9.22.2010
Samar
Last night we ventured downtown to try Samar by Stephan Pyles. It was pure perfection and it was fun trying all the tapas from India, Spain and the East Mediterranean. Loved the ambiance, loved the food, loved the company! Cant wait for next month!
9.21.2010
Girls Weekend vs. Boys Weekend
I have definitely enjoyed my mom's visits to Dallas since she retired. I thought it would be fun to have mom and grandmom come to Dallas for a girls weekend while the boys went hunting. We had a great time visitng and getting out in Dallas. We lunched at Village Burger Bar, went to see The Town, which was pretty decent, watched the game, shopped and shopped and brunched at Breadwinners.
Meanwhile....
Austin went hunting and fishing with my dad, brother-in-law and dad's buddies.
Dad and Austin getting ready for dinner
They fished for bass with their new fly rods; fried and ate the fish they caught.
They shot their firearms, went dove hunting and made several attempts to shoot hogs but the hogs were MIA.
Miss Belle missed Austin, but she was a good dog while he was away.
Overall, we all had a great weekend! Boys will be boys!
Meanwhile....
Austin went hunting and fishing with my dad, brother-in-law and dad's buddies.
Dad and Austin getting ready for dinner
They fished for bass with their new fly rods; fried and ate the fish they caught.
They shot their firearms, went dove hunting and made several attempts to shoot hogs but the hogs were MIA.
Miss Belle missed Austin, but she was a good dog while he was away.
Overall, we all had a great weekend! Boys will be boys!
9.06.2010
Full On Double Rainbow
Austin saw a double rainbow on opening day, which provided many laughs for his hunting buddies. If you haven't seen this Youtube, it's pretty hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI
9.02.2010
Happy Birthday Jan!
We had a great time in Austin celebrating mom's birthday last weekend! It was so good to see the fam and catch up! Happy Birthday Mom!
Singing Happy Birthday! We love Nothing Bundt Cakes!
The birthday girl and Lauren relaxing
Johna and Justin
Sweet brother and sister
Singing Happy Birthday! We love Nothing Bundt Cakes!
The birthday girl and Lauren relaxing
Johna and Justin
Sweet brother and sister
9.01.2010
Some Austin THETA Love
It was so good to see these girls a couple of weekends ago before all the chaos and busy schedules of Tech and Longhorn football season consume our lives! We braved the 100+ degree heat and enjoyed dinner on the patio and some margaritas and mudslides courtesy of my dad (the grill-master/bartender of the evening) and his new Margaritaville blender contraption. It was quite the show! Can't wait to see everyone again!
8.31.2010
Ode to Restaurant Week
This is one of our favorite weeks! KLRD hosts restaurant week in Dallas where many of Dallas best and favorite restaurants participate. Each restaurant creates a menu with 3 or more courses specifically for this week for $30/pp. Most of the restaurants will add a wine paring with each course.
This year we went to Tillman's Roadhouse with the Easters. It was a little bit of a hike for us since Tillman's is located out in Oak Cliff, in the Bishop Arts District, but it was worth the drive.
The food was delicious. The girls ordered the chicken fried hanger steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. The boys ordered the short ribs with white chedder mac-n-cheese.
I love Tillmans because you can order smores for dessert and they are made right beside your table. The girls had the smores and the boys got the cupcake! It was so good and it is always good to see Myn and Chris! Good times!
This year we went to Tillman's Roadhouse with the Easters. It was a little bit of a hike for us since Tillman's is located out in Oak Cliff, in the Bishop Arts District, but it was worth the drive.
The food was delicious. The girls ordered the chicken fried hanger steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. The boys ordered the short ribs with white chedder mac-n-cheese.
I love Tillmans because you can order smores for dessert and they are made right beside your table. The girls had the smores and the boys got the cupcake! It was so good and it is always good to see Myn and Chris! Good times!
8.20.2010
Cali Swing - Part II
On our way out of SF, we rented a convertible and drove down the Pacific Coast Hwy, aka (The 1). Whomever suggested we get the convertible and try to cram golf clubs and two suit cases in it were crazy, but we figured out how to make it work. The 1 hugged the coastline and was a beautiful and relaxing road trip with the wind in our hair.
Securing the luggage. The wind was blowing quite strong.
Our destination was Carmel, specifically Pebble Beach. Along the way we stopped in downtown Santa Cruz for an Italian meal at Kianti's Pizza & Pasta Bar. It is home to the 5 time world champion pizza dough spinner. The food was so good! We enjoyed the pepperoni pizza roll and the veggie sandwich with artichokes, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, olives and pesto. The artichokes were incredibly fresh.
