Quite a while back I offered to try to organize something in Houston for the night of Wednesday, November 3rd as it seems the SMD2 doesn't have much planned, other than probably "drinks at the hotel bar" and a BBQ that I don't have info on, but welcome someone to post it on this thread.

A few years ago, I spent some time in Houston and remember a few fun places to go and kind of a fun outdoor bar scene. Houston, in my opinion, is less about the downtown area (though there are a lot of good places there) and more about the "Galleria" area of Westheimer/Richmond or whatever fancy name they have for it (Upper Kirby?). Seems you can park and walk around to a few different places, or very short drives.

I suggest we could meet at 7:30pm at a place called Mugsy's which would allow us to catch the last half hour of happy hour, sit outside in a low-key place and then eat there, or if you want or head across the street to Pappadeaux Seafood kitchen or something nearby, like Chuy's, even if it is a bit of a chain now. Everyone can kind of make their own decision. I will bring my yellow flyertalk tags with me and try to make them visible on the table or something so we can find each other.

So bottom line is, if you want to meet at Mugsy's I will be there from 7:30pm and if you think you might get there after 9:00pm, then send me a PM and I will give you my cell phone number.

If you know Houston really well, and/or, have better suggestions, post them below.

Please let me know if you are interested, I mean, if there are 30 of us I should call to see if there will be enough room!

Cheers, Powers