Houston Trip 2009, Part Two

The fun just kept on going. On Friday, Hilary took the day off and we went to town again. We started with lunch at the Hobbit Cafe, a particular favorite of Katy Kathryn. It was charming and the food was really delicious. We stopped for cupcakes at a cool store called Crave Cupcakes before going downtown to the Angelika Film Center to see Valentino The Last Emperor, a documentary about Valentino Garavani, the famous Italian designer. For Project-Runway addicts like us, it was very interesting. That evening before dinner we visited Memorial Park in Houston. The late afternoon sun made it look particularly beautiful. We ate dinner at a most interesting place called Charivari, run by a Transylvanian chef. It is high-brow with a slightly dowdy European feeling. The service was intentionally slow and the crowd was mixed with a preponderance of older folks (it almost felt like a club). My pork cutlets were delicious.

Saturday we spent around the pool and for supper we had a cookout at home. Sunday after church, we flew home just in time for Mothers Day dinner with the family. I made and froze everything before I left, so preparation was a snap. We missed Ollie's birthday, so we celebrated with him on Mother's Day as well.

We thought of Katy Kathryn

Really delicious food - Deb and I didn't order, we just shared

The ladies at the Hobbit Cafe

Tasty cupcakes by the thousands disappear
from this place every day

Hilary with our share of the thousands

In the heart of downtown Houston

To the artsy film center to see Valentino

Two thumbs up

The Gibbs/Brown/Taylors, post film

Memorial Park on a beautiful afternoon

Supper at Charivari

Alison looks up from her book to pose for me

Kris sought the shade but still got some color

Hey that's Dickie!

The mothers on Mother's Day

Happy birthday, Ollie!

Thanks so much to Debby et al. We had a super-fun time. That's all for now.

OXO

D.