Sunday, December 29, 2013

jingle...jingle...in The Woodlands

Moved to The Woodlands
Yeehah...Y'all...



Unpacked the Christmas mugs
mostly from Stavanger, Norway...

 gifts...
neighbors Christmas lights
our lights are late but up...
Norwegian 'Nissa'
Christmas Gnome?
if only I could find his candles here...
 Scariest Christmas advert, ever...


Christmas Lights
at the Waterfront
The Woodlands...
'not' a Christmas pudding
it's a mini bundt cake
there's a whole entire bakery shop of 'em...

feel better I found 'lady apples'
at Hubbell & Hudson...


Tom Ball's got a German Fest
a German Christmas Market
I found a few things
sending them along to the G-Babies...

 Christmas Cards...

Holiday Home Tour
at the Rienzi one evening
(guess what room this is in...)
Santa Bread
from Whole Foods Market
Montrose...
Yess!! an espresso...
from Great Harvest Bread
Merry Christmas--indeed?!
Christmas Day Breakfast
did 'not' cook it
did 'not' eat it
but someone in the house did
that's beef bacon too, was diff experience...

 another gift
the best--from Paris!!
j'adore Madame Eiffel!!
Christmas Day Lunch
the girlie plate

Christmas tree lights
in the park at the Market
The Woodlands
(I like the blurry one the best--haha...hoho...)
another gift
Wow--what neighbors we have
it's from Georgia--not the state,
the country in Russia
(I'm told it was dark, sweet, thick...
nobody said we were sommeliers?!)

finally the theatre
in downtown Houston, TX
The Alley Theatre
my first play here--Santaland Diaries
by David Sedaris
(someone in the fam has read a lot of him)

borrowed from The Alley Theatre page
we were lucky & got 'the' elf - Crumpet
not his understudy
I giggled a lot, held my hand over my mouth a lot
it was a lot of moola, we supported the arts
it was our Christmas gift
(musta been that green velvet elf outfit put them over the top...
or the giant candy cane...)

Happy Christmas 2013
Happy New Year 2014
Happy new home in The Woodlands...

jingle...jingle...

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link to Tomball German Fest/Christmas Market...
http://www.tomballgermanfest.org/christmas-market/

link to Hill Country Magazine - Hill Country Current - Willkommen Y'all It's a Texas German Celebration on The Old Downtown Streets of Tomball...
http://www.hillcountrycurrent.com/articles/108829/willkommen-yall-its-a-texas-german-celebration-on-/

link to Wiki - Nesting/Stacking Dolls - Russian Dolls - Matryoshka Dolls...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll
(note: I like the principle being compared to a Fractal...look that up--it's mathematical...)


link to The Alley Theatre - Houston, TX...
http://www.alleytheatre.org/alley/default.asp

link to The Santaland Diaries - The Alley Theatre...
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/The_Santaland_Diaries1.asp

link to The Santaland Diaries - Video Trailer - The Alley Theatre...
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/Video_Trailer_of_The_Santaland_Diaries.asp

link to Wiki - Santaland Diaries - David Sedaris...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaLand_Diaries

link to YouTube - Santaland Diaries - David Sedaris - Pt 1 (9:50 mins)...
http://youtu.be/161Fyi6fid0

link to Santaland Diaries - David Sedaris - Book - Good Reads...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178357.SantaLand_Diaries


link to The Rienzi - The Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, TX...
http://www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi/


link to Whole Foods Market - Montrose, TX...
http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/montrose

link to Great Harvest Bread Co - The Woodlands, TX...
http://thewoodlandstx.greatharvestbread.com/

link to Hubbell and Hudson - The Woodlands, TX...
http://www.hubbellandhudson.com/

link to Nothing Bundt Cakes - The Woodlands, TX...
http://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/locations/tx/the-woodlands

link to The Woodlands - Market - Waterfront - The Woodlands, TX...
http://www.thewoodlands.com/


link to Lady Apples - Melissa's Produce...
http://www.melissas.com/Products/Products/lady-apples.aspx
(note: aka Pomme d'Api, Christmas Apple, Wax Apple, Lay's Finger)

link to Georgian wine - Akhasheni wine - semi sweet red wine...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_wine

link to Wiki - Tomte - Nisse, Norway - Gnome...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte

link to Santa - Norwegian Christmas - Nisse - Gnome, Christmas Gnome...
http://www.santas.net/norwegianchristmas.htm