Sometime in February..

Sometime in January, Ceri's sister decided to have a girl's weekend in Dallas to celebrate her bff's birthday.  We had an amazing time!  Above is the picture outside of our hotel window.  There was some amazing architecture in downtown Dallas.  I've never spent much time there before.  

We started the weekend off with a fabulous yet surprisingly inexpensive dinner at a snazzy Italian restaurant.  I, of course, got escargot.  I didn't even know Italian restaurants served that! The other girls insisted on trying at least one.  They all agreed, it's not as bad as I thought it would be... Well, that's better praise than I was expecting! I love it.  I've had it before and most likely I'll have it again! (I just try not to think about the slimy things in my garden when I'm eating them! That's key!) There was a spectacular pianist playing the whole time we were there.  He definitely got a tip!  The food was divine.. and I almost never say that about Italian food. 

We moved on from this Italian jewel to a "little" comedy club.  We even splurged and got the vip tickets to seat early!  We got a lovely little spot by a wall and didn't have ppl squeezing by us the whole night.  The comedians... well I don't remember them, this was months ago.  A couple of our group got their cd's though.  You'll have to ask them.  I believe I laughed a few times and was a offended only once or twice :)  But the drinks were stiff and the company made up for what the entertainment may or may not have been lacking! 

The next day we went to the Cheesecake Factory and got deserts to go.  I think I worked on half a piece of some kind of chocolate slice of decadence for the entire rest of the weekend.  The cake won.  I was not woman enough to finish it (she says with her head held in shame...) To be fair, I don't believe Ceri finished hers either!  We also ran into Ozzy Osbourne while we were there.  Well, we didn't actually see him, but we were very close to where he was supposed to be!  That's gotta count for something? 

Ceri and I went to the museum while the others went shopping.  We didn't get to stay long because it was about to close but we ran through for about forty-five minutes and it was just spectacular.. simply amazing!  I brought my camera.. because.. I have no idea why I brought my camera.  But I took a picture of the beautiful sculpture and mosaic outside of the museum.  Below is a close-up of the mosaic and the sculpture. 

We finished this girls' weekend off with some time in a club, too many tequila shots, and Ashley and I went to a blues club!  That was the best part of the weekend for me.   Nothing like hearing the blues in a tiny little bar with people who have to get up and dance.  Plus Ashley kept buying me drinks.  I think we played a little pool later but I don't remember that part...  

All in all, it was an exciting weekend.