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The inaugural Sunday Street on White Oak and Quitman was a drenched success. Westheimer must represent. Mark your calendars for May 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The one-mile route between McDuffie and Yoakum is absolutely packed with independent businesses. More than 70. Those businesses and the street itself --- our ability to bicycle, walk, wheelchair, unicycle --- are the main event. I have marked the map above and detailed below some of the additional happenings that will sweeten the experience.
The Phoenix on Westheimer at the McDuffie end of the route will be a node of activity with an inflatable obstacle course (open to children and adults), a temporary B-Cycle station, a Karbach booth, a Dynamo tent, and other good things.
The Phoenix on Westheimer. Image from Google Maps.
Antenamóvil. Photograph courtesy Antena Books.
Photograph by Miah Arnold.
Montrose Proper. Photo from their Facebook profile.
El Real Tex-Mex Cafe from Underbelly and Hay Merchant. Photo by Raj Mankad.
Bike Houston is organizing a "Kidical Mass," scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. from McDuffie.
Have you missed the explosion of creative and countercultural activity at the Blaffer Gallery sparked by Antena? Jen Hofer and John Pluecker are bringing their experiments in language justice to you with their mobile bookstore, Antenamóvil. Pluecker is none other than the writer whose OffCite essay, "These Streets Are Made for Walking (And That's Just What We'll Do)," helped spark the whole Sunday Streets movement.
The Pink Parachute Playtime Project will take place on the grounds of Lanier Middle School. METRO will be demonstrating how to mount a bicycle on bus racks there as well. Go Purple Pups!
Johnathan Estes and the crew at Montrose Proper are a raw injection of something not homogeneous. They will host an open mic, bands, and artists. Look for the gigantic Marilyn Monroe painted across the front of a bungalow between Mandell and Mulberry.
There will be much more. Dan Morgan will bring his rolling sound system. I understand Nomadic Beats will be there as well. Andrew Cobb will be giving rides on his bike trailer. Royal Oak will have live DJs for their Sunday Funday. Boondocks will have DJs, vendors, and the Koagie food truck.
I'm sure this post isn't comprehensive. Again, the main event is the street itself and the small businesses. Just take a look at this partial list of the businesses along the route: The Hay Merchant, Underbelly, Adam & Eve, Slick Willie's Family Pool Hall, Dua Food and Drink, Smoke Dreamz, El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, Nidda Thai, Royal Oak, Catbirds, La Fendee Grill, Rampage Tattoo & Piercings, Texas Hookah Lounge, Cloud 9, Montrose Proper Art Gallery, Pistolero's, Bambolino's, 713 Tattoo and Body Piercing, Texas Tattoo Emporium, Revolution E, Hugo's, D&S Washeteria, Buffalo Exchange, Guyz N Style, Boondocks, Houston Ink Society, Sole Purpose, Nonno Fashion Inc, Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, Pavement Clothing, Taxi Taxi Clothing, Shaw's Tattoo Studio, Hollywood Food and Cigars, American Apparel, Agora, Empire Cafe, Cafe Brasil, Space City, Blacksmith, Color Houston: The Hair Lounge, Light Bulbs Unlimited, The Hair Shop, Consign-It! Furniture, Shape of Things, Erotic Cabaret Boutique, Stars Cleaners, Silverlust Fine Jewelry, Fantasy Gifts and Toys, B. J. Oldies Antique Store, Mixxwell Audio Lab, Star Tailor, Charlie's Hair Productions, Space, Cutloose Salon, Erica Jewelry, Cool Stuff, Old Blue House Antique Shop, Pride and Joy Antiques, Lou B's Antiques, Eagle Express Dry Cleaners, AZ Food Mart, Bravo Lock and Key, Mortar, The Upper Hand, and The Phoenix on Westheimer.
So come out and do your laundry, eat kimchi fries, buy some lingerie, try out an electric bicycle, find an antique high chair, pierce a body part, walk, bike, and meet your neighbors.