We arrived to Carmel late afternoon and toured the 17-mile drive. This tour is amazing and our hotel, The Inn at Spanish Bay, was on the tour. The 17-Mile Drive is widely recognized as one of the most scenic drives in the world. The famous coastal landmark runs through Pacific Grove to Pebble Beach, from the dramatic Pacific coastline to the majestic Del Monte Forest.
The drive is amazing with gorgeous view of the ocean as you wind through the mountains and trees.
And the views along the shore were beautiful
This is one of our favorite pictures that caputres how breathtaking it was.
After the tour we checked in to our hotel and had a bottle of champagne waiting for us to celebrate our anniversary. The hotel was fabulous! We went down to the terrace for a sunset serenade from a Scottish bag piper at dusk. We enjoyed a glass of wine and then went to Roy's for dinner. It was such a memorable evening for both of us.
We went to bed early that evening to prepare for our golf adventure on the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course in the morning. This round of golf really needs its own blog post. We woke up at 5:00am for a 7:50am tee time. When we arrived to the course, Austin took the shuttle to the driving range to warm up and I explored the Pebble Beach Resort, from the fancy market to all the boutique shops; it was amazing. Amazing probably doesn't begin to describe it. They also had cameras of certain parts of the course, the first tee and the 18th hole that you could view online. It was fun for our family to be able to see us on the course at the beginning and at the end.
We met back up to meet our Caddy for the day, Gene. Pebble is great because the caddys are all old men with great stories to tell you along the way. Now, we've heard the thing to do is walk to course. Austin walked it but insisted I get a cart just in case I didn't want to walk the whole time. Great Idea!
Austin teeing off
Just a flock of geese to distract you, no worries.
The course was gorgeous! I still can't describe how wonderful it was.
We will just round it out to the 18th. I only took 600+ pics of the course...
And some seals to cheer us on the 18th! Final putt!
Getting cleaned up! Nice!
After we finished this amazing round of golf, we had a late lunch in the cafe, that overlooked the first tee. Nothing like a hard days work!
It was such an exciting trip for both of us and I hope we can go back again and play the other courses. Austin did a great job on the course and it was one of our favorite experiences thus far that we will cherish forever!
Securing the luggage. The wind was blowing quite strong.
Our destination was Carmel, specifically Pebble Beach. Along the way we stopped in downtown Santa Cruz for an Italian meal at Kianti's Pizza & Pasta Bar. It is home to the 5 time world champion pizza dough spinner. The food was so good! We enjoyed the pepperoni pizza roll and the veggie sandwich with artichokes, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, olives and pesto. The artichokes were incredibly fresh.
We arrived to Carmel late afternoon and toured the 17-mile drive. This tour is amazing and our hotel, The Inn at Spanish Bay, was on the tour. The 17-Mile Drive is widely recognized as one of the most scenic drives in the world. The famous coastal landmark runs through Pacific Grove to Pebble Beach, from the dramatic Pacific coastline to the majestic Del Monte Forest.
The drive is amazing with gorgeous view of the ocean as you wind through the mountains and trees.
And the views along the shore were beautiful
This is one of our favorite pictures that caputres how breathtaking it was.
After the tour we checked in to our hotel and had a bottle of champagne waiting for us to celebrate our anniversary. The hotel was fabulous! We went down to the terrace for a sunset serenade from a Scottish bag piper at dusk. We enjoyed a glass of wine and then went to Roy's for dinner. It was such a memorable evening for both of us.
We went to bed early that evening to prepare for our golf adventure on the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course in the morning. This round of golf really needs its own blog post. We woke up at 5:00am for a 7:50am tee time. When we arrived to the course, Austin took the shuttle to the driving range to warm up and I explored the Pebble Beach Resort, from the fancy market to all the boutique shops; it was amazing. Amazing probably doesn't begin to describe it. They also had cameras of certain parts of the course, the first tee and the 18th hole that you could view online. It was fun for our family to be able to see us on the course at the beginning and at the end.
We met back up to meet our Caddy for the day, Gene. Pebble is great because the caddys are all old men with great stories to tell you along the way. Now, we've heard the thing to do is walk to course. Austin walked it but insisted I get a cart just in case I didn't want to walk the whole time. Great Idea!
Austin teeing off
Just a flock of geese to distract you, no worries.
The course was gorgeous! I still can't describe how wonderful it was.
We will just round it out to the 18th. I only took 600+ pics of the course...
And some seals to cheer us on the 18th! Final putt!
Getting cleaned up! Nice!
After we finished this amazing round of golf, we had a late lunch in the cafe, that overlooked the first tee. Nothing like a hard days work!
It was such an exciting trip for both of us and I hope we can go back again and play the other courses. Austin did a great job on the course and it was one of our favorite experiences thus far that we will cherish forever!
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