GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Category: Places

  • Some State Parks we’ve been visiting

    So we have been visiting state parks in our spare time. I’ll spare you the reviews since you can just follow them on yelp. But that said, I’ve been having fun even with the deer incident and the awefully cold nights from last weekend. It was fun coming home and setting off the carbon monoxide alarm while changing the batteries that must have died while we were at Martin Dies Jr. State Park. I’m not so sure about the recuperative powers of being in nature – in the end you’re still there wherever you’re at – but it still is a nice change of pace, especially for someone like me who is somewhat obsessed with hanging out at home and reading a book (or studying the ARE’s or surfing the internets).

    So here’s yet another a photographic post for this friday (actually three if you count the 11/20 post I somehow never published until today and my retroactive thanksgiving picture that I’m just about to do right now =P )

    Lost Maples State Natural Area
    Lost Maples State Natural Area
    Martin Dies Junior State Park
    Martin Dies Junior State Park
    Livingston Lake State Park
    Livingston Lake State Park

  • A Map of Houston Hits.

    My friend is thinking about coming to Houston around rodeo time and she asked me about any good websites about Houston and things to do here.  Unfortunately I don’t know of any such sites, but I did find an old google map of my favorite places in the city which I had put together when Dongwoo came to town.

    I spent a couple hours updating it and here it is!

    I gotta say that my most interesting places are really just eateries.  But there is a reasonable helping of odd ideosyncratic places and wacky moments.  If you have anything you think I should add, ding me.  Otherwise, here is a snapshot of my mental map of Houston.

    Blue is places of interest
    Cyan is Eateries
    Magenta is places I still need to go visit

    Houston according to Justus

    If you click on this link that takes you to google maps, you’ll see a sidebar with all the places listed.

  • Griffs

    Griffs

    I just had a nice dinner with my girlfriend at Griffs, a local sports bar next door to the Chinese Consulate.

    We had $8 pork chops literally in the shadow of the mother country. The bartender/cook was kind enough to give us two helpings of sides (one on each plate) and this one order ended up filling both of us as well as giving us some leftovers for tomorrow.

    That said, I think we’ll most likely just stick with Tuesdays Steak Night from now on … for the extra $4 you get MORE GRILLIN’! MORE JUICYNESS and MORE FAT!

  • Felix

     

    Apparently these guys were the ones who brought Tex-Mex to Houston. They were clearly not at their apex when I arrived.  It was sad, but at least there was always someone at the restaurant.

    They closed last April.