Hey kids! Well, I missed 3 days of writing again. My boss let us go early on Fri (noon), so I got a wild hair and called Mumsie to see if she wanted to go on a beach run. She was delighted! So off we went to Bolivar. We ran into some heavy traffic on I-45 and when we got to the ferry landing, they were only running 2 of the 4 ferries. Once on the ferry, there were several delays due to our vessel having to give the right of way to larger ones. We eventually made it, but by the time we did (had to stop and get some beer), we only had a hour or so of daylight. I'm so glad this Sun is daylight's savings time!! It was cooler by this time and breezy, but no worries, at least we made it. Better late than never. We had the whole beach to ourselves and it was pretty to see the full moon rise into view. On our return through Galveston we stopped and had supper at Shrimp n' Stuff (our usual -- fried shrimp and Negro Modello). So yummy!! The next day (Sat) I was supposed to help TPWD plant some trees on Goat Island near the San Jac battleship. But mom and I went on the Azalea Trail. We'd never been before, had always wanted to go and my boss had given me 2 tix. We went to her home first, then to the other 3 homes on the tour. The last one we went to on Inwood was spectacular!! Even though it was just the grounds, not inside the home. The home had been designed by Ralph Cram, the architect who designed Rice Univ. The grounds were quite expansive; consisting of numerous gardens, a terraced swimming pool, lots of large moss-draped trees, sculptures (one of them a Chihuly!!) , fountains, and a huge koi pond. We got to peek into some of the garages which housed some fine vehicles such as an Astin Martin, an XKE Jag and a Ferrari. You couldn't have asked for better weather. I ran into my boss's architect and her former landscaper there. The only disappointment was I wanted to go to the Yale St Arts Mkt afterward. When I got home it was 4pm. I called Masoud but he didn't arrive till after 5:30pm and by then it was too late (it closes at 6pm). Hopefully we can make it next time. And I really wanted to see the 3 other places on the Trail (Bayou Bend - I've been before but it's been a while, ROCG because there were floral arrangements inside and the ladies do a fab job and Rienzi - a fine home bequethed to the MFA, full of great art with beautiful gardens. Maybe next yr...
On a different note, I just read in Paper City where Teuscher's Chocolates will open a kiosk in the Galleria between Neiman's, Tiffany's and Chanel. They're going to have chocolates shipped in weekly from Zurich, including the famed dark chocolate champagne truffles made with Dom Perignon. Omigod!!!
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