Author: /u/RainbowCrown71

Hi Houston,

I’m from Washington, D.C. and am visiting your fine city this extended weekend for an amateur photography trip. I know 3 days isn’t enough time to experience a city of 7.1 million people, so I’m just hoping to experience the highlights and get a flavor for the city. I won’t have a car, but I do about 4 of these trips a year to different cities and always just use public transit and Uber. Looking at distances, I think all of these are Uber-able without issue, and I know that Houston is enormously large, so tried to focus on key neighborhoods with lots of sights packed within them (Downtown, Montrose, Museum District).

I’m a big fan of art museums, preferably classical but modern can be good too, + historic pre-war architecture (especially Art Deco) and Americana (50s diners, cheap eats, the usual). I’m not really a foodie, so I gravitate for cheap filling food versus upscale food (a cherry tomato cut into 5 pieces with a small slice of ham isn’t my idea of a good dinner)

I tried to build an itinerary that worked to maximize my limited time, but wanted to get feedback from any locals if anything seems amiss. Please let me know if there are any hidden gems I missed. Thank you!

HOUSTON TRIP (October 9-11)

Hotel: Downtown Houston

Day One

• Hermann Park and Sam Houston Statue
• La Calle Tacos (for dinner)
• McGovern Centennial Gardens
• Museum of Fine Arts (half-day? if less, add Contemporary Arts Museum)
• Rice University, Lovett Hall
• Treebears (for lunch)
• Twilight Epiphany (at blue hour)

Day Two

• Beer Can House
• Chapel of Saint Basil
• Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
• Kat’z Deli and Bar (for breakfast) or the Burger Joint (lunch)
• Menil Collection
• Montrose (walk around)
• Rienzi
• Rothko Chapel
• Whataburger (for dinner, I know, I know, but we don’t have them in Washington, D.C.)

Day Three (museums almost all closed)

• Bethel Church Historic Site
• Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
• Downtown:
  • Chase Tower
  • Christ Church
  • Cotton Exchange Building 1884
  • Houston City Hall (exterior)
  • Julia Ideson Library
  • Market Square Park
  • Monument au Fantome by Jean Dubuffet and Discovery Green
• Rodeo Goat (for lunch)
• Voodoo Queen (for dinner)

Time Permitting (unlikely)

• The Galleria
• Hines Waterfall Park
• Three Post Oak Central
• Williams Tower