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Obama, Peanuts, Mushrooms and Airplanes
This weekend is shaping up to be quite a weekend full of events.
Starting on Friday, Obama is in town. (which for me and my family means we’re staying home…we don’t like traffic in town)
The Presidential Forum on Service will be broadcast live on KAMU-TV on channel 12.1, Suddenlink cable channel 700 and channel 4, and on campus cable channel 82. It will also be streamed live on the web at http://kamu.tamu.edu “Watch Now” and at www.georgebushfoundation.org.
Also Friday and through Saturday – Madisonville Mushroom Festival
Wine tasting, dancing, arts, crafts, food, kids zone, 5k run/walk, auto showcase, auction…fun.
Saturday – Grapeland Peanut Festival
The festival is held every year on the second Saturday in October. The festivities include a parade held on Main Street in historic downtown Grapeland as well as food, arts & crafts booths, live entertainment and more at the Grapeland City Park. The festivities are topped off with the Peanut Queen’s Coronation Saturday evening.
Grapeland is NorthEast on 21 to Crockett, then North on 19 to Grapeland.
Saturday – Coulter Field Air Show
Featuring performances by an acrobatic pilot and formation flights from modern and World War II aircraft.
The event will be held Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, but parking is $5.
There will be food vendors and activities for children.
For more information, call Carl Preston at 412-1611.
Add comment October 16, 2009
Oktoberfest Beer Dinner at Christopher’s
not including tax or gratuity
Add comment September 25, 2009
Santa’s Wonderland Launches Cool New Site
I know it’s not the Christmas season yet, but I wanted to write abouta new website just launched by a local attraction that’s been here for over 12 years. It’s pretty much a landmark…especially if you drive by at night during the season.
Santa’sWonderland is that place on HWY 6 on the way to Navasota with all the lights and the Old West looking town. You’re sure to have seen it if you drive by during the Christmas Season. It’s a beautiful site. It’s the most lights I’ve ever seen in one place. They actually made “walls” of lights. Pretty cool. Well, if you haven’t been, you should check it out this year. It’s not open yet, but they will be selling advance tickets pretty soon. They are opening on November 20th.
They asked me to help them work on their website…both the Santa’s Wonderland and the Santa’s Town website. The artwork was created by a Santa’s Wonderland family memeber. It’s really a beautiful site. There’s snow falling, flickering lanterns, photos and all the information you need to learn about Santa’s Wonderland.
They’re scheduling live music, they have a mechanical bull, a petting zoo, and of course, hayrides and vehicle tours through the lights.
They told me they added a bunch more lights this year, and have added some LED lights and worked out some of the parking issues as well.
They have shops, a cafe and so much for the whole family. They even play various Christmas Movies at Santa’s Town. Check out the Santa’s Wonderland website for more information.
We’re still updating some of the pages on the site, so check back for more information. I’ll be writing another post once they schedule the live music events for the season, so stay tuned.
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
Add comment August 17, 2009
Need a Place to Stay During Aggie Football Home Game Weekends?
Football season is upon us, and I know many alumni come back for home games, so I made some calls to hotels in town and there aren’t any available during the Aggie Home Game weekends. I was surprised. I thought there would be some left, but there’s not. Well, we have a student living at our house and he had a great idea…rent the house to a large family or a couple of families for the weekend.
We thought about it and liked the idea. It will take some planning, but we’re going through with it. This will be the first season we do this, but I think it’s a good idea.
So far we have some people interested for a couple of the weekends, but none are booked just yet. I thought I’d offer it up on my blog so you all could have a look at it.
Send this on to someone who you think might be interested.
Add comment August 12, 2009
Kabobs, Sumac and Incredible Service
So, you are looking for a place to eat tonight? Consider Shiraz Shish Kabob. I took my family the other day and it was incredible on many levels.
This is a family owned and run restaurant specializing in home-style Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern European cooking. Our family is a wonderful mixture of Persian and Turkish origins and the food we prepare with love and only the freshest of ingredients is a blend of those delightful culinary influences.
First, the food was amazing. Chicken Kabobs, lamb chops, beef, on beds of rice. Oh, and the Hummus and flat bread…wow. The Hummus and artisian flatbread by by themselves are reason enough to check this place out.
My wife had the Lamb on green rice, which was a dill rice. Really tasty. In fact, surprisingly, my 4 year old loved the green rice. This is not a normal thing. All my kids enjoyed the food here.
So we’re enjoying our food, and I notice that there’s a container of some sort of purplish marroon spice. I decide to try it. It was sort of a mix between pepper and paprika and maybe a little salty and a little tart. Real interesting. I had to know what it was.
Well, to my surprise, it is Sumac. Yeah, Sumac…like the poison Sumac (except not the poisonous kind). I had never had Sumac before. Well, Andrei (the owner) told me about the spice and how it’s derived, as well as many other interesting things about the food in the restaurant.
He told me that the meats were organic, the animals were grass fed and the vegetables were all organic as well. He told me thay had many dishes that were gluten free and he was very interested in serving healthy food. This is so cool.
Andrei is an A&M Agriculture graduate, and he loves this town, and loves the people of the town. I could tell. He and his wife are so nice and hospitable.
He even gave us some tea to go with our Baklava, which he told us was also organic and “healthy”. It was so good, and I’m not necessarily a Baklava fan.
Check out their menu and daily specials. Looks like they are updating their specials on the site every day, so check it out.
We will definitely go there often. It’s a wonderful addition to the restaurants here in Bryan and College Station. I am glad this restaurant is here…you will be too.
Oh, it’s across the street from Gumby’s Pizza on Dominik Drive.
1 comment July 10, 2009
