WOW! She was awesome. The concert was a blast and my feet still hurt two days later from non stop dancing in heels! First, I meet some of my sorority sisters at a local bar then Brooke and I went to friends place and drank champagne before the show. Courtney's place is right next door to where the concert was, so we had fun watching the crowds go in. After the concert we danced some more at Ghostbar...long but FUN night! Of course...TONS of pictures:
Whitney, me and Holly at Boardroom (sorority sisters)Oliva, Courtney, me and Brooke at Courtney's
Our seats were not bad at all! One bug hot mess after all that dancing
Britney leaving see her in the left going down ramp!
After concert at Ghostbar
This is a picture from the patio at Ghostbar of our place...the center tall building
Here are two videos from the night. The first is short and second is kinda shakey...oops!
Last night some big storms blew in the DFW area. RB and I could not sleep so we took advantage of our front row seats. The storm came and went but it was amazing to look out the windows and not be able to see far in the distance b/c of so much rain. The lightening was stunning and wind was strong. North Dallas areas were reporting lots of huge hail. We took some pictures of the news last night as they were covering the storm... Here is a video from our place. You can not see in this video but the cranes across from us were spinning in circles as the storm blew in. It was such a great light show.
Ok, now I have to go get ready for...BRITNEY! hahaha!!
So, it has been a week since I last checked in but we have been busy...kinda?!?
Last week was a yucky week...weather and all! It got called again and I was busy preparing for a bachelorette party I helped host on Saturday. On Wednesday, we both took Chi Chi to the ophthalmologist. Yep, they really have eye doctors for dogs and cats. Basically, the doc had to scrap :( Cha Chi's eye so that it will heal correctly. Little guy is still hurting but we are hopeful!
Friday, our friend Bucky was in town for business and we went to dinner at Houston's (one of my fav chain restaurants). I had my favorite, crab cakes and RB had a fish covered in a lemon butter crab sauce...his was the best! We also discovered a new wine we like (Mom & Dad...) Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio. YUM! After dinner we went to a sports bar by our place called Fankie's to watch some of the basketball games. We headed home early b/c I had a ton to do on Saturday to prep for the party.
Saturday, Bucky came over and the guys watched basketball all day. They both were a huge help in helping me set up for the party that was going to be held in our buildings club house. some of the other bridesmaid showed up early to picth in and we had the party catered so that made things a breeze.
The bride-to-be is one of my best friends from high school. It was fun to see all the girls from back then. We first ate dinner here, had some wine and opened gifts. We rented a party bus for the night and went to a handful of bars: Fearing's Rattlesnake Bar, The Quarter Bar, Plush (for dancing) and ended the night at Dragonfly. Here are some pictures from the night:
Brooke, me and Karla in the Ritz lobby The group of ladies that went out Group of us on the dance floor with the bride!
After the bars closed four us headed back to my place to eat some of the left overs. RB and Bucky stayed in for the night being typical ...drinking beer and watching and beating on the games. We let them have the place and we went and stayed at the W Hotel (which is walking distance from our place). We had a BLAST laughing all night. We laughed so much our abs hurt the next morning. Here is a silly picture of us being cheesey
Karla, Liz, Brooke and me at W
Sunday, cleaned up and relaxed.
NOW, THIS WEEK...
Tomorrow night Brooke and I are headed to...drum roll please...
Yes, we are going to the Britney Spears concert and are so excited! We are going to a friends who lives right next door to where the concert will be. We will sit on her patio and drink some wine and watch everyone go in. It is going to be one long night and I plan to take a ton of pictures!
Friday, we watched the game....SFA lost but it was neat to see them on TV and have the announcer talk about SFA and Nacogdoches! That night we had a date night and went to a restaurant RB had been wanting to try, Cuba Libre. It was aw-ight ;) The fish was good and the mojitos were tasty too but not so sure we will be running back anytime soon.
Saturday, we woke up full of energy and took Cha Chi on a nice long walk. We walked down to the Starbucks and around the neighborhood. Cha Chi was so tired he just passed out when we got back. RB still had a bunch of energy and missed working in the yard when we owned the house so he called our friends Alex and Morgan and asked if he could come over and help Alex. We spent the morning over there. I got to play with our Goddaughter and Morgan and I went to a couple garage sales.
