I have been completely lazy on this blog. However, as of yesterday I began my two week holiday. This will consist of a week with the family (who has recently re-located to a northern suburb of Houston, Texas) and a week running around the snowy streets of New York City.
Before arriving in Houston I have pretty much heard nothing but negative things from most people. However, getting the opinions of people who live in Portland on major cities is a bit biased and not necessarily how I judge a city. The opinion of Portlanders in regards to whether or not they like a city probably consists of any combination of these things:
-vegetarian/vegan restaurants
-bike-ability
-public trans
-if it recently appeared on the hipster radar(vice mag, pitchforkmedia, or some other faux-artsy mag that I don't know about and thus proving my rapid decline into the unhip.-HA.)
As I write this list I suddenly realize that either I am completely wrong on how most Portlanders tend to judge a city or I have just been talking to a lot of hypocrites. Los Angeles rocks at two of these aspects and yet someone can practically get a black eye for claiming love for L.A. in Portland.
That being said I come to Houston with neither high nor low expectations. Rather, I come with open arms ready to embrace all the strange, gross and amazingness of this southern Texas town. True, I will be spending most of my time in a northern suburb and probably won't really get a feel for the city but here is how I plan to get in on a bit of the pulse of the lone star state...
-Go to some thrift stores
-drink Lone Star
-eat at Sonic
-listen to the local hip-hop station constantly.
-oh and go to some museums (which surprisingly...Houston has tons of. For instance, Museum of Photography currently has an exhibit dedicated to the Sanchez Brothers. *see below*)
Before arriving in Houston I have pretty much heard nothing but negative things from most people. However, getting the opinions of people who live in Portland on major cities is a bit biased and not necessarily how I judge a city. The opinion of Portlanders in regards to whether or not they like a city probably consists of any combination of these things:
-vegetarian/vegan restaurants
-bike-ability
-public trans
-if it recently appeared on the hipster radar(vice mag, pitchforkmedia, or some other faux-artsy mag that I don't know about and thus proving my rapid decline into the unhip.-HA.)
As I write this list I suddenly realize that either I am completely wrong on how most Portlanders tend to judge a city or I have just been talking to a lot of hypocrites. Los Angeles rocks at two of these aspects and yet someone can practically get a black eye for claiming love for L.A. in Portland.
That being said I come to Houston with neither high nor low expectations. Rather, I come with open arms ready to embrace all the strange, gross and amazingness of this southern Texas town. True, I will be spending most of my time in a northern suburb and probably won't really get a feel for the city but here is how I plan to get in on a bit of the pulse of the lone star state...
-Go to some thrift stores
-drink Lone Star
-eat at Sonic
-listen to the local hip-hop station constantly.
-oh and go to some museums (which surprisingly...Houston has tons of. For instance, Museum of Photography currently has an exhibit dedicated to the Sanchez Brothers. *see below*)
Having arrived on three hours sleep, things so far have been relatively uneventful. However, last night I was awoken by a thunder storm like I have never seen. Lighting about every 2 seconds, thunder about every 4 seconds, hard rain with a strong wind rattling the windows. The strange thing about it that when I went to sleep at 1 in the morning, it wasn't even raining. Then when I awoke this morning, the skies were clear and it is now about 75 degrees outside. Flash storm? Southern weather? Very cool...
"descent"-Carlos & Jason Sanchez
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my older brother is in houston now... works for japan!
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