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Josh and I started a weekly dining adventure called "Downtown Dining" that takes place every Wednesday (with the exception of a few). It began months ago and has been a lot of fun! We thought it would be fun to try new places (to us) in Houston because we get tired of eating the same stuff all the time. Sometimes we plan where we're going, sometimes we just wing it. If you don't want to do a weekly adventure, maybe try a monthly one. It's nice to explore Houston and be touristy for the day. :) Also, our rating system is roughly based on the deliciousness of the food, the service, and the atmosphere.

Some of the places we've tried are:

Niko Niko's - Greek food, great atmosphere. I had a Spinach Chicken Pita. It was yummy.

Rating: 6 out of 10

Barnaby's - We have now eaten at this place a couple of times. I LOVE the Chicken Mill Valley! It's juicy grilled chicken with spinach dip and cheese on top. What more could you want??? And the rainbows and puppies on the ceiling are fun to look at, too! 

Rating: 8 out of 10

Baba Yega - This little restaurant was quite the experience. The food was ehhh, but the roach sighting was hilarious and memorable. (The place is old, so a roach is understandable..and it was crawling on the floor, not our food, so ya know..it's cool). 

Rating: 5 out of 10

The Spaghetti Warehouse - I ate here when I was younger, but I don't remember much of that time. This was Josh's first time. I think most people go here for the experience. The "haunted" restaurant, blah blah. The food was normal Italian. I'd rather go to Olive Garden and eat yummy breadsticks and salad. :)

Rating: 3 out of 10

Smith and Wollensky - This place will blow your mind. For realz. I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a fancy-pants place, but we were very casually dressed when we went. We didn't know what to expect going in, but it was DELICIOUS! Pricey, but sooooo worth it. Steaks are around $50 each and don't come with sides. This ain't no Steak and Ale! You can order sides for the table, but just the steak was enough for us. I ordered a Sirloin, I think...and Josh ordered Filet and Lobster. I ate all of my steak. That's enough to say how great it was. And I was still craving it the next day.

Rating: 9.9 out of 10

 Ok, now I'm hungry! Have a great week!

Mom Prom 2011

Mom Prom is a yearly tradition started by my friend, Jordan. It's a time for grown-ups to par-tay. Everyone wears prom attire (mostly ugly prom attire) and we dance and drink the night away. It's the most fun you could ever possibly have, I think.

Here are some pictures from this year's prom. It was held at the KOA campground and was deejayed by my cute little adorable nephew, Jeremy (aka DJ TW!ZT). He's awesome and available to dj your next party.

I wish Mom Prom happened, like, every month of the year. It is such a blast!

Austin Fun Day

A couple of months ago, we took a day trip to Austin. If you're looking for something fun to do this summer and maybe you only have a weekend or just a day off, you should totally do this! 

We started off by going to Hamilton Pool. This is a great place to swim and hike. 

 

After Hamilton Pool, we ate at Threadgill's. Southern home-cooked deliciousness. 

From Threadgill's, we started our downtown bike ride. We rode through the streets of downtown, to the Capitol, down the bike trails, etc. It was a lot of fun, despite me riding into a pole. (Don't laugh.)

We had such a great time! Maybe this will give you an idea of something to do this summer!

Back again...and a little different.

Hey guys..I'm back! Just took a little break. :)

I know some people might be confused about what's going on 'round here, so I'll catch you up. Long story short, Bunny and I decided that we're better off as friends right now. No hurt feelings...completely understandable. So, we're still hanging out...we're just not making out. Catch my drift? Thought so. But, it's all good in the neighborhood! And, after discussing it with B., I decided to keep the blog alive! Long live Brutus! (Well, not really...Brutus is no longer alive, that we know of, but he lives on in our hearts.)

I've decided to keep using this blog as my personal blog..just so I have a place to document my journeys somewhere other than The Facebook. Josh and I still have adventures together, but I'll also be blogging about other personal things as well. It'll be oh-so-much fun.

I'm going to try to still blog about the fun things we've done in the past couple of months, but I'm not even going to attempt to do them in order. For now, I'll leave you with some pictures from Josh's 25th birthday. 

We all had dinner at Pueblo (go Cleveland!), where we dined on fine foods and DELICIOUS cake (Dr. Pepper cake made by Joanne, Josh's sister-in-law), then we headed to Main Event where we played Laser Tag and bowled. It was definitely a fun night! 

(sorry for poor cell-phone quality pics...it's the best I could do.)

 Joanne, me, Amy

Davis, Shaun, Josh (they were told to pose like gangstas...they succeeded)

I'll be back soonish with more fun stuff! Hope you all are having a fun summer so far!