Houston Zoo

Rain prevented our visit to the Houston Zoo during year of the zoo. Yesterday's weather was perfect for a zoo visit.

Ross's favorite was Duncan, the baby elephant. He just kind of bumbled around, exuding cuteness that triggered everyone's oxytocins to flow.

You know me, I love the big cats. People kept commenting that this clouded snow leopard looked dead because of the way he was asleep on the log.

We paid to feed the Neema, the giraffe. Boy, giraffes have long tongues.

This is a Swift Fox. Totally adorable. I don't think I've ever seen one before.

Overall the Houston Zoo was great. It had the best bat exhibit I've ever seen. They had a blue light instead of a red light, so it was easier to see the bats. It was also feeding time, so we saw the bats get food (fruit) and eat it while hanging upside down. They had a children's area, with a petting zoo. The children's area also has Liberty, a bald eagle. She is in an open enclosure (no glass or fence between us and her) because she can't fly. Why can't she fly? 'Cause some jerk shot her.

I'm glad we got to go to the zoo without extreme heat or rain. We had a good time.

D-D-D-Dita!!!!!!!

So on Friday night we drove like bats outa hell to Houston to Dita Von Teese perform in her show Strip Strip Hooray! She expertly seduced and removed clothing in four different numbers.  In between other burlesque performers teased us and Mel Zetz (as Ross called him) kept the show rolling.

Dita's cowgirl number was my favorite. Everything was pink and sparkly. Her boots were covered in pink rhinestones. Everything was. Her boots even had tiny pink sparkly spurs. She even had pink star-shaped pasties. Dita rode that bull like an expert.

Ross liked Lada Nikolska, who did her routine to a French song. She had mesmerizing eyes.

Pearl Noir was fantastic. Her performance wasn't so much a strip tease as it was a high-energy dance, and it rocked. The male performer was okay. I'd much rather see Dita and Pearl any day.

At one point Mel (who looked like Delphina, the psychic on One Life to Live) held a three person dance contest. One of the contestants was a tiny little lesbian with suspenders. The crowd went wild when they found out she was in the Navy and wouldn't stop cheering and clapping. She won the dance contest--and her prize was one of Dita's stockings. Ross said that was useless. What do you do with one stocking? No imagination....

As Ross noticed, and Mel Zetz commented on--the crowd was very diverse, and everyone got along. I guess that's the power of Boobies!

Photos were not allowed, so I did not take any. These photos are from the Strip Strip Hooray! website.

Dishi's Bridal Shower

Well, I'm glad I drove down to Houston yesterday for Dishi's surprise shower. I'm glad she was actually surprised too! I had a good time and it was nice to see everybody. I actually got to spend some time talking to Maneesh and Dishi. My long drive was rewarded with cake (yeah!). I left around 8 and drove back up to DFW. Poor Ross was already asleep when I got home. I think Bailey was confused. Here's some photos of Me with Maneesh and Dishi and Bella. I can't believe how tall she is...and almost 4!