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Seafood, Reunions, Theater, & Bar Hopping

September 15, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Yesterday was so busy I didn’t have time to blog! It’s been a long while since that has happened. Overall, it was a great relaxing day. I put down the worries and didn’t care. I went with the flow and everything went very well.

Nail Bar | Katy, Texas | Mimosa, Pedicure, Manicure

I started off getting a manicure and pedicure by myself to relax and enjoyed a mimosa while doing so. In less than half an hour I was out the door. They have great timing and get so many customers because of it.

Footworks with June

I went home and relaxed for half an hour before heading back out the door with June. We went and got reflexology massage at Footworks. $30 per person for an hour. So freaking worth it.

Yummy Crawfish & Seafood | Katy, Texas | The Yummy-nator, Crawfish, Shrimp
The Yummy-Nator [2 pieces snow crabs, 2 pieces blue crabs, 2 lb crawfish, 6 pieces shrimp, 2 pieces corn, 2 pieces potatoes, mushrooms in combo mixer, spicy] | ~$50 • 1 lb crawfish [Cajun, medium spicy] | $6.99 • 1 lb shrimp [yummy house delight, medium spicy] | $12.99

June and I went to Yummy Crawfish and Seafood. We weren’t sure if it’ll be good but since my usual place closed down I’ve been searching for a new one. They have great flavour but not spicy enough. We will definitely come back even though it’s a bit expensive. I love having the snow crabs but didn’t care much about the blue crabs.

June and I believe I might be allergic to crawfish since I never feel well after. Shrimp and snow crabs only might be what I’ll have to end up having if that’s the case. With sporadic crawfish feast … obviously.

Hong Kong Cafe | Houston, Texas | Nancy

I took a nap and talked to London before heading out the door for dinner with Nancy. I haven’t seen her in a couple years since Thuy’s wedding. We shared beef noodles, pork chop bake, and Hong Kong French toast. I was glad she loved it and it warmed my heart that the toast reminds her of her dad. He would be super proud of the woman she’s become.

The Hobby Center | Houston, Texas | A Chorus Line | Nancy

Her boss gave her free tickets to the play, A Chorus Line, since they couldn’t make it anymore. We had no clue what it was about and it ended to being so good. We can’t believe her boss paid $90 for each ticket!

Electric Feel-good | Houston, Texas | Nancy, Carmen, Adam

We got an Uber and meet up with Carmen and Adam at Electric Feelgood. We ordered drinks and took a lot of pictures and boomerangs before heading to other places to check out the scene.

It’s the latest I’ve stayed out for a long while and was happy that I got to go and enjoy a night out in downtown, something I always want to do once in a while.

I finished Love Alarm from Netflix since I wasn’t able to fall asleep until 5am. I ended up sleeping for a good two hours before waking up. Today has been relaxing. Sissy and BIL came over with lunch from Aji Ramen, watched the Texans game and bought thickets to the Astros game. Meal prep took only 20 minutes thanks to the instant pot. I need to look for more recipes!

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Asian, Bars and Pubs, Chinese, Houston, Katy, Music, Seafood, Sightseeing, Texas

Crawfish & Noods

June 8, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Jolynn's Crawfish with Salim

A long overdue crawfish session with Salim. It was apparently his second time having it and the first time this year. Who is this kid? We went to Jolynn’s since it seems to be equal driving for both of us. They’re more pricey and we didn’t really see many other customers there but their flavouring is still pretty great. I was surprised that he was okay with eating the heads!

Sharetea with Salim

Afterward, his fingers were burning and his lips were on fire so he suggested ice cream but he got too excited when I said there were a lot of boba places around so we ended up at Sharetea. I got the Taro Milk Tea and he got some kind of other milk tea. I wasn’t really paying attention. It was nice getting to talk nerdy stuff with him as we usually tend to be in a group.

Damian's Cucina Italiana | Houston, Texas | Tim & Tara's Going Away Dinner

Tim and Tara had a going away dinner tonight at Damian’s Cucina Italiana. She is so adorable with the decorations and games. It was crazy how Eric walked in and the girl he has been seeing for the last four months is My-Linh, a girl that I knew back in college. We pretty much just all sat together and caught up.

