A Rose by any other name...

My sister is in town finally but you wouldn't know it by spending time at my house.
Nope she's way too busy chatting away on her cell and online and such.
See she's having a bit of relief from being in a very stressful sitch at home in Houston so she's just blowing off some steam.
But can't she spend a little more time blowing it off with us?
Anyway forget that I gotta tell you about my wild weekend.
Mom and I went up on Saturday morning to Tampa to join in with my sisters Toni and Rose as well as with my niece Shanna.
We got there in pretty good time and I gotta admit that MapQuest did a pretty good job of actually dropping me off right in front of the West Shore Mall. Sorry NB I know you hate MapQuest and say it always does a terrible job...BUT this time it worked. (maybe its not the source material but the source :)
Anywho we get there and already the girls are way too busy to spend any time with their brother and their Mom.
No right off the bat we realized this was a sister's bonding moment.
Thank God I had my niece to entertain me...(more on that later)
So we went to this amazing restaurant called Maggiano's Little Italy and they have this family course meal that costs about 15 bucks a person and you eat all you want of your choice of 2 of: salads, pastas, entrees and deserts. A full course of as much as you can eat. And it was all very tasteful and delicious.
After that we hung out at Toni's where I figured out very soon that she was ready for bed at a very early time.
NOT FOR ME THANKS.
So I headed over to my niece's and we went to this awesome Goth Club in Ybor City called The Castle! If you have never been and you like Gothic Clubs; make the trip!
It totally rocks, in a gothic way of course.
We went with my niece's roommate Chris and we all had a wonderfully wild time.
Along with pizza and coke afterwards. A perfect end to a perfect night.
The next day we were one of the 132 million that went to see Pirates of the Caribbean and for more on that pop over to my other blog http://mrmoviebuff.blogspot.com
Well I'll be getting off work soon enough and heading home to my Mom and sister so I can "spend some time" with her. :)