What a GREAT experience! The Rustic Brush is putting a new twist on the old and boring…read more"painting-and-BYOB" concept with an activity that is fun and innovative, involves you in the creative experience from start to finish, leaves you with a product you actually WANT to display in your home, and -MOST IMPORTANTLY- makes you feel like an independent-ass woman who don't need no man! For this activity, you're essentially creating a rustic art piece (choose from sign, doormat, or door hangar) with a stencil/graphic of your choosing. Prices differ depending on the the type and size of the piece of you want to do. Probably the most inviting and exciting part of this whole process is choosing your stencil/graphic... and ooooh baby, does TRB got you covered! Love-themed stencils, adventure/travel-themed stencils, religious-themed stencils, ones for pets, ones for every room in the house... you're bound to find something that calls to you! And if not, you can customize your own graphic for an extra fee. I love that TRB's website sorts everything out into categories, so it's a lot easier to spot something you like. Once you reserve your timeslot, choose your sign, size, and graphic, all you need to do is show up. A few gal-pals and I decided to do Sunday Funday at TRB's new location in Katy today and it was an AWESOME experience! We arrived with snacks 'n dranks (emphasis on the dranks) in tow, and found our materials and stencils prepared and ready for us. The staff members were great at walking us through the process and assisting us whenever we needed something. Unlike painting classes where you have to follow a guide, you can move at your own pace here; the staff will always be around if you get stuck. That said, BIG KUDOS to them for being so patient with us even though we kept scurrying off to eat and take shots in between brush strokes (we were being judged so hard by other patrons for this, haha!). After a few hours (mind you, we were a party of 5), our masterpieces were done. Each of us had signs varying in size, alignment, and colors; some of us did gradient/ombre effects; some threw glitter on it... I love how each piece came out completely original and unique! Overall, it was such a rewarding experience. In between the painting and hammering, you truly find your inner creative badass, and in the end, you get to bring home something original and 100% your own. Unlike painting classes where everyone creates the same boring picture that will probably end up collecting dust in someone's closet, this is a place I can totally see myself coming back to again and again to create unique pieces for my home. I'm already planning on bringing my hubby sometime soon so we can create something for our living room! Anyway... there you have it, folks - time to drop the painting brush and pick up the hammer!

Great experience! We had a wonderful time and all of our signs turned out great. I'm "craft…read morechallenged" and they made it so easy!

Very well organized with great shops and tasty eats. The carvinal lines were not long. The…read moreentertainment was awesome.

Most boring, unorganized festival ever. NOT worth $10 a person! Never again, it was truly a joke.read more

For the past couple of years, I've been making the yearly habit of hitting up the West Houston Food…read moreTruck Fest. The food truck festival is located at a synagogue in the Energy Corridor. Parking can get a little tricky but I found some street parking a couple of blocks down. This year, they had ten or so food trucks when I visited. There are different ones there each year but this time around, I rolled with (pun intended) Pho-jita and Minga's Latin Kitchen. They have some seating (though it's not covered) which isn't ideal when the weather is hot but it's better than nothing. They also had a DJ playing some jams while I was there. Added bonus: Groupon for two discounted tickets.

Groupon and food trucks! A perfect Sunday with friends! There is a little if everything here…read more So far I've tried a hotdog from Koagie Hots that was OUT OF THIS WORLD! I also ordered their fries which were a pass for me cause I hate soggy fries!

The Wild West Brew Fest is an annual fundraiser event in Katy, TX. Over the past several years they…read moreand their sponsors have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for regional charities. (See http://www.wildwestbrewfest.com/this-is-our-passion/ of the list). I started coming here four years ago only for the beer. Reason enough really but then I learned that if you volunteer you get free beer. Free beer?! I'm all in. After volunteering now three years in a row I've learned there is more to this than beer. We raise funds for needy organizations and have fun doing it. Wow. Back to the beer ... there are hundreds of different taps, bottles and cans of craft beer to be tasted. From the big names like Ballast Point, Dechutes, Shiner and Goose Island to the Houston favorites like Buffalo Bayou, 8th Wonder and Karbach. Most of the brewers have their pro staff nearby to tell you more about there brewing process and some of the subtleties of that blend which you may not pick up right away. Kinds of hops, barrel wood and water source aren't often written onto the can ya know!? Live music is played on two stages while people walk from booth to boot and sample. Other booths have t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff for sale. Many of the sponsors have booths set up with deals at venues like Top Golf, Remax and so forth. Food? Man there are all kinds of food stalls available ranging from my favorite the Venezuelan "Essentials" to my second favorite which serves lobster rolls. There also Greek, Asian and of course Texas style brisket.

