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2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Texas Renaissance Festival & Cirque du Soleil Alegria

November 14, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Cottage Mountain Puzzle | Maria's Going Away Lunch at Hungry's

Started off the week by finishing up a cottage mountain puzzle. I’m running out but luckily Target had a buy two get one free sale!

On Thursday, we had a going away lunch at Hungry’s for Maria. It was the first time seeing them since we started working from home, other than Christopher. It was nice to talk face to face again though.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Work Holiday & Farewell Party | The Tasting Room | Houston, Texas

Friday was our work’s Holiday and Farewell party for everyone since starting December first, our asset is sold off to a different company. I got a job offer from them but did not accept as it was in Midland. Hoping I find something within the company but if not, I know I’ll be okay, wherever I land.

We enjoyed finger foods and many drinks before we called it a day. I tried leaving and was stuck in conversations.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Barcelona Restaurant and Lounge | Houston, Texas

Luckily Amy was amazing and was okay with skipping day plans we made so that I could attend my work party. She also showed up at the hotel earlier than expected and I ended up being way later than expected. We had a glassblowing class scheduled but due to furnace problems, they cancelled a day early. If not, I would have been late!

We caught up a bit, and decided to have dinner at Barcelona Restaurant and Lounge. We’ve been spoiled by Toro in San Antonio, so this wasn’t super up to par, but wasn’t horrible. We then went back to the hotel and hung out until we passed out.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Texas Renaissance Festival | Todd Mission, Texas | Mellie Dee

Saturday morning, we went off to the Texas Renaissance Festival. It was her first time and it was definitely a lot to take in for a newcomer. I haven’t been in years and it has grew a lot since then. We walked around the whole time and watching some men fight and joust. All fun and exciting to see how into it everyone was. Since we had to reschedule our glassblowing event to another day, she had fun watching the lady demonstrate glassblowing and is now more excited than ever for when our class comes around in the future. She was like a kid in a candy shop. Precious.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Whistle Stop Tea Room | Tomball, Texas

We had a quick lunch at Whistle Stop Tea Room. Everything was delicious. My favourite was the pasta salad and their broccoli and cheese soup. Amy liked their tortilla soup. I would love to come back.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Galaxy Nail and Spa | Tomball, Texas | Jade Siam Thai Massage Therapy | Magnolia, Texas

We went back to the hotel so that Amy could change into sweats for our pedicure at Galaxy Nail Spa. Afterward, we drove close to our massage place, Jade Siam Thai Massage Therapy. We walked around TJ Maxx where we came out with goodies before heading to get our muscles worked on. It was her first time getting stretched during a massage and my first time getting stepped on in the US (I’ve had a legit Thai massage in Thailand). We came out refreshed.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Mikado | Magnolia, Texas

We feasted on habachi and sushi at Mikado. It hit the spot. She mentioned loving to eat with me because I order so much. I, on the other hand, need to learn to order less. But surprisingly, we didn’t have a lot left over.

It was back to the hotel to relax and sleep.

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Amy | Sleek Creperie & Cafe | Cypress, Texas

This morning, we woke up, drove our separate cars to Sleek Creperie & Cafe. We both got our own savory crepe and lattes, and shared a sweet one together. Thank goodness because that sweet crepe was bigger than our faces! They also sell chocolates and gelato. I want to come back and try those out as well.

We said our goodbyes and headed home.

It’s not rare that people drive to my world but what’s rare is that they make time for me when they end up by me. To this day, Amy is one of the easiest people to travel with. We literally had no plans other than glassblowing, which got rescheduled, and the Texas Renaissance Festival. We ended up filling our time up with things by just talking. Ever since I introduced her to reflexology on our California trip, it’s become a thing for us to incorporate massages into our trips – like Liliana and I with massages and facials. These chill trips with Amy makes me feel so refreshed after. Sigh, cannot wait for our next one!

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Cirque du Soleil Alegria | Beth & Mallory

I went home and took an amazing nap before heading to Mallory’s. We picked up Beth and headed to Sam Houston Race Park to see my (and Mallory’s) first Cirque du Soleil Alegria. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was way better than that. Mallory drank coffee hoping to stay away prior, but I don’t think anyone needs assistance in staying awake. They keep you pulled in with fire, flips, air swings, and more. The live musical performance was so beautiful with the addition to the performance made me tear up on many occasions. I am now wanting to attend ALL of them because it was just that fun! Thank you, Beth, for getting us early tickets for such wonderfulness!

