Hoʻokumuʻia e Inside Atlanta, he papahana i hakuʻia e Atlanta Expert,ʻo Kate Parham Kordsmeier, makemake mākou e hoʻokomo i loko o Inside Houston. I kēlā me kēia mahina, e ninaninau mākou i nā mea nui o ka poʻe Houston eʻai, eʻike a hana i ka Bayou City.
I kēia mahina, noho mākou me Mark Haber, mea mālama hale kūʻai o Brazos Bookstore. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Brazos no ka hōʻiliʻili maikaʻiʻana i nā puke, nā hanana kaiāulu, a me nā'ōlelo aʻo kūikawā,ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o nā puke kūʻai puke kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa o Houston a he wahi nui o ka hapakū o Houston.
Hoʻoponoponoʻo Haber i nā hana a Brazos i kēia lā, aʻo ka hale kūʻai hoʻolaha nui o ka hale kūʻai. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea kākau o Deathbed Conversions , he hōʻuluʻulu o nā moʻolelo pokole (hiki ma Brazos,ʻoiaʻiʻo).
Mamua o kona hōʻeaʻana i Houston i ka makahiki 2013, nohoʻo Haber ma Wakinekona, DC, Florida, a me Los Angeles no nā makahiki he nui kahi i noho aiʻo ia -ʻoiaiʻo ia i waiho ai - "he mea kākau paʻakikī ...ʻoiai,ʻo ia ka pāʻina."
Noho wau i loko ... " Montrose , a aloha nui au i ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole au i noho ma kahi'ē aʻe ma Houston. He mea nui e pili ana i Montrose (a like nō hoʻi ia me ka nui o Houston)ʻo ia ka eclectic mix o ka wā kahiko a me ʻO ka nui o nā lāʻauʻoka nui a me ka hoʻolālā kahiko e hoʻopiliʻia ana, aʻaʻoleʻoi akuʻelima'āpana o Tex-Mex a me nā meaʻai Pākehā. hoʻokahi wale nō, a ke hana mau nei lākou. "
Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iaʻu ... "Ināʻaʻole wau ma ka hale kūʻai,ʻike wau, kākau a holo paha. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka wā, makemake au e holo ma kahi o ke Kulanuiʻo Rice. "
Makemake wau eʻike nā kānaka ... "ka nui o ka moʻomeheu a Houston.
ʻAʻole kahi hale hoʻolālā wale nō, akā he wahi hale hoʻolālā! ʻO kahi kaʻina hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Aia kekahi tonana o nāʻoihana a me nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi a me nā kiʻi a me nā koho maʻamau no kaʻai maikaʻi. Uaʻike wau i ka nui o ka loiloiʻana o ka hua'ōlelo, akā, makemake wau eʻike nui nā kānaka i ka pilina o Houston. Manaʻo wauʻo kaʻoi aku ka ikaika loa o Houston. "
He wāʻaina. Ke hele nei au i ka ... "Mau lima, Simply Pho ma Midtown. Ua pihaʻo Houston i nā mea Vietnamese nui - ma Midtown a me Bellaire, akāʻo Simply Pho ka mea punahele loa iā mākou. Ke hele nei au me kaʻu wahine i laila ma kahi manawa hoʻokahi, i kekahi manawa iʻelua manawa o ka hebedoma. "
ʻO ke kuhi maikaʻi loa o Houston ... "nā pakihi. Mai Hermann Park a Discovery Green e hele wikiwiki i ke Kulanuiʻo Rice ... Ua manaʻo nā kānaka e noʻonoʻo iā Houston e like me kēia kaona kūhohoho mau loa - a aia kekahiʻano - akā naʻe, he nui nā'āmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo. "
Ke hele nei wau i ka poʻe hele kipa, makemake wau e hele i ... "ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Fine Arts, Houston a me ka Menil Collection."ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻokuʻu iāʻoe. "
Ke makemake au e hoʻopau, hele wau i ... "nā hoʻomaha mahana o kuʻu lumi me kaʻu mau puke a pau!"
ʻO koʻu wahi punahele e loaʻa ai ka makani ea ma kahi ... "Ke Kulaʻo Rice me nā lāʻauʻoka ma laila.
Inā kōkua ka lewa, hiki iaʻu ke hele ma Rice i kēlā me kēia lā o ka makahiki. "
ʻO kaʻu mau hana punahele punahele ma ka mokuʻo Houston ... "Ma ka hopena o ka hopena wikiwiki, e hele wau i kahi heiau me kaʻu wahine a me ka hale kūʻai puka wale aiʻole e loaʻa ka kofe. "
Makemake au e hoʻolilo i ke kālā ma ... "Mahalo paha e pili ana iaʻu iho, akā iaʻu kaʻu mea hoʻokani pila no ka makemake nui i ke kūʻaiʻana i nā kūʻai ma Cactus Music a me Vinal Edge ma ka Hale."
ʻO ka mea nui aʻu i aloha nui ai ma Houston,ʻo ia ka ... "i ka mahanahana o nā kānaka a i ka manawa i neʻe mua ai mākou maʻaneʻi aʻikeʻia e ka poʻe hou mākou i ke kūlanakauhale,'ōlelo lākou, 'E hōʻoluʻolu i Houston.' He hōʻoluʻolu ia. "