Where's Chuck Norris?

Well, we made it to Galveston. They were all out of economy cars, so we got a Chrysler Pacifica for the same rate. The Texas Freeway was loaded with great places to eat. Will have to hit up some of them on Saturday.

When we made it to the Hotel Galvez, they informed us that the pool would be open until 10PM and that it is heated to 85 degrees. Now that’s what I’m talking about. It even has a swim up bar, but that wasn’t open when we went down. Maybe Friday night?

We went out last night for some good old Rochester-style night out at Slices, a pool hall/sports bar. We watched UCLA give away the Emerald Bowl to Florida State and got some pizza. Wait. You went all the way to Galveston, Texas to get Pizza in a bar? Well…there was also an amazing dish known as Frito Pie. Take a bed of corn chips, and pour chili and cheese on top it. Eat with a fork. What it lacks in complexity, it more than makes up for in execution.

The morning view from the 5th floor of the Hotel Galvez ‘Island View’ rooms. It’s a lot like Scranton, except completely flat and no Yankee fans.

Oh yeah, and they have SONIC here!!!


How’s this for a breakfast? Deep Fried Cheesecake bites with Strawberry syrup, French Toast sticks with Maple syrup, and Tater Tots! Somehow we missed the cheesecake milkshake. If we don’t make it back to New York, it’s because we’re lying dead in the parking lot at Sonic on Seawall Blvd. Interestingly, the girl who brought out our food was wearing a WINTER coat. It was 65 at the time. I’ll be rocking shorts the rest of the day.

About Seawall, we went down to the ‘Gulfo de Mexico’ this morning. Pretty damn cool, even though we are staying in the Tsunami zone. We were taking the picture you see below when Tia was attacked by a brutal rogue wave. It made her pant bottoms all wet. Somehow I will get blamed for this. :)


There’s a pretty good sized Rutgers crowd down here for the Texas Bowl which takes place in Houston tonight at the same stadium as the Eagles Super Bowl loss to the Patriots and the epic Browns/Texans clash we’re going to on Sunday. I’ve only seen one lonely Kansas State fan.

I leave you with the view of our hotel from The Gulfo. For those of you who don’t ‘Habla Espanol,’ that means, The Gulf.

-Bob