Had Sunday brunch at La Strada with friends. I haven’t been there since it burned and was rebuilt. We were on the patio upstairs and the weather was quite nice for a July 1st. We then went to Under the Volcano, the Gingerman, and Onion Creek, making a full day of it. And like most … Read more
So, I was reading this blogicle by an acquaintance of mine from college. He sometimes is used as a talking-head expert in the media. He has a Google Alert set for his name so he can see when and where he is talked about or quoted. He was giving a lecture in Amsterdam, and right … Read more
So, where where you when Biggio hit 3000? Yeah, I don’t really care, either except that I’m sure his three hits helped in the Astros win. Yah, the Astros win! Mary O called me tonight, and has been planning her whole weekend around when Biggio might hit 3K. She didn’t want to miss it. I … Read more
I was in the store right before leaving town on my weekend road trip and the munchies caught my eye: Walgreens Select Premium Milk Chocolate Covered Cashews.
There was more chocolate on them than I expected, so it took several sitting to actually finish them. What humored me was the fine print on the labeling:
I was heading for a “weekend in Dallas”. We call it that, or “DFW”. But no one up there thinks of it as one city like Houston/Clear Lake/Sugar Land/Katy/Cypress/Conroe/The Woodlands/Waller/Humble/Kingwood/ad infinitum does. It’s two or three cities depending on who you’re talking to: Dallas, Fort Worth, and the “Mid Cities”.
Friday I got out of town finally about 2pm, braved the traffic of I-45 North to head for my good friend Jen in Colleyville, Texas. I arrive to a gated street: got past it. I arrive to a locked door: note, key under mat. I call the troop who just left for Mexican food: JohnMarsha, Conn, and Jen.