Our five year adventure in Doha, Qatar ended June 1, 2012, but the memories will always remain. It's back to Texas where I have decided...Qatar isn't cornering the market on "quirky", as I once believed. Thanks for opening my eyes to the world, Doha!
These crystal contraptions seem to be standard fare in Qatar. I thought it was a bit over the top 
when we moved into our villa and saw chandeliers* hanging in the bedrooms, but in tents?! No telling what will adorn the inner tent flaps once it is completed.
*I see that I need to get the 
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First, I had to preheat the "oven", so I parked the Tahoe out on the road facing the afternoon to evening sun.
watched from afar. I mixed all the ingredients according to the directions (sort of, remember I'm a control freak so I did it how I wanted to)
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So, what the heck do I do all day, you ask? Admittedly, a question I pose to myself quite often, as well. Well, today I rebodied a few friends, and as we speak, I've got chocolate chip cookies baking in the Tahoe. Now, what did you do today?
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I snapped this picture while David and I were sipping a latte at Starbucks in City Center on Saturday afternoon. (It's our favorite location to people watch, besides Columbiano Coffee outside of Carrefour at Landmark Mall.) Right in front of me these five gentleman took a pause to watch the ice skaters below. There was something about the moment that grabbed me, so I in turn grabbed my camera and clicked just seconds before they paraded away. With tongue in cheek I tweeted this morning for help in captioning this photo. All I could come up with was "Qatari in Training". It seemed too blasé and I knew there was something missing. Well, leave it to, oh so witty, aka @weirdweb to get at the very essence of the photo. Now, you may have to live in Qatar or at least the GCC area to understand it, but for those that do his caption packs a powerful punch. To read or leave comments, please click on the comments link below. Thanks!
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In all fairness to the great state of Qatar, there may be a need to follow up on my last post. It seems I did my fair share of whining about the sauna I arrived to on Saturday night. It was expected, nothing out of the ordinary for mid July in Doha. Since that night, however, the humidity has dropped and the weather has been rather pleasant (by Doha summer standards, that is). For instance, today's 112F temp only feels like 108F when you factor in the relative humidity. Check it out here on this handy dandy heat index calculator. Pretty impressive, huh. Our counterparts in Texas are probably suffering from the heat more than we are...albeit temporarily. Without a doubt, the unbearable humidity will soon roar its ugly head in full force and stick around for longer than welcome.
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David and I made a weekend run to our old home town of "The Groves" for one last visit before we head back to Doha this coming Friday. I have to admit I had a little too much fun at the expense of some lucky family members as I was rummaging through old family pics. It's amazing what you can d
o if you have a scanner and a Facebook account. I did use some restraint, but had a little trouble when I ran across a couple of pics of my now forty something year old brother dressed as a girl in his much younger days. Sorry about that control breakdown, Mark.
damage I could do while reminiscing, we headed to Nacogdoches for a quick visit with Kayla at her new stomping grounds. She's loving her new SFA
job and life is good. While in town, we stayed at The Jones House which is a gorgeous bed and breakfast establishment. It was built in 
1897 and has since been restored to its original grandeur. We soaked up its Victorian ambiance and enjoyed our time with Kayla. 
We're back in Kyle now for a couple of more days with Kristi and Dustin soaking up our last drops of Texas as our U.S. trek winds down. To read or leave comments, please click on the comments link below. Thanks!
David recently heard that several of the top barbeque places in Texas are right here in our neck of the woods. So, on a trip home from Port Arthur, we made it our business to drive through Lockhart to put our taste buds to the test. One snafu, he couldn't remember the names of any of the places. We opted for the most advertised, which was Blacks 
Barbeque. It was ok, but definitely nothing earth shattering. After arriving back in Kyle, we did a little research and found that we were off the mark on picking the right place. That ended up being a relief, since we didn't necessarily agree with the rave reviews. So we headed back out to Lockhart this week to visit Kreuz Market, only to find an empty parking lot with a "closed" sign. Plan B...head on over to another ranked place on the list, Smitty's Market in Lockhart's town square. 
We entered the premises to be met with an overpowering smokehouse aroma that was burning David's eyes and making me nauseous. I think the smell would have overtaken us before we could have made it through the very long line. We stepped out for a breath of fresh air and I spotted Henry's Diner across the street. It looked to be more my cup of tea, anyway...quiet, laid back, unassuming with sound country food. While we were eating I looked over at Smitty's and spotted an old man 
taping a hand written sign on the door which read, "Sold out of Meat". Uh, ok. Bottom line: We may never find out about the famous Texas barbeque that lurks in our country back roads. Not to worry, Railroad Barbeque just down the street in Kyle ranks pretty dang high at our house.
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