Only a month late in sharing our adventures from Texas! Phew, I know I keep saying I'll get better about blogging but I keep lying apparently. I feel like life has been moving in fast forward recently but not in a bad way. And can I just state for the record that I have officially had this blog for over a year now! Anywhooo...back to Texas!
We went to Texas for several reasons: 1) We wanted a vacation! 2) We wanted to catch up with good friends! and most importantly 3) Rup turned 30!!!!
We started our trip out with our first Texan meal in Austin, TX at an authentic mexican restaurant recommended to us by our hotel. Can I just state, I was in heaven the entire time we were in Texas because the Mexican is just phenomenal and I'm pretty sure I was Mexican in my past life...I can eat Mexican an infinite number of times per day, 365 days a year.
We met up with our friend Seema in Austin for lunch, it was so great to see her! Although, we missed her husband Vaibhav who was working in San Antonio where the newlyweds live.
After lunch, we set out for our first tourist stop of the trip...the Texas State Capitol! Rup is a big history buff so he was especially excited :)
The cannons reminded me of my old stomping grounds at my alma mater William & Mary!
The Texas star was EVERYWHERE.
Our next stop had to be the Whole Foods Headquarters because we absolutely LOVE Whole Foods, it was pretty amazing!
The next day we had an "active" day so that we could reward ourselves with lots of wineries & BBQ. We started our trek with Mount Bonnell, it provided a great skyline view of Austin but the photos aren't as good due to the clouds. Naturally we had to do yoga poses :)
After a quick drive up to Lake Travis to look around, we came back to Lake Austin and kayaked for a while. It was so relaxing and peaceful, not to mention a great arm workout!
After cleaning up, we headed out to 6th street for some lunch and explored.
One of our stops was the historic Driskill Hotel which was gorgeous!
Shortly after it was time to reward ourselves with our Texas winery tour, one of the highlights of our trip! We stopped at a total of 4 wineries before dinner and were very impressed by the quality of the wine we tried at each one.
We ended our day/winery tour at the famous Salt Lick Cellars which is both a winery and a famous BBQ joint. The BBQ in Texas is just as phenomenal as the Mexican.
The next day, we packed up our bags, picked up our rental, and headed to Dallas, the second stop during our Texas tour. Of course our very first stop was Arlington where the famous Cowboys stadium sits. I highly recommend a VIP guided tour for anyone who tours the stadium, even if you aren't that into football! It is an amazing facility.
After touring the Cowboys stadium we grabbed a bite to eat and headed into Dallas itself. We stopped by the JFK museum to look around before meeting up with one of my best friend's Prutha for happy hour and dinner.
It was neat and kind of eerie to be at and see the site of Kennedy's assassination. Above is the view the snipper had before shooting him and below is the spot of his death marked by the X on the pavement.
My best friend Prutha told us we had to have Chuy's while we were in Texas knowing my love for mexican food so we met her there and caught up that evening. We had not seen her in a year and a half...too long!
This year I get to see her THREE times (Texas included!) Thank god for bachelorette parties and weddings ;)
The next day while she worked, we headed to Fort Worth where she lives and went to the FW Zoo and water gardens before meeting up with her again.
We finally met her at the stockyards in Fort Worth which was so fun, even though the weather was not cooperating!
We happened to be around for the twice daily cattle drive and that was an awesome experience!
After Rup bought his first pair of cowboy boots (yay!), she showed us around downtown Fort Worth that evening and the next day we said goodbye to Dallas (not for long!) and hello to Houston, TX - our third/final stop and where her finace Raj lives. We surprised Rup with birthday tickets to the Tigers vs. Astros baseball game which he was excited about! It was such a fun night and of course the Tiger's won :)
Thanks to Raj, we had awesome front row seats!
The next day we hit up some more tourist spots and went to the Lyndon B. Johnson space center. We are such nerds because we were having so much fun there that we felt like we didn't get to stay long enough! There is always next time :)
After grabbing tasty Greek food with Prutha & Raj, the gals split off to go shop at the Houston Galleria while the guys relaxed (Raj actually had to go into work boo!)
That night was our final night in Texas and the eve of Rup's 30th birthday! We went out to Gloria's for a nice Mexican meal complete with Sangria of course.
And I got Rup cupcakes for his birthday from the world famous Sprinkles bakery! For all of you Cupcake Wars fans, Candice Nelson knows how to make a good cupcake!
We had a great last night in Texas and were sad for it to end!
Happy 30th birthday to my amazing hubby :)
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