A cikin Houston: Brazos Bookstore ta Mark Haber

Ƙaddamar da Inside Atlanta, jerin da Cibiyar Atlanta ta gina, Kate Parham Kordsmeier, muna son gabatar da Inside Houston. Kowace wata, zamu tattauna tambayoyin mutanen Houston kan abubuwan da suka fi so su ci, gani kuma suyi a garin Bayou.

A wannan watan, muna zaune tare da Mark Haber, mai kula da kantin sayar da littattafai na Brazos. Sanarwar da aka tattara ta littattafai, abubuwan da suka shafi al'umma, da kuma shawarwari masu kwarewa, Brazos yana dauke da ɗaya daga cikin litattafai masu rike da kansa na musamman a Houston da kuma wani ɓangare na yankunan Houston.

Haber ne ke kula da kwanciyar hankali na Brazos yau da kullum, da kuma shagon kasuwancin da aka saba da shi a kowane wata. Shi ne mawallafin Mutuwa Mutuwa , tarin labarun labaru (akwai a Brazos, ba shakka).

Kafin ya isa Houston a shekara ta 2013, Haber ya zauna a Washington, DC, Florida, har ma da Los Angeles na 'yan shekarun nan inda yake - kamar yadda yake sanya shi - "marubuci mai gwagwarmaya ... a gaskiya, shine danna."

Ina zaune a cikin ... " Montrose , kuma ina son shi, hakika, ban taba zama a ko'ina ba a Houston. Abin da ke da kyau game da Montrose (kuma ana iya faɗar haka ga yawancin Houston) ita ce musanya ta tsohuwar tsohuwar Sabo da haka akwai wasu manyan bishiyoyin bishiyoyi da tsofaffin gine-ginen da aka haɗu tare, kuma ba biyar da ke da nisa ba mai kyau Tex-Mex ko abincin Ruwa. kadai, kuma suna yin aiki sosai! "

Za ku iya samun ni ... "Idan ban kasance a kantin sayar da kantin sayar da littattafan ba, ina karantawa, rubutawa ko gudu. Lokacin da yanayin ya zama mai sanyaya, ina son yin gudana a kusa da Jami'ar Rice. "

Ina fata mutane sun san ... "yawan al'adun da Houston ke da ita.

Babu gidajen kayan gargajiya kawai, amma ginin gine-gine! Gundumar gidan wasan kwaikwayo, ma. Akwai tons na fasaha da ƙananan kantin sayar da kayayyaki da kuma zaɓuɓɓuka marasa iyaka don abinci mai kyau. Na san maganar da aka jefa a kusa da yawa, amma ina fatan mutane sun fi sani da bambancin Houston. Ina tsammanin cewa babbar ƙarfi ce ta Houston. "

Lokaci abincin dare. Ina zuwa ... "Hands down, Simply Pho a Midtown Houston cike tare da abinci mai girma Vietnamese - a Midtown da Bellaire musamman - amma Simply Pho ne mafiya so mu. Sun kasance sada zumunci, cheap kuma iya iya yin mummunan tasa.Mu da matata na tafi a can sau ɗaya, sau biyu sau ɗaya a mako. "

Mafi kyawun asirin Houston shine ... "wuraren shakatawa Daga Hermann Park zuwa Discovery Green don kawai tafiya a Jami'ar Rice ... Mutane sunyi tunanin Houston kamar wannan birane marar iyaka - kuma akwai wannan al'amari - duk da haka, akwai da yawa wurare kore , ma. "

Lokacin da nake wasa na yawon shakatawa, ina so in je ... "Gidan Gida na Fine Arts, Houston da kuma Menil Collection." Ba su taba barin ka ba. "

Lokacin da na so in rabu da ni, zan je ... "Yankin dakin gidana da dukan litattafai na!"

Kasashen da na fi so in sami iska mai kyau a yankin shine ... "Jami'ar Rice tare da dukan itacen oak a can.

Idan yanayin zai yi aiki tare, zan iya tafiya a kusa da Rice a kowace rana na shekara. "

Ayyukan da na fi so a karshen mako a yankin Houston metro sune ... "A lokacin karshen mako, zan je gidan taya tare da matata da kuma kantin kofa ko kuma samun kofi, ina kuma son kasuwar kamfanin Airline Farmer a cikin tuddai . "

Ina so in kashe kudi a ... "Ina da alaka da kaina, amma ina da dan wasan rikodi don haka ina son sayar da kaya a Cactus Music da Vinal Edge a cikin tuddai."

Abin da na fi so a game da Houston shine ... "ingancin mutane.Da muka fara tafiya a nan kuma mutane sun gano cewa mun kasance sabon birni, sun ci gaba da cewa, 'Barka da zuwa Houston.' Wannan shi ne abin warke. "