Capturing the perfection of this past weekend will be a daunting task, but I shall attempt to hit the highlights. As previously mentioned, Wednesday marked the glorious close to block 5. After I got in some 'me-time' and cleaning, Joseph and Tiffany came by so that we could carpool to the Block Party at Pearl Bar in the Heights:
My stay at the block party was brief, because I had to head to Hobby to pickup Chelsey, who's flight arrived a bit early into the Lone Star State. We met up without a hitch. SO GOOD to see her smiling face just outside baggage claim. Following Kate McKeown in Spring 2004, Chelsey is my second friend to visit Houston. Though passengers pestered Chelsey throughout her flight, I wouldn't let her rest upon arrival. I whisked her away to the block party so that she could get her first hearty dose of med school madness. She met most of my classmates (a few of whom looked very sad when they noticed her wedding ring) and put up with even more small talk with strangers. What a champ!
We made it back to my place late that night, and Chelsey met Wentworth for the first time. He showed her a variety of his tricks, but I think she was more impressed by the size of his belly than his ability to sit on command. Haha. After a good night's sleep, we had cinnamon rolls in the morning and then went to the Museum District. We walked through the Fragrant Garden (above) outside the Museum of Natural Science and weren't particularly blown away by the scents (some might say our sniffs weren't up to snuff... sorry...). Then we headed to the Museum of Fine Arts:
We saw an exhibit on Afghanistan treasures, which was particularly interesting to see how many of the pieces were safeguarded from the destructive wrath of the Taliban. I especially liked the glass pieces (even if they were actually from Egypt), the mummies with all their fancy bling, and this circular bronze basin with fish (featuring movable fins!) from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul:
When we had our fill of museum musing, we took bubble tea break at Tea House. I had a delicious taro-coconut blend complete with tapioca balls, which may be my new favorite there. Anyway, we spent the afternoon shopping in the Rice Village. Ever the smart shopper, I redeemed some coupons at Bath and Bodyworks, Victoria's Secret, and Ann Taylor to make quite the haul. We stopped by Goode Company for some tasty Texas BBQ before heading home to get ready for even more festivities!
My stay at the block party was brief, because I had to head to Hobby to pickup Chelsey, who's flight arrived a bit early into the Lone Star State. We met up without a hitch. SO GOOD to see her smiling face just outside baggage claim. Following Kate McKeown in Spring 2004, Chelsey is my second friend to visit Houston. Though passengers pestered Chelsey throughout her flight, I wouldn't let her rest upon arrival. I whisked her away to the block party so that she could get her first hearty dose of med school madness. She met most of my classmates (a few of whom looked very sad when they noticed her wedding ring) and put up with even more small talk with strangers. What a champ!
We made it back to my place late that night, and Chelsey met Wentworth for the first time. He showed her a variety of his tricks, but I think she was more impressed by the size of his belly than his ability to sit on command. Haha. After a good night's sleep, we had cinnamon rolls in the morning and then went to the Museum District. We walked through the Fragrant Garden (above) outside the Museum of Natural Science and weren't particularly blown away by the scents (some might say our sniffs weren't up to snuff... sorry...). Then we headed to the Museum of Fine Arts:
We saw an exhibit on Afghanistan treasures, which was particularly interesting to see how many of the pieces were safeguarded from the destructive wrath of the Taliban. I especially liked the glass pieces (even if they were actually from Egypt), the mummies with all their fancy bling, and this circular bronze basin with fish (featuring movable fins!) from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul:
When we had our fill of museum musing, we took bubble tea break at Tea House. I had a delicious taro-coconut blend complete with tapioca balls, which may be my new favorite there. Anyway, we spent the afternoon shopping in the Rice Village. Ever the smart shopper, I redeemed some coupons at Bath and Bodyworks, Victoria's Secret, and Ann Taylor to make quite the haul. We stopped by Goode Company for some tasty Texas BBQ before heading home to get ready for even more festivities!
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Becky, can we pretend that I'm visiting you from out of town one weekend and do all of the fun Houston things together? Love you!
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