the liberty to do this and go out of your way for us, the new comers and those of us that are from El Paso but like me that lives in San Francisco, I’m just curious as heck, and cant wait to move back to the sun city.
livingelpaso // December 17, 2008 at 6:19 pm |
Thank you Al! I can’t wait to hear your perspective once you are back in El Paso. Your insight will be great to hear since are coming from a city like San Francisco. I really believe it helps to experience other cities and then bring back and apply that knowledge to your own hometown.
Alicia // January 17, 2009 at 7:47 am |
livingelpaso!! i will be visiting your site often! I just moved away from el paso and miss it! i will now live vicariously through your eyes! thanks!
Patrick // February 16, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
Word. I really like to see that there are still visionaries who are makin things happen. I’m from Austin and have been crying and trying to move back, but El Paso has its own beauty and magic to it. I can’t wait to see how this city progresses and breaks free of the poverty mentality that has engulfed it. I give you mad props for this blog-keep it up!
Your 2006 Young Entrepreneur of the Year,
Patrick
Tury // February 27, 2009 at 4:42 am |
suprise to see that I am not the only one whose interested in grabbing EL Paso’s potential and pushing it to its limits.
livingelpaso // February 27, 2009 at 4:48 am |
Thanks for stopping by Tury. What would you like to see in El Paso’s future?
the strelz // June 1, 2009 at 7:58 pm |
thanks for the comments on the generals, glad you liked the game…would love to have you on my radio show and get your first year impressions of el paso.
Chef Keem // June 2, 2009 at 10:17 pm |
Hi David,
thanks so much for stopping by my new website. I appreciate your comments on chefkeem.com and on Twitter.
Only time I was in EP – about 8 years ago – I really enjoyed the climate and our trip to White Sands. I remember, we had some marvelous chile dishes as well.
Good luck and much success with your (our) 31 Days adventure, m’friend. Webe in touch…
Chef Keem
Mike // November 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm |
I found your site through the ProBlogger site.
I went to UTEP in the late ’60s. It was Texas Western College when I got there in ‘66. It was a great place to go to school and I still have many fond memories of El Paso. Are the Ramey Apartments still there? 417 W. Yandell.
livingelpaso // November 17, 2009 at 5:32 pm |
Thanks for visiting the site Mike! I believe they are still there…is this them? http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&source=hp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=ramey+apartments+el+paso&fb=1&gl=us&hq=ramey+apartments&hnear=el+paso&cid=11113593619431177789
Mike // November 17, 2009 at 8:20 pm |
That’s the place David. Thanks for posting the link. It brings back many memories.