Can't wait for the weekend

Well, August is almost over so there's hope that the weather will cool off a little bit. It's been super hot, like 103 degrees hot. not counting the heat index. That's Texas weather for you.

Sunday we headed over to the McNay Art Museum http://mcnayart.org/ for the last of the summer Latin Jazz & Lunch Series.

This time it was Richard Oppenheim's A&R Band. Music was prettty cool and the lunch was good too, a little overpriced, but it was for a worthy cause. It was nice because it was indoor and we got to escape the heat for an afternoon.

We left before the music was over so we could head into the museum itself and check out the exhibits. Even though the art was nice, it was kinda intimidating to walk around because they have a security guard in every single room, watching your every move.

Wednesday was the monthly Dr Who Appreciation Night at the drafthouse. I have to admit that these episodes were more interesting than the last ones, at least i didn't fall asleep this time. Probably because they had a bake sale and we got a piece of banana nut bread for each and some coffee to go with it. I got a mocha. it was awesome.

Another scorching day in paradise

Boy, i guess summer is in full swing here in Texas. It is sooo hot outside, it's a drag to even spend a few minutes out in the sun. That's why the grocery shopping was done this morning right after breakfast. Finished all that and was home in time for lunch. Yay!

Last night we finally managed to make it to the Woodlawn Theatre http://woodlawntheatre.com for the showing of Hairspray. This was the opening weeekend since it's showing until Sept 13. It was pretty good, considering that it's a smaller venue than we're used to and it's a local production. I guess you can call it a more intimate setting. The show itself was pretty good, the songs just as enjoyable as the movie. It was even nicer because at the end the cast was outside in the lobby interacting w/the public. That was pretty cool. Got some cool pictures out of it.

All in all, we had fun last night, a nice night out. Already received the Jersey Boys tickets for next month. Plus, i also want to go see a couple of shows over at the San Pedro Playhouse, that's somewhere i haven't been to before. Who knows? Oh, and this week is the next Dr Who Appreciation night at the Alamo Drafthouse. Can't wait for that one.

Finally

Happy Monday to everyone. I know that can be an oxymoron, but at least i don't have to be at work today, i took a four day weekend to go to my high school reunion but backed out at the last minute. Probably because the people that were going were the same people that wouldn't talk to me back then, so why bother. I was gonna go instead to the Pace reunion....but...oh, well, why get into that.

A couple of weekends ago the family was in town. It was mom's bday that weekend and they were here to pick up Alyssa from her Impact Now graduation. They packed in loads of stuff to do in a weekend.


This is me w/Alyssa and Mary.

Love this picture of me w/Marcos. He's gotten so big, i remember when i used to babysit the little bugger.

Family picture. Not all the family, of course.


I went with them to the Natural Bridge Caverns http://naturalbridgecaverns.com/. It was fun, never been there before, i guess i was afraid i'd get clausterphobic, but it was pretty cool. Got a good workout out of it, cause there was 100% humidity in there, but i t was fun.


On Friday, we headed to the beach in Corpus Christi w/the dogs. It was so hot that day, so we didn't stay long.

FYI: next time we do this, they're staying w/the sitters, or we'll go in the fall, when it's not too hot.

Finally decided to go for it and bought the tickets online to Jersey Boys next month at the Majestic. I had second thoughts about it, but so i figured, what the hell, there's nothing good until the spring when West Side Story comes to town. This Friday is the premiere of the community performance of Hairspray ath the Woodlawn theatre. http://woodlawntheatre.com/
We'll see how that one goes.