Trippin': Jackson Hole - Visitor's Center

After the highly unsatisfying lunch at the cadillac lounge, big poppa and I slowly and carefully walked over to the visitor's center. There were patches of ice every where and I nearly slipped to my death several times. Like, hands waving in the air slippery. It was prolly around half a mile walk. I'm not sure if it was the altitude or us just being super out of shape but we were pretty tired when we got there. Or maybe we were just tired from having to wake up so darn early to catch our flight out. Luckily, buda called us when he got off of work and came over to pick us up. I was hoping to get some info on some tours we could book in j-hole but almost everything was already full. I had really wanted to do this snow mobile tour through yellowstone that ended up at old faithful. But it was really expensive and i could tell that big poppa really wanted to snowboard all three days so i relented and ceased all pestering. While we waited for buda, we got to enjoy all sorts of taxidermied wildlife. How, nice. And there was a nature doc playing upstairs. I took advantage of the chairs. Only less than a day and I was already pooped.

Musik Mundi: The Temper Trap

The Temper Trap
Album: Conditions (2009)
Song: Love Lost

This is the second song I'm posting from The Temper Trap's conditions album. I like this song but my fave is still Sweet Disposition. Every time I hear that song I see zooey deschanel's face from 500 days of summer. Girl crush! Great movie. So I was just watching a video of the band playing this song in the studio and learned that the lead singer is Indonesian. Pretty cool. And the band hails from Melbourne. Argh. Regrets for not booking Melbourne leg.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*

Trippin': Jackson Hole - Cadillac Lounge

55 North Cache
Jackson, WY 83001

When we finally got into jackson hole after a half day of flying, big poppa and I went off on our own to look for something to eat while buda headed back to work. After studying up on some restaurants the days leading up to this trip, I had decided that we would grab a bite at the Cadillac Lounge. The menu was simple and since the rest of the group wouldn't come in until the next night, I wanted to save the good restaurants so that we could all enjoy them together. This was prolly my least favorite out of the whole trip. Everything was edible but not great. I prolly would never eat there again. It was still early afternoon but big poppa and I decided to indulge in some alkie. I had some fancy mojito and big poppa had a local beer called moose drool.

*food in order of appearance*
pan-fried dumplings
crab cakes
wonton cigars

Restaurant: Flora & Muse

12860 Queensbury Lane, Suite 143
Houston, Texas 77024

By now, I've already been to Flora & Muse twice. Once for big poppa's bday and then another time with some friends. The food there is pretty good. There hasn't been anything that I've ordered or that anyone else ordered that has been bad. The decor is really nice. I imagine a modern day marie antoinette dining here. There's two sides to the restaurant. You have the main dining area on one side and then there's a smaller section on the other side where you can get some coffee and pastries and even some fresh flowers. Talk about high over-head! The biggest con about this place is the how long it takes for the food to come out. FOREVER. You really have to come here with the mentality that you are here for a super leisure meal. Both times, the servers that I had just didn't seem to have that panache a server needs to make my time there comfortable. On my first visit, there was no wait but the food did take a good amount of time to come out. Especially since we only had a club sandwich and some pretty typical morning fare. On our second visit however, it was just HORRIBLE. We arrived around 1pm and waited so long that by the time they sat us down, we were told that breakfast time was over. There was this disappointed groan that went around cos now most of us had to start over in deciding what we were going to order. Not only that, it seemed as if they had ran out of EVERYTHING! One of the girls was shut down three times before she settled with the chicken and mushroom crepe that several others had also decided to order. Poor girl! We all felt so bad and she was noticeably irritated and upset. And she had every right to be! As expected, the food took a century to make it out. Even our drinks took a good amount of time to make it out. When we finished our meals, our server asked if wanted any dessert. I piped up and was like, on the house? He said no. Then he came back and said it didn't hurt to ask and said his manager had given the okay. Our server said not to go crazy. We ordered three items. They were aight. I wouldn't bother with any of the desserts. As horrible as it was, I would definitely go back for the food. But maybe I'll mos def stick to going on a weekday. Pics below are from first visit only.

*food in order of appearance*
croissant
houstonian breakfast on a tray (it comes with orange juice AND a french press or tea)
club sandwich