austin tx: I included this picture in Roy's birthday card - a BIG hint of what's to come...
austin tx: We started with cocktails and built up for Roy's Surprise Birthday date
austin tx: Birthday Boy starting the evening right
austin tx: It has a kinda Dean Martin vibe we both loved
austin tx: Drinks at the Belmont
austin tx: SURPRISE #1 - picked up at the bar by a Horse Drawn Carriage
austin tx: This street was originally made for horses, and we reclaimed it for Roy's birthday
austin tx: Downtown is beautiful with the Christmas lights
austin tx: Working that haircut! isn't he?
austin tx: Nothing more romantic than riding in a Horse drawn Carriage
austin tx: "Bob" was a great horse
austin tx: Cheers to Queers!
austin tx: Open Bar, and music by a performer from the reality show "Nashville Star"
austin tx: I included this picture in Roy's birthday card - a BIG hint of what's to come...
austin tx: The big event is hidden behind a red velvet curtain...
austin tx: Enter to decadence not seen since Caligula
austin tx: Beautiful mom and Daughter
austin tx: Our delightful table companion
austin tx: The steak was like butter - I think they had it pre-chewed by 3rd World children
austin tx: Roy and Blanche Roddick, Andy's mom
austin tx: There are like 7 different desserts on this plate
austin tx: One of the best nights of my life
austin tx: He played so beautifully, and so effortlessly
austin tx: Tiny Dancer? Rocket Man? High Wire Pidgeon? Circle of Life? ALL OF THEM!
austin tx: Sir Elton John
austin tx: Our host, and the people he surrounds himself with...
austin tx: I love him SO MUCH!
austin tx: Elton was a hero of mine when I was very young - and he still is
austin tx: Crowd shot
austin tx: He was just wonderful