Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Zoe, Chestburster
When we saw Zoe, the way her onesie bunched up looked like she had an alien trying to escape from her chest.
Nice to know that we aren't the only warped parents out there.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bars and Babies
A couple of weeks ago my folks were in town and stayed with our sweet kid so we could have a night out. The missus wanted to go to Dave and Buster's. I was given first choice
and chose the Roll-n Bar. We hit the bar on a Sunday afternoon. It was smaller then we expected, wonderfully divey with wood-paneled walls. The bar itself had 4 people chatting with the bartender. Almost ever surface has names in chalk, patrons of the bar. The bartender came over to us and asked what we wanted. I had a Southern-Comfort Manhattan, and eventually a second. He poured a nice drink and told us about the owner of the bar, notoriously cheap, the bar shows it. The men's bathroom had a electric hand dryer directly above the sink, slightly concerning with the proximity of electricity to water.
Weeks ago, we went to a friend's favorite bar in the Montrose. It was the first time Zoe went to a bar and what a special trip it was. We all sat outside. By the end of our drinking, a table behind us lit up a pot pipe and started toking up. My spring allergies kept me from noticing and I left unknowing to the what took place. Our friend later commented that the smokers at the bar usually wait for the sun to set before partaking the mary-jane.
Baby's first contact high.
and chose the Roll-n Bar. We hit the bar on a Sunday afternoon. It was smaller then we expected, wonderfully divey with wood-paneled walls. The bar itself had 4 people chatting with the bartender. Almost ever surface has names in chalk, patrons of the bar. The bartender came over to us and asked what we wanted. I had a Southern-Comfort Manhattan, and eventually a second. He poured a nice drink and told us about the owner of the bar, notoriously cheap, the bar shows it. The men's bathroom had a electric hand dryer directly above the sink, slightly concerning with the proximity of electricity to water.
Weeks ago, we went to a friend's favorite bar in the Montrose. It was the first time Zoe went to a bar and what a special trip it was. We all sat outside. By the end of our drinking, a table behind us lit up a pot pipe and started toking up. My spring allergies kept me from noticing and I left unknowing to the what took place. Our friend later commented that the smokers at the bar usually wait for the sun to set before partaking the mary-jane.
Baby's first contact high.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
"90 Seconds..." on Flickr Video
Flickr now is offering video.
Having heard rumors, I originally planned on just putting up baby movies for the grandparents. Movies are limited to 90 seconds at a time. Pretty restrictive, but I think I'd like to run with making some roadside attraction/assorted oddness flicks. The short time frame would work for easily-digestible movies that won't be a major time-suck. The trick will be being concise and interesting. Lastly, short movies would make for manageable projects.
Got some ideas a brewing, hope to start making some magic in the next few weeks.
Having heard rumors, I originally planned on just putting up baby movies for the grandparents. Movies are limited to 90 seconds at a time. Pretty restrictive, but I think I'd like to run with making some roadside attraction/assorted oddness flicks. The short time frame would work for easily-digestible movies that won't be a major time-suck. The trick will be being concise and interesting. Lastly, short movies would make for manageable projects.
Got some ideas a brewing, hope to start making some magic in the next few weeks.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Love My Wife, Love My Life
Emailed the missus with a great two-headed teddy bear based on a character from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Her response?
"Dude, AWESOME!!! Maybe we should start reading her Hitchhiker's Guide now, to get her started early?"
Plus, the great kid slept for nine hours last night (has been averaging six to seven.) At a hair over 3 month old, I think that is pretty good . My whole family is indeed awesome!
Bears originally found on Boing Boing.
Her response?
"Dude, AWESOME!!! Maybe we should start reading her Hitchhiker's Guide now, to get her started early?"
Plus, the great kid slept for nine hours last night (has been averaging six to seven.) At a hair over 3 month old, I think that is pretty good . My whole family is indeed awesome!
Bears originally found on Boing Boing.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Weekend Review: Success! Fail!
The weekend in a nutshell:
Saturday
Bayou City Arts Fest - VIP parking rules! Wish I could fool people more of the time. The fest?... larger than expected, higher quality. Thought we would see more leather wallets with fringe. Highlight, Andrew Carson's cool wind sculptures. Better and more beautiful than 90% of similar things out there.
Sunday
Aurora Picture Show - Fail! Sold out. (thanks Bill for the heads up) Arrived at 2pm in hopes of signing the list of people waiting for no-shows. 30 other people had the same idea. Left dejected. A search online show nary a peep about the Indiana Jones remake. That being the case, somebody blog about it already.
Need to be better informed, must spend all waking hours online instead of spending time with wife and child.
Saturday
Bayou City Arts Fest - VIP parking rules! Wish I could fool people more of the time. The fest?... larger than expected, higher quality. Thought we would see more leather wallets with fringe. Highlight, Andrew Carson's cool wind sculptures. Better and more beautiful than 90% of similar things out there.
Sunday
Aurora Picture Show - Fail! Sold out. (thanks Bill for the heads up) Arrived at 2pm in hopes of signing the list of people waiting for no-shows. 30 other people had the same idea. Left dejected. A search online show nary a peep about the Indiana Jones remake. That being the case, somebody blog about it already.
Need to be better informed, must spend all waking hours online instead of spending time with wife and child.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Weekend of Culture: Bayou City Arts Fest and Aurora Picture Show
The Plans:
Today - Free tickets from a friend mean going to the Bayou City Arts Fest.
Sunday - Aurora Picture Show for the showing of Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. Back in 1982, a few young friends dreamt of remaking the entire movie, shot for shot. Six years later, they finished the job.
Today - Free tickets from a friend mean going to the Bayou City Arts Fest.
Sunday - Aurora Picture Show for the showing of Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. Back in 1982, a few young friends dreamt of remaking the entire movie, shot for shot. Six years later, they finished the job.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Palmer and Krisel Homes & House Hunting in Houston
Classic Las Vegas Blog recently posted about the Paradise Palms neighborhood in Sin City. While Vegas is mainly overrun with big-box stores, boring neighborhoods and one or two casinos, there are a few remaining architectural treasures to be found.
Some works of Palmer and Kriesel can be still found in Vegas, and new versions of these homes are being recommissioned in Palm Springs and LA.
Something like those homes are all but impossible to find here. Houston has a lot to offer in modern architecture and we have had much fun finding neighborhoods that we would like to call home. When we sell our Vegas house (3bd, 2b, pool, Rancho Manor, email me for questions :) we will be looking to buy in Houston. The dream of building from scratch will be a dream unrealized. But it is fun to look and see what we could have if only someone would drop off a dump truck of money for us.
Until we sell in Vegas, we will continue to window shop in Houston.
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The Houstonist posted about the Frame House and other lovely Houston homes - Flickr: MidCentArc's photos tagged with houston
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