My wife and I are going to visit some good friends who live in Sugarland (about 20 miles away from Houston) at the end of September.

We will be staying for about a week.

Sugarland was ranked the third best place to live in the U.S. by CNN money in 2006, and it's the fastest growing city in the state of Texas...who knew?

What are some things that are really fun/interesting to do in Houston. Two Couples, late 20's, early 30's. No kids on this trip!

I havent been to Houston in about 20 years, so I have no idea what is worth a damn there.

Any help would be awesome!

8/15/2007 3:22:53 PM

you know you'll spend half of your time asking locals who is going to have a fantasy breakout year for the texans, lol

but seriously i dunno...never been there

8/15/2007 3:26:42 PM

space center

8/15/2007 3:33:02 PM

^^LMAO.

You are probably right.

I was like "Honey, lets go see a Texans game!"

She basically looked at me like, GTFO.

lol.

8/15/2007 3:37:44 PM

i've spent 7 weeks off and on in this summer an hour and a half west of houston. the first week there we checked out the city and decided that it wasn't worth the hassle of going back into the city again. its one giant strip mall. rice village is okay, but i wouldn't go out of my way to to see it. the locals say the galleria district is the happening place, but its named after the mall so . . . having never personally visited the galleria district, i can't vouch for it either way. i'm pretty sure i wouldn't voluntarily visit or move to houston. its very flat, hot, lots of concrete, and well, that's about all i got out of it.

oh, they like their roads in houston. they have interchanges that make atlanta's spaghetti junction look like a 4-way stop, some built directly over houses.

iah may be the most convoluted airport in the nation.

8/15/2007 8:36:46 PM

1. Sit in traffic
2. Space center is OK, but it's tailored to commoners and kids, so they barely show you any cool tech stuff.
3. You picked the wrong time to go. You'll pass out from heat exhaustion just looking out a window.

[Edited on August 15, 2007 at 8:44 PM. Reason : sdf]

8/15/2007 8:41:26 PM

well, I'm not going until the last few days of September and first 5 days of October.

I think I should be fine by then, right?

8/15/2007 9:02:37 PM

i live in houston and i dont know what do

you could go to Kehma Boardwalk, and pay too much for dinner and look at how dirty the Galveston Bay is . . . .

8/15/2007 11:07:47 PM

i know its dry in west texas. hows the humidity in houston? i would think its pretty humid like the rest of the gulf coast.

a humid 80 feels hot and terrible but todays dry 100 felt AMAZING

[Edited on August 15, 2007 at 11:12 PM. Reason : haha]

8/15/2007 11:11:26 PM

Quote :

"i live in houston and i dont know what do you could go to Kehma Boardwalk, and pay too much for dinner and look at how dirty the Galveston Bay is . . . ."

Well who else is inspired after that?

Fuck.

8/15/2007 11:13:58 PM

i also ventured out to galveston when i was down there. . .holy crap. apparently people's idea of going to the beach in texas is driving up to the sea wall and either sit in your car or sit on the side walk beside your car. you couldn't pay me enough to go in the water.

8/15/2007 11:20:47 PM

Quote :

"What are some things that are really fun/interesting to do in Houston"

boot-scootin' boogie.

Quote :

"i also ventured out to galveston ... holy crap. ... you couldn't pay me enough to go in the water."

are you crazy? the locals don't call Galveston "Stinkytown" for no reason. that place is an industrial hellhole that makes your local raw sewage treatment plant look like a family vacation destination.

8/16/2007 4:16:01 AM

Houston sounds awesome!!!

8/16/2007 7:43:44 AM

Wow from the way you guys describe Houston, it makes me realize that it isn't too bad here in Huntsville, AL.

[Edited on August 16, 2007 at 9:10 AM. Reason : ]

8/16/2007 9:10:11 AM

Houston sucks. The most fun thing that you can possibly do in Houston is try to run through a stage of a Saturn V rocket.

8/16/2007 9:15:40 AM

I ended up in Galveston once, which was my only experience in Texas.

Safe to say I'll be just fine with never visiting that state again.

8/16/2007 9:27:50 AM

Quote :

"Sugarland was ranked the third best place to live in the U.S. by CNN money in 2006"

Sucks to be them.

8/16/2007 9:40:50 AM

If you absolutely have to spend time in Texas, your first option is Austin.

There is no second option, anyplace else in the whole state just sucks.

8/16/2007 11:38:44 AM

fuckin' A

no good golf courses in Houston?

No Good restaurants?

I call Bullshit.

8/16/2007 11:56:47 AM

Sorry but all the posters on here are right... Houston sucks... All of Texas sucks... Sure, if you are forced to spend time there Austin is the place to be, but you just realize that the hipsters and lesbos that live in Austin are still...

Texans...

It is by far the worst state I have been to in the upper 48.

8/16/2007 1:57:02 PM

^ ohio ftl??

8/16/2007 2:39:29 PM

^Ohio has the football hall of fame so I'd rank it much higher than Texas

8/16/2007 2:48:24 PM

i'll take ohio over missouri any day

8/16/2007 2:49:15 PM

yea i spent about 8 months living in texas.

houston sucks. galveston smells.

you can do the whole museum thing if youre into that. other than that, its just a traffic jam. look into concerts during that time span

8/16/2007 6:36:27 PM

they're gettin hurricaned right now

so i guess go loot

8/16/2007 6:38:00 PM

BROWNSVILLE FTW!!!!!!

8/16/2007 7:15:59 PM

ugh... run far, far away from houston!

or you can hook up with all my redneck relatives. they'll show you a good time for sure

8/16/2007 9:50:38 PM

i'm headed to texas sunday night i think ...

8/16/2007 10:46:54 PM

Quote :

"that place is an industrial hellhole that makes your local raw sewage treatment plant look like a family vacation destination."

its not quite that bad, close though

Quote :

"no good golf courses in Houston?"

there is approx. 85743958739303958 golf courses in houston, but i hope you dont like hills when you play glof, and enjoy 110 heat index with 98% humidity

Houston is ok though, but you have to go into the city, stay away from industial areas though

From what I've heard Austin is really nice and has an awesome live music seen

8/16/2007 11:19:23 PM

Get a portable DVD player and go up to people on the street and show them the last 40 seconds of the '83 Championship and then tell them how much they suck and that Guy Lewis looked like a tool in that sport jacket.

8/18/2007 3:30:05 PM

Chop and Screw music

sip purple lean

8/18/2007 4:12:52 PM