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Old 07-03-2014, 02:08 PM  
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Going on a trip in late August that will likely have me in Dallas for one Saturday evening and Houston for one Sunday morning. Anyone have any great entertainment ideas for a few hours in either city?
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I'v never even heard of such a thing.

if it's anything like a Renaissance Festival, I'll be sure to handcuff myself to my water heater.
it's ****ing awesome if you like knights and jousting and shit

they even have falconry
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Old 07-03-2014, 08:57 PM   #32
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Go to Medieval Times! Dinner and tournament. The one in Dallas is cool.
yea, ive been there too. It was alot of fun. Almost like a corny WWE atmosphere at times.


The aftershow was fun too. The knights come out in the lobby, sign autographs and no doubt get tons of chicks digits. Then they turn on the dance music and it was like a mini club for about 30 minutes.
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Old 07-03-2014, 09:19 PM   #33
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I'v never even heard of such a thing.

if it's anything like a Renaissance Festival, I'll be sure to handcuff myself to my water heater.
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Old 07-03-2014, 09:23 PM   #34
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Go to Medieval Times! Dinner and tournament. The one in Dallas is cool.
Drove by it, MoF, I think it was right by where I bought my boots. But no way I was eating there on an expense account. If it's gonna be overpriced, it's gonna be good and it's gonna be respectable. Morton's it was!!!
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Old 07-03-2014, 09:27 PM   #35
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I've been to Houston just once. But holy **** it was miserable.

Spend your time in Austin or San Antonio. Or travel on down to El Paso and shoot some illegals.
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Old 07-03-2014, 09:33 PM   #36
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Based on this list: http://365thingsaustin.com/2011/05/0...-austin-texas/, I would be interested in things like:

a Brewery tour (wouldn't know which brewery to choose, though)
Congress Avenue bats
Baylor Street Art Wall
South Congress (would this be interesting in the am?)
6th Street (would this be interesting in the am?)

Actually, I find most things on that list interesting but I know I will not have time this visit.
The #1 thing to do in the daytime is go see the capitol. It takes a few minutes and is well worth it.
http://youtu.be/Kl8ajhu_e5Y?t=3m12s
(dancing optional)


The congress ave bats are great to see at sunset. (mid august is normally the peak viewing time but it varies) BatFest is actually August 23rd. Fun times.
http://www.roadwayevents.com/RoadSta...?media1Id=1323
(bat costume optional but encouraged)


Speaking of that weekend. The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is the 24th. It's the world's largest hot sauce festival.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Market/HotSauce


I'm not a fan of "tours" myself, but there are always brewery/brewpub tours going.
http://austinbrewbus.wordpress.com/events-list/
http://www.craftbeeraustin.com/events/


Another daytime thing to do is to head to Zilker park, check out Barton Springs and stop by the Umlauf sculpture gardens. If you want to go full Austin-ish you can join a yoga session there!
http://umlaufsculpture.org/program/
(bring your own mat)


I doubt you have the time, but you can always do a scavenger hunt that will expose you to quite a few of the things on this list.
http://www.urbanadventurequest.com/t...n/default.aspx


One daytime thing outside of downtown (but not far outside) is Mt Bonnell. Nothing spectacular but it's nice.
http://www.austinparks.org/our-parks.html?parkid=287


Ok last thing is live music. You should consider a show, especially at Stubbs. I would have said Antone's back in the day but that isn't an option but you could always do ACL Live if you can get tickets. Definitely fun but I'd go with Stubbs.
http://stubbsaustin.com/concert-listings
http://acl-live.com/calendar


Ok, I'll post more in a sec when I get time. We still need to talk drinking!
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Old 07-03-2014, 09:38 PM   #37
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Gas Monkey Bar and grill is pretty good. A Little Pricey but they have bands and stuff come in.
http://gasmonkeybarngrill.com/

If you are in Dallas, Austin or Houston, I REALLY enjoyed eating here. This will be Very Pricey but they just keep bringing you meat untill you want to blow up.

http://www.fogodechao.com/menu/dining-experience/

You can tour Jerry World in Dallas. I mean the Cowgirls suck but the stadium is pretty impressive.
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I've been to Houston just once. But holy **** it was miserable.
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Yes, Houston is shit, unless you want to hit up clubs and party like a douchebag.

They do have some good food, though. Kiran's is a fantastic fine-dining Indian experience.

I'm also partial to the Red Lion pub, which is amazing British food. They make some ****ing awesome chicken tikka masala quesadillas.
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Old 07-04-2014, 05:47 AM   #39
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I would say catch a Texas Rangers game....but I think they're on a road trip. Probably the best advice I could give a visitor to Texas is eat breakfast at Magnolia Cafe in Austin. The area between downtown Houston and Rice Univ is pretty cool. So long as you can tolerate pretentious white people.
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Go to Medieval Times! Dinner and tournament. The one in Dallas is cool.
That place is sooooo gay, not surprised that you like it...
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Going on a trip in late August that will likely have me in Dallas for one Saturday evening and Houston for one Sunday morning. Anyone have any great entertainment ideas for a few hours in either city?
If near downtown Houston, check out Discovery Green or the George R. Brown Convention Center. They're right across the street from each other and there's always something going on. The heat shouldn't bother u in the morning...
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