Speaker 1: What up, Y'allice DJ and Van's I am Gia Casey
Speaker 1: and this is another edition of the Casey Crew. Welcome, Hello, Hello, Hello,
Speaker 1: beautiful people. Yes, and today we're talking about a city
Speaker 1: that we just love to visit, love to spend time in,
Speaker 1: and love to bring out kids and family. It's the
Speaker 1: city of Houston. All right. We're gonna talk about Houston,
Speaker 1: some of the things we love to do in Houston
Speaker 1: as a family, and sometimes where we just like some
Speaker 1: grown up time right now. This episode is sponsored by
Speaker 1: American Express. Now, the city of Houston and music, the
Speaker 1: art and history is something that can't be ignored, especially
Speaker 1: the Houston hip hop scene and introducing greats that propelled
Speaker 1: the industry to new directions. I'm gonna take you on
Speaker 1: a journey through the sites and sounds, and of course
Speaker 1: the food, because Gia loves food. It's the truth. But
Speaker 1: now we got to first talk why we like Houston
Speaker 1: so much. First and foremost, it's a quick trip from
Speaker 1: New York or New Jersey. It's only about two forty
Speaker 1: maybe three if the wind, if the weather's a little nasty.
Speaker 1: But it's really a fast trip and it's NonStop, so
Speaker 1: it makes it very very easy. And I know I
Speaker 1: love the skyscrapers of New York City, but sometimes I
Speaker 1: just need that soul, that good country soul food that
Speaker 1: Houston has. Now, my wife, she probably likes Houston because
Speaker 1: she probably likes to shop. Am I right? Am? I right? Am?
Speaker 1: I line a little all right, Well, let's break it down.
Speaker 1: When we go to Houston. One of our favorite places
Speaker 1: to stay is the Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa. All right, Now,
Speaker 1: not only is it a beautiful hotel, but sometimes we
Speaker 1: can go downstairs and get the massage that we like,
Speaker 1: the ninety minute or the two hour massage the hot stone.
Speaker 1: That feels so good because then after we can go
Speaker 1: upstairs and get some some alone time, some cuttle time,
Speaker 1: some cuttle time. So that's the reason. That's the hotel
Speaker 1: we usually enjoy. I mean, the hotel is beautiful, the
Speaker 1: room service is great. But when we want to step out,
Speaker 1: one of the places that we like to go sometimes
Speaker 1: it's Turkel a cut, Yes, now, shout to lend Turkey
Speaker 1: Lake Cut is a restaurant that, of course by the name,
Speaker 1: they really specialize in turkeys, yes, and putting all types
Speaker 1: of stuff on the turkeys. Yes, shrimp sauce. I mean
Speaker 1: they put everything on top of that turkey besides the
Speaker 1: kitchen sink. I mean like they have rice on top
Speaker 1: of the turkey. They put steak on top of the turkey.
Speaker 1: I mean the menu is so lengthy and expansive. When
Speaker 1: we sit down, it could just be the two of
Speaker 1: us and we might order four or five on tres Yeah. No, lie.
Speaker 1: And if you're a hookah person, they have hooka, they
Speaker 1: have alcohol. It's but it's not dressing where you have
Speaker 1: to dress up and have a shirt and tie. Very
Speaker 1: very casual. Yes, you can go there relaxed as a
Speaker 1: DJ that plays there. It's a vibe, It's it's definitely
Speaker 1: is definitely a vibe, but you might need a wheelchair
Speaker 1: to roll you out of there because by the time
Speaker 1: that you're done eating, you are so stuffed and almost comatose.
Speaker 1: Absolutely is that non't know, it is that good? I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know. If you remember when we
Speaker 1: had Madison, Madison had her boyfriend with her and we
Speaker 1: went to Turkey Leg on a Thursday. Madison's our door
Speaker 1: if you're yeah, Madison's outdoor and her boyfriend and I
Speaker 1: just remember Madison taking so much back to the hotel
Speaker 1: that she did not want to leave for two days
Speaker 1: because she had enough food for two days. Just close
Speaker 1: the blind just close the blinds and she was good money. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Now another place we like to go is Bar fifty
Speaker 1: fifteen right now, that's a place. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you remember that. I DJ that place, me and DJ
Speaker 1: Louis v. That's what had the outside vibe sexy. We
Speaker 1: was playing the R and B so that has an
Speaker 1: outdoor indoor in that place, and the food was just great,
Speaker 1: like we really really really really enjoyed it. Again, very viby,
Speaker 1: very vibe. That's one thing I would say about Houston.
Speaker 1: It's viby. It feels good. It doesn't feel like sometimes
Speaker 1: when you're New York City it feels like very fast paced, yes,
Speaker 1: very rushed. Yes, Houston is more like take your time,
Speaker 1: relax and chill. You know what I like about Houston?
