Allergy misery

Well, folks, it looks like the oak season is among us and I've already started suffering. a couple of nights ago i had trouble sleeping because i was a little wheezy. the next night wasn't so bad and last night i was finally able to get some good sleep.but it's only getting started. this morning I took a Claritin and because it doesn't last the 24 hrs that it should (it stops working after only 4-6 hrs, I opted to try Allegra. It's now OTC so we'll see how that goes. Wish me luck. I'll start taking it tomorrow to hopefully have it in my system before the pollen goes crazy. Last year it was bad, I had to wear a face mask. We'll see.

Last Saturday we headed over to LUNA http://lunalive.com/ to catch 'for the first time ever in SA' the band from Austin called Hard Proof http://hardproofmusic.com/. they play this really cool Afrobeat music. At first i was a little disappointed because it's all instrumental, no vocals at all, but once I got used to that, it totally rocked. We had to leave when they took a break because my ears were clogged up because the music was so loud, but it was good music. I bought their CD to play at home and work at a much sensible volume. But i thought it was totally funky music. Loved it. Specially since LUNA is a non-smoking venue, i love going there because you can listen to music w/out the ugly smoke. I did a review for this show for examiner http://examiner.com/ but i couldn't put this picture up because I'm still iffy on the whole idea of how to go about getting their consent to put up their picture.

On Sunday it was time for Decadent Desserts at the Witte Museum. http://wittemuseum.org/. It was supposed to start at 6pm but when we got there at 5:30ish the lines were already forming outside, it was crazy. Can't say i blame them, it was an all you can eat buffet for only $10 or $15 at the door. we opted to wait until the day of the event, in case we couldn't make it. The doors didn't open until almost 6:30 but it was well worth it. At least in the case that there were a lot of dessert to chose from it was insane. I had so much food i thought i was gonna puke cause i had rice pudding, cake, ice cream, chocolate covered almonds and other nuts, ice cream cake, chamoy, bunuelos. OMG, you guessed it. i even tried some cranberry juuice and vodka. I was in a sugar comma when we got home and i passed out on the couch by 9:30. we didn't stay that long, cause there's only so much you can eat and we didn't want to bring anything home, and the museum was closed to the public, so we left early at around 8:30 or so.

This is some of the stuff i ate, they were also giving out some samples like the little bad of rice you see. It was okay, but i couldn't eat too much. It was my first time there and I really wanted to see what it was all about but now that i have, I don't think i'll be going next year. I also reviewed it for examiner.

They had tables outside for us to eat and enjoy.All in all, it was an okay thing.

Tonight we're going to Luminaria. I'll take plenty of pictures to share. I'll probabley review it too, we'll see. I'm sure I'll have plenty of opinions there.