FIRST TIME in HOUSTON

[DannyCruz]

Hellooooooooooooo....

 

OK, so I'm going to be in Houston as well, from November 14th thru 18th. AGAIN, I'm in need of your advice on hotel accomodations, which neighborhood you'd reccomend I stay, and if you think I'd need a car. Of course, I could use some words on the gay scene too...

 

Any bits of advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

Danny Cruz, NYC

[jasoncarter_dfw]

In Dallas and Houston, public transportation is non-existant to spartan at best...I would highly suggest a rental car unless you are only doing incalls. In Houston, I usually stay in the Galleria area. There is an Extended Stay America and a Sheraton Suites in that area that are quite reasonable and in convenient locations. The gay area in Houston is mostly in a neighborhood known as Montrose, which isn't that far from the Galleria. Good clubs I'd recommend are South Beach, Rich's and JR's Houston. As far as Dallas (my home), there are many hotels on Stemmons Fwy that I would recommend. The Melrose hotel is close to the gay area and is quite nice, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're looking to spend alot. Some good choices in Dallas are the Sheraton Suties, Marriott Suites, Wyndham Anatole and the Extended Stay America...all on Stemmons Fwy. The gay scene is in Oak Lawn, which is a 4 block area that contains all of Dallas's gay scene...shops, clubs, restaurants, etc... Club's I'd recommend are JR's Dallas, the Village Station, Moby Dick, Throckmorton Mining Company and the Brick (Sat. night only). There is also a stripper bar a little bit down the way called the Male Boxx that can be fun also...on Lemmon Ave. Hope that helps!

 

- Jason Carter - Dallas, TX

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>Hellooooooooooooo....

>

>OK, so I'm going to be in Houston as well, from November 14th

>thru 18th. AGAIN, I'm in need of your advice on hotel

>accomodations, which neighborhood you'd reccomend I stay, and

>if you think I'd need a car. Of course, I could use some words

>on the gay scene too...

>

>Any bits of advice would be greatly appreciated.

>

>Regards,

>

>Danny Cruz, NYC

[Chuck50]

Danny I have stayed in the MOntrose area twice. Lovett INN it is gay ownend and gay friendly. Nice location to the gay area. I have had escorts stay with me and visit there as well as masseurs. We had the run of the place once it was very nice and reasonable as well. I was an old Mansion that has been restored. Hope this helps. Also a nice restaurant in the Galleria area. Americas(My favorite) nice restaurants in the Montrose area too. HUGS CHuck :9 :9 :9

[Karl-G]

Yes, a car is needed. Bayou Bend is the mansion, formerly owned by Ms Ima Hogg. Wonderful place for American architecture, furniture, painting, silver, ceramics; use the taped tour and listen to all the extras. Museum of Fine Arts is excellent, new building and very good collection. Border's Books on west side is great cruising place. Philip Johnson's chapel with 11 paintings by Mark Rothko is right there by the campus of St. Thomas and free, just a block from the DeMenil Collection, which is superb for surrealism and abstract expressionism, and that is only a block from the Cy Twombley Museum and the Dan Flavin Museum and the small but beautiful Byzantine fresco museum. So much to see!

[Bilbo]

Personally, I don't like the Rothko chapel. Too much black on black in the huge paintings. And to think that some people get married in there! There are two or three other chapels in the U St. T. area which, IMHO, are much nicer. I particularly like the one that shows off what I'm remembering as a Byzantine mural by directing you to it through glass arches.

I think the best gay restaurant in town is Barnaby's, particularly the one on West Gray, particularly the ribs, but the salad's are wonderful and huge, too.

[Karl-G]

The Rothko Chapel is sublime and meant to be for meditation, not Mardi Gras. None of the paintings are black; most have a darkwine/maroon color which your eye sees as you become used to the filtered light.

 

The Byzantine chapel was also designed by Philip Johnson and paid for by the De Menil family when St. Thomas refused to accept the Rothko chapel as a gift. Two of Rothko's gradnchildren visited recently as they tried to understand who their grandfather was and what he did. The Byzantine Chapel was designed by a non-Christian who, I think , made a quick hodge-podge which is unsuccessful aesthetically and functionally. For a university, a chapel that seats 50?

[Bilbo]

The Rothko seats fewer, I would think, unless they bring in chairs. Or maybe about the same. I wouldn't want to give people from out of town the idea that either one is the main chapel in that small section of town. I thin that would be the big round one I haven't been in yet with the cross shaped window.

[DannyCruz]

Jason, Chuck 50, Karl-G, and Bilbo,

 

THANK YOU, for all your suggestions!!!

 

Apart from work, which is the priority, I hope to get out and have some fun! Yeah, I'll be bringing my comboy boots along...

 

Regards,

 

Danny Cruz, NYC

[Bilbo]

Well, for boot skootin boogyin, we do have one large C&W dance floor in a very nice bar, The Brazos River Bottom, usually just called the BRB.