Speaker 1: What's that? The fact that there's so many things to
Speaker 1: do that it's hard to pick just one. Correct. You know,
Speaker 1: you go out to eat, and then there's so many
Speaker 1: things to do after the restaurant, Like what club, what bar?
Speaker 1: What experience do I want to have tonight? But you
Speaker 1: can't really lose, right, Absolutely, And you know what I
Speaker 1: love to the people? Yes, every time that Yes, every
Speaker 1: time that you come back from Houston and I say hey,
Speaker 1: how is your trip, you always say you know what
Speaker 1: I love most about Houston the people. Absolutely. You know,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just a feeling. It's energy that you
Speaker 1: get in Houston that you know. We love New York.
Speaker 1: We're from New York, right, but you always say Houston
Speaker 1: is different. It is, Yeah, it is. And then my
Speaker 1: daughter and my wife like to go shopping. One of
Speaker 1: the spots is Gallery a Mall. Yes, now, Gallery a
Speaker 1: Mall is It has a little bit of everything from
Speaker 1: high end to your regular degular type of stuff to
Speaker 1: stuff that sometimes just a little cheap. I just might
Speaker 1: need a little T shirt to get me by, or
Speaker 1: my son loves sneakers, sneakerhead. There's a lot of spots
Speaker 1: there that you can get exclusive sneakers. Yes, right now,
Speaker 1: if you're feel in a little booze, you could pull
Speaker 1: up an take a valley, park your car or they
Speaker 1: have more than enough parking. And the reason I'm saying
Speaker 1: that is because when you park, when you're walking from
Speaker 1: your parking spot, to the mall, you pass the Webster.
Speaker 1: I love the Webster. That's actually my favorite shopping experience.
Speaker 1: Now for people that don't know what the Webster is,
Speaker 1: what is the Webster. It's a very unique boutique style
Speaker 1: shopping experience where they have accounts from a lot of
Speaker 1: the different high end designers like Chanel and your, etc.
Speaker 1: But it's not a mall experience. It's a smaller type
Speaker 1: of setup where you get very personalized boutique style experience
Speaker 1: right where if I'm looking for something that may not
Speaker 1: be carried at, for instance, Channel in the mall, the
Speaker 1: Webster might have it because they have buyers that choose
Speaker 1: things that are a little bit more exclusive and that
Speaker 1: the bigger buyers may not choose. So when I'm looking
Speaker 1: for something a little bit more off the beaten path,
Speaker 1: a little bit more, you know, something that you're not
Speaker 1: going to find mainstream, I look at the Webster. That's right,
Speaker 1: And they have a Webster in Florida, and they have
Speaker 1: one here as well, and they have everything that you need.
Speaker 1: So if you want to go out you forgot something
Speaker 1: you want to dope jack some dope shoes or and
Speaker 1: they have men and women, so you can go there
Speaker 1: for anything that you need. It feels very luxury. It
Speaker 1: definitely feel very luxury. Now it's beautiful. It's a beautiful
Speaker 1: set up, very beautiful. Makes you feel at home when
Speaker 1: you walk in. Yes, yes, Now when I say shopping
Speaker 1: at the gallery, it's not just high end. If you
Speaker 1: need to go get that quick shirt from Zaro, or
Speaker 1: you need some dope kicks from Night, they have that
Speaker 1: as well. They have a Macy's in so many different
Speaker 1: stories that you can go high end or regular size
Speaker 1: right now also, which we really really enjoy. So we're
Speaker 1: from New York, New Jersey, of course, and we don't
Speaker 1: see things that people see in Houston sometimes like horses,
Speaker 1: right are you laughing for? We don't like that. So
Speaker 1: the rodeo comes to town. I believe it's twice a
Speaker 1: year and they're there for about ten days, and oh
Speaker 1: my goodness, the kids love the rod Yes. So besides
Speaker 1: the animals, the goats and the sheep and the horses
Speaker 1: and the buffalo and all the things. And the cowboys,
Speaker 1: because everybody dresses up with the cowboy hats and the cowboy.
Speaker 1: One year we gotta go with cowboy. I know you
Speaker 1: like to match all the time, we gotta go with
Speaker 1: matching cowboy hats and mountain all cow shoes will have
Speaker 1: matching cowboy hats and cowboy boots. I have to learn
Speaker 1: what to say is a yeeha or yahoo? I can
Speaker 1: never remember yeah yeah, so yes, I can go go yeeha.
Speaker 1: So that's part of the reason. Like we like the rodeo,
Speaker 1: and if you've never been to the rodeo, it's like
Speaker 1: I said, seven to ten days of all types of
Speaker 1: events and performances. But also they have a carnival outside. Yes,
Speaker 1: and the kids love the wheels, space painting, pirate ships, arrisels,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. But you know what I love
Speaker 1: the most besides the horses, and it is a unique experience.
Speaker 1: I love the fact that it's a unique experience. But
Speaker 1: it's all of the food, Oh the fool And there's
Speaker 1: food competition, so all of your best local foods they
Speaker 1: compete and you get to taste. I mean, it's it's amazing.
