Persona Grata: So Bros

One Saturday, I went over to antsymama's house to hang out. Okay. Lies. I went over there to do my laundry. Haha. So i was hanging out with her and the boys and then her mom-in-law stopped by for a visit. I still think it's so weird hearing my friends call their in-laws 'mom' or 'dad'. So weird! Not sure how i'm gonna handle that in the future. I don't want another mom! My mama is good enough. Her new mom came over so that she could take them shopping at macy's. I agreed to go along. Omg. You know. I absolutely hate going to the galleria. Being there makes me nauseated. I can go to maybe one or two stores but that's it! But i decided to go anyways cos staying at her place by myself just to finish my laundry seemed kinda weird. I got tired of shopping after 15 minutes but offered to watch her boys while she did her thang. Man. I can't even begin to tell you how exhausted i was after who knows how long. It's so much work constantly trying to keep kids entertained. I dunno how you moms do it. Bow down for real. You go crazy. But then you forget cos their freaking cuteness makes you forget about the bad things they just got into.

Restaurant: Hugo's

1600 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX 77006

Over the years, if there were a type of cuisine that I've become not particularly fond of, I would have to say that it would be
Mexican food. I mean, tex-mex is okay, sometimes, but even then it's very rare that i would even consider wanting to eat it. Unless it's escalante's cos man, their white queso is freaking darn good! With all that said, I still found myself wanting to try Hugo's. I've driven past this place since I was in high school and it's always been in the back of my mind to give it a try. But you know. I never crave this kinda food. Then one sunday, we made plans to meet our friends for some brunch and they suggested Hugo's. Even though we're both becoming quite broke, we agreed and Hugo's it was. Hugo's has a Sunday brunch buffet that is constantly being raved about. It's kinda steep though at $27 per person. Egads! But you know, sometimes you just really can't put a price on food. The thing about buffets is that although I know that i can eat a lot, i can never eat a lot at buffets and the money is never well spent. I don't ever think i eat my money's worth. Good thing big poppa is the champion of buffets. The buffet consisted of a wide variety of typical regional Mexican dishes. I won't get into any details but overall, I can't say I was impressed with any of the offerings. Neither I nor big poppa would want to go back for the food but like I said, we generally don't prefer this type of fare. What I would come back for would be the atmosphere. The restaurant itself looks really nice and the patio is just gorgeous to dine in. What I wouldn't give to have a nice backyard that i can go and have breakfast at every morning. Instead, I'm stuck with a crappy backyard filled with poo bombs and not only that, the Houston heat wave has already begun. So crappy.

Trippin': Washington D.C. - Thunder Burger

3056 M Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20007

This is one of those blogs I had no desire to put together cos it was just so blah. But I do it cos I want something to look back to in the future. That is of course hoping that blogger is still around and thriving then. I have so much content that I can't even imagine trying to transfer all this crap to another domain. Is that the right word to use? Thunder Burger in Georgetown was where we had dinner on our first night. One of flower child's friends came out to hang out with us. Thunder burger is obviously known for their burgers but none of us ordered a real beef burger. I think I had a turkey burger (i accidentally typed burkey ... haha) so I can't say if this place has great burgers or not. Flower child had crab cakes. Food overall was okay. The restaurant was really dark inside and it's one of my pet peeves cos I feel like they're hiding something dirty. Or they're hoping that the diners won't spot something unsanitary in their food. There was a very rock n' roll vibe which often makes me realize how utterly uncool and unhip I've become over the years. We ended our night meeting up with antsymama at this club that was 1% capacity. Yeah.

Musik Mundi: Christina Perri

Christina Perri
Album: Lovestrong (2011)
Song: Arms

Christina Perri has come a long way since her days of making youtube videos. I first heard one of her songs, Jar of Hearts, on the one episode of So You Think You Can Dance that I watched and loved it immediately. I love the rawness in her voice and in the song Arms in particular, the clarity in her voice is amazing. So much respect for people who write their own songs. OMGawd. Could it beeee any more humid? I'm known to sweat like an obese man so my shirt and face are drenched from being outside for only ten minutes. Ugh so nasty. Welcome to summer in Houston. And I don't like it one bit.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*

Event: Houston Rodeo 2011

Every time I go to the rodeo or something similar to it like the state fair, I'm always shocked at the crazy prices of the food even though I already knew that it was going to be expensive. But seriously. Ten bucks for a corn dog?!? I think all my poor friends are annoyed by now by my history with corn dogs. From the disgusting impression it's left on me since my elementary school cafeteria food days til that one time not too long ago at the state fair where i learned what they were supposed to taste like and how seriously GOOD they are. Deep fried perfection. Yummy goodness. And the first thing I did when i got into the carnival area was to go get me a corn dog. Had been craving one for so long! Ugh. Disappointment! My corn dog did not have a crunch to it at all! Maybe it had been sitting under the lamp for too long? I ate it all anyways but i was left with the most unsatisfied feeling. If we weren't in public, I just might have thrown a tantrum. Hummus later told me that you had to go to a specific place to get a corn dog. I took a bite from hers and it was exactly the way I wanted it! Double ugh. When everyone else arrived, getting food was the first priority. There were sausage dogs, turkey legs and more corn dogs. Later on we found ourselves glued to those water shooting games. I always thought it was impossible to win but guess what? I actually WON one round! I started screaming cos well, i literally thot it was impossible to ever win! Several of us ended up winning and we all picked these cow stuffed animal. I gave mine to little miss my linh. The only person who really wanted to win but didn't was big poppa. Poor guy. He was relentless. I don't know how many rounds he played. It got to a point where the one-eyed attendant started making fun of him. I really don't like shizz talkers. I hate it. I wanted to throw my cow at the guy and go you really want to be talking shizz now mister one-eyed man? But that would be mean. Does it matter though if I'm already thinking it? I guess I'm just a mean person. Haha. Leave my man alone! I went through a stage where I swore off roller coasters and carnival rides cos man, it's dangerous! And how much can you really trust these things that are set up and taken apart so frequently? With a small amount of hesitation, we all decided to ride the carnival equivalent to the dungeon drop. We're crazy people! When we got to the top, I remember thinking oh my gawd what was i thinking before it dropped and we went hurdling towards the ground. I can't remember if I screamed or not. Mrs. Gilles had thoughts of her baby girl and what if something had happened to her. Man. A ride is just not a ride anymore when you're grown up. It's all about being responsible. Haha. As insane as it was, I really miss the thrill and excitement of roller coasters. If only there were never any lines. Big poppa and I ended our night on the big gigantic slide. That was really fun! Wish I had one of those in my back yard.