Houston Catch-up

So it's been a little while, but I thought I would catch everyone up on our 2nd week in Houston.

Monday, for our day off, Brian and I got up relatively early and drove south to Galveston Island. We decided to stay the night on Monday so we booked a room at the Hilton right on the Gulf. When we got there our room wasn't ready yet so we changed, covered ourselves in suntan lotion and headed across the street to the beach. It was a beautiful day and the water down there is like bathwater! After a couple of hours there we needed a break so we walked back across the street to our hotel and went for a swim in the pool. The crazy thing about this pool is that it has a bar - IN THE POOL!

Here we are drinking pina coladas in the pool...


And I mean IN THE POOL!


So we both ended up getting REALLY sunburned and looking like lobsters for about a week, but it was lots of fun and totally worth it! We went out to dinner at this really delicious mexican restuarant called SALSA! and then played some mini-golf and drove back to Houston Tuesday morning.



On Thursday Denny, Georgia, Brian & I went to lunch at the Aquarium - it's a restaurant at their small aquarium downtown with a giant fish tank in the middle of the dining area with sharks and tropical fish and all kinds of fun stuff to watch swim - while you're eating their brothers and sisters as it's a mostly seafood menu.

After lunch Denny and Brian went off to do work and Georgia and I went through the aquarium exhibits. Strangely enough, the best part of the whole thing was the white bengal tiger at the end!! Who puts a tiger in an aquarium?! It was pretty cool though. Here I am with the fake photo-op bengal tiger...


And Georgia LOVES ferris wheels of all kinds, so we went on the ferris wheel...




That night, the girls rebuttled the Indiana Jones midnight movie with a midnight showing of Sex & The City. Lots of fun!


(And yes, those are cosmopolitans in the hotel coffee cups they're holding.)


Friday, Georgia took Denny, Brian and I to lunch at this amazing little italian restaurant called Nino's. It was one of the best meals I have had in a long time and EVERYTHING was good - because of course we all tried everything everyone else got! The 4 of us go out to eat a lot and love to share food!

Then, saturday, between shows all of the local crew hosted a texas BBQ for the company of the show. They cooked homemade brisket and sausages and chicken and burgers and steaks and everyone contributed with homemade potato salad and pasta salad and the most amazing creamed corn I have ever tasted. And the company brought the chips and plates and drinks since we didn't have kitchens at our hotel.



Here is Jason getting ready to chow down...

And Denny and Fran hanging out on the loading dock...



All in all Houston was a LOT of fun and full of good food!