You can practically smell those yellow roses of Texas right now

Texas is a big place. You can drive your car from one side to the other in about the same time as it would take to drive across a large swath of Europe. If you ever want to feel the rush of being alone, head on out to west Texas and drive at night. You’ll hardly see a soul and you’ll hardly hear anything other than the country music coming from your radio.

While it is big and it does have plenty of emptiness to it, Texas also does just fine ... [Read this entry]

Houston, we have a Deal on Cheap Airplane Tickets to New York

Congratulations to the rabid fans of the Houston Dynamo soccer team on your squad’s championship victory this season. What better way to celebrate than to head to the Big Apple and to wear your hideous, I mean, glorious orange shirts and to prance around proclaiming that your team is the best in the country.

Ok, chances are you aren’t a huge soccer fan and that your wardrobe isn’t full of orange, but I still think you’ll agree that landing a round-trip ticket from Houston to New York for $177 is enough ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Houston

Cheap Flights to Houston

The oil and gas capital of the United States, the fourth largest city in population and second largest in area, with the first dome stadium, the largest concentration of medical institutions in the world, and of course the foremost space center—Houston exemplifies the Texas ideals of being the biggest and the best.

Houston is also very attractive, livable, and fun. There are many parks and smaller green spaces and many unusual public sculptures and fountains. Architecture is often in-your-face, and there’s no end to the odd juxtaposition of elegant and mundane, functional and whimsical. Buildings show a ... [Read this entry]