{"id":477,"date":"2010-06-09T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2010-06-09T09:18:54","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T16:18:54","slug":"hello-h-town-and-happy-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2010\/06\/09\/hello-h-town-and-happy-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, H-Town and Happy Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/houston_skyline.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-484\" title=\"houston_skyline\" src=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/houston_skyline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>(photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/clouddragon.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/09\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clouddragon<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Total Miles Traveled: <\/strong> 19,818<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>So, we&#8217;re back in Houston to see the World Cup&#8230; doh! \u00a0We should have stayed in Argentina for that! \u00a0Although it was bad planning, alas, changing our flights would have been cost prohibitive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/map_bahouston.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495\" title=\"map_bahouston\" src=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/map_bahouston.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But Houston ain&#8217;t bad &#8211; it&#8217;s home sweet home for Tony. \u00a0And crawfish are in season &#8211; Lisa&#8217;s had a craving, so we hit up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragin-cajun.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ragin Cajun<\/a> for some boiled crawfish, jambalaya and fries:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4755302297\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4136\/4755302297_77a2ed926c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4755302737\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4118\/4755302737_84d854e8be_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just have to point this out, but I wish I could find &#8220;Slap Ya Mama&#8221; spice mix pictured below &#8211; it was goooood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4755301565\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/4755301565_3409424b26_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ragin Cajun in Houston, TX\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After raving about Ragin Cajun to Tony&#8217;s Dad, he set up another crawfish feast at his friend&#8217;s place called &#8220;Catch of the Day&#8221;, a drive-thru bank repurposed in to crawfish\/seafood joint with a bar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"A drive-thru bank converted to a restaurant called &amp;quot;Catch of the Day&amp;quot; by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4755612350\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4078\/4755612350_5ebc4ff3d2_z.jpg\" alt=\"A drive-thru bank converted to a restaurant called &amp;quot;Catch of the Day&amp;quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Their specialty is a spicy garlic sauce and wooo-eeeee! \u00a0It will light you up, especially the corn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Spicy garlic cajun crawfish ... HOT! by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4754974259\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4139\/4754974259_6eafaf63b5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spicy garlic cajun crawfish ... HOT!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another highlight on our Houston visit is Tony&#8217;s dog Max, an 11 year-old dachshund who is quite the character. \u00a0Here, Lisa scratches his itch and he can barely stand up!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/10150219067110370\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/10150219067110370\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And Max is also proud of his ability to hold a tune. \u00a0Note how he sings from side to side for all to hear. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/10150220821250370\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/10150220821250370\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Houston is where we celebrated our one year wedding anniversary!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"1 Year Wedding Anniversary at Mark's, Houston, TX by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4757042580\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4117\/4757042580_51989bb807_z.jpg\" alt=\"1 Year Wedding Anniversary at Mark's, Houston, TX\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been a year since we&#8217;ve been married! We celebrated at Mark&#8217;s, a restaurant housed in an old church and also one of Houston&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, we visit Luling City Market for some of the best BBQ in Texas, visit San Antonio and Austin, and then Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country. \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo credit: clouddragon) Total Miles Traveled: 19,818 So, we&#8217;re back in Houston to see the World Cup&#8230; doh! \u00a0We should have stayed in Argentina for that! \u00a0Although it was bad planning, alas, changing our flights would have been cost prohibitive. But Houston ain&#8217;t bad &#8211; it&#8217;s home sweet home for Tony. \u00a0And crawfish are in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}