Night out in Houston

Since we'd been given the night off, I went and met up with a friend that just got a full time job down in Houston as an ISS flight controller. We went down to Kemah which is a boardwalk area down by Clear Lake.

For dinner we went to a sushi place (Red Sushi) near the water.

The restaurant was very modern and new inside. We got three different types of sushi rolls. One was the spider roll which had fried crab pieces sticking out of each piece. The second was the Kemah roll which had spicy tuna along with crab or some other type of fish around the outside of the roll, avocado and a few other things. The last was the dynamite roll which was a spicy combination of various things (not sure what). All three were very delicious. Each of tried a Kumquat Mohito which was good. Our waiter was a bit odd but the meal was great.

After dinner we wandered around the boardwalk for a while. We managed to get to the edge of the water just as fireworks started.

I'm not sure why they were shooting off fireworks, but it turned out to be a good show. It looked like they were actually shooting them off from a ship in the bay. After the show, we walked around some more along the boardwalk. There was some live music so we listened to that a little and then headed back. It was fun to actually get out and see a little of Houston at night. The boardwalk was busy. There were amusement rides and games along it. It was definitely the place to go on a Friday night.