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Who remembers this other Capital Number: CA4-6868?

I definitely remember the plant and their sign. Does anyone have any photos of it?

Griselda mentioned Dirty's. I remember their terrific Chicken Fried Steaks. So they are gone?

There used to be a place I liked called "Charlie's Hamburger Joint" in front of Randall's on Bissonett & Fondren. It looked like an old house, but was built new to look old. Last time I was in Houston, I think it was something else. Also, anyone remember "Burger Mountain Soda Fountain"?

I think the Texans will do well this year. Preseason is just a practice game to let the coaches see the contenders and to get the team used to working in a game environment. I moved from Houston before the Oilers left, but I do follow the Texans, and if I ever get to move back to Houston I will go to some games if I can. Living in Colorado, I can tell you, the Broncos are a religion here, and have earned the reputation as a good team. Yesterday's game was fun to watch, but has no bearing on the regular season.

Remember Handy Dan home improvement centers?

You are probably thinking of Gemco, which I believe was an acronym for Government Employees something something something.

Oh I loved Princes. There was also another burger place back in the late 50s/early 60s on Bellaire/Holcombe near or in Southside Place or West U on the north side of the street called Price's. It was not a great burger like Princes, but more a a standard flat burger like a regular McDonald's burger. I seem to recall they were an early adopter of the drive through concept. And speaking of great hamburgers, I love the flavor of Bellaire Broiler Burger. Are they still around? How about Grandy's? There was also a Steak 'N' Shake on Kirby just north of the SW Fwy for a very short time. Whenever I drive through the midwest on I-70, I always make a point to stop at one.

I am 52, but still remember my phone numbers when I was a child. While in Kindergarten I lived in Bellaire and the number was MAdison 3-9975. The next year, we moved to Sharpstown, and the number was GYpsy 4-2931. The Gypsy exchange was changed to Prescott for some reason later, and the number would have become PRescott 4-2931. Once they implemented direct distance dialing (DDD) in the old Bell System, they added Area Codes (NPAs in Telephonese, for Numbering Plan Area), and they went to all number dialing. Thus PR 4 exchange was the same as 774. The number would then have become 713-774-2931.

Sakowitz Weingartens U-Tote-'M Joske's Best Federated Electronics Woolco

Interesting. In Kindergarten (1958-59) I went to Horn Elementary in Bellaire.

The Denver Pavilions is on the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian mall. It is very busy at lunchtime, and has some cool special events, like Kristkindle, a German Christmas festival, complete with a street fair. It has a few nice eating places, like The Corner Bakery and Magianno's Little Italy, a Barnes & Noble store, Niketown, and a multiscreen cinema. Not all has gone well with it however, as I believe that the Wolfgang Puck restaurant there is now out of business. It is a nice addition to the other shops on the mall, and integrates well. As a stand alone without the mall, I am not sure how well it would do.

I remember the Globe at Sharpstown as I just mentioned in another thread before finding this one. As for Gibsons, a few years back there was still on on Highway 6 near Navasota. Doubt it is still there though.

I used to work in what was then the First Interstate Bank building back in 1991-92. One interesting thing happened that I still recall. . . I got off the Metro bus at street level. It was raining. Rode the express elevator to the sky lobby. The sky was clear blue and the clouds were below me. Rode the local elevator down to my office (47th floor IIRC), and it was densly foggy out my window. Couldn't see a thing. No rain, no blue sky. Just fog.

What a great memory! I am 52 years old and grew up in Bellaire & Sharpstown until I was 9. Mom & Dad used to take me to ride those ponies at OST & Main. One of my early childhood fond memories. Other memories in Houston as a child . . . * Seeing Snow White at the movie theatre in the old shopping center on the north side of Bellaire Blvd. just east of the train tracks on the east end of Bellaire. * Going to see Kitirik at Channel 13 and Captain Bob on Channel 2 at their old studios on Post Oak Rd. * The deep drainage ditches along Avenue A (now Newcastle) and Post Oak Rd. in Bellaire. * Movies at the Trail Drive In, and the new Sharpstown Drive In. * Bissonnet was still called Old Richmond Road from the curve at about Edloe, down through Sharpstown. * A big discount store on Hillcroft in Sharpstown called "Globe". * That jingle . . ."Summer winter spring or fall, stroll in the air conditioned mall, with one stop to shop for all, at Sharpstown Center." * The old Sears on South Main just south of Downtown * U-Tote-M was a fairly large chain of convenience stores in those days. Their radio jingle? "Just in case anyone should ask you, you tell 'em U-Tote-M." Their sign incorporated a totem pole. Probably a lot more stored in this old brain here!