KristinDaugherty

On 7/19/2013 at 9:20 PM, crooow579 said:

 

And to add to the list of Houston-area Safeway stores, there was one at Cypress N. Houston and Huffmeister.  It's now a Food Town.  I recall a location in Quail Valley (Missouri City area) but I couldn't tell you where exactly.  And there was one near NASA-I recall it was small and the street sign had the circle S logo painted on a small square sign.  

Necroposting ... the Hooper's Minimax was at 2601 Cartwright Road in Missouri City. I worked there in high school. It was a Gerlands before then, and it's a gym now.

Hah! ADR FTW!

Honestly, I didn't mind the tunnels much when I worked downtown (which has been at least a decade). It kept me off the street, it was good exercise no matter the weather, and it was fun to snake my way all under downtown at lunch.

I did get peeved on occasion when a couple big ole secretaries (it was NEVER men, always women) would heifer their way through the tunnels two abreast, effectively blocking the path for those of us not built like Slenderman.

I will share the name of the single finest Mexican Restaurant I ever went to when we lived in Houston. Notice I said "Mexican." It isn't strictly Tex-Mex. It serves real Mexican food found in the southern region of Mexico's interior. On any given evening you will find most of the people eating there are Latinos.

 

The name is Romero's Las Brazas Mexican Kitchen. It's at Hwy 6 and Longenbaugh in Copperfield, about 2 miles south of 290.

 

http://romeroslasbrazas.com/

 

Check it out. It's worth the drive to Copperfield. I promise you won't be disappointed. When our son got married in 2006 we held the rehearsal dinner there. It was fantastic.

Oooooh, thanks! Right around the corner from home.

Moo? What is that about, yo. I guess "m e h" gets autocorrected. No idea why.

moo. I liked Mid Lane and Briarglen and Bancroft a lot better when they were full of little quaint Zidell apartments. Let the tarring and feathering begin, I know. (Also let the record show that I live in Bear Creek, so I'm not exactly an Inner Loop hipster evangelist.)

These big developments just don't have any character or personality. They could be anywhere, in any city, and you'd never notice a difference. They don't say Houston.

I'm seeing on Facebook that it's visible from Pearland.

KHOU did a story on this complex last night. It seems some neighbors are a bit perturbed about the new construction.

I'm on Beltway 8 and Briar Forest, looking east, and the smoke plume is HUGE. I am told this is a construction site. Whoa.

Just found this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=montrose%20dallas%20fire&src=typd

That's wild. I was there last night for rehearsal and saw no demo action. Will check Sunday!

That's wild. I was there last night for rehearsal and saw no demo action. Will check Sunday!

The third Saturday of every month (except June), Houston Roller Derby's monthly bout is at Bayou Place. Come see us! This month, April 21. Doors open at six, action starts at seven.

I'm in this boat. I live in Chateaux Dijon, next to what used to be Pilgrim Elementary but is now gonna be an apartment complex. The heavy machines start up, literally outside my back door, at seven in the morning, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I am about to lose my mind and have no idea what I can do. The construction super is nice but unhelpful (I've been over there three times to ask that they please work on some other part of the site for that first hour). My lease isn't up until the end of July and I am frantic. Any advice? I'm sure they're inside the decibel level, so I can't call the cops.

We saw no serpents, but it was midday, there were seven of us, and we are not the stealthiest beings in the county.

Aha, the fountain! I almost fell into it, trying to hang on to the tree that climbs above it. The fountain itself is gorgeous; the water in it can only be described as fetid.

FWIW, we had four models and three photographers, and we didn't get any haunting vibes. It would be a huge shame if the place is torn down, but I can't imagine anyone taking the trouble to reno it. There's no upstairs now; the walls still stand, but I don't think any second-floor rooms have a roof or a floor anymore. The pink bathroom is completely smashed up, sadly.

I should note that there don't seem to be any doors now, so if doors are banging at night, well ...

I can't find a thing about it on HAIF, and I'm surprised because I figure y'all know it ALL about buildings in Houston and surrounding.

So today, I was in a photo shoot at the Stewart mansion, far west end of Galveston island. It is one of the most phenomenal buildings I've ever been in. There's almost nothing left of the upstairs, and the downstairs is following suit, but the place had to have been just epic in its heyday.

Anyone know anything beyond what Googling yields, which is essentially: built in 1926, bought by Maco Stewart, given to UTMB, sold to George Mitchell, now owned by local investment group. No talk of when it became vacant, why it's been abandoned for so long, or what anyone plans to do with it.

This is true, and I forgot how many concept drawings don't always bear a 100% resemblance to eventual reality. Construction proceeds apace; ground is bulldozed and there are stakes in it here and there.

Hey, thanks! Wonder what that street is. That's not Richmond that the car in front is driving on. We don't have elliptical esplanades. And the little cross-street just behind that car, that can't be Barrington, because there's already a building on the other side of that intersection, where Pete's Fine Meats is. I guess that'd be an entrance drive to the complex? I also guess my building is offstage in that picture, further left.

How do y'all find this stuff? Do you just search chron.com?

So I live in Chateaux Dijon, and my balconies overlook the empty lot that was formerly Pilgrim Elementary. This morning, a bulldozer crew showed up and yanked out all the oak trees along the Mustard House fence line, including a huge old one that shaded both balconies gorgeously and now my electric bill will be liek woah but anyway ... what's going in over there? How do y'all find out what's being built where?

Jeez, that's annoying. That better be some WAY good food to get me in past that hippie drivel.

Because I am a dumbass, I can't understand why doing nothing to the Dome costs us $2 million a year. Can someone please enlighten me as to what that cash goes for?

Probably shouldn't have let his dog pee in the elevator.

If you recall, Rhett and Scarlett named their child "Bonnie Blue Butler".

Point of order: the child was named Eugenie Victoria. Melanie commented that the baby's eyes were as blue as the bonnie blue flag, and the nickname stuck.

/pedant

I heard the HISD sold the property.

FWIW, I live in Chateaux Dijon - my apartment overlooks Pilgrim's running track - and as of this morning, it was still For Sale.

Interestingly, the For Sale signs are specific to the land.

Wonder how hard it'd be to get into Pilgrim?

Thanks!

I grew up in Quail Valley, and that house has always fascinated me. Local legend has it that the house was connected with the Joan Robinson Hill murder in some fashion.

Might be 527 - the teensy little spur that takes you off Smith and onto 59, and seems like it has speed-trap potential.