HeightsGuy
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The Heights Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming
HeightsGuy replied to Freelander's topic in The Heights
Heights_Yankee, I don't understand the bakery/breakfast comment. The Heights is well represented in both catagories. For breakfast, there are dozens of tex-mex joints that serve awesome american and mexican breakfast (Teotihuacan yum), there's Texas Cafeteria, Onion Creek, Eleventh Street Cafe, Andys, Java Java Cafe, Yale Street Coffee House, I could go on if I could remember anymore off the top of my head. Some of those places also have baked goods, but the best bakery that I know of in the Heights is the place across the street from Caninos on Airline. You won't fine a better Tres Leches anywhere. -
Champion Forest Baptist Church At 15555 Stuebner Airline Rd.
HeightsGuy replied to el chileno's topic in Holy Places
Well, to a certain extent this isn't true anymore with the use of "modern" building materials, but one of the arguments for the high cost of building churches has always been the longevity of the structure. -
After getting really mad about this Friday night when I first heard, I've had some time to think about it, and now it all becomes clear. I don't know if anyone else has made the connection, but what do Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary, and Clinton Portis have in common? All were 1000yd rushers for Denver that were NOT picked in the first round. Terrell was a 6th round pick. Under Shanahan, Kubiak has coached in a system where they succeeded without spending valuable picks on running backs. I guess we should have seen it coming.
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With the recent violence at the Edwards Marq*E, I think it's a perfect time to build a theater in that area. For shame;), that's like asking if Boston is flooded with clam chowder.
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GreenStreet: Mixed-Use Development At 1201 Fannin St.
HeightsGuy replied to MontroseNeighborhoodCafe's topic in Downtown
I think it's a great idea. Think of it this way - Lucky Strike is to upscale bowling what Slick Willies is to upscale billiards. Plus, bowling will always have a retro feel to it. So yes, marketing baloney;) -
Edit: I just read the Houston Press version, which, Editor, makes a shout out to your website, and I take back what I said. The poor guy probably walked away with 3/4 million dollars. If he was so sentimental, that kind of money could easily get those houses moved a few miles away. Houston Press article
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Trust me, I feel for the guy, but the author does juice the story up a bit. Does anyone know the history of the area? Has it ever been a thriving neighborhood? I'm not that much younger than the owner, and I don't ever remember a time when that immediate area was anything other than the light industrial it was/is.
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Excellent, thanks ssullivan, I'll give it a try next week. I was talking about this yesterday to a coworker, and they said that if you have a flight departing from the far side of Terminal E, it's actually faster to take the permalink over to E. I have lived through all the construction over the past few years, and I guess I just got into a habit. I picture the escalator you are talking about, you can see it as you walk through the area. I assumed it just took you to the International terminal and you had to have an international flight ticket to get anywhere.
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Just can't give it up, can you? Have to put in one last dig huh? Even after I asked twice to move on and said sorry. Now I take it all back. Please, go look up allusion, think about my use of the word nightmare above and see if you can put two and two together.
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Yes, I meant allusion. Anyway, I asked if we could move on, but you don't want to. I'm sorry.
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Wait a minute, that's enough with the passive aggression dude. First of all, you were the one that started it. All I said was I felt the terminal can be a nightmare, which is an allusion by the way. The next thing I know you are bashing me with "whaa whaa's", and then all of a sudden I am spreading bile? Look again at the thread, show me the point where I started bashing you before you started bashing me. Dude, just because everyone stuck up for you against Coog in the park thread doesn't give you free run on everyone that doesn't agree with your rosy view of the airport. I said iy once and I'll say it a final time. IT IS MY PERCEPTION OF THE TERMINAL. Sorry you don't agree, can we move on please?
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You know what Matt Foley, you're right! The next time Continental drops me off at gate E20 at 10pm when they could have just as easily parked at gate E1 since it's 10pm and no other planes are in sight, I'm just gonna turn my frown upside down and pick up the pace just like you say. You're such a motivator. Now go back to your van by the river and leave me to my dislike of Terminal E.
