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🍷NEW Wine bar in Houston @padreswine I am obs 🍷NEW Wine bar in Houston @padreswine 
I am obsessed with how cute Padre’s Wine Shop + Bar is! Shop for a bottle of wine at the front, stay and have a glass and order some food. Loved the vibes, the service, and the super cute patio! BONUS: It is dog friendly and they are now open for lunch! 
📍Padre’s Wine Shop + Bar/3522 White Oak Dr 
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H-E-B is the sponsor of the Texas State Park Centennial Celebration and they want to get ALL Texans out to any of the 88 state parks for a day of exploring and appreciating Texas beauty. 
To help encourage Texans to visit the parks, H-E-B is giving away 100 Texas State Parks annual passes ($70 value and gives free admission to you and everyone in your vehicle) with ONE lucky grand prize winner receiving $5,000 in H-E-B gift cards to gear up and fuel their adventures and a limited-edition Texas State Parks Vinyl with artists covering Texas’ most iconic songs. 
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🐊I visited the beautiful Brazos Bend State Park, a nature lover’s paradise, located one hour from Houston. We hiked, had a picnic with H-E-B snacks and were on the lookout for alligators. 👀 Watch the reel to see if we saw them & don’t forget to enter the sweepstakes and get outdoors!
📍Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas
🏞️A WEEKEND IN CONCAN, TEXAS Still can’t b 🏞️A WEEKEND IN CONCAN, TEXAS
Still can’t believe this was my first time out in Concan and I still can’t get over these views! Here’s a couple of things we did on our short weekend getaway. 
🥾Hike the Old Baldy Trail & float the Frio River at Garner State Park
🍕Pizza for lunch at @hghconcan 
🍦After hike Ice cream at @thefriofloat_ 
📸Take a photo at the cutest mural at the @VisitUvaldecounty visitor center
🏊🏻‍♀️Stay at @speakeasyresorts 
📍Concan, Texas
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🌳Add this zipline to your Texas bucket list! O 🌳Add this zipline to your Texas bucket list!
Okay y’all I won’t lie, when the guide told me and @mellowyellowpay that we do the course on our own, I got nervous! But don’t worry you get a prep course before starting and we ended up having SO much fun! There are rope courses, ziplines, and treetop obstacles in a beautiful shaded area but overall the ziplines were my favorite and I was definitely sore the next day. 😅 
📍 @goapeplano at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve
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Obsessed with how stunning @adega_vinho is! Loved how much indoor & outdoor seating it has and all the wines we tried were delicious! Bonus: it is open 7 days a week!
📍Adega Vinho Stonewall, Texas
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Spent a weekend in @visitbrownsvilletx The Taco capital of Texas! It is home to some amazing taquerias, and I knew I wanted to visit as many as possible. If you dare, dine at all 12 stops and receive an official Taco Trail t-shirt!
1️⃣ @labarradeltaco.tx - Your local Mexican chic taqueria. There’s taco wings, cute decor, and most importantly delicious tacos! Get the al pastor and the pollo pibil, SO good!
2️⃣ @chirinasfishtacos - Literally the world’s best fish tacos and cucumber limeade. I didn’t think fish tacos could taste this good. 🤤
3️⃣Vera’s Backyard Bar-B-Que - has won so many awards including the America’s Classics award by the James Beard Foundation. We got the barbacoa de cachete cooked in an underground pit and loved that it wasn’t greasy.
4️⃣ @elultimotacotaqueria - for classic street tacos! My favorite was the barbacoa tacos! 
5️⃣ @calacastacosbeer - Get the bistec tacos and the limonadas preparadas! 
🔜Stay tuned for more things to do in Brownsville!
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✨Girl’s Night at @gjtaverndowntown Okay I’ ✨Girl’s Night at @gjtaverndowntown 
Okay I’m obsessed with how cute GJ Tavern is! Which FYI, is also perfect for date night. We got some drinks and of course I had to get the “Big Bend” with mezcal and shared some appetizers, the crispy duck fat potatoes were 🤤, and shared some entrees, highly recommend the brick chicken, it was SO juicy! 
🔜Save this post for your next girl’s or date night in downtown Houston! Thanks for inviting me @pcinfluence 
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PLANO ROUNDUP @visitplano WHAT TO DO 1️⃣ Vis PLANO ROUNDUP @visitplano 
WHAT TO DO
1️⃣ Visit the free Interurban Railway Museum in downtown Plano.
2️⃣ Swim in the iconic Texas Pool *opens Memorial Day
3️⃣ Go mural hopping, starting at the butterfly wings next to Francescas at Shops at Legacy.
4️⃣Zip lines & treetop adventures at Go Ape Plano
5️⃣ Hike to the Observation Tower at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve
6️⃣ Hit the trails at the beautiful Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve
7️⃣ Shop, dine, and check out the photo ops at Legacy West Plano.
WHERE TO EAT
1️⃣ Rooftop views & pizza at Urban Crust, the bread they bring out is amazing!
2️⃣Brunch at The Biscuit Bar, the house-made sauce is delicious!
3️⃣Grab a coffee at Golden Boy Plano and @1418coffee 
4️⃣Dinner at Bavette Grill *get the deviled eggs located at the @boardwalkgranitepark 
5️⃣ A Texas comfort dinner at @Haywireplano 
6️⃣ Stop by @Legacyfoodhall for over 20+ eateries & bars
WHERE TO STAY
1️⃣ The beautiful Marriott Dallas/Plano Legacy Town Center, located steps from The Shops at Legacy! Make sure to get breakfast at the hotel at Copper Creek for some Texas-shaped waffles.
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I can’t believe this was my first time at a Dynamo game! Thank you for having me! We had so much fun exploring the new East Club, an all-inclusive experience with premium food options, beer and wine! Our favorite of the night were the carnitas tacos 🤤
It was nice to see the renovated open air stadium and the new vendors like Trill Burgers, Roostar Vietnamese Grill, Elotes Bravos and so much more! Can’t wait to go back for another game!
And don’t forget to get a photo at the coolest mural by @capdavjon
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🔜Tag who you want to go to a game with! 
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The perfect break from the city and a change of scenery from your usual trails. Choose from two different trails, the 1.5-mile Ann Hamilton Trail and 1.3-mile South Trail. 
One of the many benefits of the prairie is that it helps with flooding around Houston – absorbing three swimming pools of water per acre during a rain event!
🔜Save this for the next time you’re looking for a unique outdoor experience! 
⏰Open Tuesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM
📍Ann Hamilton Trail at the Indiangrass Preserve 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, TX 77484
🌱Volunteer opportunities like Stewardship Saturdays & public events like the annual Putting Down Roots are perfect ways to get involved in conservation and help with climate change! 
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Texas + Beyond

