VooDoo - March 2011Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Happy Birthday Soluna! (2nd Annual Lunch at Hillstone's/Houston's)
delicious lunch on the patio with mr. wonderful, matt, birthday girl and meSunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
A Wicked WICKED Night
Pre-Wicked Celiberations
Intermission
We HEART Wicked!
Meeting up with the boys at Ember
Birthday girl and her hubs
Matt happy to be downtown at Baby Grands
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
My First Purse Strings Event benefiting Credability
Jilene, me (first year committee member of Purse Strings) and Michelle
Kristi and Kena
Mandy and Soluna prom posing
Jackie (Purse Strings Queen and 80's music lover) and IWednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Justin Bieber in 3D...Oh yes I did with the Three
Me: "Thinking about taking the girls to the Justin Bieber Movie?" S: "Ok. Well that would be great."
Me: "Yea, it should be fun!"
S: " Uh huh."
Monday, March 21, 2011
Road Trip to Hollywood (Florida)!
The Hollywood portion of our trip was not originally planned. Of course, based on my prior post the reason we were down there was to hold that sweet little baby girl Estella for as long as her sleeping schedule would allow. Because Mr. Wonderful and I used to frequent the Hollywood area back in the dating days, we called our friends who lived, worked and recently sold their house there to say we were thinking of them. As it turns out, they were in Hollywood at the Hard Rock. Yup...The HARD ROCK. To make a short story short...We ended up visiting our friends poolside and got to see why we could never actually hotel at a Hard Rock with the kids while we walked through the lobby/casino of cigarette smoke. Got over it (sort of) once we saw the pool. The visit was short but extra sweet. Baby girl had her first Strawberry Daquiri (virgin, to clarify for you judgers). We swam and laughed all the way until she fell asleep in a pool chair. What a great way to kick off our 3 hour drive back home. The trip was a pleasant surprise to us. It felt like vacation which I have to admit, I haven't been able to really, really take in what seems like forever. So here's to Hollywood and surprise vacations!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Welcome Baby E!!!
New parents of beautiful baby girl Estella! My baby girl loved, scratch that...LOVED!!!! holding her.
My baby girl with their baby girl. Sweet!
So glad I had this moment with you Estella!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
partyin' it up at the landis'... again
the cool kids on my soccer team striking a pose
victor and the girls
ash and i - brunettes of voodoo
the landis' aka party central couple
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Cousin Shelly's Getting Married...But not before we have a fun night out!
bride-to-be, shelly, and me
party shoe people!
cousin e and shelly
me and cousin e ... just like old times.Saturday, March 05, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Another Soccer Season Complete.
VooDoo right after a great playoff game. We almost won but as always, we had lots and lots of fun this season.
explore.dream.discover.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."~Mark Twain
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Happy Birthday to Mr. Wonderful - Bahamian Style!
Happy Birthday song and a Boston creme cupcake
Mr. Wonderful with his friend from highschool and his wonderful sister.
S. baked the cupcakes. She's the sweetest!
S. brought the party up from south FloridaSaturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Cafe 118 -- all raw food and all delicious!
Hummus and chips
Summer rolls
traditional italian
pad thai
lasagnaSunday, February 20, 2011
5 Reasons Why We Shouldn't Have Gone Outback on Friday Night
So, it was a normal Friday night. And the typical question was posed, "What would you like for dinner?" Mr. Wonderful replied with the olive branch approach - "Well, what would you like?" As usual, I start throwing out restaurant options within a 5 mile radius since it was alreay dark outside and we do have a toddler. On this night, Outback wins it! I quickly reminded the Mr. that Operation Outback will include at least an hour wait.
And, instead of listening to our grumbiling stomachs, we both telepathically approved and mind-talked the following, "Ok. Let's do this."
Soon enough, it became abundantly clear why going to Outback was a bad idea (even with the awesome mind-talk). And here I give you the five reasons why Operation Outback was a big fat fail:
1 - It all started with the hostess assigning us a rogue pager. As mentioned above, we knew there would be a long wait and we were fine with it anyway. So for the first 30 mins of our 60 min plus wait, the baby girl and I sat in the car while she watched a movie. We joined Mr. Wonderful and then after watching two different parties similar to our size get sat before us, we went up to the hostess stand to ask if we were next...Their response (never the one you want) -- "Ummmm...What number pager do you have?" Basically, they didn't have us on the list. We didn't know that since our name was given to get the pager. Oh and we were sitting right next to the stand where they could see us the entire 60 plus mins...Since they didn't record it properly, they scurried to seat us.