RB hard at "work" with Mallory
We stopped for a hamburger at the one and only Keller's. It is so fun to park there and people watch and of course the burgers can not be beat!
That night we had four different things going on but had to pick just one so we choose to go to a friend's house for a crawfish broil. Everyone there went to SFA so it was fun to watch the Texas basketball game there but then just to catch up with everyone. We also played Flip Cup and I must brag that I did awesome! It was a blast and I may have to introduce it at the next family get together! RB was our referee and was too darn funny. For those who do not know what Flip Cup is...
The people in the video (FYI...don't know any of these people just found video on youtube) had way to much beer in their cups and yes, Mom, we drank responsibly and RB did not play since he was the DD.
We left that party and went and meet some of my H.S. friends at a pub for a going away party. Didn't last long there b/c it was super crowded and we were ready to go home. We were craving tacos so we went to Fuel City. When ever any of the family comes to visit this is one of the places we will take ya. Here is a (cheesy) video but you have to see it...
Sunday, we got up a little late (for us) and I had to get ready for a bridal shower that I had to attend. I am a bridesmaid in the wedding and it is in less then a month in Mexico! This weekend I will be hosting a lingerie shower here at our place...more to come on that later!
After the shower I came home and RB and I decided to go out and enjoy the amazing weather. We got on the trolly that runs in front of our place and took it up to West Village. I know I am playing a lot of cheesy videos but didn't take many pictures this weekend so...here ya go again
We will be making the trolly ride to all the Uptown (which is where we live) restaurants and bars a every weekend tradition. Here in Dallas, brunch and patios are a HUGE deal. We decided we need to see what all the fuss was about and let me tell you...we are hooked. We first started at Manny's Uptown and enjoyed the signature margarita and split a large botana platter on their patio. Both were really good and we will be back there often. Then we walked to Mi Cocina and got a great table on their patio and had a margarita and beer and just enjoyed watching the LARGE crowd enjoying all the patios around West Village. It was so much fun!!!
Well, kids, that was one long weekend and this week we have a lot to do. I will update when I can!
Mom & Dad, even though we had a fun weekend here we are sad we didn't get to spend the weekend with y'all in SA like we used too! Glad, y'all two wild kids had a blast ;)
For all you sport fans it is March Madness time. For all you non-sports fans that means mens college basketball finals. For the first time EVER good 'ole SFA has made it to the Big Dance. Yes, we are ranked 14 but that is 14 out of 16 (in our bracket)that actually made it! RB and I loved SFA and had some other family members who are SFA alum (Cris and Daniel). All of our college friends are pumped and ready to watch the game tomorrow at 11 am when we play Syracuse. The neat thing, in my opinion, is our President is really into college basketball. He has been talking about how he picked teams for his brackets...no he probably did not pick No. 14 SFA but he still read our name and other wise would have never known who we are. Hey, I know it is a stretch but we are really excited and are proud of the Lumberjacks!!!
So, Tuesday was St Patrick's Day and since we partied way way WAY too much this weekend we took it easy yesterday. I did get to have a glass of wine though! Aunt Cristy came over yesterday to check out our place and then we walked up the street to Sambuca. She is on spring break and we took advantage of her time off and had a glass of wine and split a delicious pizza. Cris was a little nervous to go out on our balcony (to high up for her) but eased into and we sat out there and watched traffic. Of course we could not let her leave without taking a picture for the blog! Ok, who is next....which one of family members will be next to come visit us?!?!? Y'all are all invited!
Whitney, me and Holly at Boardroom (sorority sisters)
Oliva, Courtney, me and Brooke at Courtney's
Our seats were not bad at all! One bug hot mess after all that dancing
Britney leaving see her in the left going down ramp!
After concert at Ghostbar
This is a picture from the patio at Ghostbar of our place...the center tall building
Brooke, me and Karla in the Ritz lobby
The group of ladies that went out
Group of us on the dance floor with the bride!
Karla, Liz, Brooke and me at W
Tomorrow night Brooke and I are headed to...drum roll please...
Yes, we are going to the Britney Spears concert and are so excited! We are going to a friends who lives right next door to where the concert will be. We will sit on her patio and drink some wine and watch everyone go in. It is going to be one long night and I plan to take a ton of pictures!
RB hard at "work" with Mallory
Ok, who is next....which one of family members will be next to come visit us?!?!? Y'all are all invited!