Get the speed pass. Nice for a get out. Good rooms for haunts. The music is lively and the…read moreassociates try hard to lend you a great experience

Honestly, pretty underwhelming. There weren't enough scare actors inside the haunt rooms, and there…read morewas way too much dead space between scenes. Outside the houses, there weren't any roaming actors either, which is usually one of my favorite parts. The scariest things of the night ended up being the cockroaches flying around and landing on people. A few actors even warned us to watch out for copperheads and a rat... not exactly the spooky vibe I was hoping for. Overall, it was just meh more creepy crawlies than actual scares.

Overall, I don't have many qualms with this Cinemark. It's quite out of the way but surrounded by…read moretons of really cool shops and restaurants. The theater was clean and comfortable (not too hot, not too cold). It didn't smell like old, stale popcorn. The bathrooms were readily accessible and the staff were always busy cleaning. My biggest complaint was the concessions and the fact that it was impossible to get a refill on a large drink during the middle of my show. Yes, Toy Story 5 had released but this shouldn't mean only 4 people would be working concessions. I really didn't want to miss 20 minutes of my movie!

Mercy me, the concession stand moves slowly here and the Cinemark app is absolutely terrible. In…read morefact, I cancelled my monthly membership recently because the app had too many issues and using it, only to have it freeze up on you, is such a poor experience. For example, I wanted to use a movie credit for a ticket the other day and had to wait just over 10 minutes outside in the steaming heat at the ticket booth for a manager for them to unlock it in their system or something. This time, I lined up for a bottle of water just as the clock was hitting 4pm. Then went it's finally my turn, I get asked if I want to use a movie credit for the criminally overpriced water. I say no, I have a $3 off rewards with the big QR code pulled up in front of my phone. He mumbles something like okay I got you and uses my movie credit and says in good to go. Wait, what? Anyway I double-checked that he used my MC and had to wait for a manager to undo it. Like why would I want to waste $12 on a $6.29 bottle of water, talk about double the highway robbery, it should not even be an option unless you can redeem it for their egregiously overpriced personal pizza. Now I'm sitting in my seat at 4:28 and there's just no way getting one bottle of water should take over 20 minutes. I low-key can't wait to use up all my MCs and go back to AMC if things don't improve with Cinemark as a whole. Maybe using my MCs on water (is it sprinkled with gold dust btw, pretty crazy) would've been worth it just to be free of this place, I don't know!

Went to the Katy Home and Garden show last weekend, while looking around we talked to the Rep at…read morethe Carvestone display, liked the look of the product, the rep stated the price averaged out to about $10 to $12 per square foot so we agreed to have someone come out to give estimate, this rep came back with $22.50 per square foot. What a crock, lesson learned be very careful at these home shows across the Nation going on they will tell you anything to get into your home. The show itself was not too bad. Many exhibits and things being sold. Nice way to spend the day. Just did not like being misled about cost of product just to get into my home.

Nice little place for our 2 yr old son to come play for the afternoon…read more When we got here, it was empty and after 30 minutes the crowd started pouring in. So depending on the time, it can get crowded. My son got a little treat snack on the way out. Overall good place for a few times until he gets bored of it. For now he said he wants to come back! So that's his review.

Very disappointing experience. We had a birthday party after closing on a weekday and accidentally…read moreleft a few items behind that were used for decorations. With everyone rushing to close, we understand how things can be overlooked, but those items should not have been immediately discarded without giving us a chance to contact the business and retrieve them. A simple 1-2 day window or a quick notification would have shown basic courtesy and customer care. Unfortunately, this experience raised serious concerns about the business's sincerity, communication, and commitment to its customers. This is not an acceptable policy.