austin snow day!
we had a winter weather event in austin texas. I'll have to say this rare event seems to be happening about once a year.
school was cancelled. the roads had a coating of ice and blanket of snow. a vehicle had turned over just outside the house so there was no question of the danger on the roads.
the sun came out just before noon and the white stuff started to disappear rather quickly. we went out for lunch.
we tried to go eat dim-sum for chinese new year, GONG HAI FAT CHOI! but we found get-sum-dim-sum to be opening late, snow delay. said they would open at 1 pm. so we drove down lamar and stopped at 24. I've been wanting to eat there for about a year. a few other people took advantage of their open status to get their eats there as well. waited over 30 mins for a table.
the place was packed and #2 son took this opportunity to kick/poke/push me as well as the girls seated behind us. any attempt to control his behavior resulted in a high pitched scream that disrupted the whole restaurant, I was held hostage by that scream. still, the coffee and food at 24, REALLY GOOD!
these two were easy as we let them revert to their digital worlds.
kat was very happy with the vegetarian hash, it was delicious!
the mussels were also fantastic.
we met with friends that evening. #1 son had requested pluckers for his birthday. we got there at 7pm and they said we had a 20-25 min wait. we enjoyed large beers while we waited.
and wait we did...
the kids camped on the floor in the bar area. they didn't seem to mind that we waited for over TWO HOURS!
the manager dispatched free appetizers for our long wait and #2 son celebrated by stacking the condiments into a tall tall tower.
then he'd knock it down and build again.
#1 son was absolutely horrified when they sang happy birthday. the brownie with ice cream helped smooth things over.
daughter had a solo performance for evaluation at westridge middle school.