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  1. The theme-food, gospel brunch and company store crap is offensive, but House of Blues would provide booking competition for Warehouse and Continental Club, which will be a good thing for live music fans. And, possibly reach people who wouldn't have ventured downtown at all. Good example, recently my 65 year old dad in Katy wanted to go see Johnny Winter, but his only experience with the venue was ads in the Houston Press, and was not sure what he was getting himself into. Same show in HOB he would've gone without a second thought.
  2. Ouch. Missed free throws, bad.....hyperextended elbow, worse!
  3. The Yucatan was entirely too skanky for me. Although I did see a great, free Smithereens show in the parking lot. After the 2- and 3-fers were outlawed, I spent the first half of the 90s on a barstool at the Richmond Arms. Loved those expat boys. I miss those days. Talk about crazy sports--they used to open at the crack of dawn for satellite feeds of FA cup games. Nothing quite like a bar packed to the rafters at 9 on a Saturday morning. And they weren't drinking coffee, either.... Sociologists and Starbucks call it 'the third place;' I just call it a great local bar where you know everyone.
  4. Ha. This is the short version of my early-mid 20s: "3 for 1" "free dinner buffet" "Ladies drink free!" ah, good times.
  5. well this thread has gotten more interesting. Someone define for me, please, the measure of a downtown district's 'success'. Seriously. Residential and associated amenities? Percent office space leased? Balance sheets on all the major companies HQd here? This thinking that everything has to be a fun zone in order to rate---come on. People in town on business will find a way to spend a couple of hundred bucks. I will still go to Warren's and remember when it was un-ironic to get a cheap drunk on. I will pay parking and associated pre- and post- entertainment costs for sporting events. I will even, grudgingly, give Tilman Fertitta my money because the steak house is pretty damn good. Assuming I don't have any desire to live there, and I don't work there, exactly how is my downtown failing me?
  6. I'm beginning to get this style/substance divide on HAIF..... Wacky metaphors aside, I get your point, Dallasboi. But I couldn't disagree more. I've already got natural vibrancy to spare, and it didn't come from a shopping mall or a destination restaurant. Those are just as transient in a downtown showcase complex as they are in a strip center off 1-10.
  7. Mac's the first pure retail outlet in town for both Kreiss and Hastens, I think. I suspect he'll do well, if he's eliminating an expensive middleman for aspirational buyers looking for only a piece or two.
  8. I think memebag understands perfectly well. Some glossy building with overpriced t-shirts targeted to a fickle market somehow magically qualifies as urban, and therefore good?
  9. Just curious if anyone knows if HPD has an event or big announcement today.... About an hour ago I was on an errand and the Montrose and Waugh bridges over Allen Pkwy were closed, figured maybe a motorcade was on the way. A while later coming back down Kirby, lots of officers were at a residence on Kirby and Del Monte. Easily a couple dozen motocycles parked in formation and as many cruisers. No sign of media. Looked like a rally, except cops instead of bikers!
  10. we advance---it was point based and we needed a 2-0 or 3-1 win.
  11. FWIW, here is a pretty cool link where I got most of my Houston numbers. [url="http://www.houstonhistory.com/decades/history5i.htm"]http://www.houstonhistory.com/decades/history5i.htm[/url] Hey, that is a cool link. Thanks Red. Out of curiosity I clicked on 1965-70 and was happy to see the Astrodome front and center. Not sure where stand on the tear it down/build a hotel debate, but as a kid I thought it was just the coolest place.
  12. Well, maybe except zombies. I don't think you can insure against them. Not with a reputable company, anyway.
  13. No, risk is always foreseen. If you don't see risk , you need to re-think your business plan. It's all about how much you're willing to pony up to mitigate those risks, and as Niche alludes to, whom you've got on your side.
  14. Oooh, what's Club Manco? Many lonely DT office working gals (and guys) will need to know! Kidding, you meant Club Monaco? I think there used to be one in the now defunt River Oaks shopping center section. On the other hand if there really is a Club Manco, then bring it on
  15. Yes they do. Bring Nordstrom to downtown and I will pledge to never take my personal car there to shop. Bus, train and bike only if momma gets a good shoe dept downtown. Promise.
  16. But Northline won't be home to The Worst Home Depot Ever. Hey, down here we've got the 888, and stoplight cameras. Gulfgate rocks. Good god, I just do not understand the mattress thing. I really don't. Can someone explain the mattress profit thing to me? Veering off topic, I see that Mattress Mac is now selling that super $$$$ Scandinavian mattress that until recently has only advertised in Architectural Digest and the like. They retail at least a grand, $1,500 over the tempurpedic. I have a space-age tempurpedic knock off, but don't understand the crazy prices. Or the seeming endless demand. Have I missed something?
  17. it makes me miss the globe at the Astroworld entrance.
  18. Passe is such a strong word, but you know the glass blocks have been out of fashion for a while. Someone should tell those sleeping guys. Don't feel bad about being Old Europe. They have Euros.
  19. I didn't know Johnson had Catholic leanings, hehe. and I learned it from the Chron ---as opposed to KUHT, who just ran a segment after Ken Burns about the Houston Maritime Museum (which looked cool, and I would visit) and then did not think to mention its location at the end of the piece. Idiots. Sorry, just had to get that in there. I love to support my public programming, but damn sometimes they make it hard to write the check.
  20. yes, more parking. Was in there last week and overheard Dimitri talking to a customer who asked.
  21. The Chron's reader comments are bad, but USA Today's take it to a whole 'nother level. A real train wreck.
  22. LOL! Sounds like my experience in the Girl Scouts circa mid 70s. I found it slow and boring. And hated, hated the cookie selling. A couple of things stick out--going to Almeda Mall with my mom to the special Scout clothes section at Foley's to buy the outfits. My mom complained non-stop about the expense for such cheaply made stuff. Our big overnight camp was down near Bay City. Cooking mixed veggies in a coffee can over a fire, wow. Not exciting for a kid who went camping with the family already. It was torture. And the sweaty, buggy cabins while the troop brass got to sleep in the air-conditioned house across the way. That little taste of rank and authority left me jaded early on. I was probably 11 and was becoming more interested in boys/older kids and sneaking out. I would have gotten whacked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake for sure.
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