Damian’s Cucina Italiana | Houston, Texas | Tim & Tara’s Going Away Dinner | Food

Free bread for the table. Tara was sweet enough to order a few plates of appetizers (breaded asparagus, calamari, and some type of gnocchi) for the table. I got lobster bisque and Shrimp Damian. I was so full that I gave some of my food away. Every single thing there was delicious. This might just be my favourite Italian restaurant now. Well worth the money I spent. My-Linh was sweet enough to pay for my old fashioned. I don’t suggest ordering an old fashioned there though because they splashed in tonic water which is not how it’s made so that was a bummer.

Today has been filled with delicious foods that my stomach is a little too happy. I’m going to try and fit in a bit of studies before bed and maybe finish Chernobyl. Night, world!

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Asian, Coffee and Tea, Houston, Italian, Seafood, Texas

Thnks Fr Th Cmpny

March 15, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Does anyone get the reference to my blog title?!

If you said Thnks Fr Th Mmrs then you are correct!

Just a quick catch up of the last few weeks.

February 28, 2019

2018 Rodeo Houston | Luke Bryan | Priscilla & Mellie Dee

Priscilla and I made plans to see Luke Bryan in less than a five-minute text conversation. My most spontaneous “yes” and it was an amazing experience. Note to self: Make more spontaneous choices.

They had some great garlic cheese fries that’s a must eat!

2018 Rodeo Houston | Luke Bryan Concert | Priscilla & Mellie Dee

We ate some delicious rodeo foods and sat in the freezing cold to catch up about life before the concert. He’s always been on my list of people to see and I’m glad I can check it off my list. He forgot lyrics to “Crash My Party” and it was adorable.

March 2, 2019

Emmy 2nd Birthday

Emmy turned two years old on March 6th and we had her birthday party on the 2nd. Brudda went all out with the decorations and I assisted with the curtains which came out looking pretty great. She had a great time and was a trooper with all the pictures.

Emmy 2nd Birthday | Rizzo

Rizzo had a great time on Emmy’s new tricycle.

March 4, 2019

2018 Rodeo Houston | Old Dominion | John, Mallory, Trey & Mellie Dee

John had free tickets to see Old Dominon at the rodeo. He got to invite a friend, Trey, and Mallory got to invite a friend, me. It was freezing cold out and so after while we called it quits and went into the stadium.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Old Dominion | John, Mallory, Trey & Mellie Dee | Rodeo

We had amazing seats and I got to see all the features of all the animals which means I cried throughout the whole show because … poor animals.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Old Dominion | Mallory & Mellie Dee

Mallory and I don’t take many pictures together so, here’s one without the boys.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Old Dominion Concert | John, Mallory, Trey & Mellie Dee

I was surprised how many songs I knew from them. I’m not sure what happened but he was in crutches so he was just sitting on the thrown the whole time.

March 7, 2019

2018 Rodeo Houston | Tim McGraw | Sissy, Julie & Mellie Dee

Sissy and Julie were going to buy tickets to see Tim McGraw and I slid myself in their plans because … why not?

2018 Rodeo Houston | Tim McGraw | Sissy & Mellie Dee

Also, I’m so glad I’ve gotten to wear my cowboy boots. Scruffy’s cousin was able to give us a discount and I always dreamed of wearing them to the rodeo and my wish came true.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Tim McGraw Concert | Sissy, Julie & Mellie Dee

Tim McGraw looks great for his age and it made my heart melt when he ran all around the stadium floor to give everyone high fives. Much love for him and it shows how much he truly loves his fans.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Tim McGraw Concert with Clay Walker | Sissy, Julie & Mellie Dee

He even had Clay Walker make a guest appearance on one of his songs which got the crowd going wild. He even played longer than his allotted one hour. So amazing.

March 8, 2019

Dinner and Movie at Priscilla

Priscilla was nice enough to invite me over to her house for dinner when I was having an emotional breakdown. She cooked some delicious fish and veggies while I got to play with her youngest who was in love with me. We watched Instant Family and I cried throughout the whole movie because some of it resonated with me.

March 9, 2019

2018 Rodeo Houston | Kane Brown | Mallory & Mellie Dee

Another Mallory and me picture. It seems we have to be doing some type of activity to get pictures together.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Kane Brown | Leah, Mallory & Mellie Dee | Rodeo

Leah drove down to go to the rodeo with us and introduced us to Cheetos Popcorn. I’ve seen it but never ventured to get it and my goodness. We couldn’t stop eating it. Someone, please tell me how we can make our own! Luckily, having the popcorn took my mind off of the rodeo because … poor animals.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Kane Brown Concert | Leah, Mallory & Mellie Dee

Kane Brown concert hit hard. I cried at almost all his songs because it reminded me of Scruffy. And when his wife jumped on stage to hug him and kiss him my heart hurt even more. They are so adorable together. So much love! Also, he was presented with a 4k Platinum plaque for his song, Heaven! Congratulations!

