Cat in heat and the Arboretum

So Peaches, our kittie, who just got surgery to get her external fixator off last week (after being hit by a car and breaking her femur) has now gone into heat for the first and last time. My daughter summed it up correctly. It's like there's a magnet on the ceiling and one on her butt. She is driving us crazy.

So last weekend, I went to the Dallas Arboretum for the first time. Even though my runflat tire has a screw in it, I decided it was a nice day for a convertible ride. Runflats really do run flat. I drove on it for 6 days....well really more than that because I didn't know it had a screw in it, but 6 days between the time they told me it was punctured until UPS delivered the new tire this week. What a great day for December. Walked around saw the Chihuly glass exhibit. It was a little overcast and chilly out in the morning, but then again it is December. It was warm and sunny by noon.

Afterwards stopped by Uptown Dallas and had a late lunch at S&D Oyster Bar. Yum. Love that place. I hate cole slaw, but I like theirs. Also, had some oysters on the half shell. http://www.sdoyster.com/dnn/

Then saw the Ginger Man bar. http://dallas.gingermanpub.com/
I hadn't been there since get this....I remember 1995, or 17 years ago. Stopped to have a beer on the patio as the sun was out and it was a beautiful day. I'm not a big beer drinker, but I had a Young's Double Chocolate Stout that was awesome. 

Saturday evening, decided to take a walk through my neighborhood. There are three what I like to call "Christmas Vacation" homes, but they are even better because they have hundreds of tiny cottages all lit up. Hard to see in the picture, but they are in front of the fence and then inside the yard too. All of these homes are next to each other and extended family live in all of them. I wish the pictures could do it justice.

So we continued the walk to Frisco Square, but my pictures are not that good because the lights are timed with the music and hard to get it when all lit up. From there, we walked to Frisco City Grill for dinner. I love that I can walk from my house to go out to eat.