Where to be alone, but not lonely, in Houston.
Of course, being alone and being lonely are not the same. And I’ve been plenty lonely before. Relocating to Houston was a struggle. I had graduated 18 months prior and was trying hard to adjust to a new job -- my second grown-up job -- in an unfamiliar place. I had never felt more isolated. It didn’t help me that in Houston there are more museums, more restaurants, more shops, more music, or even that it’s a city of more people. Somehow, some way, the state’s most populous city, home to some 2.
After exhausting my stores of melancholy and young persons’ existential angst, I came to realize that though I didn’t feel connected to anyone here, the city itself had grown on me. And there was real joy to be had in exploring it solo.Here are a few things I like to do in Houston when I’m alone, or feeling lonely, that help me embrace and find comfort in the solitude.One of my favorite things to do alone is lose myself in a fine bookstore.
My go-to, Becker’s books in Houston’s Spring Branch East area, is a 3,500-square-foot wonderland of nooks, crannies and labyrinths stuffed with tens of thousands of titles. It’s narrow, twisting aisles yield the most fantastic surprises -- there, you can ferret out that pulpy paperback or hardcover you didn’t even know you needed until you laid your eyes on it. You might find a striking edition of an old favorite or an intriguing title by an author you don’t even know.
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