Goin' Through the Big D and I Do Mean Dallas

Welcome to Finland Dallas 2012

We sat with the Lonestar Parrothead Club at Gexa Energy Pavilion for the Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performance last night. Good seats, perfect weather and as usual a fine performance. Gexa is not nearly as good as the Cynthia Woods Mitchel Pavilion in The Woodlands, but still not a bad venue. We took the hotel shuttle there and a taxi back to avoid the four mile drive through the hood. The staff at the Magnolia Hotel in Dallas were excellent.

Bluebonnets

Past the peak for wild flowers along Highway 290, but still some nice fields of blue just outside of Chappell Hill. The meatloaf and chicken & dumplings were good at Bevers Kitchen, but the apple pie was excellent! Hope the rains continue to fall and we can get out sooner next year to see waves of blue across the fields between Hempstead and Round Top.

The Trishas at Dosey Doe

L to R:Savannah Welch, Liz Foster, Al, Kelley Mickwee, Jamie Wilson

These ladies are my favorite female singers and if you ever have a chance to see them play you must go! Beautiful, funny and talented, if you see them play once, you will be back for more. Their first full length album is due out soon, you have to give it a listen.

Dusty Dubai

If you mix equal parts New York, Las Vegas, and The Jetsons with a few palm trees thrown in, that would be as close as you could get to visualizing the place without actually being here. If your building is not at least 25 stories, it is a midget.

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

Having a pint and fish n chips at my favorite Irish bar on St Patrick's Day with my lovely bride, daughter and her boyfriend.

Charleston is a great place to visit

Charleston, South Carolina has sea breezes and incredible amounts of historic sites. Many fine restaurants too. You have to love a city that was at the forefront of the fight for American and Southern independence.