March 10, 2019

Juhi came back from London on Friday and wanted to go to the rodeo. She didn’t care for a concert and just wanted to have carnival foods and see mutton busting. Sadly, mutton busting didn’t happen. This was a spontaneous “yes” and I had a great time!

2018 Rodeo Houston | Erin, Juhi & Mellie Dee

John and Erin were available and we all walked around the whole entire place and ate so much food. I finally got to go to the Wine area! We got a bottle of wine and sat and talked life.

2018 Rodeo Houston | Juhi & Mellie Dee | Llamas

Juhi really wanted to play games and growing up, I’ve never really got to do that and win stuffed animals so I was down to do so. I’ve always wanted a date to the rodeo to do cutesy stuff like that. I understand I could just go and buy a stuffed animal but it’s not the same as winning one. I like to obtain memories more than anything.

I won a boy llama and she won a girl one. We were both TOO happy about it.

March 14, 2019

Luchi & Joey's | Houston, Texas | Juhi's Welcome Back

We had a welcome back lunch for Juhi at Luchi & Joey’s. It’s not the best but it wasn’t the worst. It was nice to catch up with old coworkers as well and now I’m invited to their crawfish boil next weekend. I’m excited!

The Boil House | Houston, Texas | Erin, Juhi, Chris

Speaking of crawfish, Erin, Juhi, Chris and I went to The Boil House for some delicious crawfish. This is cajun style and the flavour was on point but I still love my garlic butter crawfish. Will I come back? Yes, if I was in the area.

Switch Party with Erin, Juhi, Chris

We got alcohol and went back to Erin’s for a Nintendo Switch party. We played Smash and the verdict is that we are pretty horrible at it. We went on with Mario Party and I got first place! We also played a couple rounds of Overcooked and I feel like that’s when friendships end. haha

Life just hit all at once and my bottled up emotions all exploded everywhere. With it all, I still tried to live my best life and enjoyed the company I was surrounded by. Thankful for all of them.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries, Music Tagged With: Concerts, Houston, Houston Rodeo, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Seafood, Texas

Finn’s Hall | Houston, Texas

December 28, 2018 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Last Breakfast Klub at Work

Work is going continental breakfast on January 2nd so this will be my last Breakfast Klub from work. We’ll have one more free breakfast meal come Monday and that will be it. I’m lucky to have been fed so much working at this job.

Finn's Hall | Houston, Texas

I went to lunch with Vicky and Joel at Finn’s Hall.

2018 | 362/365 | Low Tide at Finn's Hall

[2018] 362/365: Finn’s Hall – Low Tide

I chose Low Tide with Joel while Vicky went Vietnamese. I’m not too certain how I feel about the place since I only tried one stall but I will say I am not a great fan.

The fish was way too big and wasn’t completely fried well. The batter was a bit raw on one side so it was a bummer having to pull it off. The gumbo was salty but was the best thing I ordered. The Crawfish etoufee balls don’t have much to comment on.

I am starting to get sick and I really hope it’s because of allergies I don’t know I have. Fingers crossed I get well soon because I don’t have time to be sick.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Houston, Project 365, Seafood, Texas

Bouldering

December 24, 2018 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Liberty Kitchen | Houston, Texas

My cousin, Patricia, came over from England! She is originally from Canada and have been working over there for a while. Brudda, Tim, Patricia, and I met with Sissy and went to a late lunch to Liberty Kitchen. The Lobster Bolognese is still a hit with everyone.

2018 | 358/365 | Bouldering

[2018] 358/365: Bouldering

Patricia loves to Boulder so we found a place and picked up Brett and went. I was surprised how much I could do but also shows how much work I need to do to get that strength. Anyone down to go with me?

2018 Christmas Eve Hot Pot

Out usual Christmas Eve hot pot was a hit. It’s been hours and we are still sitting around and talking and laughing.

It’s been a full day of food and workouts. I am not ready to see how sore I’ll be tomorrow though.

Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Houston, Project 365, Seafood, Texas

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