Cecil's; Kinsey; Thai; Recruiting; Late Nite Pie
1/23
Apparently I went to Cecil's. Those nights are all running together.
1/25
I purchased alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for the recruiting dinner on Friday night. It's fun to go into the liquor store and drop $100 guilt free.
Cindy and I wanted to see The Aristocrats or Thumbsucker, but both were out at the nearby Blockbuster. Instead we went with Kinsey. It was a little slight, there were plot threads that were left dangling, and it was somewhat inconsistent, but it was ultimately enjoyable.
1/26
Once again, there was a dinner get together for one of Cindy's friends' birthdays, so we met up at a Thai place in the village (not Nit Noi; perhaps Thai Village?). I got my panang on.
We went over to the girl's (impressively nice) town home for cake. It was a little boring, but hey, there was beer. I did cringe when I saw that a perfectly nice set of speakers was piled in the corner, having been replaced by Bose crap cubes mounted to the ceiling (both the cubes and the ceiling mounting being insults to the gods of hi-fi).
1/27
Recruiting season was upon us, with candidates coming into town for interviews, and with them, opportunities for free food and booze. As was previously mentioned, there was a dinner Friday night with catered barbecue from Demeris, which was, well, mediocre. But to go with it was my carefully chosen beer selection.
After dropping the recruits for a quick break at the hotel, stopping by home, and returning to pick them up, we headed to Woodrow's. The cute waitress (Jessie?) was there and offered to take care of us; I told her to keep the pitchers of Shiner coming. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves. Cindy came by for a while and partook. Jesse managed to get some girl's number after a push in the right direction by Char and Leroy. It was nice to be able to leave waitress Jessie a nice big tip on the school's dime. It's a whole lot easier to be not cheap on somebody else's dime.
1/28
I had to get up at the crack of 11:00 AM Saturday morning to go pick the kids up to take them to Pappasito's. I got their big combo plate. The tamale was great but the enchiladas were disappointing. Fortunately, Pappasito's had just started promoting the Cazarita, so a couple of those made up for any food issues. Plus, I scored the leftovers from the big grilled plate that some people had split.
Afterwards, I showed the recruits my place, and those who were from cities with a higher cost of living were sufficiently overly with its size. I then took the ones in my car on a tour of the highlights of this part of Houston.
A few hours later, I picked them up for the shindig at Graham's, where there was beer and Star Pizza. Leroy and Char took off with some recruits that were ready to leave early. I later learned that I should have gone with them, as they ended up not dropping the recruits off at the hotel, but instead expensed some cigars at the Volcano.
The group that remained went to the Midtown Woodrow's for beer. I had a round there before transferring to the village Woodrow's to catch up with Char et al and managed to miss Will's appearance in Midtown. I had trouble getting to be in the right places at the right times that night.
1/29
I went to Susan and Jerry's to do laundry. Jeff had called wanting to hang out, so upon my return to the more civilized parts of the city, I picked him up and we went to Late Nite Pie and caught up over pizza and a couple of pitchers of beer.
Apparently I went to Cecil's. Those nights are all running together.
1/25
I purchased alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for the recruiting dinner on Friday night. It's fun to go into the liquor store and drop $100 guilt free.
Cindy and I wanted to see The Aristocrats or Thumbsucker, but both were out at the nearby Blockbuster. Instead we went with Kinsey. It was a little slight, there were plot threads that were left dangling, and it was somewhat inconsistent, but it was ultimately enjoyable.
1/26
Once again, there was a dinner get together for one of Cindy's friends' birthdays, so we met up at a Thai place in the village (not Nit Noi; perhaps Thai Village?). I got my panang on.
We went over to the girl's (impressively nice) town home for cake. It was a little boring, but hey, there was beer. I did cringe when I saw that a perfectly nice set of speakers was piled in the corner, having been replaced by Bose crap cubes mounted to the ceiling (both the cubes and the ceiling mounting being insults to the gods of hi-fi).
1/27
Recruiting season was upon us, with candidates coming into town for interviews, and with them, opportunities for free food and booze. As was previously mentioned, there was a dinner Friday night with catered barbecue from Demeris, which was, well, mediocre. But to go with it was my carefully chosen beer selection.
After dropping the recruits for a quick break at the hotel, stopping by home, and returning to pick them up, we headed to Woodrow's. The cute waitress (Jessie?) was there and offered to take care of us; I told her to keep the pitchers of Shiner coming. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves. Cindy came by for a while and partook. Jesse managed to get some girl's number after a push in the right direction by Char and Leroy. It was nice to be able to leave waitress Jessie a nice big tip on the school's dime. It's a whole lot easier to be not cheap on somebody else's dime.
1/28
I had to get up at the crack of 11:00 AM Saturday morning to go pick the kids up to take them to Pappasito's. I got their big combo plate. The tamale was great but the enchiladas were disappointing. Fortunately, Pappasito's had just started promoting the Cazarita, so a couple of those made up for any food issues. Plus, I scored the leftovers from the big grilled plate that some people had split.
Afterwards, I showed the recruits my place, and those who were from cities with a higher cost of living were sufficiently overly with its size. I then took the ones in my car on a tour of the highlights of this part of Houston.
A few hours later, I picked them up for the shindig at Graham's, where there was beer and Star Pizza. Leroy and Char took off with some recruits that were ready to leave early. I later learned that I should have gone with them, as they ended up not dropping the recruits off at the hotel, but instead expensed some cigars at the Volcano.
The group that remained went to the Midtown Woodrow's for beer. I had a round there before transferring to the village Woodrow's to catch up with Char et al and managed to miss Will's appearance in Midtown. I had trouble getting to be in the right places at the right times that night.
1/29
I went to Susan and Jerry's to do laundry. Jeff had called wanting to hang out, so upon my return to the more civilized parts of the city, I picked him up and we went to Late Nite Pie and caught up over pizza and a couple of pitchers of beer.
posted by L. Maxwell Ward at 11:52 PM
