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I go there occasionally, but generally not when crowds are around (i.e. late night weekends). I quite like the place. St Arnolds had their pub crawl there on Friday which brings in all kinds of folks from all over, so its possible some of them did a return trip on Saturday. I can't speak of the late night clientele for 6th or Beer Island, but during the non-standard hours I visit those places it seems primarily locals that hang out there.

Oh, much lower than that. The decor is nothing fancy and the ambiance is nothing like Glass Wall/Bedford/Shade. Its on Airline which isn't even remotely on par with what you're seeing along Studewood, but this is a place where you go for the food, not the fancy artwork on the wall. It is a small place, decor is minimal, but unless you're in the hip, chic, trendy Uptown crowd, this place will appease your tastebuds.

Giant ants.. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3701576960/tt0047573

Oh yes. Many times already. Both sit down and take out. The food is fantastic and in my opinion rivals many of the high dollar Italian restaurants in the city, but for a whole lot less.

I love my xbox. Even wirelessly, its streams the movies with surprising clarity. Now back to the subject on hand: I remember watching new neighborhoods being built growing up in Canada, and many of them had outside postal boxes in some central area where residents would stop off at and pick up their mail as they entered the neighborhood. This allowed the postal workers to stand in one place and deliver the mail to a whole neighborhood at one time without the time spent walking to each and every home. The residents could stop their car and get the mail on their way home, or more often than not, just walk to the boxes after work with Fido and pick up the mail. The concept is similar to an apartment mail system but for whole neighborhoods. Is that done down here to any capacity (besides apartments)? Having a system like this wouldn't bother me at all, and I bet they could deliver 7 days a week and have costs that would be less than what is currently proposed. I fathom there would be many who would be upset at something like this, either out of laziness or preconceived belief that all mail MUST be delivered to each persons door, but it would address many of the concerns out there right now....

I'm going to second this one as well. Been a LOL of mine for a while...

Not open yet. Not till Mardi Gras (end of Feb)

I remember when I lived in Calgary, the mayor there would go on these whirlwind trips to Asia to promote Calgary as a great city to do business in. In the end it worked tremendously. Calgary went though a major boom that certainly preceded the influx of oil money and I can't help but think it was due in large part to the jobs he was able to bring to the city by touting the benefits of the city as a whole. As a result of the jobs, certain areas began to prosper and the trickle down effect eventually made its way through the whole city. So, I certainly applaud Mayor Bill in his desire to bring a focus to the downtown core, but question whether open support of a single building is the way to do it. If his motive was to bring excitement to the Discovery Green area, or to downtown as a whole, I think there are smarter ways to do it.

The picture looks closer to the Westheimer/Fondren intersection looking east. The picture definitely looks 'enhanced'. Although many of the buildings seen to the side are legitimate, they seem to be compressed in such a way that it makes the picture look very crowded. And the Williams Tower in the background is several miles away, so that seems to support that this image has somehow been doctored to suggest all of this activity is taking place over a few linear blocks. In the google maps link, move a bit to the west towards Fondren and then look east and see how visible the road sign is for 'Lazy Hollow'. i.e. its not as this image suggests.

Just got a memo saying that Hess is taking over the building fully and it will be renamed Hess Tower which will be the E&P headquarter for the company. Occupancy in 2011.

No kidding. I've noticed the 'bike lane' on Washington Avenue east of Studemont is always obstructed by cars parking on the side. I think its rather ironic that the cafe named Broken Spoke has a big sign out front that encourages parking on the street (and hence blocking the bike lane). In other cities where biking is more accepted and taken seriously, any blockage of a designated bike path is subject to a large fine. I wonder if Houston will enforce anything like this? They can start with Washington Ave which is constant with offenders.

Ugh, I know. I watched those being built and thought there should have been a bit of greenery left somewhere on that block.

I noticed this this morning as well. What a shame. I suspect the large lot size was enticing to builders. The minimum lot size is.....5000? So could this be replaced with 2 homes?

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I've never had a problem with the beggars around Kroger. Maybe I look too mean or something and they just avoid me. Since the new Bunker Hill HEB opened though, thats my primary source of food right now. The quickie trips are to the Studewood Fiesta, which DOES contain beer and wine.

Just saw this. Where is Houston in this list?? http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/artic...Obama-Boomtowns

I'll take the $850K. In exchange they can have my word that its a good thing.

Last year was our Centennial celebration, so it was on 3 streets, and I believe it was much more publicized and more people responded with lights. Also, several of my neighbors didn't do lights this year because of hurricane damage, they just kept things low key. The threat of rain may have kept a few people out, but actually I thought the crowds were perfect. Too many more folks and you can't breathe. But it was a great party!

A fair assessment, but we've had beer sold at neighborhood events in the Esplanade before so being outdoors and drinking is not new. LITH doesn't advertise it or promote it as a drinking event, so I doubt we'll ever see it become a drunk fest. I've walked by many officers on duty with my open beer and no comments from them. I fully expect them to turn a blind eye to the gentleman having a beer while he pulls his red wagon full of kids, but on the flip side I hope that same officer would have issues with someone in an obvious drunken stagger. LITH is first and foremost a family event, so anything that deviates from that in public space should be addressed.

Awesome pics H6!!

Since it is a family event, albeit one where adults can drink openly, the party shuts down at 10pm and most visitors return to their cars by then. Many house parties will continue, but things definitely come to a close at 10 and by 11pm, the streets are fairly serene.

Since the streets vary each year, myself and Lady Tanith are missing the revelry out of our front door this year. Instead I have to walk a whole 30 yards. But I am bringing in several hundred pounds of snow for a good old fashioned street snowball fight. Or beer snowcones, whatever comes first.

I enjoy the artistic contribution the churches make to the neighborhood, but I'm with you on this one. This building needs to become something else.

At the "groundbreaking" on Saturday they asked that people not use the trail until it is finished in all parts. I'm sure for liability reasons, etc.

Agreed! The point of this discussion revolved around me saying the value of an item ultimately comes from a number jointly agreed upon by a buyer and a seller, and not some outside publication. And I stick by that statement. No, of course I would balk at a $6K reduction off KBB, but my statement holds true because I'm not a willing participant in that transaction. However, after research and trying other methods of selling my car, if I find out that $6K off KBB is indeed what the car is worth, then I will accept that that now becomes the value of said vehicle. If a $300K HCAD appraised home is on the market for 6 months with no buyers, that tells me the home is not worth that much in the current market even though HCAD says its worth 300. The sellers reduce the price to $250K and somebody then buys it. HCAD will adjust their values down to $250K because that is now what the home is valued at in todays market. In fact, I just received a letter from HCAD on the home I just purchased and they're asking for all the details of the sale so they can accurately reflect this in their records. So at this point, HCAD will have a downward adjustment to make on their records as I purchased this home for less than what they have it appraised at.