L'Auberge Du Lac

This was a very different Saturday night. As close as we are to the casinos in Lake Charles, Susan & I have never been there together. Susan has gone along with my mother and my aunt Gracie to Delta Downs a time or two, but we've never been to any of Lake Charles's several other casinos together as a night out, even though the drive is only about 45 minutes. We just have never gotten around to it.

We finally did on Saturday. We joined our friends Rich and Patrice in their new motor home to the L'Auberge Du Lac Resort. It was a nice ride over complete with wine, cheese, and good conversation while watching a James Taylor concert on DVD. Very relaxing. A heartfelt "thanks for driving" goes to Patrice (on the way over) and Rich (coming home).

It was a first trip to the the L'Auberge for all of us and we'll definitely be going back. It is hard to believe such a nice casino is right in our backyard! It looks like something right out of Las Vegas, just smaller.

We had dinner at the casino after our first choice turned out to be a bust. We had hoped for a nice Italian dinner at the Italian Villa, a quaint little restaurant in an old house on Ryan Street that Susan & I had been to many years ago. Sadly, it's now a dress shop. The food at the casino was excellent, though. The really fun part was that we came out $80.00 ahead, which paid for our gas and dinner and still left $20.00 to spare. I wish every night out was as cheap!

Sunday Evening

I do so enjoy Sunday evening. I've never been one to let the cold fact of Monday morning ruin my Sunday evening. Even while the work week looms, Sunday evening is still officially part of the American weekend. Monday will be here soon enough and there isn't anything you can do about it, so why not enjoy the remaining time you have?

This weekend was a good two days. Wallyball was a bust Saturday morning, as we couldn't round up enough people to play. Susan really enjoyed her afternoon at the theatre, though, (she went to see Menopause at the Luther Theatre) and I enjoyed spending Saturday afternoon with Eric and Bailey playing Halo on the X-Box. I'm not very good, and Eric killed me off repeatedly. If you didn't know him any better, you'd think he was ruthless. But he would hug and kiss me after each kill and tell me how good I was doing. Apparently, he didn't want the fact that he'd just killed me to hurt my feelings.

Alex spent Friday night with a friend and then had to work Saturday and Sunday. We saw him just long enough Saturday for him to tell us that his show Friday night was a success. The audience was good and the other bands seemed to appreciate his talent. No pay for this show, just some experience and exposure. After work and studying with friends Sunday evening, Alex joined me on the back porch and played guitar while I enjoyed a glass of wine and a cigar. He played a few of his personal favorites. I really enjoy these moments, since we are beginning to see less of him all the time.

I felt I deserved the wine and cigar. Susan & I worked the entire day Sunday revamping the master bedroom closet, bath cabinets, and dresser/chest/nightstand drawers. It turned out great. We completely purged everything we don't use or need anymore and now everything is better organized with some space to spare. We're both seriously tired (even sore), but it was worth the effort. Now, we just have every other room in the house to do! My only regret was that we had to spend such a beautiful day indoors.

Valentine's Day

Susan & I shared Valentine’s Day dinner together with friends at Easy’s Martini Bar in Beaumont Thursday night. Alex watched Eric for us and they went with their own friends to Casa Ole’. Easy’s was good as usual, although we were surprised by the lite crowd and the slow service. Service has never been slow before and, with the crowd clearly not being enough to have the kitchen overwhelmed, I really couldn’t understand the slow service. Still, it was an enjoyable evening anyway, visiting with our friends. The “Seafood in Parchment” was delicious, wrapped in a thin paper that you cut open to eat, much like you would a baked potato. I wasn’t entirely sure if I was supposed to eat the parchment (some paper is edible, you know), so we left it on the plate. Country come to town…

Thanks to Krista for our Valentine's e-cards! They were a hoot!

Alex plays a show opening for Barely Blind and other bands tonight at The Doorway in Port Neches. 7-7:30pm I think; all acoustic. He’ll play mostly his original stuff as usual.

The weekend is open to do needed things around the house, save Saturday morning for my Wallyball game and Saturday afternoon for Susan’s visit to the Lutcher theatre to see the play “Menopause”. Okay, I guess that really just leaves Sunday.