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Lisa64

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  1. Rice Village was very different in the 70s and 80s, although University Boulevard has maintained some of its original character. World Toy and Gift was a huge toy store full of lots of wonders. I believe that the lady who ran the place was a holocaust survivor and even had a number tattooed on her arm. As kids that was something very odd to us. The Village Theatre was a porn house for as long as I could remember. My dad bought my mom's perfume - Arpege - at the Five and Dime until he closed his doors when the rent got too high. The Bead Shop was an awesome place to design your own jewelry and Karl always had a smile on his face. His shop is now on South Shepherd at Westheimer. The Beautique probably opened in the 80s and Crystal Beauty Shop a few blocks north eventually closed its doors in the late 90s or early 2000s. Baskin Robbins has been on University for ages and G&G Model Shop eventually relocated to Bellaire I think. Moeller's might have been on Times and is now on Bellaire and they still make the best petit fores (sp?) in Houston. Kegg's was also in the Village until they moved to Meyerland. Sadly, after more than 70 years in business they are closing their doors in July. Best pecan treats (turtles) ever! Good news is that Chocolate Bar is hiring a lot of their staff and acquiring some of their recipes and will be continuing the tradition with some of their favorites. So, ironically, Kegg's is coming back to the Village after all these years. In the 80s, during college, I worked at the Corn Popper on Times Blvd. We served 30 flavors of popcorn and they were all delicious. I gave my favorite pair of brown suede Capezio butterfly cowboy boots - which are now back in style and on the market - to my manager who subsequently stole from the company and skipped town when I returned to Aggieland in my junior year. At the northwest corner of Kelvin and University there was a KFC with a perpetual sewage leak on the sidewalk outside. Very gross!!! And where Hungry's now sits there was a Dairy Queen. And when you asked for a plain hot dog they dipped it in mustard and you ate it anyways after your dad wiped it off with a napkin. In 1978 St. Anne's had its 8th grade carnival and we went to every shop in the Village and each of them gave us something for our auction. Sadly neither my classmate nor i ever sat down to write thank you notes. Blue Hand was new at the time and even they donated. And when we were really young my brothers and I would walk up to Rice Market and for a nickel (or maybe a dime) a machine would dispense a little cup that we would fill with ice and strawberry Fanta and it was the best stuff ever! The Village was one cool place when we were kids with enough action to keep us occupied all day. It wasn't hip or trendy, just a nice place with a bunch of hard-working merchants and a close knit community.
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