Close enough

The Best Day Trips Within 2.5 Hours of Houston

Parks, museums, farms, warm springs, and small towns that make it easy to escape the city—without committing to a long road trip.

02/06/2026 By Sofia Gonzalez and Brittany Britto Garley

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: December 5

Holiday lights, tamales, and Christmas pop-ups—it’s tiiiiime.

12/05/2025 By Sofia Gonzalez and Houstonia Staff

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: November 14

Your weekend plans, sorted: holiday punch recipes, Tex-Mex brunches, and a giant picnic with new friends.

11/14/2025 By Erica Cheng, Brittany Britto Garley, Sofia Gonzalez, and Meredith Nudo

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: August 8

Texas’s biggest cumbia block party, last visits to closing restaurants, and binge-watching a reboot—here are your Houston weekend plans.

08/08/2025 By Erica Cheng and Sofia Gonzalez

Wanna Get Away?

5 Weekend Vacations You Need to Take

From Mexico City to Nashville, here are cities where you can pack it all in on a Friday through Sunday (or a Monday if you’ve got vacation days to spare).

07/28/2021 By Gwendolyn Knapp, Laura Furr Mericas, and Catherine Wendlandt

Thanksgiving Edition

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Nov. 28-Dec. 1

Holiday lights, festive shows, and all kinds of perfectly good reasons to leave your house post-turkey.

11/28/2019 By Dianna Wray

Get Out

We're Going to These 5 Weekend Events and You Should Too

From the Bayou City Arts Fest to two exceptional ballets, the last weekend of March isn't meant for streaming Netflix.

03/22/2017 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Baggage

Working for the Weekender

There's no piece of luggage that symbolizes vacation bliss quite like the weekender.

05/22/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen