To recap what I would call a rather successful weekend:

Friday:
Pool and Beer definitely happened with my momma.
It was wonderful.

Saturday:
There was a wedding at the rents house.
Considering it was 111 degrees at  5:00 pm, the whole thing went off without a hitch.
Although, I would prefer to avoid the disgustingly hot weather. I was sweating my face off (literally).

Sunday:
I drove to Austin to pick up the HSLP.
There was Free Birds, Jamba, Hula Hut, Buffalo Exchange, and 6th Street.
There was also, only 3.5 hours of sleep, drunk dials, and conversations about Gingers.

Monday:
Me and Tamura ate some wonderful kirby lane, drove home, went to visit my rents, and then I delivered her to her momma. Incidentally, there was a party at my house... involving 6 immature adults, a leftover keg of blue moon from the wedding, Wii Bowling, and very inapropro conversation.

and to sum it all up....
I walked into the office looking something like this:

Music Monday.

Ladies & Gentlemen, I present the song of the week:



If you were wondering... yes, I am rubbing it in further that I will be in New York City at this time tomorrow. I will also be taking a break from the blog until next Monday.

I know your week will not be near as grand as mine, but I still hope it's mildly entertaining.

GPFromMyTripToSeattleW

St. Patty's Day 2011 (Thursday evening that I was in Seattle)- a wonderful evening. We went to an Irish Pub-a can't remember the name, got in sans cover charge-thank you random bouncer lady, and had a green shot. Later that night we went to another restuarant/bar to get pizza. This pizza was the best I've ever had... the girls shared a vegetarian pizza, with mushrooms and spinach, while I mooched off the guys and ate some meat lovers!!

anyways... hope your week is going swell.
happy humpday.

\snicker

Seattle: 2

This is from day one as well. First thing we did Thusday when we got downtown was go to the Seattle Art Museum. Hands down my favorite thing we did while we were there. I think we could have stayed there all day, but there really just wasn't the time. They had a wonderful permanent collection as well as an excellent special exhibit. Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth was the name of the special exhibit. It was incredible. Like nothing I've ever seen before. He makes these suits out of completely random materials: wood, lace,  sweaters, you name it, it was on a suit. Then there were also some video installations that went along with all the suits. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. I ended up buying his BIG coffee table book for my, well, coffee table. Seriously incredible. The SAM is a must-see if you're visiting Seattle. It's also very reasonably priced, $15 for a day pass, you can come and go, and that also gets you admission to their sister museum, or other branch (It's Asian Art, I believe).

I just like this picture.. It's from the park that we ate our Poroshy's at. This tree is just so pretty and it actually has a red heart right on the front of it. I don't generally frame my own pictures... but this might just be an exception.

If you didn't get to read the first post about Seattle it's right here.

Seattle: Post 1

Ok, here's what I'm going to do... Every week, at least once, maybe more, I'm going to post a little bit about my trip to Seattle. It won't be in order and it might not be interesting. BUUUT it's my blog and I will do what I want to. For the first post we have March 17th. This isn't the entire day... just a few parts. And there is no cool pictures of anything interesting, unless you count Jessica, Tamura, and I as interesting... which I do!

This particular day was our first day in Seattle. Tamura made us a handrawn map (which was very cool and helpful), told us how to ride the bus to downtown and sent us on our way. We did several cool things this day, but I'm not saying exactly what just yet. So for today, all you get is some pictures.

This is me and Jess eat our Poroshky's (spelling?) at a lookout point. Apparently this particular place has totem poles left from the Indians (I didn't see them, but Tam and Jess don't typically lie, so I'm probably oblivious - wouldn't be the first time). It was a cool place, to look out over the sound, there were tables to eat on, etc. There were also street vendors nearby as well. Very eclectic place.

Obvi, this sequence of pictures was all taken at the same time, later in the day from the Poroshky's picture. We met up with Tamura after she got off, did some shopping at H&M, then went to this cool little bar for happy hour. Seriously, Seattle-lites know how happy hour is done. All three of us ate for 14 bucks, and we each had a beer for 10.50. So three meals + three beers = 24.50. The food was really good too!! So after dinner we were walking around, or back to the bus - I don't know, and found another excellent lookout. Naturally, we stopped to take pictures because the night was clear, the sound was gorgeous. Unfortunately without a tripod, there was no way my camera was going to capture the true beauty... so we improvised and just took pictures of each other. Eventually the self timer came to mind, then we all got in!! 

**Disclaimer: this picture need to be edited, but I was just too excited to start posting. Don't judge me.

gpoyw

Vegas 2010 Edition. Elvis MADE ME feel his chest hair.

I had to suppress the gag reflex.

for. real.

eff-i-vee-eee

Have you noticed my title of what day it is changes?? I'm going to see how many days I can go without repeating.

anyhooo...

day 5 - a picture of somewhere you've been to.

As you know, I love pictures, or maybe you didn't know, but now you do. So in honor of my love for photographs, and traveling, I'm posting more than just one picture. These pictures aren't the greatest because I'm at work and I'm limited to what pictures I have on facebook.

las vegas.

austin.

south padre island.

and the best city in america...

NEW YORK CITY.

You probably wonder why i have a picture of "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh for my New York picture, it's because that's where the painting is housed, at the Museum of Modern Art. I saw it in person, it changed my life. Also, if you don't know who Van Gogh is, or have never seen this painting, shame on you.

a wonderful birthday!!

for my birthday my parents took me to dallas to go shopping and eat at ruth chris's steakhouse! if you've never been there it is amazing! their steaks come out on a sizzling plate smothered in butter. its heavenly! my family in arlington joined us for dinner the day after my birthday. i also had some really good creme brulee for desert. i've got to learn how to make that at home!! here's some pics::

they had birthday confetti all over our table. aly made a little arrangement in front of my seat!

me and aly in front of the sign!

the whole family::

sherree, aly, me, mom, dad, mike, and chad

south padre island

we took a family vacation to south padre! it was a blast! the girls had alot of fun playing in the sand, but neither of them liked the ocean. taelye finally learned to swim with her floaties on!

nana & "cawcaw"

joe, raelye, taelye, and taegan

the made raelye into a mermaid!

we found a crab in the sand!

me and mom on the beach!

mom wears a HUGE hat, it keeps her protected from the sun.

we went to a sea turtle hospital!

joe and taelye flying a kite!

banana + barney + cuppy = contentment.

"cawcaw" and taegan

chubby legs... i love em.