Below are some informative websites about Houston and Surrounding Areas:
Annual Festivals & Events –––––––––––––––––––– Art Car Parade Asian Pacific Heritage Festival Dickens on the Strand Festa Italiana First Night (The Woodlands) Fourth of July at Miller Outdoor Theatre Galveston Historic Homes Tour Greek Festival Houston Auto Show Houston Children's Festival Houston International Festival Houston International Jazz Festival Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Houston Shakespeare Festival HP Houston Marathon International Quilt Festival Japan Festival Juneteenth Celebration March of Dimes Walk America Mardi Gras! Galveston Pasadena Strawberry Festival Race for the Cure Reliant Stadium World Series of Dog Shows Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus Shell Houston Open PGA Tour Texas Renaissance Festival The Nutcracker Market The River Oaks Garden Club's Azalea Trail The Sounds of Texas Music Series The Wings Over Houston Air Show Westheimer Street Festival WorldFest:Houston International Film Festival
Arts, Entertainment & Attractions –––––––––––––––––––– Alley Theatre Battleship Texas Children's Museum of Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Cultural Arts Center of Houston/Harris County Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Gulf Greyhound Race Park Hermann Park Stables Holocaust Museum Houston Houston Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Houston Ballet Houston Center for Photography Houston Fire Museum Houston Grand Opera Houston Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Houston Theatres Houston Zoo Jones Hall Kemah Boardwalk Menil Collection Miller Outdoor Theatre Museum of Fine Arts Houston Museum of Health & Medical Science Old Town Spring Sam Houston Race Park San Jacinto Monument & Museum Six Flags/Astroworld Space Center Houston Theater District Verizon Wireless Theatre Wortham Center
City/State/County Information –––––––––––––––––––– City of Houston Downtown Houston Assoication Greater Houston Partnership Harris County Harris County Appraisal District Houston City Search Houston Crime Statistics Houston Guide Houston Parks & Recreation Houston Public Library Office of the Mayor Port of Houston Authority State of Texas Official Web Site Texas Education Agency Texas Lottery
Convention Facilities –––––––––––––––––––– George R. Brown Convention Center The Woodlands Inn & Resort
Healthcare Facilities –––––––––––––––––––– Baycoast Medical Center Bayshore Medical Center Bellaire Medical Center CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital CHRISTUS St. John Hospital CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital Clear Lake Regional Medical Center Conroe Regional Medical Center Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Doctors Hospital-Parkway Doctors Hospital-Tidwell East Houston Regional Medical Center Houston Northwest Medical Center Kingwood Medical Center Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital Memorial Hermann Continuing Care Hospital Memorial Hermann Fort Bend Hospital Memorial Hermann Hospital Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital Kingwood Medical Center Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital The Methodist Hospital Park Plaza Hospital Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Shriners Hospital for Children Spring Branch Medical Center Texas Children's Hospital Texas Orthopedic Hospital TIRR Tomball Regional Hospital Twelve Oaks Medical Center University of TX M.D. Anderson Cancer Center West Houston Medical Center The Woman's Hospital of Texas
Newspapers & Television –––––––––––––––––––– Houston Chronicle Houston Business Journal Houston Press FOX 26 (Channel 26) Houston Public Television (Channel 8) KHWB (Channel 39) KHOU TV (Channel 11) KPRC TV (Channel 2) KTRK TV (Channel 13) KNWS (Channel 51) UPN 20 (Channel 20)
Real Estate –––––––––––––––––––– HAR NAR TAR Texas Real Estate Commission
Sports –––––––––––––––––––– Houston Aeros (Hockey) Houston Astros (Baseball) Houston Comets (Womens Basketball) Houston Rockets (Basketball) Houston Texans (Football) Westside Tennis Club
Transportation –––––––––––––––––––– Houston Airports Houston TranStar Traffic Information METRO Downtown Road Construction Texas Dept. of Public Safety
Utilities –––––––––––––––––––– CenterPoint Energy (Gas) First Choice Power Green Mountain Energy Reliant Resources SBC (Telephone) Texas Power to Choose (Electricity) TXU Energy Services Time Warner Cable