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Home again
It’s Monday and I’m finally back in Waco. I hope you all missed me dearly and celebrated my 33rd birthday with gusto on Friday. I know I did. Though, getting old has changed the meaning of the word gusto for me. “Celebrating with gusto” used to mean successive shots and now means an evening of sophisticated dining and good friends.
Something you should know about me is that I’m obnoxious about my birthday. I have a tendency to tell everyone I run into on the day that is is MY day. But it pays off. My friends and I had our double queen room at the Hotel Indigo upgraded to a king suite and an adorable Indigo employee hooked me up with free desert, coffee, breakfast and bottle of champagne.
I was reminded this morning that Waco is getting a Hotel Indigo as part of all this development, and I’m thrilled. The decor is fresh and fun (see my pictures) and there are haikus everywhere, written about every subject from the room key to the pad of paper on the desk. The hotel also has a shuttle that takes you anywhere within a 3 mile radius.
We headed for West End, because that’s what a lot of people suggested, but it was DEAD and most of the eateries were chain. So the shuttle picked us back up and dropped us in Uptown where we wandered into Breadwinners and had the most amazing dish of green chile mac and cheese. mention of my b-day also got us free cake from the restaurant/bakery.
Despite a late night, I was up at 6 a.m. to walk around Dallas. My Waco walks have made me a bit more fearless about wandering the streets of a downtown. It’s a nice feeling. Though, when a corner-lingerer tried to invite himself on my walk with me, I began to really miss the familiarity of Waco and its regular cast of street characters. I trotted down to Dealey Plaza and then the grassy knoll and had the rare pleasure of contemplating the historic spot without throngs of tourists around me.
All in all, I had a great time last week catching up with friends and family. But by Sunday, I longed for Waco with an affection I ususally have only for the Carolinas. Vacation is wonderful, but it’s almost more pleasing to have a place you actually enjoy coming home to.
Comments
By poopsandwich
July 21, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
Sounds like a good time Wendy. Late happy b-day greetings.
I know what you mean about the home deal.
I travel alot. And I normally want to be home after about 3 days. Except last month. I was in Ventura, CA for a few days. By the last day I was trying to figure out how to stay another week. It just felt like home. Its the first time I have had that happen to me.
By dee
July 21, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
Welcome back to the blog…I missed it…dee
By Katy
July 21, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
Whoo! You’re back! Glad you had fun in Dallas. I heart Breadwinners. They have an amazing gorgonzola and pear salad that I love. Must try the mac and cheese. Thanks for the tip.
By johnjagg
July 21, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this
Does that hotel have any rooms for men? I’ve gotta tell you, just seeing the pictures of that place is lowering my testosterone.
By Fred
July 22, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
It’s a “chick-room” full of crap. Those silly room colors and combinations look like the Smurfs from Hell have been there. It’s a cartoon grabbing you and stuffing Carebears down your throat until you puke-up plastic “My Little Ponies” and deficate heart-shaped Skittles. The Demons from Saturday Mornings long past(1980s) are raised from the dead. It’s the Night of the Living Smurfs.
By El Diablo
July 22, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
When I read the Trib’s story about the missing man being found dead, I thought “Oh NO, it’s FRED!!”
But then I realized that he’d never be a missing man — nobody would MISS him.
By Christy
July 22, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
Happy Belated Birthday Wendy! Let’s do lunch-my treat! : )