Heights2Bastrop

We were talking about Aquarena Springs just last weekend at a nature outing here in Bastrop. My GF is doing a dig on 304 at Cedar Creek, an Indian encampment dating back some 5000 years. A woman in that group was at the outing, and she was saying that there is an archeological

I am not a big fan of Brownstone, especially in an area like the Heights. They just don

After I posted the question, I thought about the problems of parking along Yale. However, those lots seem to be deep enough to build a row of shops, and still have plenty of room to park, as is evident on 11th and Yale where the Eckerd

That building is empty.

For some reason, Yale Street has been slow to respond to all the renovation of the Heights area. I know there is traffic considerations for residential use. But it seems like it would make a great location for some upscale businesses.

I dunno. It just feels plastic. It doesn't feel like champions of champions, just another sporting event.

My granddad was living in Sargent when Carla hit. He lost part of his house, but there was enough left that he was able to rebuild.

These people train for four years for this one event. They don't play for a super bowl or world series every year. They get one chance every four years and just maybe a second chance in another four?

The Olympics have become little more than an over hyped, money grubbing exhibition that has almost nothing to do with National pride and everything to do with individual glory and the almighty dollar.

I don

Can someone tell me what is directly behind these properties? The location at 14th and Yale used to be Chadwick

Maybe one of you old timers - OK, other old timers can help me on this one. If I remember, the Jack Tar was at Seawall just east of Broadway. Was it gone before Carla? Or was it a victim of the storm?

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hangers!

Uh, sorry. Just had a flashback from something my dearest mommy used to tell me.

The most amazing house I saw in Galveston afterward was the "doll house" as I call it. The house was totally undisturbed save for one entire side that had been blown/sucked off by a tornado. The furniture seemed to all be in place, just like looking into the back of a fully furnished doll house.

Brownsville has been assaulted with hurricane force winds since early this morning, and the storm shows no signs of moving out just yet, so it ain't over 'til it's over for them. Add to that all the rain they have endured, and you have for some pretty horrible conditions.

Yeah.. as far as huricanes go.. this one's pretty lame!

I was 13, so I remember it well. We knew it was gonna miss Houston, so we just "hunkered down" at the house. Didn't get any damage as I can recall, although parts of Houston did, especially down toward the coast.

Galveston got a lot of tornado damage. It also lost the Pleasure Pier and/or the Balinese Ballroom that went out into the water. But probably the biggest damage was that Carla unleashed Dan Rather on the World.

Just a comment about the original post:

Keep in mind this is just a comment, and not meant as a criticism. Recycling does nor reduce one

If I

It's not the Rio Grande that is lame, it's all the parasites along the way sucking up all the water, just like the "other" Colorado River. California and Las Vegas have sucked it dry.

My favorite view used to be of downtown from the Quitman Street Bridge.

Now, my favorite view is that I can't see Houston from Bastrop, and I like it that way!

Keep a few weeks of beans, chili, whatever in the pantry and eat it before it ages out.

OK, let me try this again:

You and Frank X Tolbert are full of bullschytt!

Tolbert is the one who, at the very first chili cookoff in Terlingua, claimed that "Texans don't eat beans in our chili". That was pure bullschytt! I am a third GenTexan, and I love beans in my chili. Always have, always will.

There. Is that Texan enough for you???

Stop right there. It ain't chili if it has beans in it. It's some kind of stew.

Tolbert is the one who, at the very first chili cookoff in Terlingua, claimed that

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is it too soon to start stocking up on Spam?

You know, computers have taken all the fun out of hurricanes. In