What an awesome weekend. We had a small party Friday night, I got a new tattoo on Saturday, and got to take someone out to the Lone Star for steak on Saturday, too.
A couple months ago a friend from about 17 years ago got in touch through namesdatabase.com and classmates.com. I got the message the morning it was sent and responded in about 10-15 minutes. Soon we were e-mailing and catching up on the lost years. She was a friend that I worked with and there were a few occasions that it could have become more, but it didn't and we lost touch. It was interesting timing for her to contact me. Long story short, she came up for a visit and it was just great. We listened to music, watched some TV and a couple movies, went for a walk at 2AM one night, and just generally hung out and had a great time. She returned home yesterday and we are already trying to plan another visit.
The party only consisted of about 20 people total. We are trying to find ways to get it back to what it was before we moved. We are going to try to hype one for July.
The new tattoo is something that my oldest designed. I will have a picture online before long. I had originally thought about getting a cross with a cloth draped over it with each of my daughters' names on it. The only hard part would be the balance as Brittany is a longer name than Paige. When I presented this dilemma to the girls, Brittany sat down and designed a heart with a banner across the thick part with her name and a banner across the smaller part with Paige's name. It was sheer brilliance. I got it done Saturday on my right shoulder. Great artwork, shading, and an additional design of making the T's in Brittany crosses by Ink Tattoo in Chariton, IA. I will have some web information for them up soon, too. Two guys named Robert run the place and I'm impressed.
I've been to several steak places in Des Moines and still keep going back to Lone Star. I've been to Jesse's Embers, Cummin's Steakhouse, and Colton's. Jesse's Embers has a bit more formal atmosphere, the cut I had was the New York Strip, and the cost for the same meal at the Lone Star, including drink, dessert, salad and baked potato was about $10 more. Cummin's has a wonderful atmosphere with tall booths, lower lighting, and a salad bar. The food was delicious. It's also a bit pricey, though, for the same meal as Lone Star. Colton's reminded me of the Lone Star when they had the bucket of peanuts. The menu wasn't as filled out as the Lone Star, but the food is similar. The atmosphere was noisy and I didn't see any booths in the room I was seated in. The cost was about the same as Lone Star, but the steak just wasn't as good. Colton's is no longer in Des Moines, I believe. The Lone Star just has them all beat so far, but there are more steak places to try.
There is a huge concert coming up Saturday in Waterstock. I have the link to the Unofficial Waterstock site to the left. There is a message board there and they answer some questions you may have about the event. Lazer 103.3 has a site that also includes some similar information. Poison, Cinderella, Dokken, and Quiet Riot are the 4 headlining acts with Endeverafter and Lorenzo a couple of regional acts that are on major labels. Night Train, a Guns N Roses tribute band, will be there as well as local band Cold Filtered. I will be there for the entire event and I have a VIP ticket that allows backstage access all day long. It's going to be huge. I have several friends going and I recommend everyone attend for a great time.
I'm hoping, but doubting, that I will get to see the Cinderella show at Clear Lake with Endeverafter. I haven't found anyone else from the area going, so I'm posting this on here in case anyone wants to carpool. Should be an awesome show like Cinderella is famous for.
I'm still reliving last weekend in my mind and looking forward to next weekend for more memories in a different vein.
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