I’m not in California anymore.

At least, I wasn’t on my recent trip. You know you’re in Texas when everyone wants you to know they’re Texan.

Texas tattoo spotted in the Houston airport.

I texted this to my Texan friend and wrote, “I’m in your state! Can you feel it?”

He said no and texted back a pic of himself at the beach… in California!!!

I relayed this to Hubby back home, so he promptly texted this friend: “You’re in my state! I can feel it!”

We double teamed to get a good laugh out of our friend. 🙂

I got to ride one of these little planes on my hop to Louisiana. Two seats on one side, one on the other. Those are fun. Also…

True story. BTW, are you on Twitter? Are we following each other? If not, let’s make that happen.

Other highlights from this trip:

Chinese Cajun buffet. The winner was the cream cheese stuffed mushroom at a little after 9:00 on this plate.

Not sure what this is a tentacle from, but I’m never one to pass up trying something new.

Mussel, crab, crawfish

In case you were unaware, this is what the inside of a mussel looks like. It tasted how it looks. 😦

Post-first night conference pic sent back to Hubby. If you look closely in the background mirror, you’ll see I have my pajama pants on already. 🙂

After the second night, I went to a place that had a wall of margaritas. Pictured is only about a third of them. Thankfully, someone said “amaretto sting” was good, so I got that. It would’ve taken me far too long to choose otherwise. The drink wasn’t delicious, but it got better toward the bottom. 😉 Then…

Karaoke was never on my bucket list, but I figured, since I was far from home, why not? We sang “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones. I didn’t want a mic, but it was shoved in my face on occasion. Otherwise, I danced. 🙂

It was difficult to land on a song we could do together. One wanted a country song. (Gag!) The other kept recommending show tunes. (Uuum…) Finally I suggested classic rock, Rolling Stones being the first to come to mind. My favorite is “Paint it Black,” but that was vetoed as being “really hard to sing,” so we landed on “Satisfaction.” It was a great way to end the weekend.

Backing up a bit, before the trip, I was tearing apart my closet for appropriate outfits. I sent pics to Neighbor to get her opinion on a few dresses. Then I put on these…

Have I mentioned before how much I love my neighbor? (I have.)

I hope y’all have had some fun travels, interesting food, and satisfying karaoke adventures. If so, do tell!