Last day of the fiscal month at work, and I am still here at 6:45pm. Think its time to head home.
Maybe some day I will write something more insightful on here again.
RoundUp 2009 Spades Tournament
Every year, Emily’s family has a reunion that they call The Round Up. I created a website for it a few years back, with it’s own blog software, but I haven’ really kept up with it very well. This weekend, I finally got it updated and going again, visit www.fortnerroundup.com
So each year, they have a Spades Tournament, double elimination. I have played every time I attend, and usually I do pretty well, but this year I lost 2 games in a row and I am out completely now. It is fine with me, actually, several times I have won and played through the winners bracket until 3 or 4 o’clock the next morning, only to lose in one of the last games. The whole tournament usually goes to 4am or 5am. I am glad I lost out now instead of doing that again this year.
Tomorrow its back to Grapevine, should be there around lunch time, then perhaps WoW for the afternoon or I might grab a beer at Boomers with Travis, if he actually has time to do it this weekend.
Dinner with Friends for Restaurant Week
Last night we had dinner reservations at Victory Tavern at Victory Plaza in Dallas. For restaurant week, they had a special menu with a 4-course meal, the options you could choose for each course, with a set price of $35/person. Emily and I went with one of my friends from work, Mike, and his girlfriend Brooke.
Afterwards we stopped at Havana Social Club, a cigar bar right next to the Tavern. There was a write-up in the Dallas Morning News about the cigar bar a couple of months ago, saying they were one of the last places in Dallas where you could still smoke indoors. The atmosphere here was quite nice, it is wedged in between the American Airlines Center, Victory Tavern and a WFAA News Room, where we saw a live broadcast of the 10:00pm News being shot. There is a large concrete area in between all these, with large-screen TVs showing ads and commercials for the area and restaurants around Victory Plaza.
Mike and I each had a Arturo Fuente Cuban Belicoso, which were $11 each. The price was a little high, but you pay for the atmosphere, so it was worth it to me. I’m looking forward to going back there soon.
