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    how awesome would that be? Years back there was a bungee crane set up at Richmond and the loop where the Best Buy is now. Not as scenic as a river gorge, but hey. I loved jumping out of a perfectly good plane, so I'm definitely down for the balloon. I miss Astroworld. I love rides.
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    With a confit of cow eyeball on the side. The smallpox dessert is a nice touch, Attica, since Feast appears to be more in the European tradition. On that note, it's lunch time. My low sodium microwave soup sure doesn't sound very exciting now.
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    off the top of my head: Conoco-Philips Continental Anadarko Baker Hughes KBR/Halliburton Marathon Oil Cameron CenterPoint Sysco Are those not recognizable names in their fields?
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    OB! In the dark ages when I lived in Settegast (mid 80s) the caf at OB was pretty good. It was regular student dining on one side and athletes on the other. All the food was caf style back then, except that horrid Itza Pizza in the Towers. Not a lot of dorm food can beat the scratch breakfast tacos in the dorm cafs at Southwest Texas State back in the day. It was like having your very own little taco lady making breakfast for you every day. UH needs some Tier 1 Taco Ladies.
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    The new dining facility will display the Fresh Food Company concept that is popular at campus eateries across the nation. This food-service model is focused on meals being prepared in front of customers and being freshly prepared upon request. “The renovation will upgrade a 39-year-old dining facility into a Tier-One culinary experience for our students, faculty and staff,” said Emily Messa, vice president of University Services. “With the renovation, we will have the largest Fresh Food Company in the nation.” I see Aramark is bringing the back the food service model formerly known as a 'short-order grill'. LOL, that's some Tier 1 marketing bullshit if I've ever seen it. I know, I know, sour grapes. Aramark sucks. I applied for a corporate marketing gig with Aramark once. They did not like my idea for a new branding campaign: (video) Birth. School. Work. Death. (voiceover) Aramark. We Feed the Circle of Life.
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    Then you need to be writing the county, not the city. Harris County is the only taxing authority in a position to make or break the deal. The COH has already agreed to the land deal. Parker and Locke both are blowing political smoke rings on this.
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    Elevated outhouses?
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    ack! no kidding, I had a momentary little freak out. Historic buildings in short supply, and whatnot.
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    They're people, not trees. Relocating someone against their will is called 'kidnapping,' or, en masse, 'internment.' I will have to respectfully disagree with the intelligent individuals on this one.
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    That's easy: Sugar Mama. (or Daddy). Then that outrageous rent to live downtown won't hurt so bad, will it?
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    That's totally average expense-account steakhouse pricing. I'm not familiar with the name, though. Is III Forks in the same category? Capital Grille, Vic and Anthony's, Ruth's Chris, etc. Or is it more fancy-suburban like Perry's? I wish we had less steakhouse and more good Italian in this town. A southern Italian (or even better, Sicilian) version of DaMarco. Or a Batali outpost.
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    I'm sure there's some rustic roadside place in Calabria where it's all authentic and stuff, but the soft egg on pizza thing is NASTY to me. I have been considering trying Pink's, and they deliver to my office, but a few different people have told me that their sauce is overly sweet, and not in a good way. Anyone a Pink's fan? I've been begging the Romanos guys to deliver to my building, but they won't. And everyone on my floor is so tired of Star they won't hardly touch it. I need a new delivery option for my work peeps when I call lunch meetings!
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    We do deserve much better, but I suspect the average taxpayer would be quite happy to let the jail crumble to the ground with the inmates still inside. It's rather embarrassing that this had such a short useful life. Critics would call it symptomatic of sterotypical Houston impermanence.
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    I heard from a usually reliable source that some of the new Calhoun Lofts tenants are planning to sue the University for changing the grad student-only policy. They signed leases on the assumption that the lofts would be a grad student facilty, as advertised, and instead are living around underclassmen. Interesting. Unless the policy is spelled out in the lease, I can't see having a case. In any event, will try and find out more.
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    Good for them! It was a nice piece. Kyle, eat the shanks! I am a fan of lamb shank and they do some of the best. If you don't like lamb but want the same seasoning, get the pork chops. Outstanding pork chops. I could slather a dead man's leg in their tsatsiki sauce and eat it, OMG it's so garlicky and good. That was gross. I'll stop now.
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    This totally sucks that RedScare isn't here to see this. He has a very special birthday coming up this year. I should sign him up anyway. He's so tired of all the other Mexican restaurants near downtown. I wonder if Ruby Tequilas has waitstaff that will sing Happy Birthday and make the diner of honor wear an awesomely bad sombrero? There's no other good Mexican place in Midtown that will do that. Cool, Ruby Tequilas is close to my office. And all those points mean I can take my out-of-town management out to lunch a lot more than usual. I am pretty psyched!
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    A huge concrete wasteland otherwise known as the AstroDomain could be used TO GROW STUFF, and then load it onto trucks to MOVE IT. The whole point is that the open exurban land is going to get built on. After the endless subdivisions go up, how do we maximize urban and suburban space ? The dome can be farmed in layers--stacks if you will. Jesus. I can't believe this is the thousand dollarsing future of urban planning. I can't believe I'm even having this conversation.
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    Options given by whom? Are you not equipped for a reasonable debate? I can assure you that quite a number of people are in favor of an agribusiness option for the dome. Let's just start with why, from an engineering and economic standpoint, you are in favor of a film studio. You go first, as I know your supporters have some damn tight ROI figures:
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    If you were seriously forward-thinking, you would be down with the former Astrodome as an Agri-Center. Movies are bullshit, kid. Think of the agricultural future of the planet, and not TV for a change.
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    is that the coal-oven place? Or is it Grimaldi's like the NY one at the Brooklyn bridge?
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    No truer pizza words ever spoken. Chicago style is a damn casserole.
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    no kididng. Especially a Trader Joes. In terms of shopper congestion, TJs would makes Central Market on a Saturday look empty. Great store, (and home of the mighty Three Buck Chuck) but so popular it would be a traffic and parking mess in that spot.
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    wut is up with your bad reputation? Bunch of whiny babies giving you bad reps. I'll help you out with some + 1s.

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    Interesting--I didn't know he owned this building. Saw Randalll Davis on local news recently, being interviewed down in Galveston at Diamond Beach--and I couldn't help but notice that he is quite the small man. Was it just the TV? Cuz he looked about 5 feet tall. Hmm. Now I remember the (horribly named) 'Titan' highrise that fell through. I believe it's Niche who occasionally mentions developers/architects and their size metaphors. Somehow it all makes sense, now.
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    It's not?? I used to spend a lot of time and money on trying new beers. After a while, I realized that I was drinking only a little bit of great beer and a whole lot of 'moo' beer. I still like craft beer, but there are just too many chewy, over-flavored and too-sweet ales. I prefer a really crisp, hoppy pils. St Arnold's summer one is pretty good, actually. I've always been much more of a liquor person, anyway. I am of the belief that heaven is Clive Owen and Gerard Butler serving my evening small-batch bourbon over a pair of geometrically perfect ice cubes made from pure, heavenly rainwater...NOT chocolate-persimmon-pumkin-butternut reserve ale # 11 in a logo pint glass.
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