Houston in brief:
Pros:
- Fantastic food, with many different ethnic options available. Especially good Mexican and Vietnamese food, because of large resident populations, but also Indian, Japanese, Italian, Greek/Mediterranean, and so on. Lots of cost options.
- The Museum District -- Fine Arts, Contemporary Arts, and Natural Science are the big ones, but there are many other smaller museums both within the Museum District and outside of it. The Menil Collection includes a lot of excellent modern art, including the Rothko Chapel.
- The Galleria. Shop until you die.
- Likely affordable airfare. Both Continental and Southwest have hubs here.
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- The Johnson Space Center, which people might be interested in touring. You'd need a car, though.
- Culture! Houston has a symphony, an opera company, a ballet company, and the Alley theater, plus many smaller organizations. There are also clubs with live music, like the Mucky Duck.
Cons:
- Weather, maybe, depending on the date. It could well be hot and humid, depending on your tolerance.
- Hotels in the most likely area, the Galleria, would not be super-cheap, though there are a lot of options.
- I'm not sure how good public transportation is. There's a pretty extensive bus system, and there's a light rail line that runs from downtown to the Astrodome area, including the Museum District. I doubt people would want to stay downtown, though. Both downtown and the Galleria area have some walkability, but it depends what you want to see.
Um. Any questions?