What is there to do in Houston?

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by sweetcityluvn

I hope I can do it in all one day...LOL. But I have to pay like $15 for garage parking. So what I am planning to do is see the Galleria the day I arrive, then walk around downtown the next day. I actually got a good rate for the room. Had no idea downtown Houston was so expensive. I am paying $150 a night. This better be one of the better hotels in downtown Houston. I asked for the highest floor possible....and no I am not going to jump...hahah!

Wow mission accomplished if you get it all done in one day! Good luck and I hope you have a lot of fun and get to see alot. I'm hoping your hotel will be good...I'm sure it will be. Don't jump!

Let us all know how it goes and if you need any directions or anything just let us all know and I'm sure we will do what we can to guide you. Heck if I was in town I would run you around to all the places that I know in the downtown area and I could make all happen in one day since I know the city very well and downtown is one of my favorite places to visit!

[bfizzy]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

I'm more of the get on vacation now I'm down to do some stuff that I couldnt do back home. For example, my recent vacation to Chicago... I looked at the observatory's and Millenium Park.. because that was stuff I couldn't do back home. And also I walked around club/bar hopping in downtown Chicago... (of course you could do that but only to a lesser scale in Houston). Unfortunately though I didnt get a chance to ride the RailLine system there wasnt enough time

Let me get this straight... On vacation you like to do stuff that you can't do back home, so in Chicago you went to a park, observatorys, and bars?

What prevents you from doing that in Houston?

[westres1]

The George Observatory at Brazos Bend offers great opportunities to see the stars and learn Astronomy. It is less than an hour from SL.

[worldlyman]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

No matter how much that RailLine has changed your life... it doesnt really change the size of it. I agree, it was a major improvement; but doesnt that show how whimsical the current public transportation was up until the rail liine being built? Heck, the public transportation is still sad up until this day. So, I can see how you can glide from DT to TMC but its still only a lil 7mi. train ride.



I'm more of the get on vacation now I'm down to do some stuff that I couldnt do back home. For example, my recent vacation to Chicago... I looked at the observatory's and Millenium Park.. because that was stuff I couldn't do back home. And also I walked around club/bar hopping in downtown Chicago... (of course you could do that but only to a lesser scale in Houston). Unfortunately though I didnt get a chance to ride the RailLine system there wasnt enough time

Let me try to explain the FACT that "Houston is someplace to live and not to visit" ...

Houston is cheap... the cost of living is very low, What is in Houston that you couldn't get in any other city?

Its like one person said
"Houston is the fat girl that has a great personality... you wouldn't mind being with her and living with her. But cities like Chicago,NYC,Miami, Las Vegas, L.A. are the fine girls that you wouldn't mind showing off to your friends and family... but their too obnoxious and B*tchy to live with, but visiting them is quite nice "

The juxtaposition of Woodlands Waterway and its interesting layout near to the antithetical Old Town Spring...that's something I cannot get in Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles or Chicago.

The downtown Houston tunnels...observing how a metro workforce gets on in the day, getting munchies in various food courts, people watching from a seat...what other US city can offer that semi sci-fi experience as well as Houston? Anything else? Go to the casinos or cute beach walks for the mentally lazy tourists.

What US metro can you feel like you're in Tago, Philippines in one nightlife area (namely Onion Creek on rustic White Oak), yet feel like you're in Chicago (say, Dean's Bar or Frank's Pizza in downtown Houston) in another? I have not seen one nightlife street that has the odd bizarre texture of the Montrose's bungalows, re-habbed Victorians, conventional storefronts in Los Angeles or San Diego or Chicago.

Those cities, it's all the same monoform wide sidewalks, conventional storefronts with the predictable parallel parking that people get so anal about.

I love Houston's bizarre mix of odd streetscapes that make up the whole package.

The Kemah Lighthouse District with its mom-n-pop shops and bars, bar crawl by the sea...then Morningside St. in the Rice Village for a totally different vibe, yet just as loud and happening...heck, even the busy steppes of a cliched Uptown Park for added variety

Los Angeles...the streets all have the SAME design, whether Robertson, Melrose, Western, Rodeo, downtown Inglewood, Colorado Ave, Santa Monica Main St, downtown Santa Ana...I don't care how "glamorous" L.A. is. Just different markets. (I must say I really love Wilshire though...something about it.)

Houston-bashers just don't know what they really have here in H-town.

[daniepwils]

Originally Posted by jfre81

Yerp. All the elevators in the ground floor lobby go straight to the 60th floor.

This picture is from the Wells Fargo Plaza, not the JP Morgan Building. Although the Wells Fargo Plaza builiding is only a few stories smaller than theJP Morgan Building.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by daniepwils

This picture is from the Wells Fargo Plaza, not the JP Morgan Building. Although the Wells Fargo Plaza builiding is only a few stories smaller than theJP Morgan Building.

Actually, no, unless you're talking about another one, my picture was certainly from the Chase Tower. I know where I was.