TEXAS 2017
HOUSTON
STAY ($$$)
Hotel Icon Downtown – nice, well located
Marriott Courtyard Houston Downtown – well located, no frills
EAT ($–$$)
Common Bond Cafe & Bakery – do not miss! Some of the best food I’ve ever had
Blacksmith – solid coffee shop
Bistro Menil – nice lunch spot in between various Menil galleries
Boomtown Coffee – slick cafe with outdoor seating downtown
ART & CULTURE ($–$$)
The Menil Collection
Rothko Chapel
Cy Twombly Gallery
Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
Houston Center for Photography
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
SHOP ($–$$)
Highland Village – pleasant and convenient open-air shopping mall with all major stores
DALLAS
STAY ($$$)
CBD Provisions – great hotel, restaurant and cafe downtown
Renaissance Dallas Hotel – very nice hotel
EAT ($–$$)
CBD Provisions – excellent food, wine and coffee
Uchi Dallas – excellent Japanese
Brewed+Pressed – excellent coffee and tea, cold-pressed juices, and light fares in slick environment
DRINK ($–$$)
CBD Provisions
ART & CULTURE ($–$$)
Dallas Museum of Art & Sculpture Garden
AMARILLO
COFFEE ($)
Evocation – micro roastery in a strip mall, most pleasantly surprising coffee experience in my life
DO ($)
Cadillac Ranch – public art installation, an interesting sight on your way out of town