Our list of activities included a lot of driving around and pointing to things, as we were kind of pressed for time and wanted them to at least see where we spend all our time these days. Plus it was rather warm and you don't want to suffocate special guests who aren't accustomed to the heat.
I'll let the pictures do most of the talking...I took a lot.
Friday evening we ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Pappasito's. It was a good way to start off the trip...lots of happy tummies.
Mmm...my monstrous plate of food.
His plate of food was even bigger...
This is the part where Maddie got bored and decided to play with her food like a true 18-year old...
Clever. Or gross...
After dinner we walked around Rice Village, stopping in Half Price Books long enough for Maddie to buy a 98-cent record of R. Kelly's "Ignition Remix." Remember that? Old school. Dad and Ben weren't crazy about the boutiques and clothing stores sister and I were drawn to, so we ended up at the Chocolate Bar, where we took about 30 minutes to decide what to order. Newbies are always overwhelmed by that place.
Saturday morning, after Benjamin prepared us all a delicious breakfast, we headed out to meet the one goal Maddie had for her trip: buy cowboy boots. I think dear sister was expecting Houston to be a much more cowboy/ranch-inspired town than it is and was disappointed by the endless concrete, tall buildings, and widely international scene, so we headed to Cavender's Boot City (which I think they might even have in Knoxville) to get a taste of true Texas.
They had plenty of inventory...
The favorites...
I liked them too, but mom didn't give me a wad of cash to pay for half of them...and they're expensive.
I think hubby could pull off the cowboy look if he had to.
Success.
So after shopping we drove around a good bit and decided we were hungry. Dad wanted a hamburger, so were stopped at Beck's Prime, a fast-food restaurant that boasts better-than-average burgers. I got a chicken sandwich, but dad and Ben agreed their burgers were definitely better than average. It was on the expensive side, though, so we opted to go for the 50-cent ice cream cones from McDonald's instead of Beck's Prime milkshakes for dessert. We took them back to the shade of our neighboring park at the apartment and went for a short walk.
Sisterly love :)
We watched the first half of the UT-Cincinnati game at the apartment (while I took a quick cat nap), but for the second half, the fam wanted to experience the festive atmosphere at Bubba's, our Houston UT Alumni Association hub for the football season. The crowd was thinner than last week but there was still plenty of orange to be seen. Including this lovely spectacle parked outside the door:
Classy, huh?
Saturday evening we checked out the Galleria, where we found dad a Texans hat for the game, and ended up at a random pizza joint for dinner. Maddie wanted pizza, and guess what, we ended up on the wrong road for the restaurant we were aiming for and decided to just go with our strengths and stop at the first pizza place we found. It was just fine though and we got to sit down immediately.
Sunday meant it was football time in Texas! I'll show all the details from our first Texans experience in another post soon to come!
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