hang out day with jamie pancakes and celina gomez

Jamie and Celina didnt have exams today so I decided to take them to my side of town and go to the museum district!

had to go to hcc first to submit lab hours for may and then went to urban outfitters and half price books in rice village since most museums dont open til 11. I like the urban outfitters in rice village better than the one in the galleria. their sales rack is smaller but i like the layout better. exchanged a previous purchase with a pretty lace dress on sale! <3

at half price books got 2 pocket size japanese & chinese everyday phrase books for fathers day. tatay (dad) can speak 5+ languages, including japanese and chinese but if he doesnt have a mandarin newspaper, he tends to carry big dictionaries/phrase book whenever he has spare time on the road or wants to read to keep it fresh. hopefully the pocketsize he will be able to use more. i hope he likes it.

at les givrals we ate banh mi for lunch. i havnt gotten tired from eating there yet. i’m a regular there during my school years at HCC. lol. it’s only $2.50 for a yummy sandwich! college kids on a budget cant resist a deal like that.

first we went to Menil Collection. both jamie and celina have taken AP art history this year so it was really funny to hear them get excited about certain artifacts, paintings or particular exhibits at the menil because it’s something they remember from their class. y’all are such nerds. lol. but as silly as y’all were i’m glad that the class gave you a deeper appreciation for everything. i already been to the menil collection a couple time already this year and every visit, the permanent exhibits are always my favorite. I  revisit favorites but still go through the whole museum. it’s a different experience everytime i go. A lots of the times there would be details that I never notice before that I come to like or appreciate more. 

went to contemporary arts museum afterwards. i forgot ate jang jang works there. she was workin at the gift shop so we talked with her a bit. it was great that jamie and her talked about college stuff because even though i’m in college it’ll be great to hear different perspectives, experiences, and opinions of others aside from your family. 

before we went home we stopped by crave cupcakes to see niann at work. carrot cupcake was yummy! my favorite is still the dulce de leche cupcake even though they didnt have it today. 

crave>sprinkles

overall today was a lot of fun! hoping for more hang out days during the summer. just gotta beat this exhausting texas summer heat! i napped as soon as i got home xD