I know, I know. I haven't done a very good job in the last two weeks of keeping my blog updated. But I'm here now!
I've done a lot the last few weeks. First I went home to Denver for three days for work and mom time. It was great to be home. The down side was I missed my dad, he was at their condo in Alabama until Tuesday and I went home on Sunday. It wasn't too bad though since they'll be in town tomorrow! We've been badgering to come visit basically since we arrived. Their timing is really good though. My mom's birthday is tomorrow and San Antonio is in the middle of Fiesta, which is a ten day...well, fiesta. Obviously. We'll do some of the more touristy things (hello, Alamo!) and take them to dinner. Maybe we'll hit up Carnivale and Fiesta Gartenfest as well.
Then, as if that's not exciting enough our friend Hanna will be down the weekend after! She's going to miss on Fiesta but to make up for it we're planning to take her to Sea World. Kent and I haven't been but it seems like fun. Hanna's really good with her camera so I'll probably have pictures to post from her trip. Tragically no one in my family is very good with using the camera so I probably won't have pictures from that. But check back often, just in case!
Cross my heart, my next update won't take so long!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
City by the bay
OK, so we didn't go to the bay referenced in the Journey song "Light" (they were talking about San Francisco). Last weekend we took a little trip to Corpus Christi to spend some time relaxing at the George Blucher House and sitting on the beach. We had a late start on Friday because Kent had to work late. It was quite frustrating, usually Kent ends at 3:00 or 3:30 but of course on that Friday they had to stay late and he didn't get home until after 6:00. Naturally while I was waiting for him I availed myself of a nap instead of doing useful things like packing. When he finally did get home we had to race around getting things together before we were able to leave.
As we approached Corpus Christi I said to Kent "Oh look at the cityscape! That's so pretty." He looked at me and said, "Uh, that's not a cityscape. It's a factory." I'd like to point out that I have terrible night vision, first of all. Second I was not expecting Corpus Christi to be Detroit-by-the-bay hence I was not looking for factories. As we pulled off the highway we began to get a little more nervous. I was directing Kent where to turn and we were a little surprised by the lack of...well, anything in downtown Corpus. Let me interject something here: Kent is from a suburb right outside of New York City. I grew up in a suburb of Denver. Both those places have extemely vital downtowns (in the case of NYC, everyone roll your eyes and say with me "obviously"). We are not used to living or visiting places where the only people downtown at night are prostitutes, drug addicts and homeless people. So, getting back on track, we were growing a little nervous. We finally pulled up to the B & B and looked at each other. Sure, the house looked beautiful but there wasn't lot of other competition. We looked at each other and remarked that we sure hoped our car wouldn't be broken into.
Inside was definitely as nice as we expected. We woke up early the next day and had a delicious brunch and decided to hit up the aquarium before going to the beach. Our car hadn't been broked into, which warmed our hearts considerably. We went to the aquarium, which was pretty cool. I've never been to an aquarium before so I didn't have an expectations. Of course, I didn't bring my camera and I have to pictures to post. Sorry!
We went down to the beach after that and drove along trying to find a good place to park (sidenote: I've never driven down a beach before). When we did get out, the water was really cold, the beach was covered in seaweed and litter and the sky was overcast. We decided to drive down a little further and try and find a better spot. Unfortunately all the spots pretty much looked the same and the sun still wasn't out. After getting our car stuck in the sand I demanded that we go back to the hotel. We had dinner reservations and I wanted to have plenty of time to get ready.
I'll skip over our drive home and getting ready for dinner because honestly, who cares? We went to a restaurant called the Yardarm and from the outside it looked pretty rickety. However the food was the best I've ever had in my life. I would happily go back to Corpus Christi and eat there everyday for a month. Between that and the hotel our trip was worth it, even if the city itself isn't all that great.
As we approached Corpus Christi I said to Kent "Oh look at the cityscape! That's so pretty." He looked at me and said, "Uh, that's not a cityscape. It's a factory." I'd like to point out that I have terrible night vision, first of all. Second I was not expecting Corpus Christi to be Detroit-by-the-bay hence I was not looking for factories. As we pulled off the highway we began to get a little more nervous. I was directing Kent where to turn and we were a little surprised by the lack of...well, anything in downtown Corpus. Let me interject something here: Kent is from a suburb right outside of New York City. I grew up in a suburb of Denver. Both those places have extemely vital downtowns (in the case of NYC, everyone roll your eyes and say with me "obviously"). We are not used to living or visiting places where the only people downtown at night are prostitutes, drug addicts and homeless people. So, getting back on track, we were growing a little nervous. We finally pulled up to the B & B and looked at each other. Sure, the house looked beautiful but there wasn't lot of other competition. We looked at each other and remarked that we sure hoped our car wouldn't be broken into.
Inside was definitely as nice as we expected. We woke up early the next day and had a delicious brunch and decided to hit up the aquarium before going to the beach. Our car hadn't been broked into, which warmed our hearts considerably. We went to the aquarium, which was pretty cool. I've never been to an aquarium before so I didn't have an expectations. Of course, I didn't bring my camera and I have to pictures to post. Sorry!
We went down to the beach after that and drove along trying to find a good place to park (sidenote: I've never driven down a beach before). When we did get out, the water was really cold, the beach was covered in seaweed and litter and the sky was overcast. We decided to drive down a little further and try and find a better spot. Unfortunately all the spots pretty much looked the same and the sun still wasn't out. After getting our car stuck in the sand I demanded that we go back to the hotel. We had dinner reservations and I wanted to have plenty of time to get ready.
I'll skip over our drive home and getting ready for dinner because honestly, who cares? We went to a restaurant called the Yardarm and from the outside it looked pretty rickety. However the food was the best I've ever had in my life. I would happily go back to Corpus Christi and eat there everyday for a month. Between that and the hotel our trip was worth it, even if the city itself isn't all that great.
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