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…
Saint Arnolds Brewing Company Tour (15 things to do in Houston for under $15)
Being Irish, it’s almost a rite of passage to tour the Guinness brewery in Dublin. You pay money, go through the factory, watch…
Brazos Bend State Park (15 things to do in Houston for under $15)
Alright, so, my parents came to town a few weeks ago, and they wanted to do EVERYTHING that this great city had to…
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,…
Things to do in Houston: Art Car Museum (free)
“Get into the left lane and aim high, but keep one eye on the rear view mirror for the black and whites. Art…
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…
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,…
Things to do in Houston: Tour Mrs Bairds bakery (free)
Have you ever wondered how the bread on your local supermarket shelves gets made? A friend of mine discovered this tour of Mrs…