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LazyBoy · 04-23-2007, 08:13 AM

Anyone know of a particularly good time to visit Houston during the summer? A couple of friends and I are going this summer to do the racing thing, but I was kinda hoping I could do something a lil more interesting than just race while I'm there

-Will

hunnychile · 04-23-2007, 12:17 PM

Houston in the Summer....are you nuts?

It's a filthy busy, flat, low class city with mosquitoes the size of crows....not to mention the humidity!!!!!

My advice; Go on south to Padre Island or Mexico instead.

LazyBoy · 04-25-2007, 09:12 PM

lol, thanks for the honesty....I was going to hang out with friends, etc...Was just hoping to find something else to do while I was there...

Guess I'm not looking forward to that trip now

-Will

yournamehere · 04-29-2007, 10:31 AM

I lived there for 6 years - stay away if you can!!!!

If you go:

You can go down to Galveston Island and watch the 1-foot high brown waves roll in.

Take a lot of extra shirts - they won't stay dry for more than a few minutes if you're outside.

Advice - always leave your sunglasses outside in the car. Otherwise, every time you leave an air-conditioned building, they'll fog up and you can't see for 5 minutes.

Okay - one serious piece of advice - Go to the Johnson Space Center - it's a very educational and interesting tour (stay away from Bldg 44, though!).

hunnychile · 04-29-2007, 12:07 PM

Okay ynh, so what's with Bldg. 44?

yournamehere · 04-29-2007, 04:23 PM

There was a hostage situation with 2 deaths there a few days ago.

/just a little gallows humor.

doodlebird · 04-30-2007, 07:35 PM

i go to houston every summer.
i like the baseball stadium there.
it's got a retractable roof and a kick ass AC system,
so it's actually way more comfortable than either of the 2 chicago ballparks in july or august.

if you're into the family friendly stuff,
the science museum is pretty neat (indoors, AC).
they have a butterfly exhibit there where butteflies fly all around you. it's pretty neat if you like flying bugs. i do.

if you're into Art, check out the Menil Collection.

if you like chick-fil-a, i hear there is one there that has a double drive through.

if you like racing... ummm... i don't know. it's not my thing.

04-23-2007, 08:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
LazyBoy Insane Location: Memphis Area	Houston in Summer... Anyone know of a particularly good time to visit Houston during the summer? A couple of friends and I are going this summer to do the racing thing, but I was kinda hoping I could do something a lil more interesting than just race while I'm there -Will __________________ Life is nothing, everything.....and something in between...

04-23-2007, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	Houston in the Summer....are you nuts? It's a filthy busy, flat, low class city with mosquitoes the size of crows....not to mention the humidity!!!!! My advice; Go on south to Padre Island or Mexico instead. __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

04-25-2007, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
LazyBoy Insane Location: Memphis Area	lol, thanks for the honesty....I was going to hang out with friends, etc...Was just hoping to find something else to do while I was there... Guess I'm not looking forward to that trip now -Will __________________ Life is nothing, everything.....and something in between...

04-29-2007, 10:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	I lived there for 6 years - stay away if you can!!!! If you go: You can go down to Galveston Island and watch the 1-foot high brown waves roll in. Take a lot of extra shirts - they won't stay dry for more than a few minutes if you're outside. Advice - always leave your sunglasses outside in the car. Otherwise, every time you leave an air-conditioned building, they'll fog up and you can't see for 5 minutes. Okay - one serious piece of advice - Go to the Johnson Space Center - it's a very educational and interesting tour (stay away from Bldg 44, though!). __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either. Last edited by yournamehere; 05-07-2007 at 06:19 PM..

04-29-2007, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	Okay ynh, so what's with Bldg. 44? __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

04-29-2007, 04:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	There was a hostage situation with 2 deaths there a few days ago. /just a little gallows humor. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.

04-30-2007, 07:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
doodlebird pío pío Location: on a branch about to break	i go to houston every summer. i like the baseball stadium there. it's got a retractable roof and a kick ass AC system, so it's actually way more comfortable than either of the 2 chicago ballparks in july or august. if you're into the family friendly stuff, the science museum is pretty neat (indoors, AC). they have a butterfly exhibit there where butteflies fly all around you. it's pretty neat if you like flying bugs. i do. if you're into Art, check out the Menil Collection. if you like chick-fil-a, i hear there is one there that has a double drive through. if you like racing... ummm... i don't know. it's not my thing. __________________ xoxo doodle