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wow, 10 minutes and counting and it's still up! If Marksmu comes to find you and kick your ass, my money's on him.

Looks like you found another place to post your sob story about lot value and having your view ruined. It also appears there are quite a few people who would rather suffer Jolanda Jones' antics than than your social engineering agenda masquerading as preservation.

any progress on the the Roeder's Pub that is supposedly going in at the old Reddi Room location?

http://www.livethesheendream.com/ I have succumbed. He is a poet, bro.

Wise man. I could tell you some stories about letting demented HAIFers show up where you live.

Totally unsurprising. The COH will put the preservation boot up the arse of non-investor homeowners who live in merely old structures no historical value, yet completely ignore the commerical buildings and districts that do. Lacking the political will and money to take on actual historic preservation, they bully the little guy instead to claim the win.

Something barracuda said earlier has been bugging me all day. Would I really have to apply for permission just to replace my front door? Really?? I have to replace my own 100 year old door that's been warped, shimmed and planed to death. As it is, I'll need to have a new one custom milled to fit. It's just unconscionable to me I'd have to ask permission from a committee. Whole parts of the Heights still have open ditches for drainage, and you have to permit a door? Sorry, but Onion Creek, a mac n cheese place and a couple of antiques stores ain't all that. Boy am I glad I chose the east end instead.

When I left the office today I could see that the barricades were down on the Allen Parkway side and a couple of people on the bridge. A news van was there so I don't know if it was open, or they were doing a spot or what. No leaf or debris build-up yet in the art that I could spot, but it shouldn't take long. I think we should turn them into giant change jars, and when they get full, use the money to trade in for more sculpture.

Wrong thread I think, but the bridge is open. Or at least it was open for photo ops and a channel 11 van when I drove past about 5:30 pm.

Yea, when I bought this place, I also inherited a stack of newspaper clippings (featuring this very house) going back to the late 90s talking about how Eastwood was the new inner loop neighborhood. Don't get me wrong: there is a lot of blight to be cleaned up yet. But I love it here, and would hate to see Canal, or any street in the vicinity, turned into the next Washington Ave. The "EaDO" plans are mostly silly to me. An ampitheatre? For what, exactly??? Some BudLight/Lucky's Pub themed sponsorship of some lame-ass faux event? This is more than just a playground for the those who want to live urban for a couple of years. It already IS a neighborhood. Bring in some non-trend, solid retail/grocery/restaurants, and start from there. These mixed-use pedestrian-friendly bread and circuses renderings, jesus.

hmmm...that gives me an idea. I've never been on the Washington Ave shuttle--can you smoke on that? Cigarettes, weed, cigars?

Eh, Minorcan tapas are so much better.

Yay, please do it! I don't have much room for visitors in the house, and everyone bitches about staying downtown.

Wow, it was still open then? I went there early on, and I left town in 95. Proof of concept, I guess.

'fresh out of college' is not the only target here. It will be a draw for downtown workers 20s and up who probably wouldn't go clubbing on Washington Ave, but love to get their extended happy hour on. My wistfullness for happy hour buffets and 3 for 1s aside, this is mostly likely a fail because they will have a hard time filling up late night and weekends, unless they can find a way to piggyback on the culture crowd wo are already there for the theatres (unlikely). Plus it's on the 'wrong side' of DT relative to other club action. The parking is very convenient and (to me) relatively inexpensive, but the threatre district underground is a total mess on big show nights.

It's about time someone brought back the good ole' hi-volume, low-cost meat market. There's a whole new generation of 20 something office types who may now get to experience the joy of $3 wells and hundreds of potential uh, love matches all under the same convenient roof. ahhh....I can hear the extended club mix of Blue Monday like it was yesterday.

I miss smoking. I enjoy not smelling like toddler when I go out to eat. I like dogs. Wait, which thread am I on? Ugh.

I would really love an indoor gun range. I bet some of those old warehouses would retrofit really well for that. Just add a bunch of soundproofing and reinforcement to the building shell. Or is that too easy? Niche, this could be your next east end RE venture!

exactly! Patrons vote with their wallets, and owners should have some latitude. I would not go to Lupe Tortillas for the very reasons you mentioned. Because I'm a big girl, I don't need the city council deciding for me. and I'm really not the child-hater I make myself out to be, I've been trying very hard lately to not refer to them as yard apes.

does anyone know the difference between vegemite and marmite? I've seen marmite at a few Kroger stores. An English boyfriend once told me that marmite used to made from the yeasty goo scraped from the bottom of beer barrels. (that's why it's so healthy!) barf. I mean, I know the war years were tough and everything, but there's no need to go making sandwiches out of that stuff.

That old service station at Telephone and Dumble does the business as a bus depot. Gotta watch for peds when one is arriving and departing, because everyone queues up at the tacgueria across the street.

Inserting my callous, obligatory remark about children in public: If I had to pick which dining experience would be more unpleasant: the patio at Lupe Tortillas on any random weekend, or any patio with dogs, Lupe Tortillas wins in a landslide. As long as dogs are leashed/tagged, I'm totally for it.

All I know is, I bought some Bushmill's for the Thursday night snow. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? p.s. we live in Katy, should we evacuate?

that's really odd, we still haven't had any on our end of Walker. what a PITA for you.