Weekend Photos: Houston Rodeo Cook-Off

We went.  We saw.  We ate.  I danced.  With strangers.  And we had an overall great time.  In case you haven’t noticed by now, Rodeo is huge here this time of year… and well, I just wanted to share a couple of pictures with y’all from our first outing to RodeoHouston this weekend.

Gone Country!

We were invited to the Rodeo Cook-Off on Friday night and of course had to go in our best Western wear.  It’s one of the few times out of the year that we will actually wear cowboy boots and sombreros. 

This is how you Rodeo

If you’re going to the Cook-Off, you better have access to one of the private tents.  This is where all the fun takes place.  Music, dancing, food, beer… all that good stuff.  Different companies and groups host their private tents and invite people to attend during the Cook-Off.  Usually there’s an open bar!

Getting down myself...

Which can sometimes lead to pictures like these being tweeted about you.  This one was put out by none other than my loving wife, whose exact words were “Juan makes very quick friends.  Dancing Girls just wanna have fun.”  ¡Ay caramba!

Finally, look out for the fellow at the end of this Honky-tonk video yelling yee-haw.  You might just recognize him a little…

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About Juanofwords

I’ve written professionally for news publications including the Houston Chronicle, the San Antonio Express News, Texas Travel Guide, La Prensa Grafica of El Salvador, Rumbo Newspapers, and organizations like the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, the City of Houston, Univision News Network, The Salvation Army, Reliv, etc. I currently reside in Houston with my wife and son, as well as a very large extended family. Let’s see where this adventure takes us!

4 thoughts on “Weekend Photos: Houston Rodeo Cook-Off”

  1. Tracy
    February 27, 2012 at 11:45 AM

    Love the photo of you and Anjelica – looks like a screenshot from a novela… jajaja

    I remember square dancing classes we had to take in Elementary school. We all hated it, (especially since we were at an age where we were certain the opposite sex had cooties. Kind of hard to dosey-do when you don’t want to touch each other.)

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    1. Juanofwords
      February 27, 2012 at 11:57 AM

      Fijate que sí, Tracy! I hated line dancing in elementary school. It was so confusing to me why the school would make us dosey-do in gym class every day. Very cruel and unusual punishment to say the least, lol! And thank you for the compliment. Ya nos vamos a chiflar… de novela, hahaha!

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  2. Kola
    February 27, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    I LOVE the Rodeo!!! i went to one for the first time last year. can’t wait to go to another one again soon :)

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    1. Juanofwords
      February 28, 2012 at 9:57 AM

      You should definitely come back to the Rodeo! So much fun :-) I still need to go to the livestock show this year

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