Never Leapfrog a Unicorn

[ickaimp]

So, flying. Flying went well. Entertained stewardesses with cat plushie.

... Texas? Not so well.

Got to Dallas Love, and N forgot a bag back at the shuttle pick up. The attendant had thankfully saved it and laughed as we as we thanked him. Picked up stuff from Plano, which doesn't sound like it should. Plaaaaaaaaaa-nto. Where does that 't' come from?

Tried to find the hotel. The Tom-Tom got us majorly lost. In retrospect, the Tom-Tom knew more than we did.

Okay, to date there had been 2 hotels that have actually ranked the 'Weird-Shyte-O-Metre'.
1: Shadow Pines in Yellowstone, that had the scary tongue moose head, no exterior lighting, smelled like mildew and had the glowing skulls across the street.
2: The nice hotel in San Jose with the extremely drunk guy who would not shut up or leave, shouting about raping women outside the door of two women.

This one I'm still trying to figure out where it goes in the Top 3. I'm not sure if it was the overall vibe, the mix-mashed signs, the shouting fights in three different areas, the hotel desk calming informing one of the 5 security guards that 'if they continue, just call 911', or the trains on the other side of the street blaring their horns long and loud every 10-15 minutes.

... Or maybe it was the heart-shaped swimming pool. >_O On the positive side, it -was- clean.

Anyway. Moved to a different hotel close by, right across the street from Six Flags Over Texas (Yay!) and had dinner at a interesting 50s diner called Steak and Shake.

The subject line was on a shirt a girl at the diner was wearing. It cracked us up, so had to share.

And with that, have work in the morning. Am charging camera up for photos, work site promises to be really pretty. Whoo-hoo!

Comments

[magicbulletgirl.livejournal.com]

HAHA! Well of course! The landing is not going to be on the ground XD *and it will no doubt hurt*

Glad you found a safe hotel and dear god those are weird hotels >_O *just be glad Conan didn't show up - that would be a great addition to the "OMG I'm gonna die" series <-my pet name for it XD)

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

My BFF adores Steak and Shake. It's pretty much her favorite restaurant, but we don't have one around here, sadface.

Your travel adventures make me smile so much! I love reading them ^o^

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

Oh, how I miss steak and shake...saw one in SC and we didn't go...gah.

[kasuchi]

Wow. Wait, so you had to drive up into Plano and then back down to Arlington? That's a really long drive for both - 45 minutes to P-town, and then almost two hours to Arlington. But. Six Flags is pretty awesome - it's flagship. Trivia: the franchise is called Six Flags because there have been six different nations' flags that have flown over the State of Texas. Spanish, French, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate, and the United States. :D

I'm glad dinner at Steak n Shake was good for you - I've never really liked their food. D: But hey, it's all about the management. For 50s style dining, I've preferred Purple Cow.

Hope today goes well! You should totally give me a ring while you're in Texas - I live in Plano, too!

[morgan-the-etc.livejournal.com]

I never remember anyone pronouncing Plano with a 't'. . .