Daily Archives: January 24, 2012
Nick and Terry–Day Two . . .
Our busy day started about 11am when we picked up Nick and Terry at their rig and headed into Houston for the day of shopping and sightseeing.
But our first stop was Katz’s Deli in the Montrose area. Jan and I have eaten here several times and wanted to share it with Nick and Terry. Katz’s is an authentic New York deli that was transported to Texas in 1979 and it’s been booming ever since.
They have Reubens literally 6 inches high, that are delicious, and at that size, really hard to wrap your mouth around.
Along with the fantastic Broccoli/Cheese Soup, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, and Crunchy Kosher Dill Pickles, it was a meal made in Heaven. Well, maybe not, since the Jewish religion is somewhat ambivalent on the whole Heaven/Hell thing, but, anyway, it was really, really good.
Waddling out of Katz’s, we headed over to the Heights area to visit Penzeys Spices, a mecca of attraction for Jan and Terry. They have pretty much any spice or seasoning you can think of, in any size or variety.
Need 9 different kinds of cinnamon from 4 different countries? They’ve got it.
Need 6 different forms of vanilla? You’ve come to the right place.
Of course Nick and I just sat in the truck and read our Kindles while Jan and Terry spent our money.
Finally leaving Penzeys a few dollars poorer, we headed over to the Galleria area so we could introduce Terry to The Container Store.
Jan and I have been coming here for years, always fascinated by the many containers and gadgets they have. Pretty much any way to store any thing you can imagine.
We left The Container Store about 3:30, hoping to get ahead of the going-home traffic. And we made it, but just barely. As we came down off Beltway 8 onto I-45, we started seeing lights, police cars, and fire trucks.
Turns out, an SUV traveling at a high rate of speed on the feeder, had jumped the curb, flipped over, knocked over a light pole, and crashed into 4 or 5 new cars at a VW dealership, ending up upside down on top of the cars.
Bummer! I hate it when that happens.
Back in our area, we stopped off at Brandi’s to pick up Nick’s mail, and then drove over to Fry’s Electronics for what turned out to be a fruitful visit. Nick found a nice 1TB External Hard drive and Terry got her a Dyson Digital Vacuum.
Then Nick and I went across the street to Academy to look at some guns, but didn’t see anything we liked.
Since it was now about 5pm and everyone was finally hungry after our big lunch at Katz’s, we drove over to King Food, which was nearby. Jan and I were glad to see that Nick and Terry liked it as much as we do, and we had our usual great meal.
Finally, after a long, but fun, day, and a quick stop at a CVS, we were back home for the night.
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Thought for the Day:
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