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    Along those lines, one young sportswriter's near-brush with greatness: http://30daysout.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/rock-moment-fear-loathing-at-the-super-bowl-1974/
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    The changes made to the Alabama to repurpose it as the Bookstop were for the most part reversible with minimal effort - they didn't even take the screen down. Not so with the changes made to repurpose it as Trader Joe's - the concrete pour that leveled the floor is the biggest one. If it were ever to be repurposed back to its original use as a theater, which I don't see happening any time soon, it would probably have to be done along the lines of the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, where an interior "jewel box" was built up within the shell of the original 1920s-vintage structure.
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    http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/07/04/the-guy-that-built-his-house-in-a-sports-stadium/
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    Speaking of abominations, whoever first started referring to Montrose as "the 'Trose" deserves a savage beatdown.
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    This should look familiar, then: Now I'm doubting my recollection, although the ad I remember didn't have the chick, and the "eggs" line was spoken by a guy with what was supposed to be a "country" accent. I can't find it anywhere, after an admittedly cursory search. End of an era. Up until a week or two ago, I was driving right by that location several times a week. I'll have to go and have a look when I get a chance - my parents live very close by. A John Deere dealership is going up on that site, so they must finally be getting around to site prep for construction. The variance notice has been posted for quite a while on Hidden Valley.
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    Buckalew might have used the line too, but Marshall definitely did. After their abrupt closure, I remember a few comments along the lines of "I guess only eggs are cheaper in the country now".
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    Rothko Chapel.
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    "Aigs and Chevrolets are cheaper in the country!"
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    1974 print ad featuring Larry Rasco:
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    I take it you've never seen Takashi Miike's AUDITION.
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    Downtown retail will never be "vibrant" until it has one of these.
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    Certainly the featherweight aspect. 900 kg is impressive.
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    Fixed that for you.
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    I'm doubtful - he mentioned a big selection of foreign newspapers and magazines, and I don't recall them having anything but paperbacks and the occasional hardback.
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    You've got to be kidding. I don't hate Torchy's the way some folks do, but they aren't even close to being the best tacos in Houston, let alone Texas. They need to seriously think about making their own tortillas in-house, but I doubt it'll ever happen as that's too labor-intensive for something that most of their clientele doesn't even notice or care about.
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    It was still there in 82-83, but I think it closed within the next couple of years after that. They served a mighty fine French Dip sandwich.
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    Katyville, although it could just as easily have been Sugarlandia.
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    A few more: Sam Houston Book Shop in the Galleria Northside Book Emporium on Tidwell, a used paperback shop in the early 70s that had thousands of paperbacks in a storefront filled with rows and rows of bookcases. When I was a kid I could never wait to go to this place to see if they'd gotten in any new-to-me Bantam paperback reprints of Doc Savage pulps. Owned by the imposing Mr. Van Cleave, whose gruff exterior masked a heart of gold. Paperbacks Etc., another paperback shop run out of a converted house on Shepherd near Alabama by an incredibly nice retired couple (I think they lived in the part of the house that wasn't devoted to the bookstore). I believe this place stayed in business until the mid-to-late 1990s - when they closed up shop I assumed it was due to health problems. Once I was paying by check when buying several books, and when I automatically handed the owner my driver's license, he waved it off and said that anyone buying the books I had was clearly an honest man.
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    There used to be a Thundercloud on W. Alabama between Shepherd and Kirby for several years. It was definitely run by hippies, but I'm not sure if they were Austin expats or if they'd simply jumped ship from Whole Foods down the street.
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    I thought there were only a handful too, until I checked the location map on their website. No excuse for not having a Houston location, unless they're afraid of competing with Whataburger.
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    I may have posted this here before, but if so, it bears repeating: http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/october2010/TH.htm
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    In-N-Out, for sure. I can't believe that there are now 19 locations in the DFW area and 3 in the Austin area, but none in Houston.
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    I've occasionally googled "Bill McDavid Oldsmobile" over the years, in hopes of finding a picture. Never hit paydirt until now - I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw it. I did the same thing for Sam Montgomery shortly thereafter, hoping that lightning would strike twice, but alas, it was not to be. But hope springs eternal...
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