Houston; What is there to do?

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Mum to 3 cute kids

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 Complexâ€”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/

Sherry K

Museums: art, science, aquarium; water parks; nature trails, nature parks; professional football, baseball, hockey, etc.; theaters (live performances); college activities with Rice University, University of Houston and smaller universities and colleges; close to the beaches and ocean in Galveston; actually too numerous to mention! What are you looking for?

flyhasitall

Johnson Space Center

Bob K.

ABSOLUTLY NOTHING!!!!

b-live me i live there aaaaaarrrrrghh i miss california

well there is

- the galleria

- NASA

- the Kima board walk (soooo much fun, dont leave w/out goin there)

- the omni hotel

- downtown

- conroe

- its a place to live, NOT to visit

melp1010

There is a ton of stuff... all the stuff listed above and we also have an awesome theater district... we have world renowned theaters so check that out!! www.houstontheaterdistrict.org
The night life is really fun also, you can look at all our clubs and bars at citysearch.com
My favorite is Flying Saucer! They have ANY kind of beer you can think of! From there you can just walk around down town and bar hop, but check out Saucer for sure!
And all those people who are trashing Houston don't know where to look, so don't listen to them! There are a ton of fun things to do in this city! I have a blast every night!!
Oh go to Galveston and walk down the strand... they have really neat little shops! and an old fashioned candy shop that pulls their own taffy!!

â™¥ aNimAL LoVEr â™¥

NASA, Houston Zoo, museums, etc.

Bruce T

The Galleria is great for window shopping. Just like Park Ave in NY or Union Sq in SF except all in one bldg. The Rice Village (near Rice University) has a wide selection of shops and cafes. A free museum worth a look is the Menil Museum. Nearby is a Byzantine chapel (with beautiful paintings of the Madonna and baby Jesus). There is also a "Museum District" south of downtown with a Natural History museum, a fine arts museum, etc. You'll also have a lot of selection in terms of restaurants. Any kind of food you enjoy, you will find in Houston. IMHO Houston is not a tourist town like NY or LA, but there is a lot to see and the prices are generally reasonable. Yes, you will have to drive and it is hot so bring your sun screen. Every building in Houston is air conditioned (fortunately). Unlike the midwest, nobody can ride out the summer in Houston (which sometimes seems to run from April to November).

Donna L

What isn't there is a shorter list. Their is not a large amusement park (Six Flags Astroworld is gone). Otherwise you have every museum imaginable (a weather museum, science, history, art, kids) A great zoo. The Imax, a Planetarium. Parks galore. The Miller Outdoor has free plays, musicals and other shows, So much shopping, including the galleria with the indoor skating rink. NASA and the Space Center. Just south of Houston is Kemah boardwalk with great restaraunts, a weekly concert on Thursdays and June & July has Friday Fireworks. Going further south is Galveston with Moody Gardens, beaches, the ferry, fishing, and all other islandy things. Houston is filled with stuff you can visit chron.com to find out what is happening when you want to visit, you can always find a festival or show happening.

"hearts"H-town Cutie~

Not a darn thing it is so boring here in Houston, we used to go to Astroworld and Waterworld but it is now history.

Texas Happy Horn

The question is what is there not to do??? Open your eyes and look around. Google Houston and you will find 100's of things that you probably didn't even know existed.

I have to work during the week and my weekends fly by way to quick because there is not enough time to do everything I want to do.

zach j

aj lets go is stupid she from nyc the shitty over crowed not good economy and exspenisive homes for outrageous prices.

and just read stuff off wikipedia reserach texas and houston it a great city

ecoastb_yr273

waste gas because everything is so spread apart. oh and sit in traffic while you bake in the sun.

Man of Gold

It's boring and there is nothing to do.

Mimi

Just about anything you want it will be in Houston.

aj_lets_go_shopping

Nothing. Houston is a boring copycat town.

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