in weekends past

i’m a little behind on this blogging thing. oops. let’s recap.

boston
boston with the mother was uber fun. we had a really nice hotel that made it easy to relax and just enjoy ourselves. walked around boston a lot. i never realized it was such a small city… it’s just all really compact. we discovered farmer’s markets (in loveeee), boston doesn’t have a good dessert scene, people pee on the park benches, the freedom trail is really long, mother gets drunk (or high?) off raspberry coulis, mit and harvard are right next to each other, i lost the wicked lottery, mother hates bad pictures of herself and makes me delete them, boston has no sales tax on clothes – shopping is awesome… i could probably go on and on, but simply put, it was a great experience. i realized i don’t take enough time to appreciate my mother. even in just the easiest ways like, taking her on a much needed vacation. cheers to the start of the annual mother/daughter trip!

more boston photos here.

grapefest 2010
gather a bunch of “sophisticated” people together on a small street in downtown grapevine looking for everything wine and wallah – you’ve got grapefest. walked around for a bit, boy was it hot. we got tickets to the wine tasting, which consisted of around 40ish different wineries in the area and all with around 3-5 wines to taste. that equals a lot of wine tasting, btw. i had to stop a little more than halfway through to keep myself sane. there was also a kid’s area with this awesome hamster mascot… i was in love with it.

more grapefest photos here.

tx vs ou
ahh, saved the worst for last. (second) sad day in texas football. this year just isn’t our year. oh well, i’ve been able to revel in many years of good texas football – with vince young and colt mccoy… i’d say i’m pretty satisfied. love you, horns!

hammer and alex came into town and it was fun seeing them again. went out with coworkers and friends to addison friday night to do some bar hopping consisting of sherlock’s, flying saucer and dukes. love me some beer and cheese! CHEESE! woke up early saturday morn to get my horns up. headed to steph’s to chill then off to the state fair on the dart. walked around, had some turkey leg (got tired of it after 1/3 was gone) then found varun and gang at a texas tailgate party. hung around, found a tv during the 2nd quarter and drowned my sorrows away in the fair after that. g won me an awesome domo, so i guess not all was lost. stayed up till 3 am that night doing nothing but watching how i met your mother and listening to hammer strum away on the guitar. it’s the simple life.

more tx/ou photos here.

and that brings us to the present. booooring.