Mad for Monday (Max's Weekend Update): OKC Trip and Houston Chron Blog

Hi Family, Friends, and Fans,

We can't believe Spring Break is over!  We had such a fun-filled Spring Break that we will have to change up our blog posts some this week.

Today we will bring you our OKC trip (Oklahoma City Trip: 2nd Annual Rockets Road Game) and information about our Houston Chronicle blog: Mad About Town going live TODAY.  (Skip to the end for more information on that).

OKC Trip:

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This was my FIRST plane ride (finally).  Mommy and I were pulled aside at security after a "suspicious substance" was found on our hands!  We had to go in a special room and had a full body search.  I told them, "Do you know who I am?  Mad Max."

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In OKC.  I'm pointing out some art (obviously).

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OKC was actually really nice.  Clean.  Friendly people.  Fairly empty.  Things to do for a few days.  I didn't have to resort to the bottle too much.  This is Bricktown in OKC (somewhat similar to the Riverwalk in San Antonio).  We were able to walk everywhere in OKC because we stayed Downtown at a nice hotel: The Skirvin Hilton (turned out it was the SAME Hotel the Houston Rockets stayed at!  We even saw a few Coaches and such but no players.  Well, I, Mad Max, was the only playa).

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Here I am with Mommy at the Myriad Gardens.  Their park and gardens were so nice!  This was probably our favorite stop in OKC (besides of course the Rockets game).

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Still at the Myriad Gardens (as are the next several photos).

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Notice OKC's one big building behind us.

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They have some great performance space at this park!

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I'm slightly pooped after the Myriad Gardens ... unfortunately that means I slept through our visit to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

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Train Wreck Mommy didn't take too many photos at the art museum because well ... it's an art museum and generally you can't ... (plus I was asleep).  But she did snap a few for me of my favs.  Here we are above by Warhol's work (notice the VEGGIE soup)!

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Train Wreck Mommy loves abandoned buildings.

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Now what you've been waiting for ... Houston Rocket's game!

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 Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara Johnson

We had nose bleed seats, but they were the best available "My Hero Daddy" could get the DAY they went out sale.  Crazy!  But it was better for me ...because it was my bedtime at the end of the 1st Quarter (and I slept through most of the game).  Don't worry ... I woke up to see the end of a very great game, and the Rockets won!

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Bye OKC!  We had a great time, and our 2nd Annual Rockets Road Game trip was awesome.  Here I am enjoying some barf bag fun on the way home.

What city do you think we should go to next year for our Rockets Road Game trip?

Houston Chronicle Blog: Mad About Town

Our blog, Mad About Town, is going live TODAY on the Houston Chronicle site.  The actual web address is:

http://blog.chron.com/madabouttown/

At some point today (Monday), they will make the blog go live ...so if it doesn't work right away - check back!  Be sure to share with others and leave comments.

Will you be visiting Mad About Town?

-Mad Max and Family