HoustonianInColorado
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Bob Russ, thanks for filling in memory gaps here. Great stuff. Once you pass the mid-century mark, things get a bit fuzzy in the old noggin. :-) And when you mentioned Looney Town, I did remember that title. I can tell you that your dad was a big part of this middle-aged guy's childhood memories. I posted the car photo, and knew it wasn't the same car, but thought I would post it as an example. Is your father still living? If so, pass along my regards, even though he won't know me. If he is not, my condolences to you and your family.
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Perhaps an Isetta?
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Once in a while, my "old fart" status pays off!
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Yes there was. I went on his show also. A long L O N G time ago.
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That's not a euphemism for something is it? Rode her merry go round indeed!
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I remember all of these. I actually got to go on Kitirik and Cadet Don for various birthdays. I recall that Cadet Don had a fake satellite that looked sort of Sputnikish, where the birthday kids would come up, talk on TV with Cadet Don, and then go get a handful of pennies from the satellite.
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Historic Houston Restaurants
HoustonianInColorado replied to groovehouse's topic in Historic Houston
Yep, I remember that Prince's also. When I was a kid, we used to go to the Princes on South Main, because my dad loved their burgers. Once they built the one in Bellaire, we went there. Talk about a great hamburger...Prince's always was up there near the top of the heap! The Griff's burger from yesterday was really tasty too! -
Historic Houston Restaurants
HoustonianInColorado replied to groovehouse's topic in Historic Houston
Okay, I did it. Tried out Griff's in Denver for lunch today. Really a good flavor to the burger. In a way, reminded me a bit of the Bellaire Broiler Burger. I will go back! As for Del Taco, they came into Denver about 2 years ago. They are okay, but I don't see the attraction of tacos and french fries together. -
Historic Houston Restaurants
HoustonianInColorado replied to groovehouse's topic in Historic Houston
Although the Griff's chain is long defunct, several are still in business. In fact, I have been meaning to eat at the one in Denver for years. It is highly rated by locals, and I have not tried it. So today may be the day! -
Sugar Land Town Square Developents
HoustonianInColorado replied to UrbaNerd's topic in Points Southwest
I have mixed feelings about these town center projects. The Sugar Land Town Center is nice, especially with the new city hall. Still, all of these things I have seen do indeed look like a movie set. The other gripe I have is that the big box stores run mom & pop businesses out of business, thus ruining many REAL downtown areas. Now they try to recreate them with these town centers, only this time THEY are the only stores. Here is a similar project they just put up on the prairie in the SE Denver area in far south Aurora, CO. The Aurora Southlands website has an interactive map at http://www.shopsouthlands.com/directory.asp. Here are a couple of photos I took recently. Southlands' "Main Street" The Southlands Cinema, centerpiece of the project- 173 replies
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1000 Main: Office Skyscraper At 1000 Main St.
HoustonianInColorado replied to texasboy's topic in Downtown
When I left Houston in 1992, it was just called 1100 Milam as I recall. I think they have since changed the address and added the pillars and flat piece with a hole to the top. -
Williams Tower At 2800 Post Oak Blvd.
HoustonianInColorado replied to DaTrain's topic in Skyscrapers
As for name changes, I will always think of Williams Tower as Transco. Also I call the building on the SWF The Summit, not Compaq Center, and certainly not Lakewood Church. Maybe comes from not living in Houston since 1992. I also don't think of Reliant's tower as anything other than 1100 Milam and actually I think of Reliant itself as HL&P and Entex. Yep, old habits die hard.- 359 replies
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Greenspoint Mall Developments
HoustonianInColorado replied to Houston Retail's topic in Other Houston Neighborhoods
I hope that Greenspoint can have a renaissance, as it is one of the first things people often see flying into IAH, or driving in on I-45. -
Brazos Town Center Developments
HoustonianInColorado replied to houstonsemipro's topic in Points Southwest
Shame in more ways than one. Does this look too similar?- 83 replies
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A combination of the two. We definitely had terrific seats, a few rows up behind the Astros dugout. I also used my Olympus E-500 digital and the Olympus Zuiko 40-150mm digital zoom lens. With the 2x magnification factor on this camera, that is the equivalent of 300mm lens on a 35mm film camera. The fact that I was holding the camera in my hands is why there is a little blur on some of the long shots. Plus, a couple of these I cropped before reducing the size for the web.
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