November adventures

A week into November already?!?!   This year is flying by!

We are still exploring and discovering places to go in our new area, and could not be happier.

Here are two of my favorite recent adventures:

• We finally took Smokey on one of our explorations --- to Boneyard, its a bar with a HUGE dog park behind it -- pretty great idea to put these two things together, and it was very popular when we went last weekend, we were able to park in the (closed for the day) Credit Union parking lot next door.   K actually had to let S and I out since S was getting so antsy when he was all the dogs that it made it easier for him to park.
• One event that we may never live down, S got into a fight with a 3-legged dog, not sure who the instigator was but K could see it was about to happen and grabbed S but no one was grabbing the other dog, so our silly dog got nipped and had what seemed like a bloody nose.   He's fine and we'll definitely go back, just a reminder of why to keep near your dog when you go.

• K has been wanting to check out some of the local food trucks, he's never eaten from one and I haven't in quite a while - there are so many now!    Getting to eat from one is complicated since I refuse to pay to go to a 'food truck festival' -- the entrance fees are more than we'll spend on food(!), so we found a spot that would work for both of us -- our local HEB actually had a 'food truck meetup' advertised and we made that our dinner plans for Friday night.  It was a great set-up, they had 6 or 7 trucks, HEB was selling beer and they had a live musician doing covers set up right outside the store, and the have a large area with tables where we could sit to eat.   It was a tough choice for which truck to order from -- there was Brazilian, burgers, wraps, Gulf Coast specialties and more.  We each chose to order from the Reel Deal seafood truck (definitely a first for me) and were not disappointed.      Houston also has one coffee truck, Espresso Rescue, and we each ordered from that one, hot chocolate rather than coffee...very good on one of the first chilly nights of the season.  I love that it looks like an ambulance, when you need caffeine it truly is an emergency!  and its run by a man who is a retired flight attendant, he wants to serve good coffee out of a truck after serving bad coffee on a plane for many years (from the article outside the truck)