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*