Where To Stay & What To Do In Houston?

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Posts: 3687 (07/14/08 10:46 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm headed to Houston for a conference this fall. Any recommendations to where should I stay Downtown (walking distance to convention center)? And what else is there to do there? I got 1 day to play, 1 day to make presentations, and 1 day to hang out at the conference. Any good barbecue joints there? I'm on a mission from God to find the best barbecue evah.
EmmaPeel		#1	[-]
Posts: 1750 (07/14/08 10:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Best Barbeque in my opinion is Goode Co. I don't think they have a location downtown, but you could cab it to their Kirby location. Menu Don't miss the jalepeno cheese bread, and the pecan pie, either. Take home some bull sacks for souveniers. If you need a hotel downtown in walking distance, I'd pick the Four Seasons. What do you like to do? Museums like crazy...shopping like crazy, too. Last Edited By: EmmaPeel 07/14/08 11:03 PM. Edited 2 times.
squashthebeef		#2	[-]
Posts: 14075 (07/14/08 10:58 PM) super badass Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I think maybe you misread God's ironic little euphamism.
Zzunk		#3	[-]
Posts: 3688 (07/14/08 11:05 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I repent at a great barbecue -- it's a religious experience for me. Museums -- maybe. Shopping -- not even in the cards. Historical sites -- getting warmer. Anything more creative than Four Seasons. Any knowledge of Hotel Icon?
EmmaPeel		#4	[-]
Posts: 1752 (07/14/08 11:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	CBR and merkyl will have other ideas for you..cthere are probably new boutique hotels close to the convention center that I don't know about. I'm not familiar with Hotel Icon, but then I don't live in Houston anymore. It looks like a bit of a walk to the Convention Center, though. If you are carrying presentation materials, then you could cab it. I just remembered that I also like The Lancaster...particularly for romance.. but that's a hike, too. Check it out. I highly recommend the Museum of Fine Arts and The Menil Collection specifically. The Contemporary Art Museum, not so much. You can get a great lunch at the MFA at the Cafe Express inside the museum. Lovely. Last Edited By: EmmaPeel 07/14/08 11:20 PM. Edited 1 times.
smokeitgood		#5	[-]
Posts: 5506 (07/14/08 11:40 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Houston sucks watch out for the light rail
Undertakeress		#6	[-]
Posts: 7151 (07/14/08 11:42 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	You can do merkyl's mom. But I think you'd have to fight Hammies over her.
EmmaPeel		#7	[-]
Posts: 1753 (07/14/08 11:58 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Sadly, not so much for historical sights. Don't waste your one day going to NASA in Clear Lake. The oldest building in Houston is a bar downtown called La Carafe...good times and many memories for many people. If you go, play "Crazy" for me..Patsy Cline.
squashthebeef		#8	[-]
Posts: 14077 (07/15/08 12:47 AM) super badass Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Why do people ask the locals about local hotels? THEY'RE LOCALS! THE DON'T FUCKING STAY IN THE LOCAL HOTELS THEY STAY IN THEIR HOMES!
postal315		#9	[-]
Posts: 541 (07/15/08 3:24 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	La Carafe, how many bottles of Lambrusco have I drunk there? But then they modernized the square, it'd be hard to find now. I'm scared of the light rail and won't go to Houston at all, I live north of there. I do remember a pretty good Zoo.
CBRetriever		#10	[-]
Posts: 19633 (07/15/08 3:32 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	no boutique hotels near the convention center - it was built in a part of downtown that originally had nothing but warehouses and homeless people. I'll get back with ya after I check with some folks at work are you gonna have a car, or are you gonna hoof it and stay mainly downtown?
merkyl		#11	[-]
Posts: 55941 (07/15/08 4:26 AM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Make sure and check out Astroworld.
ilikelissie		#12	[-]
Posts: 12799 (07/15/08 5:57 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I hear there are a lot of nice people from New Orleans there. Find one and ask them if they miss living in a real city.
CBRetriever		#13	[-]
Posts: 19636 (07/15/08 6:05 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	pfft to merkyl Houston Downtown sounds like there are some boutique hotels there - check out under business hotels and there's a link to more info on the hotels including links to their sites and a dining link with several BBQ restaurants listed Hotel Icon has a pretty good reputation, or at least the restaurant does and that link should give you an idea of what festivals/events are going on when your visit is planned
itsakat		#14	[-]
Posts: 7099 (07/15/08 6:20 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	they used to let us wear our roller skates into La Carafe.
sealbach		#15	[-]
Posts: 4208 (07/15/08 6:49 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	the hilton across from the convention center is nice, but everyone will be staying there....it's a good location to restaurants, bars and the ball park
Penelope McBagpipe		#16	[-]
Posts: 3617 (07/15/08 7:19 AM) Geenyus extraordinaire Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	squashthebeef wrote: Why do people ask the locals about local hotels? THEY'RE LOCALS! THE DON'T FUCKING STAY IN THE LOCAL HOTELS THEY STAY IN THEIR HOMES! I'm totally stealing that for my stand up act.
merkyl		#17	[-]
Posts: 55951 (07/15/08 7:21 AM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Don't forget the Harwin area. Nothing but cheap import stores and Asian massage parlors.
Sloansalad		#18	[-]
Posts: 2713 (07/15/08 7:46 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	You can do a "Sloan's childhood" tour.
TexasBlues		#19	[-]
Posts: 5013 (07/15/08 7:48 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Don't waste your one day going to NASA in Clear Lake. See, that's exactly where I was going to say he should go. Personally, I wouldn't want to spend the day there (again), but everyone who comes into town wants to go - it's pretty significant historically and they have some neat stuff there. Of course, I don't know if they still let you go to the actual training facilities and stuff, but I think that they do. Other historical sites - San Jacinto Monument and the Battleship Texas. They're on the same site, so you can do both.
zippityboomboom		#20	[-]
Posts: 6904 (07/15/08 8:02 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm pretty sure my house is the place to stay when in Houston.

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