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    Interesting. My wife's office is very close by the Galleria, and the last time she was there, her take was that foot traffic was way down. That was several months ago, but I'd assumed that the trend would likely continue into the holiday season given that the virus hasn't exactly disappeared. Guess not.
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    I suspect that particular analogy may not be operative this year.
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    I take it you're not a fan of the buffet at Sam's in Fairfield.
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    In today's America, Eisenhower would have been run out of the Republican party on a rail long before the interstate system got past the blue-sky phase.
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    Even worse, I've never understood why business professionals on a professional networking site are so eager to put their political beliefs out there and risk alienating potential employers, but judging from casual perusals of LinkedIn recently, there's apparently no shortage of people who are completely fine with doing so, and in quite crude terms to boot. BTW, shooting ranges (at least the better-run ones) aren't necessarily as inherently partisan as you might think if you rarely frequent them. Check out r/liberalgunowners over on Reddit for a refreshing antidote to the commonly-held stereotype of the troglodyte range-dweller.
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    Austin:East San Jose::Katy:East San Antonio Joe Nick Patoski's book is worth a read: How Austin Got Weird
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    I like Micro Center, but preferred Fry's as the one on 45 North was more conveniently located for me. Unfortunately, Fry's has been circling the drain for some time now and their in-store inventory is a mere shadow of what it used to be. And the new Micro Center location is even less convenient than the old one was, so more often than not I wind up just going to my preferred online tech retailer (Newegg), unless I need something the same day.
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    As I don't normally wear a backpack, I've never encountered this before. It was enough of a "wtf" moment that it sent me in search of the rationale behind such policies, at which point I discovered that they are indeed very common and make a lot of sense: In US museums, why are backpacks only allowed to be carried on one shoulder?
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    Pretty sure the Brookhollow Hilton was located where the Marriott Courtyard is now (at TC Jester and 610). The Sheraton Brookhollow is closer to the nexus of 290 and 610, somewhere between a quarter- and a half-mile away from the Marriott Courtyard.
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    I believe you're thinking of the Anchorage, which was in the Brookhollow Hilton Inn. I remembered the place immediately, but could not recall the name either, which sent me to Google until I turned up this ad in the July 1974 issue of Texas Monthly.
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    I'd been meaning to watch GALVESTON for some time, but I have to admit that my interest level dropped significantly once I found out that it was filmed in Georgia and not Galveston. Same reason that BREWSTER MCCLOUD wouldn't be as interesting (to me, anyway) if it hadn't been shot on location in Houston.
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    Buick Electra was my first thought as well. That back end sure looks like a '67 four-door in almost every detail:
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    I seem to recall an African-themed restaurant (or possibly bar) on the northeast corner of 610 and Richmond in the late 60s/early 70s. I want to say it was called Safari, but searching for that name proved fruitless as it only turned up much newer establishments with that name.
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    That is far more common than you might think. And, like many other things, it's a bit more nuanced than the usual binary red/blue tropes. Support for Trump is tearing apart Vietnamese American families
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    Generals = red and white Mustangs = blue and white Smurfs = blue Circumstantial evidence would seem to suggest a certain level of Aldine involvement. 😉
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    That's probably not great for Bellagreen - they currently have some sort of arrangement with the church that allows diners to use the church's parking lot during times when the church isn't holding services (Bellagreen's own parking area is tiny). I can't imagine that will continue once a self-storage facility goes up.
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    Not Crumb, but close - it is Vaughn Bodé's Cheech Wizard and his lizard sidekick Razzberry. This is a PG-13 version; like many other underground comix, there was frequently a fair amount of nudity depicted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech_Wizard
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    It's a state issue until you have a Federal executive branch that decides they're no longer going to look the other way when it comes to enforcement. Not that I think there's even a remote chance of that coming to pass under a Biden presidency. What really needs to happen to catalyze legalization on a large scale is cannabis no longer being classified as a Schedule I narcotic by the DEA.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if the Chronicle wouldn't allow them to keep the sign intact once it was uncovered. Ever since they acquired the Post's assets, they've done their damnedest to erase the Post from the collective memory.
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    Pretty sure Joe Matranga's has been mentioned a few times in the long-running defunct Houston restaurants thread. His obituary has most of the relevant background: Joseph George Matranga Also lots of relevant info here: A PASSEGIATA THROUGH HOUSTON’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT HISTORY
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    That sounds more than a little familiar. I used to ride my motorcycle on the sidewalk during the day in order to park right outside the building that my office was in (within a stone's throw from Valhalla). However, I rarely exceeded a walking pace when doing so, and always yielded the right-of-way to any pedestrians I encountered. No one ever objected, but I reformed my ways when the campos started writing tickets for two-wheeled motorized vehicles that were parked outside of designated parking areas. That was a long time ago, and I wouldn't dream of engaging in such activities on campus now, as I'd probably get tased at minimum.
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    Shrimp N Stuff's another good one in Galveston that mostly gets local traffic as it's off the beaten path of tourist spots. Going back a bit further in time re: old school Italian places in Houston, Joe Matranga's was probably first among equals. And not exactly a restaurant, but the Sacred Heart Society's legendary spaghetti dinners were still active up until Harvey killed them off.
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    Hey, it's the Lazy Gardener herself! Welcome to HAIF! The MFAH Store used to sell DVD copies of "This Is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale", but I don't see it listed on their website now. Probably worth a phone call to them anyway, as they may not have everything they stock listed on the site. As I recall, it was about $40 - not cheap, but still much less than institutional pricing. As an alternative, the downtown public library as well as the Rice and UH libraries have it in their collections. Not sure if any of those copies circulate or if they're reference material that has to be viewed onsite (and since libraries are still closed or have otherwise restricted access thanks to COVID, that could obviously present a problem). I'm not sure if the director Jon Schwartz sells copies himself, but if he has a website, I couldn't find it, and at any rate I think that the copies the MFAH Store were selling were obtained directly from him.
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    There are still a bunch of them around, but for the most part they've migrated outside the Beltway. I guess it's no longer technically true that "if you can't find a Pilgrim in ten minutes, you're lost".
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