Granbury Adventures

Last weekend, my new friend Laura and I went on a 1-day roadtrip to the cute little town of Granbury, Texas. It was only 50 miles from my house (southwest of Fort Worth), so it didn't take more than on hour to get there.

We started out at Babe's Chicken for lunch (I had heard of it, but never had tried it...). The restaurant was very "Texas" inside - and had a southern charm atmosphere.

I loved the stone interior and 'false' windows.....

It had a very neat feel in there - kind of like a German beer hall. Warm, inviting, friendly. And there was a lit-up gazebo in there too. I don't know if you have to be special to eat at the table in the gazebo, but I must say - I was jealous!

These were the chairs that were outside the restaurant - for people waiting or just to have a drink outside. So cute with those horseshoes!

And now for the main reason we went to Granbury on that particular day......to see the show "The Night The Music Died" at the Granbury Opera House! Laura's birthday was earlier this month, and she is a big Buddy Holly fan, so I bought tickets to this show to celebrate her 30th birthday.

And here's the interior of the Opera House (which is supposedly very haunted) and Laura! She's making her debut on my blog!

The show was fantastic - The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens did a great job....Laura even teared up at the end when the stage went dark, representing them dying in the plane crash after their 1959 show in Clear Lake, Iowa. But then they came back and played a few more, so it didn't end on a sad note.

A hitching post in their cute little town square!!!

We had a great time shopping at cute little stores like this one. The old buildings were so neat!

And we had dinner at Hank's On The Square......and "Hank" is the owner's wiener dog!

I couldn't resist taking this picture - I should really go back and get the shirt. I love it!