2021 | Week 87 of Quarantine | Frankenstein | Jinya | Katy, Texas

I had a late dinner date with Frankenstein at Jinya. He was nice enough to drive all the way to me since I had such a busy night. We sat outside for his big bowl of ramen and my kids meal that came with SO much variety of food. We paid and continued talking to the point where it started to get cold. We fought the chill until it was way past their closing time and a waiter had to go around all the tables and practically kick us out.

This whole entire weekend has been filled with memorable moments and getting to end it seeing him was icing on the cake! This coming week will be crazy and tiring. Bring it on. I’m (kinda) ready for you.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries, Travel Tagged With: American, Coffee and Tea, Dessert, Houston, Japanese, Katy, Magnolia, Sandwiches and Burgers, Sightseeing, Spanish, Sushi, Texas, Todd Mission, Tomball, Wine Bars

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine

November 7, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Dish Society | Katy, Texas | Sebastian's Late Birthday Lunch

Finally celebrated Sebastian’s birthday by treating him to lunch at Dish Society. First time going off to lunch during work day and it was nice to get away. Never enough time to talk but always the best conversations.

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Ambriza | Kay, Texas | Mallory's Birthday Dinner with Beth

Thursday night, Beth and I finally went out to dinner to celebrate Mallory’s birthday at Ambriza. Since it was our first time, we got the corn for free. And since it was her birthday, they had a frame to take pictures with and a free tres leches as they sung happy birthday to her. The food was good but the company was better. We later took pics outside the Christmas tree that’s been lit and Mallory was freezing and jokingly put on the scarf I made her. Haha

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Balayage Hair

Since I was off Friday, I finally fixed my hair to a more natural colour for Jenny’s upcoming wedding. It was so blonde before that it’s still super light in certain places but overall, looks great. Also, found my go to hair dresser. Win!

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Roots | Houston, Texas | Sissy, BIL, Timothy, Lillian, Jacky

Sarurday, Sissy, BIL, Timothy, Lillian, Jacky, and I met at Roots Wine Bar prior to Sarah’s performance.

You give them your credit card and they link it to the chip card they have. The chip card is used for the wine machines where you can choose 1oz, 3 oz, or 5 oz pours of certain wines. So much to choose from and they even have a placard you can take that describes the wines in detail. Every with is different cost depending what it is as well. (Note: If you make reservations you have to put a $10 deposit for each person. That money ends up on one chip card and if you don’t use it all you lose it. We went over so not sure if you spend money on food if it can go towards it though.)

Although food isn’t the main thing here it was a hot. Expensive with little portions but it was delicious. We were surprised by the steak tartare. I think that was my first time and was well worth it.

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Lazarus Dance Featuring Sarah | Houston, Texas | Sissy, BIL, Timothy, Lillian, Jacky

We headed off to Sarah’s performance sans BIL. The costumes and live music accompaniment was perfect. The music was written by the grandfather of the person that put it all together. It’s crazy how she still dances professionally. Who said you can’t dance after a certain age?

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Thaicoon, Big City Wings, Hot Pot

Some good eats for the week. Thaicoon is still the best Thai place. Big City Wings wasn’t hitting the spot with their flavours. But the hot pot made a comeback after so long since it’s starting to get cold.

2021 | Week 86 of Quarantine | Cats & Dogs, Night and Day Paris Puzzles

I went puzzle crazy this week and finished four of them. My cats and dogs 10 set puzzle is now completed. Sad some had missing pieces though due to kids or manufacturers but since it’s so old, nothing I can do Those were hard since all the pieces had the same shapes but very rewarding.

The rest of the month is going to be a bit crazy … but fun. I cannot wait for the hump to be over so I can relax a bit though.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: American, Houston, Katy, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Texas, Thai, Wine Bars

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | WWE Monday Night Raw

October 31, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | Mallory & Mellie Dee | WWE Monday Night Raw

Started off the week celebrating Mallory’s birthday early by going to WWE Monday Night Raw. It’s been on my list since I was a kid watching it with Brudda.

