Puerto Rico!

Two weeks after coming back from Mexico and it's off to EDC Puerto Rico!



A pretty horrific trip actually. Chris had a freak out over nothing and then got quite threatening. Needless to say, we are no longer on speaking terms. Oh well! Onward to nicer people and happier times :) San Juan is really pretty though. Not very big. Got to see the old fort that's there. A bit creepy down some of the hallways hahaha.

My brain is drawing a blank about what else I've actually been up to. So, I'll just skip ahead and try and do a better job of keeping up with stuff in future.

Busy because Eddie arrived! Took him out to Pass & Provisions!



It's so awesome. Speaking of this place... I'd been once before in between EDC and Eddie arriving so that's something I did! We got to sit at the seats that have full view of the kitchen! Really really great food and drinks and a fantastic atmosphere. I really want to keep going back. It's also brilliant that it's just up the end of the food from Mum and Nick's. Eddie thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm pretty sure he's going to want to head back too.

Oh! I found an apartment! Going to be living Downtown and so is Eddie :) Just like uni all over again! Hahaha. Found him a car this weekend as well and work started for him today.

I also went to my first Texans football watching party thing as well. Made sausage rolls and thought I did a pretty good job. Yay cooking!

Books completed too: Slaughterhouse 5

Slacker

Maybe I got a tad behind on this because of all of my vacations that I've been taking and what-not. Lots of stuff has changed lately!

After getting back from Kerville, interesting stuff. The Super Happy Fun Day ended up being really super happy fun. That's enough on that. We went to a Comedy club, was pretty hilarious actually :) Very good time.

I got to try out Feast Restaurant for Houston Restaurant Weeks and it was awesome!!! I need to convince the rest of the family to head over there and give it a shot. Yum yum yum! I had beef shoulder with potatoes... amazing! I will definitely be going back.



After that, there was a trip to Playa del Carmen in Mexico! Was another really awesome trip. Had the usual mimosas at the airport nom nom nom. We went to the same Italian restaurant every night as usual because it's awesome, and we were treated EXTREMELY well. David was our waiter again, but the restaurant manager spent a lot of time looking after us and recommending different wines, letting us try free wines. Epic. Nick and I went swimming in the sea while Mum was at the bar (some toasty water in the Gulf of Mexico) and we went to quite a few other little random bars too. A lot of wine. And a lot of swimming :) Nick and I were getting up every morning to go in the pool. One morning, Mum and Nick went to get cheese and meats and bread for breakfast. And champagne! Happy happy me! Hopefully the next time we go, Steven can come with us. Anyway, some fun shopping too, got a few rings and little jewelry bits. Looking forward to going again.

Disjointed Weekend

Due to stuff breaking at work, our weekend was divided which was a bit annoying...

THURSDAY: During the day, I went with Casey to go and watch the new Batman movie. I had free IMAX tickets! When I went to watch Prometheus, the movie died towards the end so I got free tickets to go watch another IMAX movie whenever I felt like it. YAY! MOVIE POSTER!



Anyway, nifty movie and Casey and I thoroughly enjoyed that we didn't recognize Tom Hardy until right towards the very end. I definitely preferred him in Bronson though. It was a shame that the majority of his facial expressions were covered up by the mask. I was kind of disappointed with the end though. Surely a big bomb like that would have caused a massive title wave that would have done some more damage to Gotham? No?? Fine then. I STILL LOVE MICHAEL CAINE!

After the movie, I went round to Chris' and he made a fish curry. Tasty fish curry. We made mashed potatoes to go with it instead of rice. We proceeded to drink 2 bottles of wine too... oops. The Riesling and Tempranillo from the party. And there was Bailey's. Maybe I need to lay off the booze a little bit hahaha. We watched Mrs. Brown too. I love that movie. Woke up with a minor hangover, which wasn't great, but at least I didn't have lots to do at work that day.

FRIDAY: Work work work. Cleaned the system. Chris messed it up some more. Ugh. To get rid of my frustration, I went out to Sushi King with Sven and Jez. Felt much better :) The waitress they always get is really nice in there. Then went to bed because I'm dull and I was tired.

SATURDAY: Today, I went over to Mum and Nick's because I didn't know what else to do and Mum and Nick were just as bored. We drove around for a really long time trying to determine where to go for food! Passed the Stag's Head, Richmond Arms... just didn't feel like going to any of those places. In the end, we made it all the way towards the galleria and settled on Escalante's. Had a really really nice waitress in there and nice tasty foods. After food, Chris came over because we were going to go to Miller Outdoor Theater to go and watch a production of Hamlet... but it was really hot outside and we decided to go round to Mum and Nick's for food. Lamb and mussels and tasty cheese and port. Instead of boring dinner, Nick had completely set the table and it turned into a dinner party, even if it didn't make it into the book. Chris took his pants off as soon as he got in the house because Nick wasn't wearing any either... RANDOM! They were singing the HMS Pinafore too. Good night.

