Man On Air

The man has everything but his hands now, and the birds are all stitched.  Now on to the little dog, too.

Checking Out A Reputation

My mother had heard a lot about Navajo Grill in Fredericksburg and wanted to check it out.  We went, therefore, getting reservations.  The food was pretentious but the service wasn't.  The service was still excellent.  Andreas had an appetizer that involved olives and pita.  I had a hard time finding more than one or two items on the menu that I would actually eat.  I know I'm a picky eater, but it's only at food-pretentious restaurants that I have this problem.

Andreas had these rolled up things.  I'm not sure what they were, but he liked them.  We had toasted bread.  

Mom had scallops.  She loved them, which made it worth going.  I had steak in a balsamic reduction, which was good but not totally excellent.

In summary, the service was good, the food was a bit overpriced and froufrou, and the menu selection was limited.

Murano Glass

I got this earrings and necklace set in Vienna while we were there.  While I love the glass and will wear the necklace often, the earrings are a total waste.  They are so thick and heavy that they always look like they're falling out of my ears.  

Brown Buildings

There's a -lot- of brown in this piece and I'm in the middle of a brown streak.  I can't complain too much, though, as I'm making progress on the -last side- of this mandala.  I've been stitching on this for as long as I've had this blog.

Museum Drinks

After wandering around most of the Natural History museum in Venice, we decided to take a short break in the restaurant.  It was a lovely place to relax.  I had a cappucino and Andreas had a strawberry lemonade fizz thing.  The cappucino was as good as you'd expect in Vienna, which is amazing, and it refreshed us to get us on our way.

Moody Gardens Aquarium

 On Christmas Eve, we went to Moody Gardens, an entertainment and hotel complex in Galveston.  They have pyramids with different themes.  All these photos were from the aquarium pyramid.  The place is as large as the Boston aquarium, but not as big as the one in Chattanooga.  There are several places to sit and watch the fish, and on the day we went it wasn't overrun with children.  I'm sure that changes in the summer.

Getting To The Inside

I'm working in toward the middle of the inner garden.  Since I've started working on this as a "try to daily" project, it's been coming along so much more quickly.  Isn't it odd how that works?