Work is sending me to Houston for a week.

[Taverner]

WTF should I do?

[Richardo]

1. Call up some DUers and buy them beer

*ahem*

[AuntieM1957]

23. AuntieM likes beer, too.

:toast:

[GOPisEvil]

2. My sympathies.

:evilgrin:

:spank:

Seriously, lots of good DU folks there to hook you up.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. uh, work?

:-)

[Taverner]

4. Yeah Citrix Training

Although I suppose I could start a second job as a travelling evangelist ;)

[davidinalameda]

5. Houston in August

lovely

[Misunderestimator]

13. August in Houston is just about the equivalent of hell.

Downtown in the summer is like some futuristic movie setting... no one on the sidewalks, everyone underground.

[Bridget Burke]

18. Some restaurants & bars are bringing life back downtown.

Street construction, the Big Flood & the building of light rail impeded progress, but there's a bit of action after hours.

There's no significant shopping downtown. Anybody there during the day is smart to stay underground. (Unless they've ridden Metro from another area for lunch; Treebeard's beans & rice are legendary.)

[Misunderestimator]

20. TREEBEARD'S!!! I do miss that place!

Jambalaya... :cry:

[davidinalameda]

24. it is hell

but still not as bad as Dallas in the summer

or any time of year for that matter

[Misunderestimator]

26. I grew up in Dallas, it was never as humid and unbearable as Houston.

[rainbow4321]

6. Buy an umbrella?

Today
Jul 26 Partly Cloudy
92°/75° 20%
92 °F

Wed
Jul 27 Partly Cloudy
93°/73° 20%
93 °F

Thu
Jul 28 Isolated T-Storms
91°/74° 30%
91 °F

Fri
Jul 29 Isolated T-Storms
92°/73° 30%
92 °F

Sat
Jul 30 Isolated T-Storms
92°/73° 30%
92 °F

Sun
Jul 31 Isolated T-Storms
93°/73° 30%
93 °F

Mon
Aug 1 Partly Cloudy
94°/74° 20%
94 °F

Tue
Aug 2 Isolated T-Storms
92°/73° 30%
92 °F

Wed
Aug 3 Scattered T-Storms
94°/73° 40%
94 °F

Thu
Aug 4 Partly Cloudy
93°/74° 10%
93 °F

[XNASA]

7. Visit Space Center Houston and...

have dinner at the Kemah Waterfront.

Make sure you eat several meals at any of the Pappas restaurants..."Pappadeaux" and "Pappasitos" are both great.

Houston is one of the best restaurant cities in the country, so plan on eating a lot. You know.....when in Rome and all that.

[GOPisEvil]

10. I second the Kemah Waterfront.

There's some good seafood there. :thumbsup:

[Richardo]

8. If you like baseball...

...Astros are in town for a good part of August. Minute Maid Park is air-conditioned.

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=hou&m=8&y=2005

[Taverner]

9. Wait! Wasn't that Enron field????

[Richardo]

11. Yep. For some reason they changed the name.

Never got the whole story behind that. :crazy:

[Kire]

12. Don't shoot JR.

Wait, that's Dallas. Dude, what are you gonna do?

[Bridget Burke]

14. If you have the time.....

Check out the Lord of the Rings show at our Museum of Natural Science. www.hmns.org/ Props, costumes & weapons all the way from New Zealand! Even if you skip that show, you can drop by to see dinosaurs, etc.

If you're interested in art, the Museum of Fine Arts has a big collection. The Menil has a small, exquisite collection. The Art Car Museum has a small, weird collection.

Lots of good places to eat. For Mexican food: Ninfa's on Navigation, Pico's, Tila's & Hugo's. (The latter 2 are high class--but high class Mexican food is cheaper than high class European food.)

Where will you be staying? Will you have a car? It's a big city with a diverse population. Any specific interests?

You will notice that my suggestions are all INSIDE, where it's air conditioned.

[benito]

15. http://www.hmns.org/

Go hang out with the butterflies. I go to this museum every time I'm in Houston. And echo the pappadeaux. Good stuff.

[Lisa0825]

16. Post in the Texas forum. We should get a group together!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=180

[Richardo]

19. This goes with my post #1

:evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

17. When?

Let me know when and I might wrangle some time off work to come see you. :)

[Tyler Durden]

21. Don't forget your shots, and go by the Laugh Stop

Tell them "Seat 12A sent me." They might still remember me.

[AuntieM1957]

22. Enjoy our great city!

Houston is a wonderful town. We've very diverse - and have a Democrat for a mayor. We're not all Repugs, despite what you might think.

But it's hotter than hell in August here - so be prepared.

Fun things to do in August - baseball, the beach, NASA, Hermann Park for golf, zoo, easy access to museums (Fine Arts, Science, Holocaust, Medical).

What sort of things do you like to do?

[Strawman]

25. Try "Livin on the Edge of Houston" like the Reverend Horton Heat