Fun in Houston, Tx??

Well, there are a lot of things to go and do. It all just depends on what you like to do. Here are a "few" things that you can go, do, or see:

MIDTOWN (Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59.) Midtown has become one of the hotest nightspots in town, and is filled with a number of restaurants, bars, theatres, and art galleries.

Some notable restaurants are:

Julia's Bistro The Fish The Breakfast Klub Farrago World Cuisine Ponzo's Italian Food T'afia Van Loc

The Ensemble Theater in Midtown Houston. Also seen are the two kinds of street signs on the same pole (one for Midtown and one for the Main Street Corridor) that are seen along Main Street in Midtown.Bars include:

Pub Fiction Red Door Front Porch Pub Wet Spot

Little Woodrow's Tipsy Clover

Theatres, art galleries, and museums, which include:

The Ensemble Theater (a theater that focuses on African-American themed plays)

The Community Artists' Collective

Houston Fire Museum

Houston Center for Contemporary Arts

Lawndale Art Center

Midtown Art Center

Destiny's Child's Recording Studio

THE GALLERIA (just outside the city's I-610 inner beltway)

Anchor Stores:

Macy's

Neiman Marcus (opened 1969)

Nordstrom (opened 2003)

Saks Fifth Avenue {opened 1997)

Other notable stores in the Galleria include:

Adrienne Vittadini Anne Fontaine Apple Store A/X Armani Exchange Baccarat Bally of Switzerland Bang & Olufsen

Barneys New York CO-OP BCBG Max Azria Betsey Johnson Brooks Brothers Bulgari Burberry Cartier Chanel CH Carolina Herrera Christian Dior Christofle Club Monaco Coach Cole Haan David Yurman Discovery Channel Disney Duo Emporio Armani Energie Fendi Fila Forth & Towne French Connection Gianni Versace Giorgio Armani Gucci Jacadi Jessica McClintock Jimmy Choo Kate Spade Kenneth Cole Lacoste Lalique Louis Vuitton Luca Luca Marmi Max Mara Michael Kors Miss Sixty Montblanc Movado Oakley Puma Ralph Lauren Salvatore Ferragamo Sony Style St. John Stuart Weitzman Swatch Tiffany & Co. Tourneau Tumi Wolford Yves Saint Laurent Zara

There is also an ice skating rink inside!

THE MUSEUM DISTRICT (http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/def...

The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas where many of the city's museums are located. The district is centered on the Hotel Zaza (currently being renovated) and the adjacent Mecom Fountain. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and Hermann Park which includes the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Museum District is also near the University of Saint Thomas.

Some of the museums and institutions include:

Holocaust Museum Houston

Children's Museum of Houston

John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Museum of Natural Science

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Houston Center for Photography

John C. Freeman Weather Museum

THE THEATRE DISTIRCT (DOWNTOWN)

The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, is home to Houston's nine world-class performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks.

The district is ranked second in the United States for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area and is one of only five cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines (the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, and The Alley Theatre).

One of the several attractions in the district is the Bayou Place Entertainment Complex—a large multilevel building that is home to full service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, multiple theatres and art house films. The Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art, foreign and independent films.

NEARTOWN--AKA MONTROSE (Neartown is bounded by U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west.)

Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the city's major cultural areas. The location comes with distinctive character of eccentricity and diversity. The location and boundaries of Neartown is colloquially referred to as Montrose. Once a magnet for the hippie movement, Houstonians would consider it as a hybrid of San Francisco's the Haight-Ashbury and The Castro.

Museums

Menil Collection art museum

Rothko Chapel

Houston Center for Photography

Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum

Museo Guadalupe Aztlan

Museum of Printing History

Dan Flavin permanent exhibit

CLEAR LAKE

http://www.spacecenter.org/

NASA

GALVESTON

Galveston is known for its historic neighborhoods and a ten-mile long seawall designed to protect the city from floods. It is also home to the infamous Balinese Room, a historic nightclub and former illegal gambling hall located on a 600-foot pier extending into the Gulf of Mexico. The city houses many tourist attractions. The attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens, the Lone Star Flight Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as "The Strand," many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front. The Strand plays host to a yearly Mardi Gras festival, Galveston Island Jazz & Blues Festival, Texas Beach Fest, Lone Star Bike Rally, and a Victorian-themed Christmas festival called "Dickens on the Strand" (honoring the works of novelist Charles Dickens, especially A Christmas Carol) in early December. There are lots of shops along The Strand that you can have fun in. Other attractions in Galveston include Moody Gardens, the Galveston Island Railroad Museum, Schlitterbahn, the Strand and the Lone Star Flight Museum. Galveston is also home to several historic ships: the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum and USS Cavalla and USS Stewart, both berthed at Seawolf Park on nearby Pelican Island. Galveston is also home to a symphony orchestra and a small ballet company.

Seabrook/Kemah

There are quite a few hole in the wall restaurants that are much better than anything that you will find on the Kemah Boardwalk.

Washington County/Brenham

You should go and see the wild flowers that will be in serious bloom here very soon. You should also go to Chappell Hill Sausage Company (http://www.chappellhillsausage.com/)...... for some really good food and really great prices. (They have the BEST hamburgers!) You could also go and take a tour of Blue Bell Creameries. After the tour, you get a few sample of their delicious ice cream. http://www.bluebell.com/

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The theory goes that toxic waste, when confined to a holding cell, is of concern for residents of a nearby town as long as it is contained. However, a small spill of toxic waste can contaminate an entire supply of drinking water. Recently, there has been anecdotal evidence that small spills of subprime loans are working into the entire mortgage market. This is converging for both the mortgage investor in the form of higher rates and the homeowner in the form of lower prices.

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Houston Studio Glass Studio

610 Jackson Hill, Houston, TX 77227; Tel. 1.713.802.0500

Houston Zoo

1513 N. MacGregor, Houston, Texas 77030; Tel. 713.533.6500

Houston Studio Glass Studio

610 Jackson Hill, Houston, TX 77227; Tel. 1.713.802.0500

Lynchburg Ferry

1001 South Lynchburg Road, Baytown, TX 77520; Tel. 281.424.3521

Market Square Historic District

Memorial Park

6501 Memorial, Houston, TX 77098

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005; Tel. 713.639.7300 or 713.639.7310

The Houston Museum of Natural Science

One Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030; Tel. 713.639.4629

For art shows I would consult the Houston Chronicle Friday paper entertainment section. If you are looking for an awesome view of the city I would try and find a dining establishment in one of the skyscrapers downtown - I'm sure they must have something along those lines.

The Art Mueseum is awesome in Houston and really world class.

I love going to the Village near Rice University. It's a bunch of shops and laid back eateries. It also has some gorgeous scenery.

The Menil Collection is another favorite spot of mine as well as the Holocaust Mueseum. Have fun!

I haven't gotten to go yet but the Houston Museum of Natural Science is having an event called Mixers, Elixirs & IMAX... It sounds like alot of fun! They have a live band, cash bar, daning under the dinosaurs, appetizers, and you can watch an IMAX show before it all starts! Check out the web site and see what you think!

http://www.hmns.org/see_do/imax/mixers.asp

The National Museum of Funeral History is in Houston. I've read that it's quite interesting. I'd like to go there. Check it out on the Internet.

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you have to go downtown. just look for the crowds. just about every club or bar will have people partying.