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trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Houston, TX - a Vibrant and Culturally-Diverse City

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:49:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author reginafug - Welcome to Houston! It is nearly impossible to cover everything there is to do, see and experience in Houston in one short review. However, I will attempt to list a number of qualities and attractions that make Houston an exciting city to visit and/or...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Houston is a BIG Place!

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:27:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author saphirrerose7 - I have lived in Houston about 26 years, so from my personal experiences, it would be safe to go by my review :-) Houston has been on and off a particular aspect as being "The Fattest City" and the main reasons we are considered that is because of...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Houston: Hot, congested, polluted metropolis

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:37:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kingbk - Houston. I have been to many places in Texas. Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Lubbock, Padre Island. I can honestly say that my least favorite place in Texas is Houston. I have spent time in this city, significant time at that, and I...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Wandering around Houston

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:25:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mbutu1 - My first observations about Houston: -You need a car. -You need lot's of $$$ -Plan before you go. lot's of online resources -Drunk drivers are everywhere -Live music scene here sucks. Go to Austin instead. -Even locals comment on the amount of...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: The real Houston

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:36:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jjp76 - I've lived in Houston since the late 1990's. It's hard to give a rating of five stars to anything, but I had to do it for Houston considering how terribly underrated it is and how horribly outsiders talk about it. I think Houston probably gets the worst...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Please dump on my hometown.

Mon, 17 May 2004 18:18:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author reefmonkey - Look at the review above mine. Look at the review below mine. They are reviewing my hometown, and chances are, they are both tearing it to shreds. You see, I live in Houston, TX, the most reviled of the ten largest cities in the United States. The New...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Food and fun spots aplenty - if you can find them

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:03:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author plares - I've lived in and around Houston for most of the past 10 years and I've grown fond of this sprawl of a city in southeast Texas. One of the more obvious things to like about Houston are the amazing selection of restaurants - lots of different cuisines,...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: What Else Can You Say About Houston?

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:39:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tesseract - Preface: I started this as one document, then broke it into two reviews, a general essay about Houston, and a list of tourist destinations, when I realized how long it was going to be. But then I found I'm not allowed to post more than one...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: The best state in the U.S.

Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:05:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author michaelshane1 - I am very proud to call Texas home. More specifically Spring, Texas which is on the outskirts of Houston. I have lived there for about 15 years now on and off and I haven't regretted any second of it. I don't know of anyone who has visited Houston and...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: "MMM! Air Smoothies for EVERYONE!" – The Worst Town Write-Off

Mon, 20 May 2002 14:44:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author madtheory - In my ongoing quest to review the many fine cities of Texas, I decided to review the true “star” of the Lone Star State, Houston, TX. The city of Houston is a bustling metropolis home to over four million people in the southern part of...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: "POUNDING BACK PINTS WITH THE BEST OF EM,THE FOX & HOUND ENGLISH PUB, HOUSTON "

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:13:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JAMES23 - The steaks had been devoured. The beer glasses were empty. Now it was time to get down to the serious part of the evening. Mark and I strolled out to his car in the parking lot. Ok he strolled, I waddled. I told you those steaks were huge. Now it was...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: MY DINNER WITH MARK, RANCHO RIO STEAKHOUSE, HOUSTON

Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:52:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JAMES23 - My mouth had been watering for almost two weeks now. Visions of juicy thick Texas steaks danced before me as I trooped over the dusty dirt mountain roads and mangrove swamps of Central America. Hey a steady diet of rice, corn tortillas and chicken can...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Getting Better All The Time

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:29:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bassmanj - Houston takes a lot of "heat" (all puns intended) from people for its suffocating summers and high ranking in smog. These are justified, but are the three months of summer heat any worse than 3 months of snow and freezing cold up north? Doubtful.
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trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Houston Heat

Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:18:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rneuma1 - I spent this summer in Houston Texas doing the legal internship thing. I can honestly say that it has been one of the harder trials in my short 21 years of experience. I have to admit Houston has many negatives to it, but it also has some major...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Metropolitan and

Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:41:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author xiabelle - I'll preamble this by stating that I was born and raised in Houston -- I've lived here most of my life.

Houston is a very large city and as such it has a whole amalgam of places to see and things to do. It's a very metropolitan city,...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Quality of life? Never heard of it.

Thu, 24 May 2001 18:39:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nhan26 - The Daily Crap That Is Life In The Bayou City

I've lived in Houston since 1975, and because of that, came to accept certain conditions as the norm. For instance, blazing 9-month summers, schizophrenic weather, horrible road conditions,...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Its not the temperature, its the humidity!

Sun, 13 May 2001 21:12:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkidd - For those of you considering a move or trip to Houston, I thought I would share a "local" point of view.

First of all, a little background. I was born and raised along the Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston). Due to schooling and business, I have...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: You Better Have a GR-R-REAT Reason to Go to Houston

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:22:18 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author GlendaG - If you're going to Houston, you'd better have a GREAT reason. You say you're meeting a long lost friend. Nope, not good enough reason. The friend could meet you outside the city limits, or better yet outside the county.

For a trip to...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 03:47:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author janetaba - The Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research is a special branch of the Houston Public Library System. Unlike other branches, the materials housed in the two building complex may not leave the premises.

When I first started my...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Downtown Houston - Nightlife with a Price.

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:38:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tortillaboy - In the past couple years Houston's downtown area has been going through a major facelift. With the opening of the Bayou Place center, which was built where the old Coliseum and Music Hall were located (boy, I saw some great concerts there), the theater...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: 'Just a wafer thin mint..." Todai JapaneseBuffet

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:43:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author foxfroggy - Monty Python fans will recognize the quote in the title: a horribly gluttonous man has ordered, and consumed virtually the entire menu of a restaurant (other details are too unsettling to repeat here...), and is offered just one wafer thin chocolate...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Turn your (business) trip into an alternative blast!!!

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:10:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ubitout - Houston is a blast! Here are some suggestions for the visitor (or resident) wants to have a groovy time...I guarantee you'll enjoy yourself.

In a previous review, I raved about the Doubletree Guest Suites in the Galleria area, so stay there if you...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Home on the wide, wide range

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:18:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MajorWombat - Houston. You know, as in Texas. An interesting blend of old-west and high-tech. Where else can you find longhorn cattle grazing beneath a real Saturn V rocket?

It's a decent city to live in. It is large enough that there is probably...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: OUR THANKSGIVING TASTE OF TEXAS -- TWO

Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:02:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grandgram - Our trip to our son’s new home in Sugar Land, Texas and extension of Houston was a delightful excursion. For our first taste of Texas we were served the typical Thanksgiving Day meal, which was delicious. We enjoyed everything and thankful to be with...

trvl-Dest-United States-Texas-Houston: Clear Lake Shores' Delightful Seafood Resaurant!

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:47:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author derval - Joe Lee's Seafood Restaurant has been a favorite restaurant of my family since we moved to this area between Houston and Galveston several years ago. The restaurant used to be located on Kemah's Waterfront, but has since relocated to Marina Bay Drive,...