Hi, Houstoners. I'm heading your way. Which may make some people exclaim, "Houston, we have a problem!"
In June, I will be heading to my niece Dragon's high school graduation, which she assures me, is on June 7th. Or June 9th. Or June 6th. She'll let me know when she gets back to school in January. But damn it, it's one of those dates. Allegedly.
In any case, I told her, to her delight (she's clearly brain-damaged) that I will be there for her graduation. So I plan on spending a few days, including my birthday (June 8th, not allegedly) in Houston. A place I have spent a total of 3 days of my life previously, long before Dragon ever got there. So, I have some questions.
Specifically, what can you suggest for my down time? I have already considered baseball and basketball games, and if the schedules work in my favor, I may well attend one or both of those. Especially if, by some stroke of luck, the Diamondbacks or Suns are playing there when I am there. Football will be in off-season, and there is no NHL team in Houston. (And I have zero interest in NASCAR.) So, suggestions? I love food. I love beer. I love rum. I love partying. I love music (of the rock and non-country variety). I love women. I love women in bikinis. I love amusement parks. I love strangeness. (And yes, I already know about NASA....I have full plans of doing whatever tour/fun shit they offer.)
One important side note to this: every year on my birthday, I have my birthday dinner at a local sushi restaurant which absolutely rocks. Due to the graduation, I will have to reschedule my Key West birthday dinner to a week or so before or after my actual birthday. But damn it, on my birthday, I want sushi. So, any suggestions as to a good, or better yet, GREAT, sushi restaurant in the Houston area?
My niece lives in Baytown, which is an Eastern suburb of Houston. I will be staying in downtown Houston, in Baytown, or somewhere in between, though I lean towards near downtownish, as I will have a rental car. I do want to be able to get around, but I also want to be able to drink, have fun, and walk to my hotel.
And I almost certainly will be staying in a hotel, because I have three other options:
--stay with my 18 year old niece and her 24 year old boyfriend (and his cousin). Besides the obvious tenseness of such (since I will probably end up grilling the boy), my option there is a couch. Not a bed. A couch. I am 41. I CAN stay on a couch, but do I really WANT to?
--stay with her mother. And her mother's husband. And their infant daughter. I repeat....INFANT daughter. I am NOT staying in the same place with an infant. I have nothing against infants, mind you, but I do intend on enjoying the night life, and that means I may be coming home late (not good for the infant) and sleeping in late (not good for me if I am in a house with an infant).
--stay with my niece's grandfather, who lives somewhere in the Houston area (not sure where) and who, while I like a lot, I believe has his mother living with him. He is in his 60's, and a cool guy, but that means his mother is in her what, 80's? 90's? Need I say more?
So, entertainment suggestions for downtown Houston/the eastern suburbs? Y'all have 5 months to help me out on this.
In June, I will be heading to my niece Dragon's high school graduation, which she assures me, is on June 7th. Or June 9th. Or June 6th. She'll let me know when she gets back to school in January. But damn it, it's one of those dates. Allegedly.
In any case, I told her, to her delight (she's clearly brain-damaged) that I will be there for her graduation. So I plan on spending a few days, including my birthday (June 8th, not allegedly) in Houston. A place I have spent a total of 3 days of my life previously, long before Dragon ever got there. So, I have some questions.
Specifically, what can you suggest for my down time? I have already considered baseball and basketball games, and if the schedules work in my favor, I may well attend one or both of those. Especially if, by some stroke of luck, the Diamondbacks or Suns are playing there when I am there. Football will be in off-season, and there is no NHL team in Houston. (And I have zero interest in NASCAR.) So, suggestions? I love food. I love beer. I love rum. I love partying. I love music (of the rock and non-country variety). I love women. I love women in bikinis. I love amusement parks. I love strangeness. (And yes, I already know about NASA....I have full plans of doing whatever tour/fun shit they offer.)
One important side note to this: every year on my birthday, I have my birthday dinner at a local sushi restaurant which absolutely rocks. Due to the graduation, I will have to reschedule my Key West birthday dinner to a week or so before or after my actual birthday. But damn it, on my birthday, I want sushi. So, any suggestions as to a good, or better yet, GREAT, sushi restaurant in the Houston area?
My niece lives in Baytown, which is an Eastern suburb of Houston. I will be staying in downtown Houston, in Baytown, or somewhere in between, though I lean towards near downtownish, as I will have a rental car. I do want to be able to get around, but I also want to be able to drink, have fun, and walk to my hotel.
And I almost certainly will be staying in a hotel, because I have three other options:
--stay with my 18 year old niece and her 24 year old boyfriend (and his cousin). Besides the obvious tenseness of such (since I will probably end up grilling the boy), my option there is a couch. Not a bed. A couch. I am 41. I CAN stay on a couch, but do I really WANT to?
--stay with her mother. And her mother's husband. And their infant daughter. I repeat....INFANT daughter. I am NOT staying in the same place with an infant. I have nothing against infants, mind you, but I do intend on enjoying the night life, and that means I may be coming home late (not good for the infant) and sleeping in late (not good for me if I am in a house with an infant).
--stay with my niece's grandfather, who lives somewhere in the Houston area (not sure where) and who, while I like a lot, I believe has his mother living with him. He is in his 60's, and a cool guy, but that means his mother is in her what, 80's? 90's? Need I say more?
So, entertainment suggestions for downtown Houston/the eastern suburbs? Y'all have 5 months to help me out on this.
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