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The mod next to me now has a for sale sign in front of it. The exterior has a great mod style. I've never been inside so I can't tell how original the inside is.

The house is not showing up on the mls yet so I don't know the price range. I believe the address is 7838 Santa Elena.

If you come to my Holiday Open House Sunday, you can at least see their house from the outside.

I'll post an exterior photo later from home. My work system won't allow me to access photo hosting sites.

That place is just some where to go and do what ever (like get drunk in the street, get laid by any slut, trash the streets etc)

I wish people would stop confusing the French Quarter, and only one street in the French Quarter, with all of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is not all that is in New Orleans or the French Quarter.

I'm having a Holiday Open House. Sunday the 18th from 2:00 - 6:00

7834 Santa Elena in rockin' Glenbrook Valley.

Please keep in mind that the house is a work in progress so don't expect a Dwell-layout ready abode. But there are tons of orginal fixtures.

The house is easy to find, you can't miss the flat-roof just off Broadway. If you want specific directions, just shoot me a message at Shannon.McNair@ncmc.com

4. Metropolitantexan, if you would like to support a minority production, you should attend the Krewe de Esprit Rosaire parade. They put on a battle of the bands, (I even saw a priest dancing last year, lol). Jack Yates, Willowridge, B.T. Washington, Forest Brook, and many others participate. They even incorporated a traditional Mexican dance troop. The parade ends at Holy Rosary church, where they sell soul food, crawfish, etouffe, boudin, gumbo, etc...

I'd consider attending Krewe de Esprit Rosaire parade. It sounds like fun.

But as far as the $20 "Mardi Gras", I will pass. I used to go to the Galveston version back when it started and it was free and fun. My mom, who grew up in the Garden District of New Orleans, even enjoyed it. But I went back a couple of years ago and I won't go again. It just wasn't fun or worth it.

I do plan to be in NOLA for the 2006 celebration. Even the shortened version they are hosting will be wonderful.

The night boat cruises through the city are an amazing way to see the city.

Bofinger is a great restaurant. One of the oldest in the city I believe.

There are great parks all around Paris that would be wonderful for a picnic and/or a proposal. Grab some cheeses, bread, fruit and wine from any shop on the street and enjoy a wonderful meal.

One park I remember was in front of Victor Hugo's paris apartment. I can't remember the name of the park. But I do remember many great parks around the city. They aren't as touristy or crowded as the park around the Eiffel Tower.

Only downside of being outside is I think it could be quite cold in Feb. But all the more reason to cuddle up with the one you love.

Have you ever been to New Orleans?

by Darren Olagues (Tulane Class of 1992)

New Orleans. How wonderful those words sound when said with no quirky emphasis on odd syllables. They always seem to elicit some response. Have you been there?

Have you ever been to Caf頄u Monde for beignets and caf頡u lait and gone back every morning of your visit?

Have you ever sat for hours in the piano bar at Pat O'Brien's sipping hurricanes?

Have you ever been to Mardi Gras - Bacchus? Endymion? Rex?

Have you ever had oysters at the Acme House?

Have you ever sat out on the "fly" eating crawfish and drinking Dixie beer?

Have you ever taken a walking tour of the Garden District?

Have you ever sung karaoke at Cat's Meow?

Do you know who John Folse is?

Have you ever risen at 6 am to roam the streets of a "quiet" French Quarter?

Have you ever been to Galatoire's? K-Paul's? Emeril's?

Can you remember when Zulu threw gold-painted coconuts?

Have you ever ridden the streetcar down St. Charles Avenue secretly sipping your strawberry daiquiri?

Have you ever had a mint julep on the porch of The Columns Hotel?

Have you ever been to Audubon Park? City Park?

Have you ever been to mass at the St. Louis Cathedral?

Do you know who Harry Connick, Sr. is?

Have you ever had breakfast at Brennan's?

Have you ever been to the original Tipitina's?

Have you ever been to the Superdome? Saint's game? Sugar Bowl? Super Bowl? Final Four?

Have you ever had cheese fries at Fat Harry's? Thrown peanuts on the floor at O'Henry's?

