Deb and Ralph Do Dallas ’10
April // February 18th, 2010 // 5 Comments »
We recently celebrated one of the biggest events of the year…the fifth annual “Deb and Ralph Do Dallas for Dental”. Every January, April’s step dad, Ralph, attends a dental convention in Dallas, and in recent years, you never know who might decide to make the trip with him and Deb (April’s mom).
The weekend before the big event, April’s sister, Brooke, decided to come, and a few days later, her aunt Tracey and cousin Erin decided they would drive up from Katy on Friday. On Wednesday night, we picked up Ralph at Love Field and had dinner at Chip’s Hamburgers before taking him to his hotel. After Deb arrived on Thursday evening, we had our traditional dinner at Al Biernat’s in Uptown with her cousin, Chuck, who lives in Dallas. On Friday, April left school at noon so she and her mom could spend an afternoon running wedding errands. They met with the florist, A Stylish Soiree, and had a great time choosing the flowers for the ceremony. The remainder of the afternoon was spent buying out Pottery Barn and World Market.
Friday evening, Brooke arrived into Love Field and after picking her up, we met Joe’s family, April’s parents and Tracey and Erin at Celebration, our favorite Dallas restaurant and date spot. After a wonderful dinner, we headed back to the apartment for a slumber party (minus Deb and Ralph).
Saturday morning, Deb picked up breakfast and came over for a visit before we ventured out for the day. First on the agenda was a quick lunch with Ralph at Sonny Bryan’s downtown. After lunch, we all piled into the suburban and headed back to the Park Cities area. We gave the family a tour of all of the wedding venues – the church, hotel, rehearsal dinner and reception sites. We then stopped by Sprinkles for dessert before making our way over the The Container Store and our last stop… NorthPark! After only one hour of shopping, Deb left Nordstrom with the perfect MOB dress. She absolutely loves it and will look stunning!
Saturday night, we met cousin Chuck at La Duni in Uptown for quite possibly the most fantastic meal of the weekend. We had yet another great dinner with excellent food, drinks and entertaining conversation. If you have never been to La Duni, we highly recommend going for the Tres Leches. TO DIE FOR!
We ended the weekend with our traditional Sunday brunch at Breadwinner’s before the family headed back south. We were sad to see them go, but exhausted from four days of nonstop food and fun! Already counting down the days to the 2011 dental convention…