2 - Free soap water while you wait. To back up a bit, while we were waiting to be seated, there was a nice water cooler...I turned to Mr. Wonderful to see if he would get me a cold glass. Immediately he informed me that he had a glass before I came in and the stuff tasted like dish soap. Meanwhile, the baby girl has now heard me say that I want a glass of water and she now wants one too. Why does the free water have to taste like soap? IMHO, that should be the best darn water ever iced BUT instead, it's like licking the inside of a dish soap bottle. Oh and my toddler thinks I'm a meanie because I won't give her her own dish soap water.
3 - Seating us next to the entrance. After waiting for over an hour and now getting a table, they seat us in the first table behind the soapy water. At that point, what are we going to say? We're certainly not going to complain. We've waited a really long time and we're "lucky" to have a seat since we were not even on the list. Grrrr...
4 - So, then as if forgetting about us and dehydrating us wasn't enough, after being seated, we're now being asked where the pager is. The hostess came over to ask if we had taken the pager. Ummmm...No. We gave the pager back to you so it should be there unless like our name, you've forgotten where it is.
5 - Ordering an appetizer and it arrives after the salads. This does happen but with everything else at this point, my tolerance for non-perfect service was not okay.
NOTE: We've been to Outback a number of times and had perfect experiences but in this case, there were a lot of small yet significant moments that added up to a thumbs down experience for us.
Just in case you're wondering (I really was that night), we were not compensated for any part of our meal. I don't normally expect that, but as a former server, it's all about the offers that can go a long way for customer retention. Nope, we were just highly annoyed.
Do you have any Friday night at a restaurant where the universe seemed to be against you type of experience? Sharing might make you feel a little better.
And, instead of listening to our grumbiling stomachs, we both telepathically approved and mind-talked the following, "Ok. Let's do this."
Soon enough, it became abundantly clear why going to Outback was a bad idea (even with the awesome mind-talk). And here I give you the five reasons why Operation Outback was a big fat fail:
1 - It all started with the hostess assigning us a rogue pager. As mentioned above, we knew there would be a long wait and we were fine with it anyway. So for the first 30 mins of our 60 min plus wait, the baby girl and I sat in the car while she watched a movie. We joined Mr. Wonderful and then after watching two different parties similar to our size get sat before us, we went up to the hostess stand to ask if we were next...Their response (never the one you want) -- "Ummmm...What number pager do you have?" Basically, they didn't have us on the list. We didn't know that since our name was given to get the pager. Oh and we were sitting right next to the stand where they could see us the entire 60 plus mins...Since they didn't record it properly, they scurried to seat us.
2 - Free soap water while you wait. To back up a bit, while we were waiting to be seated, there was a nice water cooler...I turned to Mr. Wonderful to see if he would get me a cold glass. Immediately he informed me that he had a glass before I came in and the stuff tasted like dish soap. Meanwhile, the baby girl has now heard me say that I want a glass of water and she now wants one too. Why does the free water have to taste like soap? IMHO, that should be the best darn water ever iced BUT instead, it's like licking the inside of a dish soap bottle. Oh and my toddler thinks I'm a meanie because I won't give her her own dish soap water.
3 - Seating us next to the entrance. After waiting for over an hour and now getting a table, they seat us in the first table behind the soapy water. At that point, what are we going to say? We're certainly not going to complain. We've waited a really long time and we're "lucky" to have a seat since we were not even on the list. Grrrr...
4 - So, then as if forgetting about us and dehydrating us wasn't enough, after being seated, we're now being asked where the pager is. The hostess came over to ask if we had taken the pager. Ummmm...No. We gave the pager back to you so it should be there unless like our name, you've forgotten where it is.
5 - Ordering an appetizer and it arrives after the salads. This does happen but with everything else at this point, my tolerance for non-perfect service was not okay.
NOTE: We've been to Outback a number of times and had perfect experiences but in this case, there were a lot of small yet significant moments that added up to a thumbs down experience for us.
Just in case you're wondering (I really was that night), we were not compensated for any part of our meal. I don't normally expect that, but as a former server, it's all about the offers that can go a long way for customer retention. Nope, we were just highly annoyed.
Do you have any Friday night at a restaurant where the universe seemed to be against you type of experience? Sharing might make you feel a little better.
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