Sunday, January 23, 2011

Trippin': Las Vegas - Wichcraft

Big poppa are big telly folks who prolly log in more hours than most in front of the tube. One of our favo shows is Top Chef and we super love the head judge, Tom Colicchio. I guess I still like him. He was on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live and something about him that night made me like him less. A scorned cheftestant bad-mouthed him to the press saying he's let fame get to his head and someone who's not all about the food anymore. I agree to some extent. He has seven or eight restaurants all over the states. Anyone who is busy opening up all these businesses is obviously not doing a lot of cooking. And that's usually what it's about. You want to visit a restaurant because the chef there has some kind of notoriety and you want to eat food that he is personally associated with. Even though big poppa still wants to eat at one his nice restaurants, I'm kinda like, eh. Wutevs. With all that said though, I did eat at his more casual eatery in the MGM Grand called wichcraft. I can't remember which wich we got but they were really good. They had this aioli that we couldn't get enough of. Ugh. I'm getting so hungry right now. I change my mind about Tom again. Please open up a wichcraft here in Houston. Cos I can actually afford the food there. And maybe I just might try your other restaurants too. I know it seems like all we've been doing in Vegas so far is eating. But I promise we did other things too. Haha.


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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Wedding: Trang & Mike Pt.2 - Reception

11.06.2010
Reception
Petroleum Club of Houston

My second wedding at the PCoH! This wedding was a little more intimate and therefore I got to see the second room. To reiterate the benefits of a wedding planner, the entire room was ready and waiting when everyone, including the bride and groom, arrived. There was no worry about showing up early and working your butt of to get everything set up. I guess it really just depends on whether or not you are willing to fork out the money to relieve the stress. The venue was very romantic with an autumn palette and big gorgeous centerpieces. I know one of the selling points for the petroleum club is the view but I really don't feel as if there is anything worth viewing right outside these floor to ceiling windows. It still gives the room that special touch. It was open bar but people weren't abusing it like you would think they would. Maybe cos everyone there seemed to have babies. Haha. That wouldn't be responsible now would it? Since Mike is white and had a lot of family members in attendace, I love seeing their expressions when we get the bride and groom to do those ridiculous tasks for their gift. They must think we're so uncivilized that we find that kinda stuff entertaining. The bride and groom serenaded the guests with their version of Ingrid Michaelson's The Way I Am, with Jacques playing the guitar. It was really sweet and also really brave of them cos I know a lot of people would never have the guts to do that. Even I would have been super nervous. I miss them a lot already now that they've settled into another state. It just makes their visits even more special!


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