Have you ever been to the Rendon Inn?

Can you remember the New Orleans World's Fair?

Have you ever been to the campuses of Tulane and Loyola?

Have you been to a crawfish boil? Sucked the heads?

Have you ever been "on the lake"? "Across the lake"? To the "westbank"?

Have you had a Ferdi from Mother's and wondered what "debris" was?

Have you ever been an unexpected invitee to a jazz funeral?

Have you ever been to Jazzfest - first or second weekend?

Had you ever been to Pontchatrain Beach?

Have you ever stood in line at the Camellia Grill? Had a po-boy at Uglesich's? Oyster and artichoke soup at Mandina's? BBQ shrimp at Pascal Manale's? Gumbo at Dookie Chase?

Have you ever been to a plantation home?

Have you ever been to the French Quarter festival?

Can you pronounce Tchoupitoulas? Thibodaux? Boutte?

Have you ever been to Clancy's? The Upperline? Brightsen's?

Have you ever been to the Biloxi beaches?

Have you ever ridden the Canal Street ferry back from Algiers looking back at the city?

Have you ever had a monsoon at Port of Call? Breakfast at the Blue Bird?

Have you ever seen the Neville Brothers? Cowboy Mouth? The Radiators?

Have you ever been to New Orleans?

If you've been there, undoubtedly one of these things found its way into your itinerary.

You probably also saw the dirty streets, the tired shotgun houses, and cracked sidewalks. You've heard about the high crime, poor public schools, poverty, and racism. And yes, there are many housing projects, it is very hot in the summer, people are generally overweight, and the city is always a hurricane away from being flooded.

Each visitor chooses to see the New Orleans they want to. Luckily, New Orleans has the amazing ability to win over many more than it loses. It can cause one to see the big oaks hovering over St. Charles and not the trash on the sidewalks. It can cause one to focus on the street musician and not the street beggar. It can cause one to see the wrought iron balcony rather than the dilapidated building. What is it about the Big Easy that makes most see the positive and not the negative?

I have a unique perspective to this question. I've seen New Orleans from both sides. Growing up in South Louisiana in a family of 7, my father was from Gentilly and my mother from Lakeview. My dad is a graduate of St. Aloysius (now Brother Martin) and an Entergy employee for nearly 40 years. My mother is a graduate of Mount Carmel and a 40-year member of the "gutter Buddies" - a collection of grade-school girl friends that are truly like family. My wife and I are graduates of Tulane, my brother a graduate of Loyola, and my sisters graduates of LSU and USL. Our family and friends are from all walks of life and live in all areas of the city. We all call New Orleans home. Since leaving New Orleans over 10 years ago, I have taken friends there and seen how they absorb the city. I don't have to do much

except let the city work its magic. Occasionally, the city misses one but it isn't often. I always smile when a friend is asked "Have you ever been to New Orleans?"

The answer to New Orleans' allure may, on the surface, seem different for locals and tourists but I suspect that there is a common thread - the people, the heart and soul of New Orleans.

There is a culture and tradition in New Orleans that is sweet and simple. No need to overanalyze this. It recognizes that the enjoyment of family and life is as attainable for the poor as it is for the rich. A hand on a shoulder and touch on the arm is just the way we say hello. We know that good music, food, and drink is made all the better when surrounded by friends who share the same outlook. When it is your way of life, when it is woven into your circle of friends, social gatherings aren't seen as excesses but as something you just do.

New Orleanians don't believe they've cornered the market on this way of life. They recognize it when they see it elsewhere and they applaud it. What makes New Orleans special is that they have a concentration of people who have it and foster it. It's generational. It's hereditary. The challenge to New Orleans, to the New Orleanian, is as great as ever. Her reputation temporarily tarnished by the things that occurred in the aftermath of Katrina, it is up to those that lived there, have been there, and adopted this city to not let these terrible scenes replace the ones they have of the Big Easy. While money is needed to rebuild, preserving that feeling and attitude that New Orleans gave you on that last visit is just as important. Did the flood waters wash away the New Orleans way of life? Not a chance. Not a chance that New Orleanians would deprive future generations of this breeding ground of the good life.

