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Houston’s Bucket List

Here it is, all in one handy dandy place. BY JEFF BALKE

No excuses now. Here’s your list. See what

Brush up on your Houston and Texas

Have vegan food at the ISKCON Hare

Celebrate Halloween on lower

you’ve already done and figure out what

history at Houston Public Library’s Julia

Krishna Temple in Oak Forest.

Westheimer.

you’ve got left to do.

Ideson Building.

Go sailing on Clear Lake.

Crash a tent at the Houston Livestock

Sit quietly inside the Rothko Chapel and

Take a picture with a David Adickes

Show and Rodeo World’s Championship

contemplate your existence.

statue.

Go to a football game at Rice Stadium

Bar-B-Que Contest.

and sit high up on the home side for a

Take your dog to Millie Bush Dog Park.

Float down Buffalo Bayou in a canoe,

great view of downtown.

Attend the International Festival.

kayak or pontoon boat.

Sit with the Red Rowdies at a Rockets

Visit the Buffalo Soldiers Museum.

Get inspired and entertained by Pastor

game.

Take the Saint Arnold and Karbach

Kirbyjon Caldwell at Windsor Village

brewery tours.

Go fishing on Armand Bayou.

United Methodist Church.

Dance to ’80s music on a Friday at

Numbers.

Go to the largest quilt festival in the

Spend a Sunday night at Mr. Gino’s

Take the Port of Houston Authority

world.

Lounge listening to the blues.

Sam Houston Boat Tour.

Attend the LGBT Pride Parade.

Go ice-skating at Discovery Green.

Go on a taco truck crawl to the original

Ride your bike with Critical Mass.

Watch the fireworks on July 4 from

food trucks.

Buffalo Bayou.

Drive over the Ship Channel and Fred

Do some ethnic grocery shopping at

Hartman bridges at night.

Celebrate Día de los Muertos on Hous-

Phoenicia, Fiesta or Super H Mart.

Go to the top of the San Jacinto

ton’s east side.

Monument.

Visit Glenwood Cemetery and look for

Watch an international soccer match at

Howard Hughes’s grave.

Go to one of Houston’s many gun shows.

Reliant Stadium or BBVA Compass Stadium.

Have some late-night pie at “House of

Guys.”

Go to the Wednesday night blues jam

Stop and smell…the coffee at the Maxi-

Eat and drink on the Westheimer

at the Big Easy.

mus Coffee plant on Harrisburg.

“curve,” Houston’s new restaurant row.

Go shopping for knickknacks in Old

Town Spring.

Watch a Joel Osteen sermon in person

See A Christmas Carol at the Alley The-

Attend Mariachi Mass at St. Joseph’s

at Lakewood Church.

atre or The Nutcracker at the Wortham…or

Catholic Church.

Go tailgating at a Texans game.

both.

Order a dozen glazed at the oldest

Have your picture taken in the ware-

See a Catastrophic Theatre

Shipley Do-Nuts in Houston, on Ella

Enjoy the best of Houston’s fine art:

house district (engagement or band), on

performance.

Boulevard.

the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the

North Boulevard (bridal) or in front of

Contemporary Arts Museum; The Menil

Mecom Fountain (quinceañera).

Ride the bike trail from Acres Homes to

Drive Airline from the farmers’ mar-

Collection; the Lawndale Art Center; the

downtown.

kets to the flea markets on a Saturday

Asia Society; the Houston Center for

Talk to some of Houston’s characters

afternoon.

Photography; and Gallery Row.

including the Montrose Flower Man, the

Spend a night on “the Island.”

Allen Parkway Rollerblade Dancer, the

Go on the Heights Home Tour and stay

Cheer, volunteer or actually run in the

Heights Pink TuTu Cyclist and the man with

Ride in the Art Car Parade.

for Lights in the Heights.

Houston Marathon.

the live parrot on his shoulder who walks

around downtown and Midtown.

Eat fried chicken under the awning at

Visit the amazing Sri Meenakshi Temple

Go on an owl prowl with the Houston

Frenchy’s.

in Pearland.

Audubon Society.

Go 3 a.m. grocery shopping at Disco Kroger.

Spend a day exploring the downtown

Have Sunday Funday in the

Attend Free Press Summer Fest.

Take a Haunted Houston walking tour.

tunnel system.

Gayborhood.

Take a walk in the Houston or Mercer

Make out upstairs at Marfreless.

Go to a gala and get a picture with

Dine on Vietnamese crawfish.

Arboretum.

Lynn Wyatt.

Go people-watching at the Galleria dur-

Attend the Greek Festival.

Get your skateboard on at the EZ-7 on

ing the Christmas holidays.

See a singer-songwriter at Anderson Fair.

White Oak Bayou and the skatepark on

Get up early and see the Ballunar Liftoff.

Buffalo Bayou.

Watch the bats fly off into the night

See Little Joe Washington perform.

from the Waugh Street Bridge.

Meditate at the Jade Buddha Temple.

Visit Space Center Houston.

Visit Allen’s Landing.

Attend the Houston Livestock Show

Attend the Gothic Beauty Pageant at

Attend the Houston Holiday Parade.

and Rodeo (and Carnival).

Go bar-hopping in Market Square.

Numbers.

Get stoned at Last Concert Cafe.

Ride METRORail.

Stand inside a James Turrell art display.

Go on a weird museum tour: the

National Museum of Funeral History, The

Get cooled off by a fountain.

Take in an Astros game from the

Let a butterfly land on you at the

Orange Show, the Beer Can House, the

Crawford Boxes.

Cockrell Butterfly Museum.

Airport Museum, the Art Car Museum,

Get your Latin dance on at Club

the Museum of Printing History and the

Tropicana.

Enjoy some Tex-Mex at the Original

Visit the observation decks of the

John C. Freeman Weather Museum.

Ninfa’s on Navigation.

JPMorgan Chase Building.

Celebrate Go Texan Day by welcoming

Ride in the BP MS-150.

trail riders into the city.

Have date night at Spindletop on top of

Sit in the balcony for a show at Fitzgerald’s.

the Hyatt Regency.

Go to a Houston Roller Derby bout…and

Buy a knockoff bag and some costume

Run the Rice loop or the Memorial Park

the after party.

jewelry at a discount shop on Harwin.

Picnic on the hill for a free performance

loop.

at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Play a round of golf in Hermann or

Look for mattresses and furniture at

Go to a Friday midnight classic-film

Memorial Park.

Gallery Furniture.

Ride the Hermann Park train.

screening at River Oaks Theatre.

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