Zippy

Unless it's a date night, it's not easy to take the kids to a nicer place.. Plus the wife and I have been on a diet so it makes it difficult to eat out.. but either way, these are the places we hit often enough to make a list of, but maybe not 12 times a year:

Berryhill

Hickory Hollow

Someburger

Shade

Glass Wall

Tetototoehkawan on Airline.. (sp?)

Oh Yeah: Dry Creek for breakfast.. mmm..

Gotta try still Stella Stola for date night, and Mam's for kids' night.

Edit: Duh

Fatburger is out. As for the new building, according to the developer's site, it is going to more strip center type stuff. Right now they show Arby's (ugh) and a Vitamin Shoppe.

Woo hoo! ARBYS!

Like their dripping cheezy sandwich..

Sad.. hope they rebuild.. or at least re-locate in the area.. Midtown just wouldn't be the same without a Mai's..

How old was that building anyway.? Old wood I would suspect burns better than today's pressure and bug treated woods..

Nevermind.. built in 1978..

Sad.. hope they rebuild.. or at least re-locate in the area.. Midtown just wouldn't be the same without a Mai's..

How old was that building anyway.? Old wood I would suspect burns better than today's pressure and bug treated woods..

Going to Textile next month.. Will report back but I'd expect it to be expensive.. Must drink less..

Heck.. Went to Mark's last night and it was 130 (+tip) a person..

Oh, much lower than that. The decor is nothing fancy and the ambiance is nothing like Glass Wall/Bedford/Shade. Its on Airline which isn't even remotely on par with what you're seeing along Studewood, but this is a place where you go for the food, not the fancy artwork on the wall. It is a small place, decor is minimal, but unless you're in the hip, chic, trendy Uptown crowd, this place will appease your tastebuds.

Spiffy.. I'll have to check it out.. I've been looking for new places to check out around the 'hood..

Oh yes. Many times already. Both sit down and take out. The food is fantastic and in my opinion rivals many of the high dollar Italian restaurants in the city, but for a whole lot less.

Looks good.. Is it a "nicer" place? ie, glass wall, shade style? Or somewhere in the middle?

That's a shame.. I wasn't really sure what market they were going for however.. Sandwiches, coffee, nick nacks, and meats and fish.. hmm..

Went there once for coffee.. was decent enough.. Went back another time to check out the meats.. WOW that was expensive.. we were entertaining for 6, and it would have been cheaper to head to Taste of Texas than buying and cooking at home..

For some reason I stumbled on this thread and wondered whatever came of this property.. if it will become more townhomes or if it will be restored to somewhat "new" condition..

anyone know?

Built with public and private funds, the "Tolerance Bridge" will connect trails around Allen Parkway with those on the other side of the bayou on Memorial Drive near Montrose Boulevard.

The "Tolerance Bridge" ?! WTF is that?!

And where are the pics?

I'm guessing that you never skated on the temporary ice rink that was in front of the Wortham for the last several years.

Really? Man, I gotta get out more.. They put it on the concrete out there?

At least the Galleria/Mem Mall rinks don't have to compete with direct sunlight.. Plus.. I would venture to guess indoors it would never get more than 80 degrees.. I've had many a christmas day in shorts and t-shirt..

I guess I can "ice skate" in shorts and a t-shirt now too!

I think this is going to be really neat.

November 27th through January 19th

Discovery Green Ice Skating

wow.. that's just weird..

Zippy, I think you mean Strake Jesuit is near St. Agnes. St. Johns is in River Oaks. All of those are great schools.

For elementary, St. Anne's at Kirby and Westheimer is our first choice. We are also trying for River Oaks Vanguard. we will settle for Travis or Harvard if we have to.

Ah yes, thanks.

hmm.. the Woods graduating class seems smaller than Awty's.. I'll have to put it on the list too as well.. Didn't know about it before..

Hopefully, as more kids of parents who care start attending the tax funded schools, maybe quality will increase.. Until then I'm not personally looking beyond public elementary school..

We just moved from Sunset Heights to Lazybrook and went from being zoned from Helms to Sinclair. The reviews on Sinclair on greatschools.net are just ok.

We were thinking of using Trinity Lutheran for private but I don't know how good they really are. Any ideas on really good rated private schools? I work downtown so anywhere from the loop to downtown works.

Awty international school is fantastic.. It's grown the last couple of years.. but it goes from 1st through high school. My bro in law graduated from there a some years back. There is a French program as well as "American" program, and all students are required to graduate with an IB diploma.

Not cheap, but definitely one of the best ones if you're not looking for a religious affiliated school..

They're on Post Oak, just north of I-10..

I think St Johns (?) is good too if you are looking for a religious school.. All boys, but St Agnes, all girls, across the street supposedly have some social interaction.. I don't really know that much about it first-hand tho.

We're zoned to fields.. ugh.. my son will not be going to Fields.

We're going to try for the Harvard magnet program, or River Oaks magnet.. if he doesn't get in either.. we'll suck it up and send him private and pay twice.

Let's end for-profit trial lawyers! Maybe the rest will fall into place...

Correct. In a pod system, the jailers are in a secure room in the middle of the "day room", a central common area where inmates congregate to play cards or watch TV. The day room is surrounded by the cells where the inmates sleep. Many of these pods are set up as a dayroom with two floors of cells. There are numerous windows, though if I remember correctly, they are not at floor level and not in the cells.

Indeed, the windows are not floor to ceiling.. I guess I should have been more explicit.. they're more like.. "If you stand on a chair you might be able to see through them.. " From what I recall they were in the actual group cells.. but it has been a while since I was there so I may be a little hazy ..

Interesting - I went on the same tour last year and was told the same thing about the windows. Recently I was in the area and told a friend about it, and he seemed skeptical. It was daytime though, and hard to tell...

Maybe someone around here has more insider information

Yes.. some of the windows are indeed real.. and some are not.. the ones which are real do have bars in the inside of the window to keep obvious break-outs/ins.. I'd say about 50% of the windows are open.

The cells there are primarily group style with a "pod" in the middle overlooking 2 or 3 large rooms (as I recall).. I couldn't guess how many groups of rooms are on each floor, but they each have at least 1 real window..

Cheers!

I've always enjoyed Java Java.. tends to be busy on weekends..

I've had El Rey downtown for lunch and wasn't impressed.. But I hadn't had breakfast there, nor had the coffee.. so maybe it's better!

What is that place on White Oak near Morrison/Beauchamp.? Do they have breakfast there?

http://www.houstonheights.org/newsletter/index.htm

I'm guessing Red wasn't in attendance..

Could you expound with details about the 40% cost savings for the project if it is a non-profit with particular tax exemptions?

Guess you never owned a private business, hm?

wow.. the ballet must have some coin!.. Are they a non-profit who gets tax exemptions? If so that would at least save 40% off the bottom line..

That place came with a warranty, right?

We've had the various date-night dinner there, as well as the occasional professional organization Christmas party there.. We'd make it about once a year for a treat..

Wonder if there is interest in opening in a different location? (Heights maybe? )