I spent last week in Houston Texas - as you can see from the pictures above, I had a few chances to sample the local BBQ fare - and like always, quality ranged to both ends of the spectrum! Check out the reviews in the Restaurant section of the site. As I flew in, sitting in my upgraded seat drinking a complementary beverage, I thought about the last time I had been here. If memory serves, I was single, and was taking some advanced Novell training. I remember spending the week partying with my friends Gary Clark and Sally Specker. At one point I was so drunk that I spent 30 minutes trying to get my car key to open the wrong car - "Are you sure that's your's Bob?", "'Course it is, I distinctly remember parking my red rental right around here …" once I figured it out and found my own car it became - "Are you sure you're okay to drive Bob?", "'course I am - gotta drive, too drunk to walk!"
The funny part of this story is that less than a year later Gary Clark was interviewing me for a position with Novell and all I could think was "does he remember me trying to open someone else's car?" Apparently he was as drunk as I was cause he hired me :)
Anyway - I like Houston. It's kind of like a hot and humid Minnesota city - it's spread out, has lots of green areas, supports a very active service industry, and still manages to have a large high-tech population.