The ladders and tables made the show the best. It does suck you don’t hear them talk if they don’t have a mic and you don’t hear the announcer either. And the sound effects of them getting slammed against the floor is fake and sometimes they forget to press the button.

But overall it was an experience and I wouldn’t mind going again.

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | PPDM Expo

I went to the second day of the PPDM Expo. I missed Monday’s because I was up all night for to stomach issues. FYI, I know.

But it was nice to see some with people again and listen to some presentations. The food was real good and can’t say no to free stuff.

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | Beth's Meatball and Spaghetti, Halloween Nails

Thursday after work I went over to Beth’s for dinner spaghetti and meatballs. I mostly went to pick up some nail stuff I bought (exhibit Halloween nails) and ended up taking to get and Scott for hours. Connor has grown so much and so smiley practically all the time.

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | Good Eats

Just since eats and drinks from the week. Tried it a new Mexican place and it was good. They even have Fideo but not as good as Patricia’s.

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | Loch Bar | Houston, Texas | Frankenstein & Mellie Dee

Saturday night, I met up with Frankenstein at Loch Bar. Or second time here and we went crazy and ordered a lot of stuff.

  • Bread – free, crispy exterior but super fluffy interior
  • 3 different kinds of oysters:
    • sweet petite (my favourite),
    • raspberry point (his favourite),
    • queen cup (server’s favourite haha)
  • Oysters Rockefeller – to much cheese. We both loved the raw better.
  • Chesapeake Crab Dip – worth it. They give you so many chunks of crab and you can trade the crab as of you were eating it right out of the shell. Love the carrots and celery to dip than the bread.
  • Rye Whiskey Flight – I believe it was the manager that came and gave us an extra whiskey, the Jefferson, to try. That ended up to be one of the favourites for the both of us as well as the Sagamore for me.
  • Seafood Diavalo Pasta – so good and they give you a great deal of seafood that isn’t all chopped up.

We watched the Astros game while we were there and since we were up, we decided to leave and walk around. We were in the River Oaks area so we walked around and looked through the windows pretty much laughing at the clothes.

I finally found the place that makes ice cream look like a rose. He asked if I wanted to get one but I was too full. Maybe next time.

we passed by an art gallery and joked about wanting a very expensive piece where the words make up people which is made from splotches of paint. It was so cool.

When I got home I found out Astros lost. Sigh, sad day but a great date night.

2021 | Week 85 of Quarantine | Sissy's Birthday

Today’s Sissy’s birthday. They landed from their trip and came over to pick up the pups and celebrate. We ordered food from Thai Cuisine and Ramen King, opened presents and ate Oreo cake. We then all spent time sitting outside and just talking.

It’s been a very quick and fun week filled with people with a lot of relaxation. I think I’m still trying to make up being out so late for the bachelorette that this weekend’s naps were amazing.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Houston, Katy, Mediterranean, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Seafood, Texas, Thai

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Dewberry Farms, Jacob’s Birthday & Pumpkin Carving

October 17, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Ethan & Rizzo

So much Ethan time this week. He spent a lot of time with me while I was working. Majority of the time he’s good but he also needs so much attention. He understands so much Chinese now it’s crazy. Sad he’ll probably lose if when he goes back home.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Manicure & Pedicure, La Baguette | Katy, Texas

I was off Friday and got to go out and have some alone time. Manicure and pedicure, ready for bachelorette party! Then brunch at La Baguette. Took home some leftovers for June since I know she loves it.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Dewberry Farms | Ethan, Mellie Dee, JJ

Later that day, Ethan and I met up with Mallory, JJ, Jacob, Beth and Connor at Dewberry Farms. Ethan sat and ate chicken nuggets while we did the gemstone mining. He got a giant purple rock which he kept trying to eat. Haha I think he knows now it’s not food.

We looked at some live animals which he called all of them dogs in Chinese. JJ got to pet and feed the goats. And then we went and picked some flowers.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Dewberry Farms | Ethan, Mellie Dee, Beth, Connor

A train ride, smelling the Christmas trees that were growing and then pumpkin patch photos thanks to Beth. Mallory and her kids left and Beth and I decided to walk around and got pink lemonade. I also got corn in a cup while she ate her sandwich and before we left, we went into the gift shop and bought matching tshirts.

