Lots To Do

One of the great things about living in a larger city like Houston is greater access to museums, concerts and events. I look forward to becoming a member of the Museum of Fine Arts and spending time in the Museum District. I also look forward to taking Daphne to the Children’s Museum when she gets older. Chris is taking part in a Flickr meet-up this weekend at the Natural Science Museum. They will have full run of the place after it closes, which is so cool!! I love museums and am happy that I will be able to enjoy such a variety here, as well as expose Daphne to different kinds of art. I can vividly remember my mother taking me to the Art Institute in Chicago and looking at “La Grande Jatte” (Which I thought was pretty cool. Even if you aren’t an art person you’ve probably seen it. It was in Ferris Bueller.) and I remember thinking that still life paintings were pretty darn boring. I was a little art critic even in preschool/kindergarten.

As far as events, Chris and I are always looking for something new to see and do. We tried to hit all the festivals in B’ham. We’ll have a much bigger selection now! We aren’t big on concerts, but I did have to laugh after my husband and my mom pointed out that George Michael (the singer-songwriter, not the Bluth) would be here on Monday. I had the biggest crush on George Michael, like so many other 80’s teen girls. I saw him 20 years ago (dang that makes me feel old!!) in Dallas, TX at Texas Stadium at the height of his fame (The Faith tour). Tens of thousands of teenage girls screamed their lungs out for a few hours. It was a really good concert. That man can SING! His opening band, The Bangles, pretty much sucked. But I still like their music anyway. I went with one of my friends from Dallas and I think my dad paid scalpers $75 a ticket, which I’m sure was a lot back then (now you pay that for the nosebleed section). And I still have the concert t-shirt. It’s in a tote with my Guess jean jacket that I can’t part with, and my Swatches. Someday Daphne can wear them to an 80’s flashback party. But, I just have one question. How did we not realize he was gay????

Really, what straight man would wear that hat? After looking at the set list, I’d kinda like to go. But with Chris going back to work we just don’t have time next week. It would be fun though.

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