What a weekend

Chris and I went on our mini-honeymoon to Galveston this weekend and had a great time. We left on Friday morning and headed for the coast. First, we had to attend a time share presentation. 5 hours later(?!?!) we finally got to get something to eat. We went to The Spot and had gumbo, Shrimp Kisses, fish sandwiches, and of course, cold Shiner. Shrimp Kisses are shrimp wrapped in bacon and seasonings and we highly recommend them.

Afterwards, we headed back to our hotel. We had read online that our hotel had been renovated in the past couple of years. I think the only thing they did was give the outside a new coat of paint and made their lobby look nice. There were bars on the doors and furniture that needed to be thrown out. But, we took it with a smile and slept soundly in our room.
The next day, we woke up to rain and our electricity flickering off and on. We laughed it off and reminded ourselves how we had been through much worse when we went to England a few years ago. We decided to go to lunch at Fish Tales. It was a bit pricey, but we shared fish and chips and mushroom stuffed crab. The mushroom stuffed crab was delicious. I would definitely go back for that alone.

 We went to walk on the beach and headed back to our room for a game of Scrabble. I know that sounds so "old married couple" of us, but we love word games and used to have an ongoing Scrabble game, so the thought of completing an entire game in one sitting was very exciting to us. We completed our game and headed to Mass at St. Patrick's. It was such a beautiful church and had a very welcoming congregation.

Sunday, we went back to The Spot and had calamari, shrimp po boy, fish sandwich, and more Shiner. While we were there, a Mardi Gras parade was going on that was just a parade of people walking their costumed dogs. It was really cute and we saw a basset hound that was acting just like Doris.

We went back to the room for another game of Scrabble and then to see This Means War with Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. The movie was really funny, but I didn't care for the ending.

For our last meal, we went to Brick House and just ate starters. We shared chicken strips and Meat Loaf Sliders. The Meat Loaf Sliders were meat loaf slices with ketchup, a pickle, and mashed potatoes on a bun. It sounded a little crazy, but they were really good. I have to figure out how to get the meat loaf like that to make them myself.

We headed back early this morning to get home and get things done around the house. But we had a wonderful mini-honeymoon and cannot wait for our real one this July in England.