Our Engagement Story

July 3, 2020      1 Comment

Giraffe Manor Engagement

Our Engagement Story

Location: Giraffe Manor in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Known for its charming manor house and endangered Rothschild giraffes.

Introduction: James and I dated for 6 years before he decided to propose so he had to go big! We love to travel so I had always told James I wanted a destination engagement, is that a thing?

Giraffe Manor Engagement
Giraffe Manor Engagement
Giraffe Manor Engagement

The Planning

Giraffe Manor Engagement

The plan to propose started off while planning our one big trip that year. Well I, Ana had seen pictures of Giraffe Manor and fallen in love but I never thought it would be possible to visit, it’s all the way across the world! Well little did I know that it wouldn’t take much to convince James as he was trying to plan the big proposal!

Then came the hurdle, Giraffe Manor was so popular that it was almost completely booked! Since we were only planning months in advance, openings were scarce.  We almost gave up! We worked with various travel agencies and finally after a couple of weeks found one that had a date available. It was meant to be!

The Execution

Giraffe Manor Engagement

James contacted Giraffe Manor without me knowing and set up the proposal and a photography session during tea time. James didn’t have to do much to convince me to do a photoshoot. I mean who doesn’t want a photoshoot with these amazing giraffes? Such a bucket list moment!

Tea time came around and we were ready to feed the giraffes and get our photoshoot done. Well little did I know that James was going to propose and have it all captured on camera turning this into our engagement photoshoot! I just remember him saying he wanted to continue to explore the world with me and of course I said YES!

The Ring

Giraffe Manor Engagement

James and I had talked about what I wanted my engagement ring to look like. We had gone into stores and tried some on but nothing caught my attention. I wanted something different and unique. So I started looking at Etsy and Instagram.

I had found Laurie Sarah Designs on Instagram and fallen in love with her morganite rose gold rings but couldn’t decide which style I wanted. Well James ended up picking the ring and he did an amazing job! He picked the style of the ring which was engraved with our initials on the outside of the back of the ring. He also picked the color as morganite comes in different shades of pink or peach.

Giraffe Manor Engagement
Giraffe Manor Engagement
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Photography by Thandiwe Muriu through The Safari Collection at Giraffe Manor.

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  1. Vidhya says

    July 3, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    I love this post so much! The pictures are amazing and this is by far one of my favorite proposals!! Can’t wait to visit one day!

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