The countdown is on for my niece Lauren and her fiancee’ Kyle’s wedding. How in the world is she old enough to be walking down the aisle? It’s one of those double Aggie weddings! It seems like a tradition in our family! Most recently, my nephew Jackson and my niece Amy! There WILL be a […]
Food
Allora Translates
Attention Readers: ALLORA CLOSED in the FALL OF 2024. Ever since Il Sogno closed, there’s been a big gap in really good Italian food in the Pearl area. Well, not anymore! Allora just opened and oh, my, word! We went for date night on Sunday because we couldn’t wait another minute to try it […]
Romancing the Thompson
I love hotels. I love going to hotels. I REALLY LOVE going to hotels with my husband. I REALLY, REALLY LOVE going to hotels with my husband for our anniversary! Way back in July, we did just that! And I took a bunch a pictures. I got busy and forgot to post them. I came […]
Singing Water Vineyards Day Date
We are in the dog days of summer 2020. In any normal year, it’s tough to find something to do in the heat. Yesterday, the forecast called for 105 degrees in San Antonio. ONE. ZERO. FIVE. Sigh. The pandemic has made it hard to navigate everything. And going on dates has been the very last […]
Lunch in a Utopia Treehouse
How is everybody doing during this pandemic? If you are like my family, you are taking it day by day. We have been so vigilant about wearing masks, hand washing, spraying everything down and staying home. One of our daughters is more susceptible to everything so we have been staying close to home more than […]
Small Town 4th of July
I hope y’all had a great 4th of July celebration! We left late for the drive to see family so we ended up driving the back roads. I think I told you once or a million times how much I love taking the long way home! Anyway, we screeched into Kilgore just in time to go […]