3 Days in Houston – Museums, Bookshops, & Comedians
Gianmarco Soresi was performing in Houston, Texas, giving me and my friends the opportunity to travel and spend some time together. We planned a fun 3-day trip with itineraries and back up options. This is a recap of our weekend!
EXPLORETRAVEL
DAY ONE
For a fun three-day weekend trip, you should fly into Houston, Texas using George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), preferably in the early to late afternoon.
For dinner we went to Korea Garden, a Korean barbecue spot where you’ll grill your own variety of meats and vegetables while enjoying a delicious array of side dishes.
Our hotel was the affordable and well known Hilton Garden Inn Houston NW America Plaza, with an average price of $81 per night plus a refundable retainment fee upon check-in.
The comedian Gianmarco Soresi was going to perform in Houston, Texas, so my friends and I took this as an opportunity to travel and see one another! We planned a 3-day trip complete with itineraries and alternate choices for restaurants, parking, and hotels. That full itinerary can be found here. This is a summary of how my 3-day weekend went!
DAY TWO
We woke up early to hit the road for breakfast around 7:30am and drove the short way to Tom N Toms Coffee & Eatery. This location was chosen for its partnership with Egg Box which offers their Signature Soft Scrambled Sandwiches as breakfast options. Overall, the average price was $10-$20 per person.
The first activity of the day was the Houston Museum of Natural Science which opened at 9am.
Our first stop in the museum was our chosen special exhibition, the Terracotta Warriors, since we expected there to be less foot traffic in the morning.
After the special exhibition, we explored the rest of the museum as we pleased and thoroughly enjoyed the Paleontology Hall and the Cabinet of Curiosities.
For lunch, we moved our car to the parking lot located within the Nancy & Rich Kinder Building which cost $10 for 4 hours of parking and went into the Café Leonelli, a filling cafeteria styled restaurant averaging $10-$20 per person.
After lunch, our second museum of the day was The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
We each purchased an All Access ticket for $24 for adults which granted us access to all of the special and permanent exhibitions. This museum was chosen for the special exhibition they had at the time, the Louvre Couture – Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces.
You can read about my museum experiences on this blog.
After the museums, we treated ourselves to a few bookshops.
Murder by the Book is themed around murder mysteries with many scheduled book signing events.
Right across the street is Brazos Bookstore which holds books of all genres for all ages.
You can read about the books I bought and wanted to buy on this blog.
We continued treating ourselves with a cold drink at Feng Cha at Katy Fwy, a quick stop boba shop averaging $10 per person, and returned to our hotel to rest before returning to the shopping plaza for the comedy show hosted at Houston Improv.
Our food orders were taken near the beginning with a few distracting conversations near the middle for payment. My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed the Gianmarco Soresi performance with his comedic opener, Ty Colgate.
DAY THREE
Our third day in Houston was our last day, meaning an early wake up call to grab one last breakfast with friends before driving to the airport.
For breakfast we went to 85°C Bakery Café-Houston (Blalock), a Taiwanese bakery chain with all manners of baked goods, desserts, and coffee which cost between $10-$20 per person.
Once at the airport, we practiced the regular steps of going through the passenger drop-off lane, checking in our luggage, going through TSA security, and lastly, loitering at our gate until our flights became available.
Since my flight was especially late, I stopped at Sugarland Beer Garden located in between Gates 17-20 and Gate 21 for lunch. They have the expected assortments of alcohol, Bavarian snacks, burgers, sausages and the like for an average of $10-$20, but since I wanted an adult beverage, I did have to double that amount.
