GhostDog

Exxon being based in Irving is kinda misleading. I mean the corporate HQ is definitely in Irving however the majority of corporate offices and employees (in NA) is based here in H-town. Chevron in Houston has a much larger presence than in SanRamon. same with BP which has a fairly large office in the Chicago suburbs however has far more corporate employees based here in West Houston... Mobil's HQs I believe were based in Irving Texas before the merger and Exxon was based here in Houston. I'm guessing Lee Raymond wanted to live in Dallas as opposed to Houston when the merger happened....

me thinks so

This is good news for that area. I've been an Eastside fan for a while now- especially Idylwood and had always thought a coffee shop would go great there and a couple of small things... I was thinking a while back about buying those 4 plexes next to Idylwood there and really doing something with them, but never really pushed thru with it. What is that big white complex just up the road on Lawndale with the gate around it? I'm gonna go to this coffee place this weekend...

What's wrong with the old location? I graduated there in 1991 and it seemed to be a fine building... What gives?

The Wink BBQ off winkler/45...used to be off 225 area i believe.

I say if you're kids are zoned to HISD or any public school in the city, do what you can to get 'em in the magnate programs. I graduated from HSPVA after having spent a couple years in the Pasadena District (I caught a bus on the edge of Houston near Glenbrook Valley area) and the quality of education and students was night and day different... Even more than that- EXPECTATIONS of the students were much higher. we had kids from all the great neighborhoods in houston and all the worst neighborhoods too. had kids that were part of the country club and kids that were in gangs... however for the most part when the bell rang (or the A 440 sounded) kids were there because they wanted to be there... we had no fights at school and i'd come from a school where daily fights were common place... granted HSPVA is a performing/visual arts school however if you can get your kids to something similar...IMO its the way to go in Houston... oh and try to realize that just cause school isn't all white middle class does not make it a bad school.