When Friends Visit

Hamilton Pool. It may as well be Hawaii. It is the prettiest place pretty much in Texas. You can't argue with the looks of this. You just can't.

I've tried on several occasion's (okay once and maybe twice if you count the time I thought about going) to go to Hamilton Pool. But apparently the place is sooooo exclusive (or small) you have to get there at a decent time to get in. It's like a night club, minus the list, the early hours and the over-enthusiastic park ranger.

But no matter how over-the-top the park ranger (and why did I almost just type power ranger?), you can't argue with the beautiful views of Hamilton Pool.

There is nothing better than hanging out at a place like that. Well, before the entire Austin YMCA showed up. Then it was a bit crowded.

Chelsea and I decided, what better way to honor the kids than to go home and take a nap! Such a wonderful nap it was! It ended with Jill arriving in town. Great thing to wake up to if you ask me.

We went to dinner to South Congress Cafe, which my love for that place only grows with every visit. Something about a place that can make a great cocktail, located close to downtown, decent prices, and great food; it gets me every time! I got a great tasting pan seared tuna mixed with salad greens, it was amazing. But Jill got something that is not called chicken fried steak, but yet was chicken fried steak. It was the most amazing non-chicken fried steak, but yet, pretty sure it was chicken fried steak, I've ever had in my entire life. It pretty much melted in your mouth. She offered me a bite. I think I ate a quarter of her plate. It is definitely recommended! Here we are drinking some cocktails at South Congress Cafe!

After dinner we went to Lustre Pearl where they played a few thousand MJ songs. I love MJ songs, don't get me wrong, but it's been some time and maybe we could stagger the jute-box a little now???

They did have hula-hoops, ,like always, there. I did not partake in the hula-hooping. I have seen way too many hula-hoop disasters at this place to even thing that I should try.

Take a picture as if I had just hula-hooped, no problem!

I was very excited that my roommate, Jessica made it out! We had a great time!

We did make it downtown to bar hop shortly afterwards. It may have included drinks, winks and gun shooting. May have, I don't know. That is just what I am told from Chelsea. And the pictures. They don't lie either.

Now that's a drunk face if I've ever seen one. And we wondered why I didn't capture those guy's attention!!!