Happy Palindrome Day!

Chris and I had the opportunity to get away by ourselves for a few hours while Daphne went to the movies with her cousins and grandparents. Woo hoo!!! We started out by going to lunch with friends at Lankford’s Grocery.

You might have seen it featured on Guy Fieri’s show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network. Chris & I used to love to go to little hole in the wall places to eat, but that gets harder to do when you have a kid.

After a brief trip through the Rice area, we went thrifting in Montrose. I was trying to find a few cheap 100% wool sweaters for felting/crafting purposes and totally hit the jackpot at Goodwill. Doesn’t it make your week when you find exactly what you were looking for? That hardly ever happens for me.

Then off to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to renew our yearly membership (thanks Mom!) and check out the new contemporary Korean art exhibit. Interesting. I’m going to go back to see if there really was a person in the giant bunny costume. And was there really a family in the other set of animal costumes? I also had to briefly listen to the “You call that art!” rant from Chris. If you ever go to a museum with me, please refrain from saying things like that, or “My 2 year old could do the same painting.” I will probably tell you to shut the hell up. Playfully, of course.

Then it was photo walk time. Every place we considered (Hermann Park, Rice Village, downtown) was packed. No parking. Complete insanity. Not to be deterred, I just started taking pics from the passenger seat of the car.

Hello, husband!

Chris shaved his goatee off recently and it’s freaking me out. Not that you can tell from this pic, because he didn’t shave this morning. Give him another day and he could completely grow it back. I don’t really love facial hair on men, but for some reason like my husband better with the goatee.

A fake tree in the Museum District. Hmmm…

And my artsy shot of the day. I call it Nuclear Blast. Or more accurately Not Paying Attention to Metering and Exposure on the Old D90.

Hey, Jen, take a pic of the Mexican Consulate. Oops, missed it.

And hey, Joel Osteen. *cough, false prophet, cough* Hehe.

And one more. I call this Whatchu Talkin Bout Willis?

So, yeah. Photo walk was a bust. But we still had a really nice day!