Uphefumlelwe yi- Inside Atlanta, uchungechunge oludalwa ngu-Atlanta Expert, Kate Parham Kordsmeier, singathanda ukuzisa ngaphakathi kwe-Houston. Inyanga nganye, siza kuxoxisana nabantu base-Houstoni abavelele kwizinto zabo ezizithandayo zokutya, bona kwaye wenze kwiSixeko saseBayou.
Le nyanga, sihleli phantsi noMark Haber, umphathi wevenkile yeBrazos Bookstore. Eyaziwa ngokuba yiqoqo edibeneyo yeencwadi, iimbasa zoluntu, kunye neengcebiso zengcali, i-Brazos ixutyushwa ngokubanzi kwiindawo zokuthengisa ezizimeleyo kunye ne-Houston kunye nenxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-Houston.
Umntu ojongene nomsebenzi uyongamela imihla ngemihla yaseBrazos, kwakunye nebhunga lebhunga eliqhelekileyo leencwadi. Kwakhona ungumlobi wokuguqula ukufa , iqoqo lamabali amfutshane (maneka kwiBrazos, kunjalo).
Ngaphambi kokuba afike eHouston ngo-2013, uHhaber wayehlala eWashington, DC, eFlorida, nangona eLos Angeles iminyaka embalwa apho wayekhona-njengoko ebeka - "umbhali okhuselayo ... ngokubhekiselele, ube ngumgca."
Ndihlala kuyo ... "I- Montrose , kwaye ndiyayithanda. Enyanisweni, andizange ndihlale kwenye indawo eHouston. Yintoni enhle malunga neMontrose (kwaye enye inokuthi ithetha ngokubanzi kwe-Houston) ngumxube we-eclectic wamandulo kunye Entsha imithi ye-oak, ehamba phambili kunye neendawo zokudala ezakhiweyo kunye ne-five blocks away i-Tex-Mex enkulu okanye ukutya kwe-Mediterranean. bodwa, kwaye bahlale bexakekile! "
Ungandifumana ... "Ukuba andikho kwi-bookstore, ndifunda okanye ndiyasebenza. Ukuzama ukuzimela, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa iintando zam ezinjalo. Ndiyakuthanda ukufumana ikhofi eSifhon okanye kwi-Espresso yasezantsi. Xa imozulu ipholile, ndiyathanda ukuhamba ngeYunivesithi yaseRis. "
Ndiyathanda ukuba abantu bazi ... "isixa senkcubeko i-Houston inayo.
Ayikho nje iminyuziyamu, kodwa isithili semyuziyamu ! Kwindawo yesithili, kwakhona. Kukho iitoni zobugcisa kunye nevenkile ezincinci kunye nemigumbi kunye nokukhetha okungapheliyo kokutya okulungileyo. Ndiyazi ukuba i-word get thrown around a lot, kodwa ndinqwenela abantu bebazi ngokungafaniyo kwe-Houston. Ndiyicinga ukuba ingamandla amakhulu kaHoston. "
Ixesha lesidlo. Ndiya phambili ... "Hands down, Simply Pho eMidtown. I-Houston ixutywe ngokutya okukhulu kweVietnam - eMidtown naseBellar ikakhulu-kodwa nje nguPheth uyithandayo. Banobubele, bengabizi kwaye abanako ukwenza okubi isitya. Mna kunye nomfazi wam siye khona ubuncinane kanye, ngamanye amaxesha kabini ngeveki. "
Imfihlo ye-Houston igcinwe kakhulu ... "iipaki. Ukusuka eHermann Park ukuya kuVivery Green ukuhamba nje ngeYunivesithi yaseRis ... Abantu bahlala becinga ngoHoston njengolu xwebhu olungenamkhawulo wedolophu - kwaye kukho enye into - nangona kunjalo ezininzi iindawo eziluhlaza , nazo. "
Xa ndidlala ukudlala, ndiyakuthanda ukuya ... "iMyuziyamu yezobuGcisa, i-Houston kunye ne-Menil Collection.
Xa ndifuna ukuphazamisa, ndiya ku ^ "iindawo ezifudumele zezindlu zam kunye nazo zonke iincwadi zam!"
Indawo endiyithandayo yokufumana umoya omtsha kwindawo ... "IYunivesithi yaseRuni nayo yonke imithi ye-oki apho.
Ukuba imozulu yayingabambisana, ndingahamba ngeRisi imihla ngemihla. "
Imisebenzi yam yeveki eyintandokazi kwimizi yesithili saseHouston i ... "Ngeveki ephumayo, ndiya kwiindawo eziphakamileyo kunye nomfazi kunye neefestile nje zefestile okanye ufumane ikhofi. "U
Ndiyathanda ukuchitha imali kwi ... "Mhlawumbi ndihlala ndidibana, kodwa ndinomdlali orekhodiweyo ngoko ndiyathanda kakhulu ukurekhoda kwirekhodi kwiCactus Music kunye neVinal Edge kwiiNtloko."
Into endiyithandayo kakhulu ngo-Houston yi ... "ukufudumala kwabantu." Xa sasihamba apha kuqala kwaye abantu bafumanisa ukuba sasitsha kweso sixeko, baqhubeka bethi, 'Mkelekile eHouston.' Oku kuhlaziya. "