SUNDAY: Had to work. :( Nothing interesting happened. Yawn!

Weekend Wonderfullness!

FRIDAY: Work ended early for me on Friday so Chris, Sven and I could head out to Little Woodrow's! Got to work on my 'Big 50'. Only 10 more beers to go :D Mum and Nick came out to meet us as well which was nice. They need to come out more! Silly Weight Watchers :P Anyway, too much drink was had because one of the bottles I ordered was a 750mL bottle and I didn't realise... oops! 

SATURDAY: Woke up with a not so great head. Lots of water was required. In the end, El Tiempo was the only solution. Fajitas are one of the best hangover cures. Mum and Nick came out to meet me and Chris there as well. Margaritas also helped the hangover cure... or maybe just masked it. I had to work for a little bit after that to check some tanks. Aaron and Leah were already there setting up for their wedding :) She looked so pretty! Went home after that and got ready for their wedding reception. The most popular comment of the evening, "Claire... you're in a dress! You clean up nice!" Haha. Kind of fun to go from scruffy work clothes to a nice dress. The night was really awesome. Rachel and I did a lot of dancing and it was fun hanging out with Lori too. After the wedding reception we headed to Char Bar for a while and more girlie time. Really nice night. 

SUNDAY: Ummm... Sunday started with going to La Madeline with Chris for lunch and then heading to The Black Lab with Jez, Sven, Pam, Scott and Ajax. Had a few drinks before heading to the racepark to go and see Kooza! Cirque du Soleil is fun :D Lots of fantastic acts; would absolutely love to go and see another one!! Anyway, busy busy weekend, but had a fantastic time. Managed to keg my test brew to :) And now and can lie down and just watch TV for a while before and majorly busy week at work! HURRAY!!!

Birthday Weekend

Updates: Went to Jones Hall to go see a Zelda Symphony performance!http://zelda-symphony.com/



Was pretty cool! Definitely had flashback memories; I haven't seen footage from 'Link's Awakening' in a very long time! Got to see a lot of cosplayers and chatted with the bartender for a while. Anyway, would go to something like that again. I'm distracted because Futurama is on. I went to Hearsay afterwards for tasty foods and cocktails. Pretty good night, I miss going to concerts as often.

Had another outing to Dave and Busters later in the week as well. It was a 1/2 price night so we were able to get enough tickets for me to get a fluffy pink spider! I think he's cute. And now I had a random fluffy pink spider that lives on my bed :) I got a pink cocktail too! Tasties!

Random things!
We decided to do a drive round the loops of Houston! First: the 610 loop. That only took about 35 minutes to drive around... so it was decided that it wasn't a long enough road trip... TO BELTWAY 8!! The beltway took significantly longer. About an hour and 35 minutes. I was sufficiently bored about halfway around... typical. Still, there's a lot of Houston to see that way! Probably wouldn't do it again though...

LAST WEEK!!

Went on a date with Chris to a sushi place in the Galleria area. Was really fun, I met Leroy the cat too. Crazy cat. We were meant to be going out again on Thursday, but I really hurt my back at work and couldn't leave my apartment! Uncool. I had to go to the doctor first thing on Friday morning. Had to have muscle relaxants and painkillers from the doctor and try and work out my shift for this week because I'm now not allowed to lift anything! Missed work on Friday due to doctor's orders.

Rowanne arrived that afternoon though which was awesome! (It's also Mum's 50th birthday at this point!) We went out to Brasserie 19 for dinner and had lots of tasty wine and food. A lot of oysters! I think we had 7 bottles of wine or port between the 6 of us hehehehe. I had to go home early because my back was still hurting and I couldn't sit for so long. When everyone got home, Nick started shouting about the Olympic opening ceremony and how it was the best thing we've done since winning the war... a tad drunk I think hahahahaha. Mum was a bit tipsy too! Was doing her classic, "I'm tired..." "Go to bed then." "I'M GOING!" (doesn't move from couch). And repeat. Steven fell down the stair too... but Katie was there to help him. I think less booze should have happened.

Rowanne and I went back to my apartment and hung out for a bit since we were the only two that were sober. In the morning, we went headed to Buffalo Exchange. I found a dress for Leah and Aaron's wedding for $6.50! Awesome dress! I need to head back to that place more often to pad out my wardrobe!! Saturday night we had Pam and Scott over for a vegan dinner party. I had to go to bed early again because I wasn't feeling very well. And Sunday was El Tiempo margarita day! Margaritas for Rowanna! Was a fun weekend. Chris and I got to go to Hearsay last night to make up for the reservation I cancelled. Watched Mary and Max too. Good movie.

Today is Pumpkinator week at work... so hopefully my injury isn't going to cause too many issues!

Wish I could sit for a long enough length of time so I could play Diablo III...