Sunday Stills

Tropical Bird House, Houston Zoo

Waxy Monkey Frog, Reptile House, Houston Zoo

Monitor, Reptile House, Houston Zoo

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The Proposal Story

Happy, happy news to share: Andrew proposed! To answer the three most common questions: 1. Yes, I was surprised. I mean, we live together, and we’ve had the grown up conversations that we want to get married one day, so it wasn’t out of the blue. However, my sister is getting married this fall, so if […]
Houston Bucket List – 2011 update

I have been such a bad blogger! But I have excuses reasons! Besides all those many, many reasons, I have accomplished one or two things from my bucket list. I also want to add a few more items…. (My original Bucket List post is here.) Things to see and do: 1. Monica Pope’s farmer’s market […]
Tragic – goodbye, 5 and 10

I can’t believe it. After 60 years, the Variety Fair 5 and 10 in Rice Village is going out of business. This has always been the place where you could find anything and everything. In fact, I’ve mentioned the place several times here on the blog. My dad’s criminal career began and ended one day […]