There's almost always a wait for a table. So is it our imagination or was Houston's among the first Houston restaurants to use flashing beepers?
It’s a big family destination but we love when they stay open late on Fridays for "Mixers and Elixirs," where the young intelligentsia mix, mingle and dance.
The counter holds a map of good picnic spots that includes parks both near (the Cullen Sculpture Garden and Miller Outdoor Theatre) and far (the Water Wall).
This massive kid paradise is the number-one children’s museum in the country as well as the highest attended, with more than 750,000 people passing through its doors annually.
For relaxing, try In The Buff, starting with essential oils, cleansing agents and natural olive stone granules to exfoliate.
Comprised of many boutique establishments: a farmer’s market section, a fresh seafood counter, vitamin shop, flower market, bakery, wine shop, gift emporium, a café and a gourmet take-out section.
The milkshakes are made with Blue Bell ice cream, and the lemonade and limeade is served fresh.
This is a BYOB establishment with no corkage fee, so stop-off at your favorite liquor store before you go.
The Chocolate Bar has sugar-free chocolate bars and candies for diabetics. They’re really very good, or good enough that you won’t miss the sugar-laden versions.
Churrascos has been singled out as the purveyor of one of the best steaks in America by Esquire magazine.
Warehouse Live is a 1920s warehouse that has been reborn as a concert venue for major bands as well as those on the verge.
This Barnaby's parking lot isn't so big, so be prepared to find a spot on the street and walk a block or two.
This place isn't easy to find, tucked into the warehouse district north of downtown, so if our map doesn’t do it for you, check the restaurant’s Web site for more precise instructions. It’s worth it.
Chick and Chica keeps later hours Friday and Saturday night for shopping in between taco noshing and live music shows.
If to you '80s music means Depeche Mode, The Cure, and The Smiths rather than Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, Etro Lounge is your bar.
High tail it over here after work but do not leave your work clothes on unless you want to stick out like a sore thumb.
Anvil is at its best when the bar is only half full—we like to come on weekdays rather than fight the crowds on Saturday night.
Don’t even think about parking your own car—there’s not much available space on this tiny island right off of Shepherd, but several valets are at the ready.
In addition, FotoFest has several other programs that include exhibitions, conferences, multi-media installations, international exchange programs and provocative film and video festivals.
The building evokes both Philip Johnson and Piet Mondrian with its walls of patchwork glass that dissolve the boundaries between indoors and out.
Now waving the event parking rate ($20) requires exactly two entrees in the restaurant.
The locker room showers are incredible even by spa standards, with a half-dozen heads and settings from intense massage to rainfall.
The club, was originally modeled after one of the oldest yacht clubs in the western hemisphere, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
At the intersection of I-10 and Beltway 8, this luxe new complex features a plethora of pads as well as the newly-opened Hotel Sorella, Studio Movie Grill, and abundant retail.
In addition to the memorabilia and gift shop housed in the refurbished terminal, the museum also encompasses a classic hangar that's home to a Lockheed Lodestar.
If you're looking for a mid-afternoon meal downtown, this is the only place we know of open between lunch and dinner hours.
