Our World – Houston

If you are in the energy biz you probably spend a lot of time in Houston. I know that I do. It is only a 75 minute flight from Tulsa so most of the time I just run down and back for the day.

Downtown Houston

Last week I spent a rare overnight trip there. I spent the night downtown. It had been years since I’ve done that. I thought I would go geocaching. I found one and then was done. It was cold, I mean freezing.

One and Done #houston #geocache #colderthancraphere

So I retreated to the tunnels. Downtown Houston has about 6.4 miles of tunnels downtown. I called it quits after a dozen blocks or so. The thing about tunnels. They all look the same. Especially after hours. During the day there is a lot going on and lots of shops and restaurants and such. After work it is all deserted and not very much fun. It is warm though!

#houston #tunnels #whereiseverybody!

I finally found a decent sushi place and had me some very good raw fish and a couple of malted beverages for dinner and then made the long, cold, windy, dark, deserted walk back to my hotel.

#exxon #building #houston

The next morning I had a meeting with a customer and then headed back to Tulsa.

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21 thoughts on “Our World – Houston

  1. Sylvia K

    I had read about the weather in Houston and that’s pretty unusual!! I don’t remember hearing about much severe cold weather there and I have cousins that live there. I can surely vouch for the heat/humidity in the summer though! Great shots for the day!!

  2. Kathy

    I’ve never been to Houston, I had no idea about all the tunnels! I really like that first shot of yours. The lights sparkling.

  3. Leedslass

    I’m not sure I’d like to walk in those tunnels – I’m a daylight kind of girl (that word used very loosely seeing as how I’m knocking on 80)

  4. Barb

    Love that last pic which I had to study awhile before figuring out what it was. I hope the next time you go, you’ll stay at Hotel ZaZa and tell me what it’s like. (Do you have a big expense account?) We ate in the “happening”restaurant and thought it would be fun to stay there someday.

  5. Gary

    I used to spend every January in Houston a long time ago. Sure looks different with the tunnels now.The thing I remember was how warm it was. Guess everything is relative. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

  6. Sallie (FullTime-Life)

    I’d walk through a deserted tunnel for good sushi anytime! (Well, maybe alone I wouldn’t, now that I think of it!). I didn’t know this about Houston even though we have been there a couple of times.

  7. Fun60

    It looks a bit spooky when it’s deserted. My brother lived there for a few years and so I remember those tunnels, but we used them to avoid the heat and humidity rather than the cold.

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