Speaker 1: When I think Houston, I have to be honest with you.
Speaker 1: I think food absolutely, know what I mean. New York
Speaker 1: is known for having the highest end food experiences, but
Speaker 1: Houston gives New York a run for its money. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: and it's it's like you said, it's mom and pop style.
Speaker 1: So there's so many different things. They have the Glizzies.
Speaker 1: You like the Lizzie that's the hot do just they
Speaker 1: you have to come up with the name for everything, right. Yeah.
Speaker 1: They got the funnel cake, they got the burgers, they
Speaker 1: have top goals, the barbecue, the barbecue and the barbecue.
Speaker 1: It's so many different you know, so many different stations
Speaker 1: you go to. The only thing about Houston is when
Speaker 1: you come back, you're gonna have a couple of pounds
Speaker 1: on you. Yeah, because you have to hit the gym.
Speaker 1: They're definitely gonna have to hit the gym. Yes, when
Speaker 1: I know I'm going to Houston, I work out before
Speaker 1: I go so I can lose the pounds because I
Speaker 1: know I'm just going to get it right back. You
Speaker 1: know something, you actually do do that? Yeah, I actually
Speaker 1: do do that. Absolutely. I gotta go to the gym
Speaker 1: because we're going to Houston, us. I'm getting comfort of food.
Speaker 1: I know what it's going to gonna lose, but i
Speaker 1: know I'm about to put on so when I come back,
Speaker 1: I'm regular that. It's the truth. I mean, Houston is
Speaker 1: the only place where you eat, then you go to
Speaker 1: the bar and eat, then you go to the Gentleman's
Speaker 1: Club and eat. Did you go to Rodeo and eat?
Speaker 1: You always eating? And if you're in a good hotel
Speaker 1: like you know, the one that we're suggesting, like you said,
Speaker 1: um it's the Houstonian Hotel Club is right, yea? Or
Speaker 1: the c Baldwin. Yeah, you're gonna get amazing service. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: so we get back to the hotel and then it's
Speaker 1: room service right absolutely. Now. Also, if you want to
Speaker 1: do something education or not not that you know, the
Speaker 1: Gentleman's Club and some of those other parts are not education,
Speaker 1: not educational. They have very clear they are be educated
Speaker 1: on the female anatomy. There you go. You also have
Speaker 1: the Houston Museum District, which has over nineteen museums with
Speaker 1: hundreds of exhibits for the whole family. So there's so
Speaker 1: many different things that you can do with the family.
Speaker 1: Kids love that, yes, our littles love that. Yes they
Speaker 1: I mean they just enjoy the Houstons and our kids
Speaker 1: are starting to, uh, I want to say, expand their
Speaker 1: palette that I say that right, yes, So there's no
Speaker 1: more there's no more chicken fingers. And French fries they
Speaker 1: want file mcnonte really think, okay, you people are like, goodness, gracious,
Speaker 1: maybe you need to go to those museums and yes, now,
Speaker 1: but our kids are starting to expand their palettes, so
Speaker 1: they're starting to try different foods, different coaches in different places,
Speaker 1: and it's just one of those places that we really,
Speaker 1: really truly enjoy. So if you ever get an opportunity,
Speaker 1: definitely check out some of those places that we recommend
Speaker 1: it and I'll just give you a quick update just
Speaker 1: in case you forgot. Of course, it's Bar fifty fifteen,
Speaker 1: which has amazing food, amazing atmosphere, amazing music, especially when
Speaker 1: I'm DJ, and it's probably one of the best one
Speaker 1: I'm DJ just by the way. Second your second that
Speaker 1: thank you Turkey leg Hud if you want something fast
Speaker 1: and a lot of food and also a vibe music
Speaker 1: and things like that. That has an outdoor indoor which
Speaker 1: is also amazing. And then of course the museum district
Speaker 1: if you want some education, if you want some you know,
Speaker 1: teach the kids some things about Houston and all that
Speaker 1: other stuntories, some culture. Absolutely, and if you get an opportunity,
Speaker 1: I would try to book it. Around the Houston Rodeo.
Speaker 1: I know, the Houston Rodeo travels to too many different markets,
Speaker 1: but in Houston it's so big. They take over that
Speaker 1: that big NRG Stadium and it's so huge, and there's
Speaker 1: a lot there's a lot of performances, yes, but a
Speaker 1: lot of celebrities come through. I know that cardib came
Speaker 1: through one year. Um, just all different types of Yeah,
Speaker 1: Bunby does it each year. I think this year he
Speaker 1: had over seventy thousand people watching him performing. He brought
Speaker 1: the whole Houston out. Yeah, so definitely definitely check that
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Speaker 1: time to get up out of here. I'm DJ N
Speaker 1: Van's I am Gia Casey. That was another edition of
Speaker 1: the KCY Crews, See you in Houston.