Xmas snow over the Chase

We had quite a bit of snow over the Xmas period...dogs loved it!

Gaga

Lady Gaga at the O2. A little disappointing if I'm honest...the show was OK but nothing special. The best part was eating at Gauco's beforehand!


HMS BElfast looked pretty funky though...

London at Christmas

Teppanyaki!!

For R's birthday, J & R came down to London to spend the weekend with us. We went out into London for some Teppanyaki at Benihana's. Was really good. Excellent food and great entertainment...

Roses and things

The theme for our wedding (more on this later) is red roses. We saw these in Selfridges and they are exactly the colour we want. Lets hope we can ensure the flower lady in NZ can match them.

The orange rose is one called Simply The Best and represents my grandfather - it was his saying. The amazing thing about this rose is its hardiness - look at the weather around it!

Pic Updates - Ambleside

Not much to say today...

Bit of a boring day today. We went out this morning to see customers which was pretty productive, however we'd finished by dinnertime. Another huge meal (Mexican today) and then back to the hotel.

Yesterday was a quiet one as well. Spent a bit of time in the gym, then had a dip in the pool, followed by a meal in Chilis - yet another burger! Actually got quite interested in the American football as well!

Only got three more getups and then it's home!


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Location:Briarpark Dr,Houston,United States

On way back from The Lone State

Finally on my way back from Texas. Been a good trip all told, good visits with customers, excellent food, decent hotels. Not bad really.

Will be glad to get home to see SJ and the dogsters though. Really missed her and them this time. Absence makes the heart grow finder I guess.

I am actually going to miss the American sports - whilst I was in the US I did manage to finally get to understand the intricacies of baseball, the rules of American football and even got to watch some of the basketball. Pretty neat as they would say...


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Location:Somewhere north of Houston

Took the plunge

So I flew from Dallas back to Houston on Wednesday evening. Flight was fine with no problems. I checked into the Towne Place suites not far from the airport which was fine - not exactly luxurious but simple and clean.

I only had the one night there before I moved out into the Marriott West Chase on Westheimer road. This hotel is alright, although the service can be a little slow. We went for a mexican on Thursday evening at a place called Pappasitos. Was incredibly busy for a school night. Not bad food but not brill either. On Friday evening I walked round to the mall just round from the hotel and found a nice little sushi restaurant. Beautiful food. It was called Toki Sushi. Saturday of course was a free day so I caught a cab to the Galleria. This is apparently the fourth largest shopping mall in the US. I had a pretty decent walk round before I managed to find the apple store. I took the plunge and bought an iPad! I was amazed just how much cheaper it was - a full two hundred pounds for the same spec. Anyway, I've not been able to use it that much as I don't have my Mac with me to sync it up but the guy in the shop was able to get it going for me so I can do the basics. I must say that it is absolutely fantastic. The limited use I've had has been pretty darn cool!

I also bought an Ed Hardy tee-shirt, a new Oakley bag and an Airport Express.

Last night I ate at the same mall but went for a restaurant called The Outback. Great steaks and really cheap too...


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Location:Briarpark Dr,Houston,United States

Baseball. A game of ??

I don't think I could get much more Texan than this. I'm sitting in the most ostentatious hotel I've ever seen - the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, watching a baseball game between Dallas and the New York Yankees. I don't understand it bit everyone hear definitely does!


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Location:Gaylord Trail,Grapevine,United States