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  1. My mother attended Kindergarten there, I believe, before she went to St. Vincent's. That would have been about '40 or '41. I know that my uncles would serve as alter boys for some of the Masses for the Sisters. I had the opportunity to attend Midnight Mass there in about '80 or so, before the convent moved to Bradford St. I thought that chapel was one of the prettiest in the city.
  2. This is great news! As a nearby resident, this mall has been in need of renovation for many years. The last time I went to Northwest Mall was about 6 months ago, and I just ran into Macys. As far as actually stepping foot into the actual mall - I can't even remember the last time.
  3. Passed by this site yesterday, and noticed some kind of construction going on. Does anyone know what's up?
  4. One of the places that I'm always amazed that many Houstonians have never been to, is Canino's and the produce market on Airline drive. It's a great way to spend a Saturday morning. One of the best bakeries in town, El Bollio, is across the street from Canino's. Pick up a sweet roll and a cup of coffee, and you can stroll the market for a couple of hours, picking up cheap produce for Saturday night's dinner.
  5. I haven't gone to The Hideout this year, but I went last year. I believe that it is opened before, during, and after the rodeo, but it probably doesn't get crowded until after the show. If you get the opportunity to go, do so. It's a little surreal to stand on the floor of the Dome and look up at the rainbow colored seats and think about all the athletes over the years who have had the same vantage point.
  6. Ok, since we never spent a lot of time in Galveston when I was a child, I only have 1 memory of the Galvez Mall. We were spending the weekend at our parent's friend home on Tiki Island, and with our luck, it was raining. My mother asked my brother to take me to a movie at the Galvez Mall. What did my brother take me to see while we were at the beach? Jaws. I want to say it was the original Jaws movie, which would have been the summer of '75, but, I would have only been 5 years old. Even my brother wouldn't have done that to me. It must have been Jaws 2 in the summer of '78. I would have been 8 years old. I didn't want to step foot in the water the rest of the weekend.
  7. Maybe we should have another "Mixer" at Warren's one evening.
  8. Oh my gosh! It is a small world!! I would have been on the show probably sometime between 1976 and 1978. I probably did 5-6 performances total.
  9. I don't think that relief pitching is the Astros main problem. We need a good bat or two. If our guys can "step up to the plate" so to speak, or trade for a bat, we can make another run for the WS.
  10. Quite a vague post, don't you think sttombiz? Well, guessing from your screen name, you are somehow connected to UST. As a graduate, I greatly value the solid, Catholic education that I received there. Greatest school? Probably not. A great institute in the city of Houston - definitely. On an architectural note, I am very pleased with the completion of the mall and the new garage and dorms that have been built since I left. Not to show my age, but I was there when Hamburgers by Gourmet occupied the corner of Yoakum and West Alabama! Yikes!
  11. Ok, I heard it too, and I live near 43rd and Antoine.
  12. One of my friend's father was a manager at this Weingarten's in the 70's. He told me stories about the basement. He said they had the biggest sewer rats down there that anyone had ever seen. Maybe that's why they closed the store.
  13. I do not consider this new building a waste of money. This new building will give the girls that attend IWA a new auditorium, new classrooms, new labs (computer and science). It will help the young women that attend IWA become better prepared to become productive citizens. You may not agree with the architecture of the the structure, but it will be a building put to good use. As far as the convent on Bissonnet and the Loop, I was extremely sad to see them sell that property. I was only about 12 when the convent was moved to it's current location on Bradford next to St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church. The chapel at the convent on Bissonnet was absolutely gorgeous. However, the property was no longer practical for their use. The Sisters, as a community, are growing older, and could not keep up the facility on Bissonnet, which is one of the reasons it was sold. Also, with diminishing numbers, they did not need that large of a facility. With that money, they built the convent on Bradford, and I'm sure are paying for their day to day living, you know medical care, food, etc. While you may not agree with the style of building they have chosen, it will be used to send many young women into the world with a top notch education.
  14. From Ms. Nancy Sarnoff's column in Sunday's Houston Chronicle: Updating shopping center The new owners of an aging shopping center in Oak Forest are demolishing the property and building a newer one to better suit the image of this up-and-coming area. Wellington Development Co. bought the property at the northwest corner of Ella and 34th earlier this year and has signed letters of intent with retailers to fill about half of the space.
  15. I drove by yesterday and saw that the building was almost completely demolished. Do we know what's going in there yet?
  16. OHHHHH. Wipe the stupid off of my face. In the words of Gilda Radner, "Nevermind".
  17. Did you want me to say Vietnamese restaurant instead of Vietnamese place? It's a restaurant that serves Vietnamese food, therefore it's a Vietnamese restaurant. I don't go to a China restaurant, I go to a Chinese restaurant.
  18. Let's not forget about Tampico on Airline, Teutactlan (sp) on Airline, that good Vietnamese place on 19th next to Chase bank. All are very good, not chains, AND you can bring your own wine to the Vietnamese place!
  19. Thank you, KinkaidAlum, for coming to IWA's defense. Historically, the students that attend IWA are not as, for lack of a better term, well off as those that attend the other Catholic high schools in Houston. However, with the area around the school having been improved greatly in the last 10 years (Minute Maid, Inn at the Ball Park, etc), and more people becoming aware that IWA even exists, there is renewed interest from the general community in the school. In order for IWA to be able to compete with the other Catholic schools in Houston, it has become necessary for them to expand their facilites to be able to offer the classes and activites that students now require.
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