If you only have time for one museum while you are in Houston, might I suggest the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center? My rationale is that this is one of very few places in the world where you can get a glimpse into NASA's manned spacecraft center, the astronaut corps hub and site of the International Space Station Mission operations. The Space Center was also designated a Smithsonian Affiliate in 2014. Have you heard the famous line, "Houston, we have a problem," from the movi

About 30 miles southwest of Houston, along the West Galveston Bay, lies the city of Kemah, Texas and one of the most interesting restaurants I have ever been to called Th_Prsrv. For that reason, I am not only including this restaurant in this Houston series, but in my Greatest Hits series as well, featuring the best restaurants I have been to. Kemah Waterfront First about Kemah: The city changed its name from Evergreen to Kemah when its post office opened in 1907. The word

This third post in my Houston series will turn to some of the more upscale restaurants I visited while in H-Town. I had many excellent options to choose from and not enough time to investigate them all. In the end, in addition to the casual dining spots I visited, I chose to visit the two restaurants featured in this post, and another that I'll share about soon. Musaafer Musaafer Entrance First up is Musaafer, a contemporary, Indian restaurant located in The Galleria ma

I'm back for my second post on Houston, the largest city in the state of Texas and one of the best foodie cities I have been to. For suggestions on casual dining restaurants in Houston, see my last post, and for fine dining suggestions, stay tuned for my next post. This post however, will focus on some of the places I visited during my trip. In addition to having a population of over 2.3 million, Houston is an extremely large city geographically. It sprawls over 665 squar

This next series comes to you at the request of two friends who are getting ready to embark on a multi-week road trip through Texas. (I wish you a lovely and safe trip, L and J.) In previous posts, I have shared about my time in Austin , along with a very brief stop in San Antonio. Until recently, these were the only two cities I had visited in Texas. During the past several months however, I had the good fortune to visit both Houston, which I will write about first, an

Day Three After two days in Austin, I decided to take a road trip to visit San Antonio, Texas. I set out early in the morning to beat...

I recently had dinner with three friends who immigrated to the United States from abroad. They shared with me that their goal was to...