A Texas Birthday Extravaganza
- I went to a rodeo and saw bull riding, calf roping and barrell racing. Oh and don't forget the mutton scramble.
- I went to the world's largest honky tonk, and it reminded me of Branson. Not that I've ever been to Branson, but it's what I imagine Branson would be like. The singer that night was approximately 95 years old and wearing a bad suit, and the average age of the audience was 75. There were a lot of cute old couples two-stepping, though.
- I had a number of people yell "New York City!" like in that salsa commercial after they found out where I was from.
- I had a real birthday cake and got to blow out the candles and everything.
- I went inside a mall and a real-sized grocery store for the first time in a long time.
- We drove around and explored horse ranches north of Fort Worth. It was a beautiful day (in the 60s!), and we cranked up the country music. Texas proud, play it loud.
- We had dinner with one of my work colleagues (that phrase cracks me up) who works in Texas. I've talked to her on the phone a lot, and it was realy weird meeting her in person.
- We went to one of Esquire's 100 best bars. The live band was named Pull My Finger, and we shut the place down with some real cowboys. One looked like a cranky Billy Bob Thorton and another looked like Toby Keith and had a former roping career (see real cowboy).
- But now I'm home and have to go back to work tomorrow. Sigh.
- I went to a rodeo and saw bull riding, calf roping and barrell racing. Oh and don't forget the mutton scramble.
- I went to the world's largest honky tonk, and it reminded me of Branson. Not that I've ever been to Branson, but it's what I imagine Branson would be like. The singer that night was approximately 95 years old and wearing a bad suit, and the average age of the audience was 75. There were a lot of cute old couples two-stepping, though.
- I had a number of people yell "New York City!" like in that salsa commercial after they found out where I was from.
- I had a real birthday cake and got to blow out the candles and everything.
- I went inside a mall and a real-sized grocery store for the first time in a long time.
- We drove around and explored horse ranches north of Fort Worth. It was a beautiful day (in the 60s!), and we cranked up the country music. Texas proud, play it loud.
- We had dinner with one of my work colleagues (that phrase cracks me up) who works in Texas. I've talked to her on the phone a lot, and it was realy weird meeting her in person.
- We went to one of Esquire's 100 best bars. The live band was named Pull My Finger, and we shut the place down with some real cowboys. One looked like a cranky Billy Bob Thorton and another looked like Toby Keith and had a former roping career (see real cowboy).
- But now I'm home and have to go back to work tomorrow. Sigh.
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