Oh what a day. I was SO pooped.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Dewberry Farms | Ethan, Cemetery, Urban American Kitchen | Houston, Texas

Saturday morning, we met Cindy and Kenny at the cemetery. I believe it was Ethan’s first time. He had fun walking in the back while we waited for the incense to burn all the way down.

Then it was lunch at Urban American Kitchen. So glad they were okay not driving all the way to Bellaire for Asian food since I was on a time crunch. It was nice to eat out with them again after so so so long.

Ethan didnt get to nap much since he decided screaming on top of his lungs was much better.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Dewberry Farms | Jacob's Birthday Party | Ethan, Mellie Dee, Mallory, Beth, Connor

I got him dressed and ready for Jacob’s birthday party. Mallory hired a person that does songs and storytime. Ethan was much more interested in eating popcorn. She also had an activity to make pumpkins and after playing some games, everyone got to pick a mini toy out of the treasure chest. The party favour was getting to choose a book from all the books the lady wrote. She personalized and signed them too which was pretty awesome.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Nam Thai | Kemah, Texas | Frankenstein and Artemis

After the party, I headed off to Frankenstein’s. We went to Randall’s for some pumpkins and ingredients for brownies, picked up food from Nam Thai, and Target for some pumpkin carving tools.

We enjoyed our Thai food while deciding on what design to do. We saw Artemis sniffing the pumpkins which was super cute. It’s her time of month to shine!

While I was still looking at what design to make, he made brownies from scratch! I offered to help but he did amazing all by himself. It’s perfect that I only like the edge pieces and he likes the middle.

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Pumpkin Carving & SNL | Frankenstein, Artemis & Mellie Dee

The weather was so nice out, we decided to carve pumpkins sitting on the balcony, with the door open and tv swiveled so that we could watch episodes of SNL at the same time.

Artemis’ first cold night. She explored a lot while we did our carving and at times stared at us. She’s so cute! Can you guess who did which pumpkin?

2021 | Week 83 of Quarantine | Rustika Cafe Bakery | League, City | Frankenstein & Artemis | Drone

Today, we went to breakfast at Rustika Cafe Bakery. Their food is great but their Vietnamese coffee could have been better. It just tasted like an iced coffee. Bummer.

We went back where I relaxed on the balcony a bit, mostly watching Artemis explore some more. Then Frankenstein showed me the drone he built before we had met. This guy has so much passion in learning a little (or a lot) about everything. I am always surprised by the knowledge he has in his head.

The weekend is already over. Thankfully it’s a short werk. Hello, bachelorette.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Breakfast and Brunch, Katy, Kemah, League City, Texas, Thai

2021 | Week 81 of Quarantine

October 3, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 81 of Quarantine | District 7 | Houston, Texas | Frankenstein & Mellie Dee

Met up with Frankenstein at District 7 after his labs and my training. Old fashioned, mimosa flight, east and gulf oysters, osso bucco, and zucchini chips. Time with him is just a whole lot of discussions about such random things. P.S. the mimosa flight wasn’t as I expected but that old fashioned was bomb.

2021 | Week 81 of Quarantine | Tandoori Grill | Katy, Texas | Buffet with Jenny, Bridal, SIL | Tea Top | Ethan

Saturday, Bridal, SIL, Ethan, Emmy and Jenny came down. We were able to spend the whole Saturday together. We started at doing a late lunch at Tandoori Grill. They have a lunch buffet on weekends and for $14 a person, I think it’s pretty worth it.

We then walked around Best Buy and Target. We then made our way to Starbucks to get their friend who works down the street some coffee. Sadly they were already off work. So we gave them to the receptionists and headed to Tea Top.

The rest of the night was used to plan out the bachelorette party and looking at outfits.

2021 | Week 81 of Quarantine | Nails, Spaghetti Squash and Chicken Pesto, Ethan

Today they all left to go to a baby shower. Ethan is staying with us for a few weeks before I go to the bachelorette.

I did my nails twice since works been a little boring. And I was able to meal prep last week, spaghetti squash, sauteed vegetables, and chicken pesto for dinner practically every night. So good.

Hoping for a chill week. Fingers crossed.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: American, Coffee and Tea, Houston, Indian, Katy, Texas

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