Fort Worth ever cross your mind?

Ryan and I had such a wonderful weekend. Friday night we went to a friend’s fifth year cancer survival anniversary party upstairs at the White Elephant. There were about 50-100 people there, open bar, and catered by Lonesome Dove. I’ve never eaten at the Lonesome Dove, but have heard great things about it. My favorite was an appetizer…shaved beef tenderloin on a cracker with a dollop of Boursin…wow! And the entertainment…Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros, Tina Mitchell Wilkins, Marion Brackney, Brad Hines, Bobby Duncan and Chris Lugo as well as several other very talented folks. By the time we left, it was pretty late, and they had reserved a bunch of rooms at the Hyatt Place down in the Stockyards, so Ryan and I decided to just stay there. We sat up and visited with everyone until the wee hours of the morning. We woke up the next morning, loaded up the car, said our goodbyes then headed back to Irving. We hit traffic on the way so decided to stop and eat. Exited Rufe Snow and low and behold, a DON PABLO’S!!!! We had thought they had all closed. Apparently not my friends! YEAH!!! Brandy butter is still available somewhere in the world!!! But we didn’t eat there…not then. Wanted something faster so we could get home. So we ate Grandy’s…which I don’t think I have had in 10 years or more! It wasn’t as good as I remember, but the rolls still were a tasty treat! We got home, I got a bunch of laundry done, the house cleaned up, then back to Fort Worth we went for our friend Melissa’s 30th birthday! Her family threw it for her at the Rahr Brewery (it is just south of downtown Fort Worth, not far from JPS). What a neat place. There was a little gazebo in a big warehouse where they served four of their beers. My favorite was the Blind Salamander. I think Ryan liked their Summer Wheat. They have special dinners there where they pair their beers with foods. I think we might try to wrestle up a group of people to go. We visited for a couple hours then headed off.
Sunday afternoon we headed to the Ranger game. Adam joined us. We didn’t sit in our normal seats in the shade, but on the 2nd level in left field…full on sun. And for those of you who haven’t seen me in a while…I am quite pale. I wore a tank top and shorts, and layers and layers of sunscreen…after all, I do need to build up a bit of tan for Hawaii you know. Got home and looks like I did a pretty decent job. I wasn’t red at all yesterday or today! Yahoo! Ryan on the other hand wasn’t as thorough in his application of sunscreen…his legs are red and white polka dotted now :o)
We also went up to our friends Clark and Marti’s in Highland Village this weekend. They had all of the Mystiqueros, Bill Worrell, the Meachems, and some others over for a private concert with Johnny and Bill, swimming, food, etc. It was wonderful. So amazing that we get to peek into the world of such talented people.
All in all put about 250 miles on the Nissan this weekend. I have such an appreciation for traveling musicians now. I very much enjoy my sit still at home and rest time…