Houston, Heights and Rice Military Information
We have gathered together some iinformation that may be useful to new comers to Houston. The Rice Military and Washington area is a newer addition to our rentals and we plan to add more links etc., soon.
A place to buy a pass to many Houston's main attractions
http://www.citypass.com/city/houston.html?id=IN5tq65N
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR THOSE ARRIVING AT HOUSTON OR HOBBY AIRPORT
If you are flying into Houston - transportation options - some of our renters have used the supershuttle. They pick you up at your door and take you to or from the airport for $25.00 each way. Metro offers a bus every thirty minutes to downtown for 1.50.
http://www.transitfly.com/iah
http://www.supershuttle.com/Houston_airport_transfers.aspx
http://www.ridemetro.org
HOUSTON HEIGHTS INFORMATION AND MORE
The first weekend of every month is the 1st Saturday of the month event in the Heights. There is a variety of sales and art shows. The free trolley ride tours are wonderful and informative of the history and architecture of the area. I haven't been able to go lately but info can be found here. Or just go to 19th Street and Lawrence.
http://www.heightsfirstsaturday.com/
Also I may not have sent everyone this information that might be of interest while you are in Houston, or relocating to Houston
Here is our favorite website for finding restaurants in Houston
http://www.b4-u-eat.com/ our zip code is 77008
Right around the block on Shepherd is The Texas Cafeteria, best greasy spoon with 1.85 and 2.99 breakfast special before 11 am (closed Sunday)
Spanish Flowers is one of our favorite Tex Mex restaurants. Open 24 hours except Tuesday (closes at 10pm)
I also like Jax Grill over here on Shepherd. Great crawfish soup!
My husband pointed out that I needed to add Gabby's BBQ on Shepherd. Ask for lean cut beef if you want no fat at all and their BBQ sauce is the BEST
Thousands of places, but that website is really helpful.
A new place opened up on W 20th Street called Cedar Creek which is a neat indoor outdoor laid back place.
They serve gourmet burgers and sandwiches and salads. There's vegetarian choices too.
FYI everyone probably knows but me, that the BOCA Burger is vegetarian
This is the website for the dog place just a block away.
http://www.thinklikeadog.com/mdm/home.asp
This is the link to Memorial Park, which is beautiful and the page has other Houston park and bike trail information.
http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/memorialpark.html
Herman Park and the museum district has a lot of free events.
The Miller Oudoor Theater http://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com/default.asp?Mode=DirectoryDisplay&id=1&DirectoryUseAbsoluteOnSearch=True
The Museum of Fine Arts is free every Thursday.
And the Holocost museum is free, but takes donations.
The Children's Museum is free from 6pm to 8pm every Thursday. It can get pretty busy.
Museum District link below.
http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/default/museumpages/museumpage.asp?MID=12
Other things you should consider while you are in Houston, the Port Authority does a boat tour Free!, we went last year and it was great.
You need to book online here. http://boattours.poha.com/boattour/
Also a tour of downtown is always nice through the underground tunnels and the above ground parks. This trip should include a visit to the Chase Tower building (one of the tallest I think) that has an elevator that goes to an observation deck,
Try: http://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/exploringtunnels.html
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase_Tower_(Houston)
I'm a relative new comer to Houston and still discovering the many great places and events this city offers.
If you discover places I haven't mentioned, or a great restaurant or anything you think I should include as information please let me know.
