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Things to Do In Houston-Texas | Travel Diary

The Riot Comedy Club

This is a chilled evening spot. They have stand up comedians with short acts performing at night.

We did this on a Monday night and luck was on us there was no entry fee.

I would suggest coming in as they are opening for the night to get good seats and not be African timers like us.

One could order food and drinks and have them brought to their tables.

We got in at the last hour thinking it will not be packed and ended up getting some not so nice seats but had a good time.

Another place that looked interesting and hosts comedy nights as well is Punch Line. This was actually our first option but they were not open on a few nights that we were there.

Color Factory

Looking back, I would describe the Color Factory as a big indoor play ground that is open to all ages. The holidays offer a good entry rate, up to 15% discount. I love discounts, I know you do too, wink* wink*. The factory has several interactive room exhibits which you get to explore with a few that have instructors.

If you thought your ‘mandem’ was color blind, please have them expand their color portfolio here. They have a wide variation of the different color shades that I did not even think existed. At the end of the tour they place the colors with towns in Houston that they are most popular.

My favourite art exhibit was in a room where we had to sit across from our partners, have our headsets on and listen to the instructions and draw on a piece of paper while our eyes were closed.

I forgot to mention that before we began the tour, we were handed a card with a QR code at the back that we used to scan and have our pictures taken during the tour. The pictures would then be sent to our respective emails. I found that really cool.

At the end of the tour, I cannot fail to mention we got free ice cream and a few surprise giveaways. I love free good food too ha-ha.

Museum of Fine Arts

This is a place I wish, we had the whole day to explore as we did not get to see everything. I am not a huge fan of museums as it involves a lot of walking and reading. I will not lie, by the end of the tour I felt I suffered from information overload. I was just happy this was not one of the field trips we used to take while in school that would require us to write a composition about or that we would randomly find questions about it in the exam.

The things that stood out for me were;

• Living with the Gods exhibition. This was nothing I had imagined. It featured objects made by artists across 4,000 years to communicate with their gods.  They displayed art from all types of religious background. Being Christian I was naturally drawn to the Christian objects. To even bring it closer home and warming my heart was seeing art from African countries such as Ghana.
• The Glassell Collection of African Gold included jewelry pieces amongst other items from various African countries including Kenya. There was also a section with African fabric, Kente from Ghana.

• There was an immersive experience of the burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral. This could be undoubtedly the best experiences. The visuals felt real as I could hear the crack of fire through the building. The sirens from the fire tracks and ambulances were surreal. This brought out all manner of emotions.

            The museum was showcasing also for the first time in the US, art from Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) who was a French Post-Impressionist artist.

Ps: If you have a military card, use to be granted free access.

Museum of Illusions

I am glad we did the Museum Of Fine Arts before visiting this one. This museum was more interactive requiring participation. It featured mind blowing exhibits that engage the mind as well. Most if not all the displays made more sense when you gave them a closer look or looked at them on your phone after taking a picture. This was actually very interesting.

Most stops included taking pictures in order to view the concept.  It was a short tour which I liked because I was already tired and had accumulated enough steps, and then some just from the Fine Arts Museum. 

Thinking about it now, this would be ideal for people with short concentration span. We didn’t spend more than five minutes per stop. There were experts at different stations to help explain the concepts and give a couple of tricks while taking the pictures. 

(There will be a final blog post in this series coming out in the coming days.)