What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Part Deux

Part Two of my summer vacation was a few days spent in Houston. I had planned for this to be a relaxing couple of days, but of course I crammed in as much as possible.

Sunday afternoon, I celebrated Kristy's birthday with her. Our entertainment was Kristy & Jess playing the Wii...very amusing! Nothing too exciting!

Monday, I had planned to meet Heather for a mani/pedi in Rice Village. However, her car broke down and I dropped my phone in the tub, so we had to scrap that plan. I did manage to make it into town for lunch with Shanna and Madelyn. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Chuy's (I love Tex Mex!) and then I got to see their new beautiful house. That was nice and relaxing. By the time I got back down to Clear Lake, it was time to get ready for cooking group. We had a great time at Cindy's...we think it was the best cooking group ever. I made cheddar garlic biscuits (kind of reminiscent of Red Lobster's). Cindy made chicken marsala, Shannon made risotto, Brittany brought veggies and dip, Maradee made a great black bean pizza for an appetizer, and Mandy brought salad. Then, to top all of that off, Kallae brought homemade ice cream sandwiches...soooooooo good!

Tuesday, Mandy and I headed downtown for a Vacation in Houston day. We started off at the Menil Collection. This is supposed to be a great museum. However, we didn't get to experience it because it was closed (you'd think I would have looked into that!). We still took some pictures of the art in the front of the museum. From there, we went to lunch in Midtown. Yummy burgers at Farago's. After that, we went to Hermann Park to go to the Japanese Garden. It was a little different than we expected...and it was really hot, so we didn't stay too long. The kids at the park were playing in the reflecting pool. We're not actually sure that you're supposed to play in the pool, but they were. From there, we did some drive-by sight-seeing, including some odd houses, giant presidents' heads, and a 50-foot saxophone. I found all this on www.roadsideamerica.com. I highly recommend this website if you're going on a roadtrip! After we got done with all of that, we headed to meet some more UBC folks for the Astros game. It was a great game. It was the first time I've ever seen a grand slam in person...really cool!

Well, that was about it for the Houston portion of my vaca. I have lots more pictures on my Picasa site, if you'd like to see them (look at the President's heads!). I'm in Louisiana now...more on part 3 of my summer vacation in a few days.