Fireman Lewis to the rescue! (Free fire station tour, Sugar Land, Texas)
A friend of mine mentioned a while ago, that a few years back, SSA Houston organized a visit to a fire station. After…
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Battleship Texas (15 things to do in Houston for under $15)
“Commissioned in 1914 as the most powerful weapon in the world, the Battleship Texas is credited with the introduction and innovation of advances…
Things to do in Texas: Texas State Railroad (Fall Foliage Brunch Train)
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, we went home to the UK for a few weeks, I’ve been under the weather (before…
Five museums for five bucks in Houston, Part III: Houston Fire Museum
This ain’t our first rodeo (or, fire museum), in fact, we’ve been to at least TWO other fire museums on our various travels,…
Five museums for five bucks in Houston, Part II: Railway museum (Rosenberg)
We FINALLY got back to working on this segment, and investigating the wonderful, rich culture that Houston has to offer – and for…
Things to do in Houston: National museum of Funeral History ($10)
I know, I know – it sounds drab, dull and hugely morbid, right? But, in actual fact, this museum was one of my…
Things to do in Houston: Museum of Printing History (free)
Another unusal and ‘off the wall’ museum that we dug out in the depths of Houston’s recesses, The Printing Museum. This was one…
So, you’ve arrived in Houston. Now what?
I’ve been thinking (no, it didn’t hurt) and I figure that since I’ve been in Texas for almost four years now, it’s only…
Five museums for five bucks in Houston, Part I: 1940 Air terminal museum
A few months ago, I made a date-jar. A jar filled with lolly-pop sticks, each with a date night idea written on it,…
Exploring Asia town with ICH
This was the International connections of Houston outing that I was interested in, a tour of Asia Town, in the Bellaire area of…