This massive kid paradise is the number-one children’s museum in the country as well as the highest attended, with more than 750,000 people passing through its doors annually.
For relaxing, try In The Buff, starting with essential oils, cleansing agents and natural olive stone granules to exfoliate.
Comprised of many boutique establishments: a farmer’s market section, a fresh seafood counter, vitamin shop, flower market, bakery, wine shop, gift emporium, a café and a gourmet take-out section.
The milkshakes are made with Blue Bell ice cream, and the lemonade and limeade is served fresh.
This is a BYOB establishment with no corkage fee, so stop-off at your favorite liquor store before you go.
The Chocolate Bar has sugar-free chocolate bars and candies for diabetics. They’re really very good, or good enough that you won’t miss the sugar-laden versions.
Churrascos has been singled out as the purveyor of one of the best steaks in America by Esquire magazine.
Warehouse Live is a 1920s warehouse that has been reborn as a concert venue for major bands as well as those on the verge.
This Barnaby's parking lot isn't so big, so be prepared to find a spot on the street and walk a block or two.
This place isn't easy to find, tucked into the warehouse district north of downtown, so if our map doesn’t do it for you, check the restaurant’s Web site for more precise instructions. It’s worth it.
Chick and Chica keeps later hours Friday and Saturday night for shopping in between taco noshing and live music shows.
If to you '80s music means Depeche Mode, The Cure, and The Smiths rather than Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, Etro Lounge is your bar.
High tail it over here after work but do not leave your work clothes on unless you want to stick out like a sore thumb.
Don’t even think about parking your own car—there’s not much available space on this tiny island right off of Shepherd, but several valets are at the ready.
In addition, FotoFest has several other programs that include exhibitions, conferences, multi-media installations, international exchange programs and provocative film and video festivals.
The building evokes both Philip Johnson and Piet Mondrian with its walls of patchwork glass that dissolve the boundaries between indoors and out.
Now waving the event parking rate ($20) requires exactly two entrees in the restaurant.
The rooms are lovely, but it's the extras that seal the deal: free Town Car service, evening turndown service, complimentary Wi-Fi, a 24-hour concierge
Get your favorite Le Mistral ingredients at Foody's Gourmet & Bakery, the next-door grocer opened by the Denis brothers.
This lovely wooded sanctuary nestled in Memorial offers tennis courts, a fully outfitted gym, a swimming pool, and privacy.
Becerra started out as a line cook at Post Oak Grill, and now he owns it. In 2002, he bought the restaurant from Manfred Jachmich, who operates So Vino on Montrose.
Forget paying a visitor fee or sneaking in on a hot day—Sorella opens up its swank pool to any bar or restaurant patron.
The 18th floor holds an infinity pool with panoramic views, a spa and a gym that includes "meditative yoga space," which sounds pretty cool.
The main sanctuary at Woodway sustained serious damage after Hurricane Ike, but reopened in September 2009 bigger and better than before.
Customized invitations for weddings, birthdays and other events are expertly handled here, plus there's always scrapbooks for every season lining the shelves.
If you get a chance, ask the owners, a lovely couple from Beirut, about their backstory.
The walls of their tiny shop around the corner from Reliant Stadium are covered with photos of famous Texans.
Harris County commissioners can't figure out what to do with the building. Among the proposals: A hotel or movie studio. No one knows what will happen to it.
