Java.......
Houston is where I have to be that week. That is where the dogs are. I would love to see all of the sites that are great. But what's around Houston?
My mom lives in Texas. Been to Texas. I helped a friend move to San Marcos. Tubed the San Marcos River. Been to San Antonio and the River Walk. Been to The Alamo.
But that's another trip. My mom and I are planning a Girl's Road Trip and we will go the Fredricksville or Fredricksburg, or whatever it is called. Shopping shopping shopping! We'll visit Austin. San Marcos. San Antonio, etc. etc.
I have to go to Houston in October. I can't help it. I want to see all of the Lhasa Apsos. It is the National and Specialty shows. Dog people and lots and lots of Lhasa Apsos. I'm hoping I can talk someone into letting me kidnap their Lhasa Apso for a night or two to snuggle up with. I'm leaving mine at home because I don't show.
So help me out with Houston, okay? Please?
Have ta leave most'a Houston for the others to hep ya out, missy. A'hm a Foat Wuth gentleman ma'self but I'll give ya what I liked about the Big H.
Sugarland, Huntsville, Katy are all close and there is plenty ta do and see in Houston itself since it's a normal big city - only not. Houston is the largest city in the US with no zoning laws so it grew up wierd and there are about 5 city business centers within its limits. There is a large oriental population in Houston with not one but two Chinatowns there and Little Saigon is in the Midtown district. Reliant Park is pretty busy - they hold the Annual Chili Cookoff there and there's a Greek Festival but I can't remember what time of the year it happens. There's the Holocaust Museum Houston and about a jillion other museums in the appropriately monikered Museum District.
You've got Houston Astros baseball but they will probably have eliminated themselves from October play by early August. (About two months later than my beloved Texas Rangers will have choked out)
The Theatre District is home to most of their performing arts and a huge choice of restaurants - of course we make the best damn barbeque bar none on the planet in Texas - so ya gotta set a spell sample the best. There is a Razoo's Cajun Cafe franchise in Houston where you can try some alley-gator tail with yer crawdad jambalaya - not bad for a chain eatery. They also make some great jalapeno poppers.
We got 'cher Galleria Mall (the largest in Texas), Old Market Square, the Downtown Aquarium, Tranquility Park (named for the Sea of. T, where we first set foot on the moon) and Sam Houston Park - with some old restored 1800s homes - fer shoppin' an' sightseein' as well. Here's part of the Big H skyline from Tranquility Park:
The Johnson Space Center in Houston is where I would go but I'm an aerospace fanatic.The piney woods aren't too far for outdoor sights. Tons of little towns and cities with their own unique draws. The courthouse was always the main center in most towns and they provide an awesome and veried glimpse of Texas' past - architecturally speaking.
Yain't a far piece from Galveston, Baytown, and Texas City so if'n ya wants a little drive on the beach action etc, motor on down to Trinity/Galveston Bay and twirl yer toes in the Gulf waters round Galveston or Jamaica Beach - it's a site warmer then that there Pacifist Ocean.........:thumbup:
Ah cain't hep ya with thet there Lassoo-ahpso but you kin pick up a good lariat down at most local feed and grain stores out on the outlyin' farm ta market roads. Just watch out for the tractors - they have the right of way.
You and Mom make sure you hit Salado (north of Austin) for some shoppin' when y'all hitch up there. And it is Fredricksburg. The German influence was pretty strong in Texas and Fredricksburg is but one small example. The Chester A Nimitz Museum is located there and they have a herd of cool intimate little shops in FB as well.
J
