Houston is made up of many elements – no , not just debilitating humidity and route congestion . In constructing the Houston Periodic Table of Elements , we used a mix of scientific theory ( kinda , not really ) , some simple thermodynamics , and a late nighttime of eat some beers to Friend to select the essential components of the city . With everything from nutrient and hard drink to H - Town superbia points and problems , we present to you our finding .
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H - H - town- We ’ll let HTX and HOU battle it out on their ownAm - Astrodome- The only stadium where centerfield turned into an ankle - breakerCs - Chop & screw- Reppin ’ that retard and throwedEu - Endeavour- Both a outer space shuttle and a beerMg - Magnolia City- Because Houston actually had trees at one pointRe - Rodeo- The only satisfactory excuse for a two - week benderRh - Rothko Chapel - OhmmmmmSc - Space City- We have NASA , what do you have?Se - Screwston- Still the home of Krunk , though we ’ve kicked our syrup habit
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Ba - Barbecue- Aka the stuff that gives you meat sweatsBi - Biscuits & gravy- Aka the stuff and nonsense that makes you catch a wink forthwith after brunchBk - Breakfast taco- Screw Wheaties , this is the Breakfast of ChampionsCe - Cheese enchiladas- If you care it then you shoulda put an ball on itCf - Chicken - fried- Because was there really any other means to be fried?Cr - Crawfish- Twist . Pinch . Suck . repetition . Ds - Dim sum- Do sumF - Fajita- Born here or not , we’resteak - ingclaimHs - Hot sauce- Houston ’s ketchupK - Kolache- Bring them to the office to earn your Centennial State - workers trustRa - Ramen- The soup that is giving pho a run for its moneyRb - Ribeye- The cut of boeuf you want to orderPb - Po - boy- NOLA ’s not the only city that can farce crawfish into breadPo - Pho- Pho for sure a good ideaTa - Tamale- The last Word you learn before being trampled by a hangry stampede at the barTm - Tex - Mex- The God - sent culinary art that brought us queso and fajitasYb - Yardbird- A cool , Southern means of say chickenZr - Za’atar- A midway Eastern spice that actually works here ( Houston is international and material )
Dy - Discovery Green- A lush oasis in the midst of a concrete jungleGa - Galleria- Where you ’ll find endless shop , a hoi polloi of quinceañeras , and absolutely zero parkingGd - Galveston Island- Beaches , booze , and bivalvesHe - Heights- That zip codification you got priced out ofHo - Hobby- The other airportMd - Med Center- The only thing saving us from an economical depressionMn - Midtown- Where you leave your credit card every weekendMo - Montrose- That other zip code you got priced out ofMt - Miller Outdoor Theatre- The just dates are the complimentary onesNp - NRG Park- Home of the Texans and that Beyoncé concert you spent an intact payroll check onSg - Sugar Land- The place you forebode yourself you ’ll never move to but then you have kidsTc - Toyota Center- Home of the Rockets , and not the Aeros ( RIP)Th - Theater District- Where you ’ll seeHamiltonin the year 2025
Ag - Aggies- Love ‘ em or hate ‘ em , they ’re here to gigEs - Energy sector- We ’re draw for you , minuscule guyNa - NASA- Proving nerd are nerveless since 1958N - Natural Gas- The lighter side of the petroleum industryNe - Nine / Eighties- The work agenda you wish well you hadO - Oil & Gas- The industry that engage 75 % of the people you knowPm - Petroleum- Fueling both our motorcar and our economyRu - Rice University- Home to the Owls , and more significantly , a disturbed , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree - shaded run for trailU - University of Houston- Home to the Coogs , and more importantly , wait that ’s itXe - Exxon- The company that employs 75 % of the mass you know
B-complex vitamin - Bayous- Those trickling swamps we call waterLr - Light rail- Wait , we have a light rail?Fm - Farm to Market- The road you take to mawmaw ’s housePr - Port of Houston- Pretty much the reason we ’re a city at all
Bh - Berryhill- Cheap taco and frozen margs FTW!La - Lankford Grocery- occur athirst , do n’t forget your cashNi - Ninfa’s- All hail Queen Mama Ninfa , O.G. of FajitasPa - Pass & Provisions- One side you may open , the other you could’tPd - Pappadeaux- Proving everything is just when suffocate in Cajun butter sauceRf - Reef- Boosting the Third Coast ’s confidence since 2007W - Whataburger- Fancy ketchup fan unite
Al - Allen brothers- The genuine guys that constitute the city of HoustonBe - Beyoncé- “ H - town roughshod , H , enthalpy - townspeople vicious”Cu - Cullen- As in Hugh Roy Cullen , oil industrialist , philanthropist , and seriously rich guyGe - George Bush- W. & H.Hg - Howard Hughes- Have you seen his house?Lv - Lyle Lovett- The “ Cowboy Man ” himselfS - Sam Houston- He did not , in fact , found Houston , but he did defeat Santa Anna !
