As 2011 approaches, I've been reflecting on all that's happened in 2010. It's been an interesting and busy year for us- here's what we were up to in the first six months of the year.
January
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| Memphis skyline |
Late in the month, we traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to see the Grizzlies play the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a exciting game that resulted in the Grizzlies winning with a buzzer shot.
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| FedEx Forum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies |
We stayed at the gorgeous Peabody hotel, where a front desk clerk desperately tried to sell us on a larger room. We caught the ducks marching to the fountain in the mornings and had a lovely brunch before we left.
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| The lobby fountain at the Peabody |
Our nights were spent trekking around Beale Street in pursuit of a fried chicken restaurant, which we eventually found but didn't dine at. Instead, we ate barbecue at Rendezvous (best dry ribs ever) and Interstate BBQ (enormous portions) and had too many hurricanes at Rum Boogie.
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| Food, drinks, and blues. |
March
I returned to Tennessee to attend a Muse concert with my BFF Amy. There was a lot of debauchery, but the real highlight was when I tried to jump a security gate to get to the floor seats! Johnny remembers this trip because I drunk dialed him after the show.
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| Amy (left) and I enjoying some drinks in downtown Nashville. |
April
For lack of anything better to do, Johnny and I spent Easter weekend in Topeka, Kansas, visiting the state capitol, Brown vs. Board Historic Site, and pizza restaurants. We stayed at the very nice Capitol Plaza Hotel.
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| View of the Capitol Building from our hotel room. |
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| Half the building was under construction. |
We also rode the kiddie train at a local park, which was both awkward and fun. Plus, we found this cool rhino there, and Johnny was able to continue his tradition of posing with weird statues wherever we go.
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| That's what Johnny really looks like. |
May
May found us camping at El Dorado State Park in El Dorado, Kansas. The weather was beautiful, our campsite on the lake was serene, and the hot dogs we roasted on the campfire were great. The only problem was a really sketchy SUV that pulled into the campsite across from us, parked there for half an hour, then left. The gusts of wind that swept through the park all night didn't help either; I was pretty sure sketchy SUV was full of serial killers and the noisy wind made me think they were ripping at our tent.
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| Johnny sets up the tent. |
Memorial Day Weekend found us in Texas, visiting Johnny's parents and riding everything possible at Six Flags Over Texas. We got season passes, which sadly, didn't get used again. (Tears)
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| Get there early enough and there are no lines! |
June
Johnny met the entirety of my extended family at my cousin's wedding in New York this month. Aunts, uncles, cousins, third cousins, family friends- everyone was in attendance. There was an open bar at both the rehearsal dinner and the reception; I went a bit overboard on the gin & tonics, but luckily, Johnny kept me in line.
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| Lesson learned: Stephanie doesn't need an open bar. |
We stayed at the super-chic Hotel Indigo near the Albany airport and when we weren't doing wedding stuff, we had a grand time eating our way through the city.
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| Neat hotel lobby. |
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| Orchard Tavern- it's been in business longer than OK has been a state. |
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| Emack & Bolio's Ice Cream |
What did you guys do during the first half of the year?
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