jman1978

as a child of the 80's and 90's in Houston...i remember quite a lot of my childhood and a lot of places or events in no particular order... 1. Rendez-vous Houston- who could forget that overcast night, but the beauty of the fireworks and lazer show. then the maddening traffic getting back to home along the freeways. I remember we didn't get home till almost 4:00 A.M.!! 2. Godfather's Pizza on Gessner @ Hammerly. always packed full of families enjoying pizza every day! 3. Levitz Furniture on I-10- Family bought every stick of furniture from that place for many years till they closed the store. 4. Hurricane Chantal AND Jerry of 1989- both storms kept me out of Horne Elementary for 2 days each. And both storms caused street flooding in the Jersey Acres neighborhood where i lived and ALL the neighborhood kids were riding our bikes thru the flood waters and our parents didn't care! we were out of the house out of their hair and having FUN and getting dirty!! 5. Deep Freeze/Snow of December 1989- as a kid worrying that we couldn't get to Beaumont for Christmas cuz the roads were still iced over in places. but it gave MOST Houstonians a free day off from work/school etc. although, those that did have to work, you have my ultimate respect and kudos! that was a horrible week in weather! but still cool. 6. Pancho's Mexican Buffet- my dad was the manager of the one on Longpoint for a few years from 85 to about 88-ish, till he hurt his back on the job and they screwed him over with workers comp. and my mom managed the small video rental place next door to it (Movie World). so i had free food and free movies during my childhood!! YAYYY!! 7. Computer Craft stores- bought our first Apple IIe from them and it was totally awesome (for the time). also i remember the TV commercials during that time...wish i could see them again. 8. Memorial City Mall- The Floppy Wizard, Fame City (later on), Monkey Wards and Whataburger in that tiny corner of the mall off of Wards...ahhh the memories. and that big ass fountain in the center that seemed to shoot up to the sun!! 9. Safeway Stores- NOT Appletree!! we always shopped at 2 Safeways. the one in Brookhollow shopping center off of 290, and then one on Gessner @ Hammerly before they remodeled the shopping center and moved it to the location where Kroger stands in the same center today. 10. Champs Buffet- the one around Mangum/Dacoma and the one off of I-10 by Service Merchandise. 10 and 1/2. Service Merchandise- Yeah, it was my first job in 1996 but as a kid i wanted to ride that conveyor belt...and i finally did my first day working there. When i transferred to the Baytown store i had to ride it UP and DOWN since it was a 2 level store...wasn't so pleasing that time! LOL