Inspired los ntawm Inside Atlanta, ib tug series tsim los ntawm Atlanta Expert, Kate Parham Kordsmeier, peb xav ua kom paub hauv Inside Houston. Txhua lub hlis, peb yuav xam phaj Houstonians rau lawv nyiam khoom noj, saib thiab ua hauv Bayou City.
Lub hlis no, peb tabtom zaum nrog Mark Tshaj, khw tus thawj coj ntawm lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Brazos. Paub txog nws cov phau ntawv zoo, cov ntaub ntawv hauv zej zos, thiab cov tswv yim kws tshaj lij, Brazos yog pom tias yog Houston qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm nws tus kheej phau ntawv thiab muaj feem ntawm Houston lub zej zog.
Xov xwm saib xyuas cov naj npawb ntawm Brazos, nrog rau lub khw muag khoom nrov tshaj plaws txhua hli. Nws tseem yog tus sau ntawm Deathbed Conversions , ib phau ntawm cov dab neeg luv luv (muaj nyob hauv Brazos, tau kawg).
Ua ntej mus txog rau Houston xyoo 2013, Xov Xwm nyob hauv Washington, DC, Florida, thiab Los Angeles rau ob peb xyoos tom qab nws nyob qhov twg - raws li nws tau sau tseg nws - "ib tug neeg txawj sau ntawv ... hauv essence, yog ib lub ntsiab lus."
Kuv nyob hauv " ... " Qhov tseeb, kuv tsis tau mus nyob hauv Houston Qhov zoo tshaj yog hais txog Montrose (thiab tib yam li hais rau Houston) yog lub eclectic mix ntawm qub thiab Muaj cov neeg zoo nkauj, looming oak ntoo thiab qub architecture uas tau tsim ua ke, thiab tsis tsib blocks yog cov zaub mov Tex-Mex lossis Mediterranean. nyob ib leeg, thiab lawv nyob nraum niaj hnub! "
Koj tuaj yeem pom kuv ... "Yog tias kuv tsis nyob hauv lub khw muag khoom, kuv nyeem ntawv, sau ntawv lossis khiav ntawm kev ua haujlwm, kom paub tseeb tias, tab sis kuv tsis xav tau. Thaum huab cua txias dua, kuv nyiam khiav hauv Rice University. "
Kuv xav kom neeg paub ... "qhov nyiaj ntawm Houston muaj npaum li cas.
Muaj tsis yog tsev cia puav pheej, tab sis lub tsev cia puav pheej ! Ib lub tsev ua yeeb yam, thiab. Muaj cov duab ntawm cov kos duab thiab cov khw muag khoom noj khoom haus thiab cov tsev me me thiab cov khoom noj tsis zoo rau cov khoom noj zoo. Kuv paub lo lus tau muab pov tseg ib ncig ntau heev, tab sis kuv xav tias tib neeg tau paub txog Houston ntau haiv neeg. Kuv xav tias nws yog Houston lub zog loj tshaj plaws. "
Nws yog noj hmo. Kuv tau mus rau ... "Tsuas yog Pho hauv Midtown, Houston tau ntim nrog cov zaub mov loj hauv Nyab Laj - hauv Midtown thiab Bellaire tshwj xeeb - tab sis tsuas yog Pho yog peb nyiam. Kuv tus poj niam thiab kuv mus muaj tsawg kawg yog ib zaug, qee zaum ob zaug ib lim piam. "
Houston qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws yog ... "cov chaw ua si ntawm Hermann Park mus Discovery Green mus taug kev ncig thaj chaw Rice University ... Cov neeg yuav xav Houston li qhov kev txom nyem nroog sprawl - thiab muaj ntawd nam - txawm li cas los, muaj ntau ntau qhov chaw ntsuab , thiab. "
Thaum kuv tabtom ua ib tus neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi, kuv nyiam mus rau ... "Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Fine Arts, Houston thiab Menil Collection lawv tsis tau tso koj tseg."
Thaum kuv xav mus so, kuv mus rau ... "qhov chaw sov so ntawm kuv lub tsev nrog rau tag nrho kuv cov phau ntawv!"
Kuv nyiam qhov chaw kom tau huab cua nyob hauv cheeb tsam yog ... "Rice University nrog tag nrho cov ntoo qhib muaj.
Yog tias huab cua yuav koom tes, kuv tuaj yeem mus ncig ntawm txhua hnub ntawm lub xyoo. "
Kuv tuaj yeem mus rau lub Heights nrog kuv tus poj niam thiab cia li tau mus kav khw los yog tau kas fes, thiab kuv kuj nyiam Airline Farmer's market nyob rau hauv cov Heights . "
Kuv nyiam siv nyiaj ntawm ... "Kuv tabtom zaum tau yos tawm ntawm kuv tus kheej, tab sis kuv muaj ib tus neeg ua si ntaub ntawv kom kuv nyiam cov ntaub ntawv kav khw ntawm Cactus Music thiab Vinal Edge in the Heights."
Qhov uas kuv nyiam tshaj plaws txog Houston yog ... "qhov kev sov siab ntawm cov neeg." Thaum peb xub mus rau ntawm no thiab cov neeg tau pom peb tuaj tshiab rau hauv nroog, lawv tau hais tias, 'Txais tos rau Houston.' Uas yog refreshing. "