Road Trip: Houston Texas

1. RIVER OAKS Exclusive hood of ex-president George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara. Among others in the Oaks: Robert McNair, Cogen Technologies founder who paid $700 million for Texans in 1999.

2. ASTRODOME "Eighth Wonder of the World" and ex-Oilers/Astros home gave world AstroTurf as well as "Bad News" Bears (Breaking Training) and Permian High Panthers (Friday Night Lights).

3. FOGO DE CHAO Brazilian churrascaria where Texans offensive linemen hold weekly socials. Says center Steve McKinney, "I love it because it's all-you-can-eat meat for $44.50.."

4. SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND The 1,200-acre field where Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836.

5. ENRON CENTER Energy company built the 40-story tower but never moved in on account of a certain securities-fraud scandal.

6. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Host of Oilers' first training camp, in '60, and onetime employer of former Oilers coach Bum Phillips. As Cougars defensive coordinator, Phillips had son Wade (now a Chargers assistant) as a linebacker.

7. MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY Texans coach Dom Capers gets in the stirrups at table 82 for some rigatoni on Fridays before home games.

8. COMPAQ CENTER 16,000-seat arena, former home of the Rockets, is being converted into a nondenominational church.

9. BEAUTY INDULGENCE DAY SPA In 2003 QB David Carr vowed not to cut his hair until Texans won back-to-back games. After beating K.C. and Oakland last month, Carr let Indulgence stylist Shaida Kootahi cut his locks -- on live TV.

10. CHANNELVIEW Setting of bizarre murder plot in '91, when a mother hired a hit man to kill the mother of her daughter's cheerleading rival. The (failed) incident resulted in two (also criminal) TV movies.