With the vast destruction of parts of New Orleans now clear, the question is being asked repeatedly, "Is New Orleans worth rebuilding?"

To that, I can only reply, "Have you ever been to New Orleans?"

thanks for posting this. Literally brought a tear to my eye. You can guess that yes indeed, I have been to New Orleans.

And you wouldn't in those shots... the ones with the fountain, that's Spanish Plaza by the Riverwalk Marketplace. It just opened back up as of today. A few of the other shots were on Convention Center Blvd. (convention center closed until the 1st qtr of the year). Shots around the Convention Center/Poydras end of the casino, the only activity you'd see would be on the second floor where they just started construction on more entertainment venues. The casino will re-open for Mardi Gras. And there was a shot of the LL&E building, taken on the grounds of City Hall which is also closed. Most of the activity is buzzing around Canal St., the French Quarter, the Garden District, and Uptown.

I just returned yesterday. While the crowds in the Quarter aren't nearly what they were pre-Katrina, there are people there. Many places are still closed and those that are open have shortened hours.

I can't wait to go back Christmas and New Years and see even more places open.

here is the "don't mess with texas" littering report a litterer site:

http://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/report_a_litterer.php

haha

Just reported another one. Why can't people keep their cigarette butts in their own car?

We'll be there...

Ok who was there?

I was there and even bought a piece of furniture for my dining room.

I'm a big anti-litter guy, Danax, so your efforts are really appreciated. The level of litter in Houston is unacceptable, and I think the level is as high because we don't do a good job of collecting it and then discouraging such actions in the future. People are lazy to begin with so you can't expect the overall population to not litter without there being a certain amount of outside motivation.

Those pics are great, too. Keep us posted.

I'm a big anti-litter person too. I regularly report litterers to TxDot's website. At least weekly I spot some jackass throwing a cig butt out their car window onto the ground. So I keep pen and paper handy to write down license plate numbers.

TxDot can't fine them, but they send a letter stating someone saw them litter blah, blah, blah. It's not much but reporting jackasses gives me joy for some reason.

I'm sure the property owners around Richmond strip are thrilled that it's finally dead. Bill White didn't kill Richmond.

Also if alcohol is not being sold in "after hours" bars, then they have changed since I used to go to them.

That was supposed to be my way of encouraging people to add events to the calendar.

I guess it didn't work.

Sorry Ed, I thought you meant the HoustonMod calendar.

It's not on their calendar either as an event. But I would think any member could call to rsvp.

It can't possibly be happening. It's not on the calendar.

It may not be on the calendar, but I got an evite last month and a reminder email today. Here's the info from the evite I got:

Host: Houston Mod

Location: Retropolitan Ballroom

3221 Milam, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX View Map

When: Thursday, November 10, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Phone: (713) 444-1714

The board members of Houston Mod invite you to join us for cocktails, snacks, and conversations about the mod movement while lounging in mod furniture provided by Retropolitan Ballroom.

Retropolitan Ballroom is full of available mod furnishings you can take a test lounge in, so bring your tape measure and mod shopping list.

Additionally, the shops Lackey-Prince, Metro Modern and Era located on the first floor will be staying open late so modsters can get their mid-century furniture fix.

Special thanks to Tara Pogue (www.retrohouston.com) for hosting this event.

Yummy thanks to Jenni's Noodle House and Just Lunch and Catering for providing snacks.

www.houstonmod.org

***Parking is available on the north side of the building at the southeast corner of Elgin and Milam and in the parking lot at the corner of Travis and Stuart***

Is anyone else planning on going to the Houston Mod event on Thursday? I will be there, it would be great to meet you guys.

I went by the open house at about 3:10 and no one was there. I didn't get a chance to go back since I had a civic club meeting. I don't know if the realtor cancelled or was just running late.

I saw that the listing agent on this one is holding it open on Sunday the 30th from 3 to 5. I have been keeping an eye on this one because while it is not the flat-roof mod type, it is a great roman-brick ranch house with a ton of cool original features still intact. I fear for really original ones like this because they are so few and far between and often times end up in the hands of people who think they need "updating" by Home Cheapo. Unfortunately a lot of mod people pass up the more ranch types in hopes of finding something with more contemporary lines. So some of these fall between the cracks even though they would look very cool with the right furniture & things.

