Bioshock Infinitly Amazing

I am not a huge gamer. I like playing games but I'm not able to play them for long periods of time due to boredom and some weird inner ear thing that makes me dizzy from running around the screen all the time.

Rock Climbing Redux @ Reimer's Ranch!

This weekend I went with my dad to Reimer's Ranch Park out in Travis County so that we could use the Christmas gift I gave him.

San Antonio to Travis County 

My dad is a outdoorsy kind of guy and having been to Enchanted Rock on a rock climbing trip with Rock About I decided to get him that for Christmas.

So we woke up at the butt crack of dawn to start our drive to somewhere west of Austin. We got some coffee, a potato and egg taco, and some gas then we hit the road.

We arrived to Reimer's Ranch at about 8:30, so we had about 30 minutes to get situated with our helmets, harnesses and shoes.

At about 9:00 the teaching part of the class started and we learned RED IS DEAD and the double 8 knot (which is obviously not the correct term). After all those safety procedures we hiked to our location and started climbing.

I like this picture because it makes me look like I know what I'm doing.

My dad was so much better than I was. 

My dad belaying. 

After our day of climbing we stopped in Blanco because it looked like they were having a farmer's market. However, they were all packing up by the time we got there.

We walked around their one downtown block. 

Thus ended our rock climbing adventure.

Grits, Quails, and Pies.

John and I celebrated our whopping 3-Month anniversary by going to Silo Elevated Cuisine and Bar.

John has a cousin who works there so instead of ordering off of a menu, Brian just cooked for us.

And it was damn delicious.

Because we were busy eating fancy food we had never eaten before and trying to be sophisticated we didn't take pictures of our first two courses. Which means you'll have to use your imagination as I describe them.

The First Course: Was a chorizo and potato...deliciousness with an egg on top with chipotle sauce.

The Second Course: Fried oyster and grits. I had never had grits before and based on their name I wasn't expecting much of them but hot dam were they tasty. I doubt that I could recreate that texture and taste from a box I pick up at HEB. Also, frying anything makes it insanely more tasty. I am a true American.

The Third Course: Was a goat cheese stuffed quail with a cranberry sauce and a berry salad. Which I have a picture of!

It was a hard thing to eat a mini bird all cute and dead. But it tasted so good. 

And finally -- the best -- DESSERT!

Dessert Trio: Cheesecake, Toasted Coconut Cream Pie and Dark Chocolate Gnache

If I believed in god, I would also believe he took a whole day to make that coconut pie. 

Needless to say, after our four course meal we were more than satisfied. The only thing that would have made it better was if I didn't have to go to work right after.