santa in wimberley and truck rips front porch off and a hillbilly yard surfs it.
santa visited the square (downtown) wimberley. sure, it was 75F at night, but he put that fur suit on and worked the crowd of kids and parents.
pics are not the best, there was a mad mob around santa so we had to act fast (before I got flash set up). #2 son asked #1 to relay his request. he wanted nothing to do with santa and broke down in tears if I implied he should even speak to the big guy.
#1 son stepped in and had a nice chat with santa for the two of them. the daughter said she'd be using the internet to send her wish list in.
all the shops around the square were decorated and many were offering free treats and beverages. we stopped in at the wimberley fine arts center (art gallery) and enjoyed cookies, s'mores, mulled wine, a nice fire. they also had christmas karaoke while surrounded by their art/sculptures. we had fun there and appreciated the diversion.
then we had an amzing meal at leaning pear. we took along a nice 2008 turnbull petite sirah.
everything was locally sourced. chicken-fried bandera quail above, and braised beef ribs over parsnip puree and mushroom demi-glace. it was all delicious.
the boys were not using their best behavior. tested our patience, they did.
the daughter howerver, was polite and well behaved as usual. she really enjoyed the apricot and basil sorbet, kat and #2 son especially liked the sesame and honey gelato. yes, we ate outside, in december, and enjoyed gelato and sorbet.
we finally moved the junk appliances off the front porch of the teardown house down in wimberley. the porch roof was looking like it could fall down at any moment. figured we'd get it down ourselves, before somebody got hurt.
the 7.3 litre turbocharged powerstroke pulled the columns down at idle.
TV antenna was still holding the porch up. we had to join forces.
success!
once we pulled the roof to the ground, and it was still tied to the truck....
this hillbilly, in sandals and a ripped up neiman marcus shirt and wild hair that can't be explained....he went surfing across the yard on the roof section (a good 8 ft at least)
then we went to a yelp party:
women drinking sparkling wine and hula hooping...
bunnies....
sunset as seen from the east side.
they asked us to be "green" and bring our own cups. we figured we'd also save time waiting in the free drink line if we bought 1 litre mario 2 mugs. the girl from republic tequila was happy to oblige.
my mom hosted a homemade runza feast. they were the best! she also made much appreciated borscht.
