If you’re a seafood fan in the Dickinson area, most residents will tell you to get your crawfish fix at Dickinson Seafood. This casual restaurant is very laid back and its prices are affordable, and although it doesn’t have the ambiance of more upscale seafood spots, it’s a dependable choice for a quick lunch break.

The menu consists of fried fish dishes like calamari and shrimp, po'boy sandwiches, and crawfish étouffée. There are a number of grilled fish options for lighter appetites, as well as steak and chicken sandwiches for those who don’t prefer seafood. French fries or side salads accompany most meals, and many regulars recommend adding a few shrimp or scallops to your lunch or dinner. Dickinson Seafood even offers family-sized meal platters of it most popular seafood options to feed the whole family at an affordable price.

Dickinson Seafood is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays.

Dickinson Seafood
131 West FM 517
Dickinson, TX 77539
(281) 534-0674
www.dickinsonseafood.com

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Pinterest is a great way to organize your favorite recipes or browse for home decor ideas, so why not use it to pay homage to your favorite books as well? If you’re an avid bibliophile who hates wandering aimlessly around the bookstore feeling overwhelmed by the endless selection of books, these boards will help you to bookmark ideas for new reading material and connect with other readers.

Book Lovers
Whether you’re looking for the best new releases or you simply want to share your love of reading with other pinners, this board is packed full of literary quotes, book recommendations, and peeks inside of some of the most impressive books stores in the world.

Reading Quotes
If all you’re searching for is a bit of inspiration on a tough day, this board pulls quotes directly from your favorite books to offer some words of wisdom straight from the authors’ mouths. From Annie Dillard and Theodore Roosevelt to C.S. Lewis, the Reading Quotes board has quotes for everyone.

Libraries
There are few places more relaxing for an avid reader than a beautiful library, and this board offers a virtual tour of some of the most impressive libraries in the world.

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People of all ages are interested in the wonders of outer space, and now you can get a close-up look at what it’s really like to live and work in space at Space Center Houston. This is the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, which means that visitors will get an inside take on what NASA astronauts and scientists are really working on in real time.

The 183,000-square-foot museum and “educational entertainment complex” boasts a staggering 17 million visitors in the time since its opening, and it aims to make learning about science fun for visitors from all around the world and at any age. It contains more than 400 real space artifacts, like moon rocks and lunar samples, as well as other traveling exhibits related to space flight. Visitors can even tour the real NASA Mission Control and take in an educational film at one of the many state-of-the-art theaters.

Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
(281) 244-2100
www.spacecenter.org

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