June 9, 2009
mrsnarkypants
Life
Laura, The Woodlands
The Waterway at The Woodlands
I’ve become pretty fond of The Woodlands. I’d live there if it weren’t for that whole pesky driving to work thing. Yes, it’s a huge suburban master planned community… but it’s nice. There’s huge trees everywhere. The lighting isn’t too bright so you can see the stars at night. It’s quiet. If you move there your neighborhood won’t turn all ghetto fabulous within 10 years…
Anyway, back to the photo. The developer is ripping off two things here. First, is the waterway, a canal system that runs from the mall, past the concert pavillion, some office buildings, and the Marriott. It’s a knockoff of the San Antonio Riverwalk, right down to the water taxis. Second is the fountains with lightshow. They’re ripping off the Bellagio in Vegas. Neither has the same panache, but it’s a pleasant way to wrap up the evening. We’ve been there twice (the first time was the most entertaining, with a jaded Water Taxi driver who let us ride free and sarcastically ribbed the teenagers who boarded with their parents, plus some entertaining drunks on board) and we’ll be back.
June 9, 2009
mrsnarkypants
Life
Laura, The Chocolate Bar
The Chocolate Bar
At first, there were two recurring themes in our dates: porch swings and The Chocolate Bar. The porch swing can be found over at The Houstonian, but I don’t have a photo. The Chocolate Bar, on the other hand, has been a source of great joy (and calories). If it’s chocolate, it’s here: ice cream, cake, chocolates. They also dip Milk Bones in carob and peanut butter with sprinkles for you to take home to your dog.
Besides being a great place to stop for dessert, The Chocolate Bar is a good place to get a gift for a client. You can find different chocolates molded into things for teachers, lawyers, cell phone executives, plus stuff for new moms and dads. Did I mention the chocolate pizza? Nobody turns down a gift from The Chocolate Bar.
We have added some new dessert spots to our repertoire: Swirl (with a location two doors down from the Chocolate Bar in Rice Village, plus Sugar Land Town Square) and Berripop (Uptown Plaza and Richmond) but I’ll never say no to The Chocolate Bar. Or a porch swing.
June 1, 2009
mrsnarkypants
Life
Discovery Green, Laura
I posted a gallery of these to the Fool recently, and I decided it was time to give a little bit of background on the photos.
Discovery Green. Photo by Gary Hunt, used under a Creative Commons License.
I love this park. It’s a really nice bit of green space in the middle of Downtown Houston. We were there in the winter, so they still had a skating rink set up in the park. There’s lots of public art, live music several times a week, free fitness classes – something that downtown really needed, and I hope that the funding doesn’t dry up so this park can really take off.
We started off the night downtown at a nearby Italian place that Laura loves before we headed over to Disco Green to wander around and have a drink upstairs at the Treehouse. (The Grove? Overrated, with awful food. The Treehouse? Awesome vibe, DJ spinning Chill music, great drinks & view.)
The night is memorable because this is when it really clicked with me that yeah, I’m in love with Laura, so just let it happen already. 
February 3, 2009
mrsnarkypants
Life, Travel
Laura
If you’re reading this on Facebook, you won’t see that some items have been crossed out because we’ve already done them… FB doesn’t bring forward all of the formatting. To see this in its original form, find the “View Original Post” link below in Facebook.
Some additions this morning…
- San Antonio
- Houston
- Museum District
- MFAH
- Science Museum
- Butterfly Center
- Planetarium
- Chocolate Bar
- Discovery Green
- Astros
- Rockets
- Texans
- Theatre Hobby/Wortham Center
- Blue Bell (in Brenham)
- College Station
- A&M game
- Messina Hoff winery
- Louisiana
- Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- Vegas
- see a Cirque show
- Penn & Teller
- go to the top of the fake Eiffel Tower
- DB Brasserie @ Wynn
- New York City
- Broadway
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Paris
- UK
- Rome
- Caribbean
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