Musik Mundi: Gym Class Heroes

The song choice for this week is thanks to the bf. We went clubbing (yes CLUBBING!) maybe a month ago and this song comes on with this awesome beat. The bf tells me it's by the Gym Class Heroes. Something about it just makes you wanna get up and shake yo booty and throw yo hands up in the air. The bf became a fan after seeing them perform at this year's Vans Warped Tour. The lead singer of the group is also currently dating Miss Katy Perry. Purty cool! I'm zombied out right now so this entry is gonna end without any further details.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*


Gym Class Heroes
Album: The Quilt (2008)
Song: Cookie Jar

Restaurant: Mi Luna

The TNOX trio finally had a chance to catch up with a little happy hour a few weeks back. Although I pretty much live and breathe the Rice Village, I never had the chance to try Mi Luna. The bf for some reason never wants to eat there. I wonder why that is. Reminds of ex-gf's or something? Hmmm. Must go inquire more about this. Haha! So we had us some girl talk. Baby talk. Boys being 'tards talk. The usual recipe. Food at Mi Luna was so-so. I wouldn't NOT go back but I don't think any of their stuff is crave worthy. Outdoor seating is a plus. Waitress was maybe a B minus. We were hoping for happy hour but they said happy hour was only available at the bar. Boo! Tapas prices were not bad at all. But overall, it's just such a great thing to be able to hang out with super people.

The girl who was named after wonder woman enjoying her onion soup. I think it was onion soup.

Ensalada de Pollo.

Pincho de Pollo.

Musik Mundi: Greg Laswell

For the five folks who follow my blog consistently at least every other day, then you should have known that I was gonna have Greg Laswell as today's Musik Mundi. I love pleasant surprises. The Hotel Cafe Tour was generally supposed to only feature female artists. But, it just so happened that while they were in Austin the night before, Greg met up with his homie-g-girl Ingrid Michaelson and ended up joining them on the tour bus for their trip to Houston. Can I just interrupt myself for just a sentence or two and say how awesome Ingrid is?!? I'm not sure why I haven't blogged about her yet. Anyhoo. So somewhere halfway through the whole thing, they bring Greg out to play a couple of songs. AWESOMENESS! He played what I think was Comes and Goes but on the piano. Questionable procurement of tracks ensues the following day. His latest album is called Three Flights From Alto Nido. In Spanish, alto nido translates to high nest. You are on your way, just a few steps away from the high nest.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*


Greg Laswell
Album: Three Flights From Alto Nido (2008)
Song: Comes and Goes
Song: Days Go On
Song: How The Day Sounds

Vlog: Puerto Vallarta

The bf and I just returned from a short trip to Puerto Vallarta for our friend's wedding. I was feeling the video recording inspiration and had the bf tape while I shoot. The first thing I did when I got home was upload all the videos and began thoroughly viewing all the footage from the trip. There was some editing, lots of splicing and no shortage of frustration being that I'm no computer genius. Codec this. Decompress that. Once I started with creating my own homemade movie, it took over my life. I remember sitting in one spot for at least five hours straight. I needed to pee but I couldn't bring myself to pause from my creation. The dogs were staring at me, pleading for me to go and let them out because they also needed to go. I planned on surprising the bf with the finished product but halfway through, I couldn't keep my excitement for the video from oozing out and showed him the first part. Of course, he then tried to take over as director so I had to use my power of veto. I already knew what song I wanted to use prior to going on the trip and I kept visualizing the images and music together. And so I introduce to you, my very first travel movie vlog or whatever else it's supposed to be called.