In a week...

In seven days, my two sidekicks come back to Houston...and boy, what a weekend is on store.  As usual, there is just so much going on here.

Of course we will have to start off the weekend with a trip to Galveston.  Since there are no oceans or gulfs in Indiana, they love to hit the beach.  Next is where the mayhem will ensue.

The weekend of October 12th and 13th has the following wonderful events.  The Bayou City Arts Festival, The Texas Contemporary Arts Fair, The Texas Renaissance Festival (opening weekend) The Houston Food Truck Fest (Haute Wheels Houston), the Houston Italian Festival, and a couple of other things...

On top of that is the usual fantastic fare at Miller Outdoor Auditorium and the Houston Zoo.

On Monday I was hoping to take the kids on a tour of the Johnson Space Center (NASA), but with the government shutdown we may not be able to do that.  Oh well, it would not be hard to talk them into going back to the beach...

Giant circle of art...and food

What a great weekend!

On Saturday, I attended the Bayou City Art Festival in Memorial Park.  It took me over four hours to peruse the booths.  The artists were from all over the country and there was something there for everyone.  Paintings, sculpture, photography, photography paintings... you get the idea.  A plethora of mediums and styles to suit everyone.

I knew that this would be wonderful right from the start when the first exhibit at the entrance was a display of brightly colored, outdoor, wind-powered, mobiles.  I am probably mistaken in their description, but man were they just a joy to look at as they moved in the breeze.  It just got better from there... the overwhelming number of artists were very friendly and loved to talk about how they created their work.  I did take my camera, but I just have a thing about taking pictures of an artists pieces.

After wandering around for over four hours, I was famished so I headed over to one of my favorite burger joints - 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.  Cheeseburger with grilled onions and grilled mushrooms... oh yeah!

Headed back to 14 Pews on Sunday to see a showing of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film "It's Such a Beautiful Day".  I love going to this place because the company is wonderful.  The film was not my cup of tea, but there were a couple of patrons there that LOVED the film and the after show discussion was very entertaining.  Then it hit me...

DAMN!!!  I missed the Houston Food Truck Festival (Haute Wheels Houston)!  Next year...