...I am heading down there this weekend for business....Last I recall....Houston was hot/humid and a city I did not enjoy.....so....for those of you that are down there...any "hot spots" I should check out in the eve?


....also....how are the cabbies there?

 

If you don't like it, STAY away

 

Bill, the weather is hot and humid during the summer. It's winter (says Kobi). Last I remember it might rain.

Friday Feb 17 Isolated T-Storms
Hi 69° - Low 56°
30% chance of rain

Sat. Feb 18 T-Showers
Hi 63° - Low 44°
30% chance of rain

Sun. Feb 19 Showers
HI 54° - Low 45°
30% Chance of rain

 

I'm in the houston area.... this weekend we're going to have a high of about 65, and a low probably in the upper 30's... the weather's pretty nice right now..not a cloud in the sky.. but here in Texas they have a saying... if you don't like the weather... wait 5 minutes... the forcast is hardly ever correct

what part are you headed to?

as far as cabbies go... i don't know,, no body uses them here... if i was going anywhere i would just get a 30.00 rental car... or for 60bucks you can rent a 05-06 Screw

 

I have to go because of business....no choice in the matter....


nice....warmer than here.....our high is projected to be around 30°.......too bad it is gonna rain....

Basically I am just looking to get from the airport to the hotel.....I was just curious as to how expensive the cabs were down there....cause if they are similar to the cost of renting a car...I will just do that.....

 

Any of you Houston guys ever been to the SRO Sports Bar at the Northwest Mall? I'm gonna be heading there on Feb. 24-26 for the $6,000 Houston City Foosball Championships. Is it a pretty cool place to hang out at?

 

Good luck... it's not really a great part of town!

 

The weather is great this time of year in Houston, so that should be no problem. Now for what to do, that's a bit of an issue. In the 10+ years I have lived here, the only things I can figure out that an "out-of-towner" can do is eat, drink, or go to strip clubs! This is easily the most BORING major city in the country!

As far as I can tell, no one ever comes to (or lives in) Houston by choice -- you come here (or live here) because your boss tells you that's where you need to go to collect your paycheck! It's a good town to come to, work your a$$ off and make some good coin for a decade or so, and then high-tail it away to a part of the country that has at least a shred of aesthetic beauty, or that thinks "architecture" doesn't mean "strip mall"...

Gee, can you tell I love living in Houston!

 

People who live here,, easily forget how many things there are to do... simply because they've probably done most of them...

If you like to do it... it's here

 

Isn't that how everyone that lives in Houston feels about the place? I have only driven through it and I didnt even like it.

 

I think the worst thing about the city is the fact that the founding fathers apparently sat down and said, "What do we need to do to make our city look like a run-down slum? I know -- lets build miles of non-descript highways that travel past some of the most dilapidated and visually-repulsive strip malls you could ever imagine. Trees? To heck with them -- let's chop them down and put up billboards instead! Zoning? Who the he11 am I to say you can't put your Taqueria/Strip Club/Trailer Home next to my new home!"

Maybe I am biased, having been raised in Minneapolis, which is an aesthetically "pretty" city, but Houston as a city has absolutely no "curb appeal" whatsoever....

 

You know, I actually enjoyed living and working there.

I went to the Astro's and Texans games (good and bad)

Joined the Houston Area Lightning Owners Club (HALO) made good friends and raced with them at HRP and Sealey twice a month.

Went to the informal show and shine most Fridays at Sams Lot off Highway 10 and Dairy Ashford.

For Bill, cabs are pretty cheap. Never got ripped off once at the airport.
Try and visit NASA if that sort of thing appeals to you (it did to me) and it's right near Kemah Boardwalk which is pretty nice.

 

I'll be down there the week of Feb 27 thru Mar.3.

I will be attending meetings for the OIL company I work for if you can imagine that. The galeria area is where our office is, its not too bad. My parents, live out in the woodlands so I will have to visit with them one day.

 

The Woodlands is a very nice area -- my wife and I like to take our bikes there and ride on the trail system they have. Once you get outside of the Beltway 8 Loop you start to lose some of the "Urban Wasteland" that Houston is so famous for....