A Cafe & A Bar

On Friday, November 19, 2010 my friends and I went to the Sinbad Cafe & Grill on Westheimer.  We got there at about 9 pm and really enjoyed the atmosphere it has cool lighting and nice Middle Eastern feel and they played a lot of good music.  We ordered Hookah, yes they serve hookah and it was great!  I'm not sure how much it costs because my friend paid for it but it's shared between four people so the cost is usually split.  They serve mostly Middle Eastern food but, I didn't get a chance to try any.  I would recommend this for a laid back night out with friends.

After  hookah we went to the Wild Geese Tavern in Pearland.  It’s a typical sports bar with pool tables, big T.V. screens and music.  The atmosphere was also very laid back; you can go there on a date or with friends and have a good time.  The played a wide variety of music and they showed every songs video on the screens. 
    The items on the menu were too expensive for my college student budget so I ordered a kids pop corn shrimp basket that came with fries and a drink for $4.49.The shrimp and the fries were both great and it was really filling for a kids plate.  Its seems like a great place to be to watch a game and have a good time or just go and hang out and chill I would definitely recommend it.

Football, Link Lounges && Hookah Bars

On Friday, November 5, 2010, the University of Houston football team hosted an after party for their  game against The University of Central Florida at a club called the Link Lounge.  It was a close game but we lost in the end.  The game began at 7 pm and ended at about 10:30 pm.  While the flier for the after party advertised that ladies get in free before 11:30 pm.  

My friends and I arrived at Link Lounge at 11:20 pm and we did not get in until 11:35 pm the girl at the register proceeded to ask us to pay $10 each to get in. After explaining to her that we were not going to do that when we were here in line on time, we began to walk out.  Then she asked "well what can y'all pay" she clearly didn't get the point that we we not paying.  So we left and headed to our plan b.

We went to Amir hookah bar on Westheimer and Dairy Ashford and had so much fun.  It's $10 for one hookah that is enough to be shared between four people.  They sell traditional Middle Eastern food like hummus as well as American food like hot wings.  We had both.  They have drink specials at the bar all night and a DJ that played all the right music.

We smoked hookah, drank, ate hummus and hot wings and danced.  I would highly recommend going there for a night out with the girls or the guys.  It's inexpensive and an overall good time.

The Cascade

When I was a kid in elementary school my parents would drop my big sister and me off at Star Light skating rink for a few hours on Saturday and it was there that we learned how to roller skate.  They would play red light green light, limbo and a number of other games that us kids loved to play.  By the time I was in fifth grade Star Light's name became Zenith and nicknamed "The Z".  They would have all night lock ins that everyone would go to; they were so much fun.  As we got older we began go skating at Fun Plex with our friends; everyone who grew up in southwest Houston can tell you some childhood memory about the Fun Plex skating rink.  Unfortunately as I got older finding a good place to go skating and have a good time became more and more difficult.  The Z closed down and Fun Plex is now run down and they are not a many other places to skate in southwest Houston.

However, on October 21, 2010 I went to the Almeda Skating Rink in southeast Houston.  Club promoters who usually host parties at downtown clubs hosted “Houston’s Cascade Party 3” on the flier it said it was from 9 pm – 2 pm with ladies free before 10 pm.

But it started at 10 pm and of course they held the line for a while so despite getting there at 9:45 we didn’t get in until 10:25.  I talked my way out of us paying which I shouldn’t have had to do due to the circumstances, but after that I had no complaints.  The skates were free all night and I couldn’t wait to get my skates on and get on the rink. 

 The DJs for the night were DJ Young Streetz and DJ chose.  They both did a great job of playing mostly Texas and Louisiana hip hop, big radio hits, and old 90s R&B hits that took me back to my days at Fun Plex and The Z.  I had a blast; I skated all night and from 2 am-3 am the skating rink became a dance floor.  If you like to skate and you live in Houston the cascade party is the place to be; I can’t wait for part 4.  

There I am in the white shirt and black ripped jeans