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    I've always wanted to visit that building. The golden age of American roadside architecture may be long past, but it's apparently not completely dead.
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    Cole Porter's lyric is the first thing I thought of as well. I'm starting to suspect that the target market for this hotel is either old, gay, or both.
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    And a bigger boat.
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    That sounds like the original Rice Stadium, built in 1938. The 1937 Campus Map and the “New” Rice Stadium
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    My first thought when I saw this picture was "I can just imagine the collective meltdown r/f***cars would have if they saw this", then I checked your link and realized that's exactly where it had come from. 😂
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    The AMC Gulf Pointe 30 screened OPPENHEIMER in 70mm here during its initial run. It may be the only local theater that still has the ability to screen 70mm prints - it was certainly the only one that booked OPPENHEIMER in that format. You may have already seen this, but it's the best summary I've run across of the various formats OPPENHEIMER was screened in: OPPENHEIMER PREMIUM LARGE FORMATS IMAX 70mm (aka "real" IMAX, as opposed to the digital-projector format that's now being branded as "IMAX" but is more frequently referred to as "LIEMAX" by those in the know) was the premier option, but IIRC there are only around 15-20 theaters in the entire country that were equipped for that format, and the closest one to Houston was in Dallas. The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood built a temporary IMAX 70mm projection booth and installed all the necessary equipment for the film's run there.
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    It's indeed remarkable what can be accomplished when state-sponsored industries have no aversion to employing coercive labor practices that border on slavery.
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    It's been a favored spot among local foodies since the Houston food scene was in its infancy. The founder died last year after having been in poor health for some time, but she had previously sold the business to her GM/business partner. Some background info you may find useful: Pioneering Houston Restaurateur Elouise “Ouisie” Adams Jones Dies at Age 79
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    Yeah, the continual chorus of people throwing him under the bus on the Astros subreddit got really tiresome. Dude was never going to be Ted Williams, but he added value to the team in other ways besides hitting.
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    Someone on Nextdoor posted not too long ago that a cashier at that location had told them that the store was going to be permanently closing, but I have yet to see a single mention of this elsewhere. Given the unimpeachable veracity of the average Nextdoor post, I'm not holding my breath waiting for it to happen.
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    I haven't been to a JCI since the one near 45 and Crosstimbers closed, but the Walker Street combo and the tamale plate were likewise my go-tos, although I'd get one or the other as opposed to both. I wonder how many people that order the Walker Street combo now ever ate at the original Walker Street location?
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    He's said that he's looking forward to spending more time with his family and being present for his kids while they grow up, but I likewise would love to see him transition to a new role as a hitting coach for us.
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    There aren't a whole lot of original mid-century signs of that scale around, so there's definitely value in preserving it, especially considering existing signs are grandfathered under the COH sign code. If the developers are smart they'll do as you suggest and replace the Sears logo with the new development name, but if that happens I'd be surprised if they didn't convert the neon to LED lighting. Even in the capital of neon, Las Vegas, it's become common for large outdoor neon signs in need of repair to be converted to LED - the glass tubing makes neon expensive and comparatively hard to work with, while LED lighting has improved significantly in recent years. Many LED conversions used to look pretty bad, but now if they're done properly, the average person probably won't notice the difference from neon. Personally, I prefer neon, but I understand why someone would opt to replace it.
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    I wasn't aware that the original Five-O was streaming at 1080 - looks like you have to have Paramount + to get it now. There hasn't ever been a hi-def physical media release, only DVD, so this is one time when streaming bests physical media. At least until the series gets put "back in the vault" for an undetermined length of time, anyway.
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    I have a Mohu Leaf. I also have cable and Amazon Prime Video. Unfortunately, if watching live sports is a priority, you're not going to get very far without either cable or one of the streaming services. But it's always entertaining to see the reactions of people whose only frame of reference for OTA TV is fiddling with a pair of rabbit ears on grandma's old CRT set when they see the picture quality of modern digital OTA compared to cable.
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    Only one way to find out - if they're flying the Jolly Roger in front of the building tomorrow night, the answer is "yes".
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    Camaro production ended on November 22. Charger and Challenger production likewise ends on December 31. These are sad times in the four-wheeled d-bag community.
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    I wasn't familiar with this shop, but after spending a few minutes yesterday enlarging the photo, squinting at the address on the door, and finally determining the name of the business, I likewise tracked down their website. Judging from their Flickr page that documents some of the projects they've worked on, their mechanical and metalworking skills are quite impressive.
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    Ouch! 92 violations at Doneraki, with 18 of those "critical"? How are the mighty fallen (although honestly they've probably been coasting on their former glory ever since the original location on Fulton closed).
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    Props to them for using an old-style vacuum-formed plastic sign. That type of sign used to be absolutely ubiquitous (particularly among bars and liquor stores), but you don't see them very often anymore.
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    I didn't get the flyer in the mail, but I did get the robocall. Anecdotally, I saw a lot more Reyes-Revilla signs around the neighborhood than Castillo signs, but it was pretty clear that she was fighting a rearguard action without much hope of victory even before she shot herself in the foot. I'm kind of amazed that she'd play the gay card in 2023 - for a minute I thought we must be back in 1985 again, with a different Mayor Whitmire, "Don't Shoot Louie", and the "Straight Slate".
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    It's Ken Paxton. "Embarrassing" is on-brand for him.
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    "Fusion" used in a restaurant context usually shares at least one trait with artificially-induced nuclear fusion - lots of hype, but nowhere near ready for prime time.
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    As I understand it, Holguin is a popular tourist destination, particularly among ecotourists. But it does seem surprising that there'd be a sufficient number of travelers from Houston to justify adding a route there.
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    This runoff was Castillo's to lose, but Reyes-Revilla, likely desperate to gain some ground on him, sent out an ill-advised mailer containing an anti-gay dogwhistle (contrasting a picture of her and her family with one of Castillo and his husband/partner). After several high-profile endorsers called on her to apologize, she instead doubled down with a robocall that started with "Did you know that Mario Castillo is gay?" Predictably, this led to endorsements being unceremoniously pulled and a drubbing nearly as bad as the one Whitmire inflicted on SJL.
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