One warning, though - some of the doubles are listed with a Struve number, and most atlases don't show Struve numbers. So you'll need to do a little research on those before you go out to the field (or you can do as I did and guess which star it is based on the coordinates until you find it

Polaris was also fun because it's got a seven magnitude difference between the pair.
I've gotten 15 so far.
I think you could probably do the entire list from a reasonably dark site in Houston like a park, although I have only started the list so I can't say for sure. But there are a few with very close separations that require high magnification and good seeing.
What experiences do you have with the double star list? Who is working on it now? What's the smallest aperature anyone has used?
Steve