Galleria

Grab your platinum card, and leave your frugality back at the hotel, dahling: the Post Oak (also known as Uptown) area was made to max out a credit card. As the largest mall in Texas, the Galleria anchors this upscale extravaganza of a neighborhood. Whatever your views on capitalism, it’s a madcap place to experience true American consumer excess in all of its dubious glory. Think chain hotels, chain restaurants and chain stores: in other words, it’s the perfect place to wake up in a Hilton and throw on your Abercrombie jeans that seem tight after last night’s indulgences at the Cheesecake Factory.