Lily Visits Houston! Friday, June 3rd - Sunday, June 5th, 2005  (63 Slides)     [Page 1 of 1] :: Jump To - Page 1

Lily had never seen groceries at Walmart. Welcome to Texas, where we have huge sprawling Walmart Supercenters!     Lily outside of Walmart's Food Center. Apparently they don't have these in Cali. Hmm, I didn't notice when I lived there ...     Cynthia very accommodatingly shows off Lemongrass' tartare appetizer.     Ifang was such a big fan of Lemongrass' free bread, that we had to ask for seconds.     The free bread was gone rather quickly, and we had to ask for a second round. :)     Lily and I weren't too hungry since we'd had a small snack and boba earlier in the day.     Annie and Ifang engrossed in conversation. (I don't think I've ever seen them look this serious before!)     We were all stuffed, but how could a group of 5 girls resist something called "Chocolate Molten"? :)     Cynthia accommodatingly shows off the decadent Chocolate Molten.     Chocolate makes girls giddy with delight. :)     Demolition of the Chocolate Molten. Drooooooool~     Good friend and manager of Lemongrass Theo Vora poses pimp-style with us. :) L-R: Cynthia, Ifang, Annie, Theo, me, Lily.     We spotted 3 grown men in a jeep toting a mountain of toys and thought it too bizarre. Here, Lily takes their picture. My new Bluetooth headset is also pictured.     I asked, "Hey, why are you 3 guys carrying so many kids' toys?" They didn't answer, and turned away, haha.     A strange but calming (not to mention shaded) wooded haven in the middle of Houston's Galleria area, beside the Waterwall.     Watch out Lily, they're watching you!     Lily thinks about shoving me into the Waterwall. This picture also serves as an indication that I should ditch that ugly headset when I can, ugh.     We clambered up a little higher to take this goofy shot with the Waterwall.     We discovered that we are not too old for clambering ... yet. :)     Singin' in the rain :)     Some Asian sorority looked like they were about to have a massive pizza party at the Waterwall. Had we been hungry, we would have forcefully joined them.     The facade of the Waterwall is patterned after ancient Roman theater design. Thus, we decided we'd act out some sort of Romanesque play. Except it became a display of seppuku (Japanese ritual suicide) instead.     The Transco tower ... now the Wiliams Tower.     Lily finds the tower amusing.     Patriotic / Optimistic / Distracted Lily     Lily the Thinker. She was probably thinking about the pizza.     Lily the Thinker and Caroline the Distracter Wannabe     Lily the Thinker and Caroline the Distracter and Ruiner of Photo     Walking around inside the Galleria, we found Lily's store! Oi!     I remembered that there was an Apple store located inside the Galleria. Here, we look up directions to get to Rice University, our next destination, on this ridiculously huge 30" flat screen. Dang.     Inside the Burberry store was a fake sheep. What the ...     We failed to check the traffic conditions at the Apple store, so the impromtu closing down of the freeway combined with my poor sense of direction led us to go visit Esther at her clinic (Richmond Chiropractic and Acupuncture). She was busy, so we left her a lil' note on her Hello Kitty corkboard.     Somewhat hungry, we looked around for a bite to eat. Lily suddenly called out, "Hey, look, a flying pig!!" And so, we flew right in. :)     Look! A Flying Pig!     Lily sitting on the non-flying pig outside the restaurant.     Me sitting on the non-flying pig outside the restaurant.     "CAUTION: Area patrolled by Attack Pig Security Co."     We sat down to a paper-covered table, whereupon Lily immediately demanded crayons of our server (shown serving patrons behind us).     We promptly got started on hangman.     This pretty much sums up how I felt this week.     Lily felt bad because our waiter was a guy and wasn't a pig, so she crossed our game out. We then left a little surprise for our server, which he seemed to appreciate. (He BETTER have!)     "Pig Out" was written above the exit.     Lily and I with another non-flying pig, this time inside the restaurant.     We wanted to have some chips 'n salsa so we stopped by HEB on the way home. Lily, ignoring the big "Texas-Shaped Chips" label on the bag, exclaimed, "Wow, look! They're doggy-shaped! See, here's the nose ..."     Failed Fruit Rollup Tattoo attempt.     Hard at work trying to put a Fruit Rollup Tattoo on my tongue!     Me placing the Fruit Rollup thing on my tongue.     Me placing the Fruit Rollup thing on my tongue.     Waiting the 5 seconds the instructions said to wait.     I guess it worked better than Lily's, but you still can't tell what it says. :(     Waiting for Eric to come to lunch, we wandered around inside Diho Supermarket and found a nasty-looking drink with little tadpole-egg-floaty things inside.     Eric at Givral Hoang Vietnamese sandwich shop, rejected by the cashier when he offered to pay cuz we beat him to it. :)     Me, Lily, and Eric at Givral Hoang Vietnamese sandwich shop.     After lunch, Lily flew back to the west coast. It was so good to see you, Lily!     As promised, goofy pictures of me and the new Logitech Bluetooth headset. In Eric's words, "It's as big as your head!" Looking at these pictures, he's about right.     Look Ma, no wires!     Acting like I have tons of friends to call on my cell phone.     W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S!     Uh-huh. I can even stretch and yawn while talking to an excessively boring person!     Here I try to illustrate that when installed properly on my head, the headset won't even fall off. This photo is no good because you can't even see the headset. Try again ...     Here, I fell over trying to do my headstand ... ouch. The headset stayed on, though!     Failed demo #2 - again, you can't see the headset. Argh. No more goofy pictures!

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