Glad you are onboard and getting acclimated. It's a LONG trip. Still ... a little play time in Capetown with friends is irresistible, no?

Clay thinks a new laptop is a suitable replacement for a favorite pillow? Hah! Just wait until he lives through endless tossing and turning because THEY JUST DON'T MAKE THE SAME KINDS OF PILLOWS. You go girl .. within a week he'll be begging the airline to bring back Ol' Faithful. Or .. start tapping and typing on the laptop in the bedroom while he's sleeping. Drives Gary nuts.

Stumbled upon Houston's Tiffany holiday celebration for their high end customers at RDG Grill Room last night. Instead of a featured margarita bar, they had a jewelry buffet. The Secret Service wannabes were trailing all the ladies giving the high end bling a test ride. Gary conducted his "are they real .. or are they implants" survey whilst he professed his interest was for the bling.

RDG's family was sitting next to us. RDG himself was out of the kitchen frequently, visiting with the daughter home from college. Lovely to see how psyched he was with his daughter's visit home from college. Loved the food. Gary kept commenting how much livelier Houston is since he left in the early 1980s. Thankfully, had a private dinner (not by arrangement) at the St. Regis earlier with Mom. She could not tolerate the noise level at RDG.

Let's talk about airport traffic. What is up with that? 45 south was a nightmare at 2 pm. Had to wander over to the Hardy toll road, only to hit another crush on 610 heading west. Took some very careful backroad choices to get Mom to her spa appointments on time.

Cheers, Anne