Wow fareeda! and i thought i lived in houston :P, i need to get out more i guess :)

Dang! Ur so right! ....dont worry there are still some places, i dont make public...referred to as, "holes in the wall" and "undisclosed"...secret handshakes and passwords.

i swear i should work for the visitors bureau.

Fansari: you should start charging ppl for all these names of kool places only "ppl in the know" know.

places worth checking out: Rice Media Center, MFAH, Antiquing, Estate Show, Azalea Trails on Kirby, Spotlight Karoke, Aurora Picture Show, Dean's Credit Clothing, Contemporary Arts Museum, River/Greenway Oaks movie, Taxi Taxi, Liquid, The ZOOO!!, Japanese Tea Garden, Katy Mills, the new extension to Galleria, the uber stuffy DESI/ARAB 24 Clubbish Starbucks on Post Oak and Westheimer..

coffee: agorra's-DUH!

brunch: farragos
divemusiclounge: fitzgeralds, continental club, byzantani, rudyards, rhythm room, Numbers

lounge in dtown: six degrees, oxygen bar, chaise lounge

lunch: Ten Cafe Le Fendi, Baba Yega's,

to din din with friends: Uptown Sushi, Grand lux, Cafe Adobe, Bucca di Beppos

to spend time in solitude: Agorra, Empire or Brasil

To take out a Special Someone:

to shop: everywhere
to lounge on a lazy day: half price books, hole in the wall shops

to music: SOUNDWAVES......................... ........

gosh- i think iam leaving some out..oh well :D

grand lux cafe for non-desi or sabri nihari for desi stuff.

Sambuca Cafe