Houston gay cruising

Your guide to the gay side of the Bayou City 

A cosmopolitan city that blends Western and Southern heritage and style, Houston has been one of America's great boomtowns of the past decade. Its once staid, business-oriented downtown has become a trendy district of restaurants, clubs, shops, condos and hip hotels, along with an architecturally stunning baseball stadium. Other central Houston neighborhoods, including gay-popular Montrose and up-and-coming Midtown, have also seen big changes for the better, helping turn the nation's fourth-largest city into a lively and downright stylish getaway.

Houston acts as a cultural capital bridging the South and Southwest, with some of the optimal museums in the country. Cultural highlights include the Menil Collection, with works by Warhol, Leger, and Picasso in a space designed in 1987 by Renzo Piano. Within walking distance are the Menil's Collection Cy Twombly Gallery, plus two independent facilities: the Rothko Chapel, which contains 14 large-scale Mark Rothko paintings commissioned for the chapel and a peaceful reflecting pool and plaza.

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