I did a lot during this time and posted new photo galleries that can be found on the photo page which is linked at the top.

I went to the Sherwood Forest Faire out near Austin, Texas All-Star Wrestling's "Scar Wars" in Humble, Springfest Texas Wine and Art Festival in Old Town Spring, I tried to take my friend and her sons to see XWO Reborn Wrestling in Webster (listen to my podcast Thursday to hear more on that), and went to the Houston Livestock show and Rodeo (sans the Rodeo part).

I hope you enjoy the photos that I've chosen to share with you of my adventures because I don't know what adventures other than some local wrestling events I will be able to post. I might be cutting back on the wrestling, too. It all depends on how hard it is for me to get to the shows and get to work the next day. There should be more Astros and Dynamo stuff and hopefully even Houston Roller Derby stuff. That's all starting up in a few weeks, so look out!

I'm also going to be available for chatting, too. Look for robbzipp on AIM, Yahoo Messenger, or MSN.

OH, shit! I don't think I event posted my last podcast here. Oops! Go to www.blogtalkradio.com/robbzipp for the last one and (BIG NEWS!) go there EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT at 8 PM CENTRAL TIME TO HEAR "Talkin' Houston Wrasslin' LIVE! with Robb Zipp and friends!!!

But I did finally upload my photos from last week's adventures so go to the photo link at the top of the page and check 'em out, mmm'kay? 

There is a set from my second adventure in New Orleans this month as well as the latest VCCW show in Fort Worth and IWE show here in Houston.

These might be the last time I see these promotions if things at work change.

Lundi Gras I hit it hard drinking Southern Star's Buried Hatchet Stout. It was freezing cold out, so I felt like I had to drink more to stay warm. The next morning, I realized that wasn't the best of ideas. I got up early to catch the Mardi Gras parades, took in Zulu, but had to bounce before Rex. I had to find some food and ended up not even eating all of what I had ordered. I went to a Mexican place and I had to sit outside and freeze while I tried to put down an average but over-priced Chicken Enchilada dinner at El Gato Negro across from the French Market. I took a cab ride back because I wasn't feeling well and took a nap. By the time I woke up, all of the parades were over and the only thing going on were drunk people wandering around the French Quarter. I strolled the streets for a while, but nothing too exciting was going on so I just called it a night.

I woke up this morning and got a kind of early start to the day. I knew I was going to take extra time to get back because I was going to make a couple of stops. I am a big hot sauce fanatic, so I had to finally stop by the Tabasco factory to see how things are done. Honestly, the factory tour was only a video that I could have seen online and a walkway with a window into the bottling line. We didn't get to see any of the actual barrels being aged, or the peppers being brought in. The gift shop was nice with acceptable prices, so I bought a few things for my parents and myself. I also sampled a few interesting food items they had out to enjoy. The Jalepeno Ice Cream was really good, actually.

I then made a stop in Jennings at the Mission Store to meet Ugly Shyla and her mom and to check out their thrift store. I ended up with a few items that they refused to let me pay for! Such sweet ladies, and I could tell everyone there was having fun. That's super awesome, in my opinion.

I made one more stop for some food in Vinton and then cruised back home with time to spare to do my live Talkin' Houston Wrasslin' LIVE podcast. It did not go well. First Skype crapped out on me. Then my mouse batteries died. Then my computer froze. Then I got on to my netbook and Blog Talk Radio was busy. When I did get in, they kept telling me that my passcode was incorrect even though I just copied and pasted it. I gave up and went to shoot the shit with the Wrestling Randomness guys, instead.  With about 20 minutes left, we called back and and had no problems. If you go and listen, skip to that point and you'll hear almost no talk about anything that the show was supposed to be about. Ah, well. 

I do believe that is the last time I attempt to do a live show on BTR. I appreciate the fact that it's a free service, but I'd rather do things a better way. I'll work it out later, but I have an idea of what I want to get done.

Alright, I'm going to get off of here and go to bed. Tomorrow I'm going to Dallas to hang out with my Uncle Harvey and Friday I'm going to Ft. Worth for the VCCW show. I'm coming back on Saturday for the IWE show and then Sunday I go back to work. 

I took a ton of pictures, and I'll take a ton more. I'll post here once I have them uploaded.

I will be talking about these shows in detail and also previewing the next IWE show on my podcast this Wednesday night at 9 PM CST over at www.blogtalkradio.com/robbzipp. Join the chat and call in if you have anything to add, mmm'kay?

As I'm typing this, it's Noon on Valentine's Day. I do not have a Valentine this year, but just know that if you are reading this that I love you. Yes, in that way. 

Tomorrow I'm heading back to New Orleans for Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras. I've never actually been on those days, so I'm really looking forward to it. I have 2 cases of beer and only one other person to help me drink it all. Thankfully I'm generous and will likely share!

Thursday I'm driving up to Dallas to visit my Uncle and then going to Fort Worth on Friday for the VCCW show and then heading back to Houston for the IWE show. Sunday is back to work for me, so back to the grind.

In the meantime, leave a comment and show me that you love me as mush as I love you!

Jason Cook with CWF called in and talked about their youth clinic coming up next month, "Sexy" Steve DeMarco called in to talk about what's going on with IWE and their upcoming show on the 20th, M. Dirrrty called in right after words to correct a few things that Steve said and to give us some insight on the work of some of his clients and Tony Brooklyn called in and talked about the WOW/NWA-SW show tomorrow night in Cypress.

I also talked about the TASW show in Humble on Saturday and about a few other things. Listen to the podcast, leave me some feedback and let me know what you think! I did this show for 1 1/2 hours and could have gone longer. But was it too long? I'm not entirely sure what people want. I can do ti longer or shorter. Let me know. I'm also still not sure how often I should do this thing. Perhaps every Wednesday night? I kind of like the idea of that since there is no wrestling on TV on Wednesdays.

So, without further ado, here is episode #2!

I think you can subscribe via iTunes, but I haven't really checked into that. I guess I should.

Friday I'm going to the WOW/NWA-SW show at the Cypress VFW Hall and Saturday I'm going to the TASW show at the Magnolia Ballroom in Humble.

I'm going back to New Orleans on Monday for Mardi Gras and still have room in the hotel for people who might be interested. If not, it's cool.

I'm also heading up to Ft. Worth for the next VCCW show.

Pictures of everything will be up as soon as I get them taken and up!

Some may say that I jumped on the bandwagon, but I've told everyone that I know that the Saints are my #3 team, so I'm happy that they won. I really love the city of New Orleans and have mostly positive times down there, including this past weekend. 

Friday night we drove in and partied on Bourbon Street until about 5 AM. The next day we had a very nice lunch and took in several Mardi Gras parades. I hit the hay early and we all came back Sunday afternoon in time to watch the Super Bowl. Most of us had to work this morning, so that's why we didn't stay there to watch it and party some more after the victory.

I am going back for Lundi Gras and actual Mardi Gras. So far it's just me and my friend Jody, but we are willing to let at least 2 more people come with us. We'll be staying at the same hotel that I stayed at this time, which is the Hotel Intercontinental on St. Charles Ave., which is right on the Uptown Parade Route. 

Here's a sample photo of what you can see by going to the photo album which is linked at the top of this page:

I know my friend Vanessa was also listening because she said so via Facebook, so that's awesome. If you missed it live, I have it for you RIGHT HERE!

As always, PLEASE let me know what you think. I'm open to all suggestions. I'd also like to know how often you think I should do this. Once a week, once every two weeks, or once a month? I'm not sure what would be best.

I'm also getting excited about the Talkin' Houston Wrasslin' LIVE! Podcast that I'm doing in 48 of my posting of this. Last night I called "Sexy" Steve DeMarco and talked about all things IWE, and some of his thoughts on TASW, PWA, WOW and a little bit about his XWO Reborn Title Reign. 

In personal non-wrestling party fun time news, I'm going to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. I'm getting a nice amount of money in my income taxes, so I'll have some money to drink away the funk I've been in. HUZZAH!

This Friday I'm going to do a live podcast on Blog Talk Radio. I guess go to www.blogtalkradio.com/robbzipp and it should be able to give you more info on that.

I was also on the Wrestling Randonmess SHOOT! podcast last night, but I might have been a little out of hand. I haven't heard back from anyone on whether or not I crosses a line, but maybe you can check it out and let me know what you think. 

*edit* 

BlogTalkRadio.com had it on auto play, and that really annoyed me. If you want to see it, go there and look for this old episode and enjoy.