Cd - Cold brew- The only way to drink coffee in during a Houston summerDb - Dive bar- Aka that place you toast one too many cheap Lone StarsHf - Hellfighter- Bourbon drum - senior nectar direct from the godsKr - Karbach- Brewing your pet IPA since 2011Nb - No Label Brewing- No label necessaryPu - Pumpkinator- do a frenzy on or around the ides of OctoberSb - Spring Bock- Exactly what you desire to drink in the springSn - Saint Arnold- Houston ’s oldest , baddest brewery is in it to gain itSr - Southern Star- Making the drive to Conroe in reality worth itTl - Tequila- The darling of Houston ’s drinkable setting that gets you every undivided clock time
Ac - Air conditioning- Something you pray never get out downAr - fine art car- A parade at which you booze and gawp at insanely decorate art mobilesAt - Astroturf- The game - changing synthetic turf invent in Space City itselfBr - Brunch- Make Sundays Fundays AgainCm - Critical Mass- Either unite them or loathe themFe - Feeder- The affair other cities call a frontage roadFr - Free Press Summer Fest- A cool euphony fete at which you sweat your clod offIn - Inner loop- That thing you never need to leaveIr - International- As in , Houston is super internationalLi - Lights in the Heights- Get the spiked cyder readyLu - Ladies who lunch- To find them , simply dine in River OaksOs - Oyster season- One of three seasons in Houston besides mosquito and crawfishP - Pools- The only intellect you still tattle to your coworker is hisPt - Patios- Because who like drink indoors?Si - Sizzurp- Like we said , we ’ve recoil the habitTi - Tailgates - Things Houstonians take to another levelV - Viet - Cajun- It ’s not the only direction to do crawfish , but it is the best way to do crawfishY - Y’all- A much easier way to say “ you all”Zn - Zoo nights- The only mode the zoo is bearable during the summertime
As - Astros- We ’ll get that World Series one 24-hour interval , wo n’t we?Cl - seize City- A much , much effective cognomen than “ Choke City”Rg - Rockets game- Where you go to see the beardTb - Texas Bowl- RIP Houston BowlTe - Texans- Wonder who our QB will be next twelvemonth ?
Au - Gold digger- See : Ladies who lunchC - Carbon emissions- How about that nursery effect , eh?Ca - Car alarms- The auditory sensation you hear every damn nightCn - Construction- The never - ending locust chivvy our cityCo - Commute- Get your podcasts quick , this one ’s gon na be roughEr - Enron- [ Slowly backs away]Fl - split second flood- spell Around Do n’t DrownI - Ike- Est . 2008Nd - innate disaster- The rationality you buy in up at CostcoNo - No zoning- YOLO!Rn - Rain- It ’s what ’s for dinnerSm - Swampass- Why you check off yourself before you wreck yourself
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Brooke Viggianois a Houston writer who really hope you take in she used all of the actual chemical element symbolic representation , otherwise that was a giant wastefulness . Geek out with her@BrookeViggianoif you did .
