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TEXAS<br />
dishes like butter-poached Maine lobster<br />
with pasta pearls and Kurobuta pork loin with<br />
rutabaga purée. $$$$$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
ARMADILLO PALACE<br />
5015 Kirby Dr • 713-526-9700<br />
www.thearmadillopalace.com<br />
Squeeze into those pressed Wranglers, pull<br />
on those boots and ask the bartender for a<br />
Lone Star Lager to wet your whistle. With live<br />
Texas music, dominoes and a whiskey bar, it’s<br />
always a good time to scoot a boot.<br />
DEAN’S CREDIT CLOTHING<br />
315 Fairview St • 713-807-0301<br />
www.myspace.com/deanscreditclothing<br />
This chic new midtown location of the popular<br />
bar and clothing store has patio seating for<br />
people-watching, live music and a happy hour<br />
from 5pm to 9pm. Plus, you don’t have to<br />
remember to bring a jacket: If you get cold,<br />
you can just buy one.<br />
DOWNING STREET PUB<br />
2549 Kirby St • 713-523-2291<br />
www.downingstreetpub.com<br />
Slip out of work or a conference early and<br />
enjoy a long evening at this classic pub. After<br />
your eyes adjust in the walk-in humidor,<br />
select a fi ne cigar to have with a 21-year old<br />
Auchentoshan scotch. Home offi ce made of<br />
fi ne mahogany not included.<br />
SALUD! WINERY<br />
3939 Montrose Blvd • 713-522-8282<br />
www.saludwinery.com<br />
One of Houston’s fi nest wine bars, Salud!<br />
offers an extensive selection of wines from<br />
around the world. If you have time, take a<br />
wine education class or learn to make and<br />
label your own special blend.<br />
GO DAY-TRIPPING<br />
MONTHLY BLUEGRASS SHOW<br />
27 miles southwest of Houston<br />
300 W Walker St, League City • 281-488-2244<br />
www.bayareabluegrass.org<br />
If you’re jonesing for a little bluegrass, you’d<br />
better hit this last free concert from the Bay<br />
Area Bluegrass Association before the season<br />
ends for the winter. There will be food, raffl es<br />
and live music. Nov. 21.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
The fi ve-time Academy Award-winning movie<br />
Terms of Endearment was partly fi lmed in<br />
Houston’s Heights neighborhood.<br />
GO MAGAZINE NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
Indianapolis<br />
INDIANA<br />
— Susan Dawson<br />
GO SHOP<br />
BARBARA’S NEW BEGINNINGS<br />
20 W Pine St, Zionsville • 317-733-4100<br />
www.barbarasnewbeginnings.com<br />
Most women don’t wear the correct bra size.<br />
Find out if you’re among the majority by<br />
getting an expert fi tting from this specialty<br />
lingerie shop, which carries plus sizes, inbetween<br />
sizes and post-mastectomy bras.<br />
EITELJORG MUSEUM STORE<br />
500 W Washington St • 317-275-1300<br />
www.eiteljorg.org<br />
If you have Native American or Western art<br />
lovers on your holiday gift list, stop here to<br />
purchase pottery, art, silver and turquoise<br />
jewelry or even some buffalo jerky. There’s no<br />
need to pay museum admission to enter, but<br />
after you browse for a few minutes, you may<br />
want to see the museum’s collection after all.<br />
NICOLE-TAYLOR’S PASTA & MARKET<br />
1134 E 54 St • 317-257-7374<br />
Chef Tony Hanslits operates this pasta market<br />
that sells everything from whole-wheat rigatoni<br />
to red pepper tagliatelle. But nobody likes<br />
bare pasta: Pick up housemade mozzarella,<br />
imported parmagiano-reggiano and artisan<br />
sauces, too.<br />
THE SECRET INGREDIENT<br />
5631 N Illinois St • 317-253-6632<br />
www.thesecretingredient.us<br />
This independent boutique stocks clothing<br />
and accessories for women in need of<br />
fashionable but age-appropriate casual<br />
clothes and eveningwear. Brightly colored<br />
designs by Alberto Makali, Cartise and Kunky’s<br />
are among the selections.<br />
GO SEE<br />
CARTER’S TOY MUSEUM<br />
91 S Main St • 317-773-1650<br />
www.carterstoymuseum.com<br />
If modern toys and games are too high-tech<br />
for your taste, check out the antique fun in this<br />
Zionsville museum. Ride in a classic bumper<br />
car or play an old arcade game, then grab an<br />
ice cream cone at the soda fountain.<br />
CONNER PRAIRIE<br />
13400 Allisonville Rd 317-776-6006<br />
www.connerprairie.org<br />
Learn the history of abolition fi rsthand in the<br />
dramatic “Follow the North Star” program,<br />
which has visitors play the role of runaway<br />
slaves making their way through Indiana’s<br />
Underground Railroad. Weekends of Nov. 5,<br />
12 and 19.<br />
GARFIELD CONSERVATORY<br />
& SUNKEN GARDEN<br />
2505 Conservatory Dr •317-327-7183<br />
www.garfi eldgardensconservatory.org<br />
Some parks aren’t very welcoming in the<br />
colder months, but this 136-acre city park<br />
includes a conservatory with 10,000 square<br />
feet of plants that’s open year-round. Braver<br />
souls can head out to see the mystical Sunken<br />
Garden covered in snow.<br />
“DILLINGER!”<br />
At the Indiana State Library<br />
315 W Ohio St • 317-232-3675<br />
www.in.gov/library/index.htm<br />
Increased interest in the life and times of John<br />
Dillinger—due to the recent movie Public Enemies—prompted<br />
state library offi cials to give<br />
the Hoosier bank robber and his gang their due.<br />
Visitors can see offi cial documents, photos and<br />
news accounts from the criminal’s era.<br />
SPIRIT & PLACE FESTIVAL<br />
Multiple locations • 317-274-2455<br />
www.spiritandplace.org<br />
This annual civic collaboration of the arts,<br />
humanities and religion focuses on inspiring<br />
places. This year it features art exhibits,<br />
lectures, walks, tours and dance events.<br />
Nov. 6-15.<br />
GO EAT<br />
COUNTRY KITCHEN<br />
1831 N College Ave • 317-926-4476<br />
www.countrykitchensoulfood.com<br />
Order the fried chicken with a glass of Nell’s<br />
Secret Lemonade, which is served in a bell jar,<br />
at this soul food diner. $<br />
PATTIES OF JAMAICA<br />
5172 Allisonville Rd • 317-253-4006<br />
Forget about winter with a warm island delight<br />
at this tiny eatery. Flaky beef patties, rice and<br />
peas and goat curry are staples. $<br />
THE GREEK ISLANDS RESTAURANT<br />
906 S Meridian St • 317-636-0700<br />
www.greekislandsrestaurant.com<br />
This family-owned and operated restaurant<br />
serves up traditional Greek fare from fl aming<br />
saganaki to baklava. There’s even a belly<br />
dancer on weekend nights. $$<br />
ZEST!<br />
1134 E 54 St • 317-466-1853<br />
www.zestexcitingfood.com<br />
Breakfasts here (like crème brûlée french toast)<br />
are so good, they’re served all day. Lunch and<br />
dinner are also available, but it’s awfully hard<br />
to get past that fi rst menu page. $$
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