With over 3100 sq ft for $179,900 asking price, with just a little work, somebody could get a really nice place! Anyway, if any of you are looking, or are out and about Sunday, it will open from 3 to 5. It's 8206 Glencrest at the corner of Montglen in Glenbrook.

LINK:

8206 Glencrest

I'll definately come by Sunday to see. Maybe I will see you and other HAIF people there.

okay i'm up for it now!

although sunday morning for me usually means picking up the neighbors beer cans out of my yard

I'm always up for fajitas and beer in the East End

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUY FROM KATY THAT WAS PART OF THE SAM MALONE AND MARIA SHOW? HAS ANYONE HEARD FROM HIM?

BTW,,,SAM MALONE (DOES HE COPY HIS NAME FROM HIS IDOL ON "CHEERS?") IS ABLE TO GET WORK IN THIS TOWN, JONATHAN WALTON IS ABLE TO KEEP A TV JOB,,,HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!!

Psycho Robbie, got out of the radio biz I think.

I like Maria Todd, she's the main reason I listened when Sam was on with her on 104. I just tolerated him, I'm glad that she's still there.

R&R never seemed to mesh to me. Mostly I listened to them and couldn't even tell that they liked each other's company much less thought each other were funny. Although I'm embarassed to admit that their "War of the Roses" captivated me from time to time.

I do know someone who calls in morning shows regularly. He's just as much of an idiot as you would think. He's even been known to brag that he got on the air, got rodeo passes, etc. I roll my eyes.

I did email Maria Todd once, mostly to beg her to make them stop playing Clay Aiken.

I couldn't agree with danax more. When I bought my house, I had grandiose dreams of redoing the whole thing. An older guy in a bar warned me not to go wild just yet. He said no matter what you do to an old house, it will never be perfect. You can spend a lot of money in that quest and never get there.

This is great advice. I quickly slapped up tile in my guest bath. Now I regret that I wish to tear it down and start over. The old tile was falling off the wall but it's a bath that no one uses. But me, not known for my patience, jumped in and decided it had to be done immediately. What kind of delusion was I in when I picked the tile, I will never know.

Its gonna be a Hooters. . .

Well crap. Just what I didn't want, a chain restaurant that I don't even like. Stubbs Cycles will be happy, Hooters is known for organizing bike rides.

I am going to hold this bad boy open this Sunday the 9th. 2 to 4 PM. 8106 Stony Dell, 77061. Take Gulf Frwy to Broadway, take Broadway across Sims bayou and turn left at Santa Elena, right on Glen Dell, right on Stony Dell. If you have never visited Glenbrook, this might be an opportunity to check it out.

How'd the open house go? I was sorry I was traveling this week and couldn't make it.

Are you referring to that Grey monster on Memorial next to the mod? The one with the white lions and blah blah blah? If you are, that house actually drove me from even considering the mod next door

I swear you guys could be talking about the grey monster next to me in Glenbrook Valley. If you've driven down Broadway, you've seen it. They must have the same "more money than taste" builder.'

Surely by now someone has a clue to what the new buiding is Gulfgate. Anyone?

All I know is more retail space. But no clue who is leasing.

-Don't laugh...but Target (soon). Thomas O'Brien, a big name in New York's SoHo, has a new line coming out in October called Vintage Modern. Really cool stuff, extremely affordable and definately better than Ikea.

I won't laugh. I love Target. Thanks for this info, now I can't wait.

It was the cable Fox News. This morning it's a different female reporter reporting from near the Galleria, she thinks she's in downtown also. These people are convinced they are in downtown Houston!

I watched Fox cable news for a second on Friday morning. The anchorwoman was an idiot. She was looking at map and listing off the major highways out of Houston (290, 45, 10). Like she givng some insightful information. Um, I would hope that citizens knew which way to go to evacuate.

What? I-10 leads out of town? Thanks Fox News for that helpful tidbit.