Grab-bag of Goodness

The past few days have been eventful, but in an entirely random sort of way... let me elaborate:

On Saturday, Sarah and I decided to head up to Cy-Ridge High School to check out the Waller JH Wind Ensemble UIL performance. On our way there, we decided to stop by an oddity local to our neighborhood - Giant-Heads-Of-Past-Presidents-Sitting-In-A-Lot-Behind-Target (said in one breath, very fast) You think I jest but look on, look on:

We put the suburban there for scale. Honest.

Yes, that is King George I, the Gipper... and Gerald Ford behind some pick-up trucks.

... The Beatles?

Yep, The Beatles... though I think Paul's lost his head...

Sarah asks Abe what the hell's up with these ads... and what the beaver is really like in person...

After that fun we got to the contest site with plenty of time, so we decided to run over to Petco and browse the selection. Check out the humorous residents we found... The Junior High Band did great (1s on stage and in sight-reading - Go Bulldogs!) and a good time was had by all.

Sunday, we decided to trek out to College Station, in search of good college-y food. Since Houston is a bastion of commuter campuses and small, exclusive universities that don't require a comfort-food-support-network - the 1.5 hour drive to college station is the next best thing to good old Austin (or Chicago, for that matter). While there we made the rounds to our old favorites, as well as discovered a few surprises along the way:

First stop - Antonio's Pizza (kudos to HRC for introducing me to this originally)

Happiness.

Spicy Chicken Quesedilla Pizza ... I have no words.

Next on the menu - the original Freebirds
(btw, much better than Taco Cabana, Mr. Bryant)

Sarah ordered a half-bird, spinach tortilla, chicken burrito. Yum!

And on the incredibly-unexpected-and-equally-welcome side of things:

Rudy's!!!

While equal to its kin - Salt Lick - it still outshines every other BBQ in the Universe. Yes, Universe.
Take that, Carl Sagan.

Also - a personal favorite from my college days: (especially student teaching - this place saved my life!)

Jimmy John's!!!

The best bread anywhere. Hands down.
Best. Subs. Ever.

So now that we are fat and happy from our sojourn to College Station, it's time to start running again... though Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day today didn't help.

Oh well. Eventually, metabolism wins.

Some parting images:

A nice panorama of the strip that houses Antonio's... a diamond in the rough.

A rather artistic shot from the desk to the fish tank. Stravinsky does enjoy his mood lighting.
Or the fact that I let his light bulb burn out.
I prefer the former.

Well, have a good week, loyal reader(s) - both of you. I have 3 more days of TAKS to deal with.


Yay.