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OK, then I have the right to assume you're not a business traveler and do not know what it's like to work an 8 hour day in Boston, fight your way to Logan airport in rush hour, jump on a 100% full flight that may or may not depart at 6:55pm because it snows 9 months out of the year in Massachusetts, and arrives in Houston at 10pm. So, yeah, it is a freaken nightmare to have to walk another 20 minutes after that loaded up with a carry-on and laptop. And, God, I can't believe I'm agreeing with MidtownCoog on something.
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Do you in fact work for IAH, cause you sure seem intent on defending their honor. Put lipstick on it if you want, but Terminal E is still a pig. Yes, blah, blah, blah, I love Houston, and Continental, blah blah, but I have a right to my own perceptions, and your facts will never penetrate my perception that Terminal E is way too big to not have it's own entrance.
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Nope, would just be happier to have an airport that doesn't require a 20 minute walk from gate to shuttle bus. I don't need pretty, I need functional. In that regard, lil ol Terminal A beats the rest of IAH hands down.
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OK, just had to comment on this one.... The words easily and Terminal E should not go together. As pretty as the terminal is, it can be a nightmare sometimes. There is nothing quite like spending a long day in another city, only to arrive back at 10pm and pull into gate E20. When you get off the plane and figure out where you are, it makes you want to give up, grab a chair at the gate and just fall asleep there instead of making the trek back to the shuttle buses in Terminal C.
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That's just so weird. I continue to think the area is starving for more retail. I drive up Shepherd on the way home every day, and since they built the Ross on the corner of Shepherd and 11th I've never seen the parking lot anything else but completely full. I went in there last week at 7pm on Tuesday and could barely make my way around inside the place.
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I've already stated my views, and I still agree with you Midtown Coog. Again, what if we took the money and spend it on Buffalo Bayou. Between Buffalo Bayou, Eleneor Tinsley, and Sam Houston parks, you have over a hundred acres of parkland. Add to that all the work being done to the bayou all the way to Allens Landing park. That is what you call a "jewel" park, not some 9 square block themepark.
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You are forgetting Whole Food's other demographics. Trust me, there are enough Vegetarians and Eco-Friendly people in the Heights to support a Whole Foods. On a sunny Sunday drive through the Heights you can still see hacky sacks bouncing off Birkenstocks in abundance. Myself, I would love to see a Whole Foods take over HEB's old space on 11th.
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Really? It looked to me more along the size of the San Felipe location. I probably just haven't looked at it close enough. I've never been a fan of any big box grocery department. Every time I've ever grocery shopped at either Target or Walmart I get a feeling in my gut that I spent more than I would have at a traditional grocery store.
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I want to like the place, I really do, but Nundini has pretty much everything this place has. The only reason I find myself going there is for a prasek fix. Other than that the place seems kinda barren. Great idea though, but would love to see them go for more of a Texas Chezk-German feel.
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Biggest thing to watch out for in regards to 70's housing is aluminum wire. Not the end of the world per se, but it is very unforgiving if messed with. If the previous owner was a handyman type and replaced fixtures or added ceiling fans, etc., have the wiring checked out for overheating issues. If you do buy a house wired with aluminum think twice before attempting any diy electric projects. Oops, Redscare beat me to the punch!
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Not likely. UHD fits a specific need. It's for people going back to school long after graduation, not 18 yo HS grads. If you want the classic college experience (such as dorms/frats/etc.) UH Central is 5 miles away.
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Oh, whatever, that's like saying I can't call myself Rob because my birth Certificate says Robert. 49ers of the Gold Rush got the name because the migration was in 1849, and the 76ers are named that because Philly was the center of the Revolution that if you didn't know was in 1776. The fact that the "49ers" already were a noun when the football team took the name does not discount the fact that at some point someone started calling the 1849ers the 49ers. When Philly came up with the name, they went ahead and shortened Spirit of 1776ers to 76ers up front. The fact that Houston didn't do this to begin with does not stop us from calling them the 36ers, or the Sixers for that matter.
