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9 Essential Items for Your Next Tubing Trip

Astral Men’s Water Shoes

$90, Whole Earth Provision Co.: Montrose, wholeearthprovision.com

Who will save your sole? These water shoes, cleverly disguised as sneakers, are cool enough to go from river to restaurant.

Kodak Underwater Disposable Camera

$20, Urban Outfitters: Multiple locations, urbanoutfitters.com

Call it the cheapest time machine ever: You’ll be transported back to your ’90s summer camp days as soon as you pull this bad boy out.

BudhaGirl All Weather Bangles

$120, Emerson Rose: Montrose & The Heights, shopemersonrose.com

Weightless, soundless, waterproof bangles—made of flexible polyvinyl carbonate and hand-filled with gold leaf— make a bold, boho statement whether you stack all nine or just two. Who said you can’t bring bling to the river?

“Jeanne” Sunglasses

$120, Transparent Sunglasses, transparentsunglasses.com

Nothing says “summertime and the livin’ is easy” like a pair of mirrored-lens aviators. Bonus: They’re designed right here in Houston.

Tommy Bahama x Astros Swim Shorts

$95, MLB Shop: Downtown, mlbshop.com

The subtle Astros graphic on these otherwise standard-issue tropical trunks both separates you from the frat pack and proves your team allegiance.

Tequila + Topo Hat

$34, Favor the Kind: The Heights, favorthekind.com

It’s just a saying—totally not what’s in your Hydro Flask right now (you VSCO Girl, you!).

L*Space Kelli Bikini Top and Zac Bikini Bottoms

$99 each, Everything But Water: The Galleria & Town & Country*, everythingbutwater.com

A high-waisted cut makes it practical, cutouts make it cute, and neon color-blocking means you’ll never float far from your squad’s sight-lines.

Pelican Case

$32, REI: The Galleria & Willowbrook, rei.com

This mini case is water-resistant and crushproof, with an automatic pressure purge valve and case liner to protect your phone and any other essentials.

Umbra Sheer Physical Daily Defense

$34, Drunk Elephant, drunkelephant.com

Anyone who’s anyone knows this stuff is the holy grail of sunscreen, loaded with natural ingredients to protect and hydrate skin and foster a healthy glow.

*The location of Everything But Water

Published in the The Resilience Issue issue of Houstonia Mag.











Abby Ledoux
Abby Ledoux
Abby Ledoux traded Canada’s border for Mexico’s when she moved to Texas from northwestern Vermont in November 2017 to join the staff at Houstonia. An alumna of Emerson College’s journalism program in Boston, Abby was previously associate editor of three weekly newspapers in her home state of Vermont. There, she covered everything from Bernie Sanders to the heroin epidemic and won numerous state and regional awards for her work, including the Vermont Press Association’s 2014 Rookie of the Year. She was also an investigative reporting fellow at the New England First Amendment Coalition. Today, Abby is excited to explore Houston’s vibrant, diverse culture (and shopping scene). Aside from fashion and design, she’s passionate about politics, hip hop and Mexican food. She believes leopard is a neutral and red lipstick can fix almost anything.