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FWIW, here is a pretty cool link where I got most of my Houston numbers. [url="http://www.houstonhistory.com/decades/history5i.htm"]http://www.houstonhistory.com/decades/history5i.htm[/url] Hey, that is a cool link. Thanks Red. Out of curiosity I clicked on 1965-70 and was happy to see the Astrodome front and center. Not sure where stand on the tear it down/build a hotel debate, but as a kid I thought it was just the coolest place.

Well, maybe except zombies. I don't think you can insure against them. Not with a reputable company, anyway.

No, risk is always foreseen. If you don't see risk , you need to re-think your business plan. It's all about how much you're willing to pony up to mitigate those risks, and as Niche alludes to, whom you've got on your side.

Oooh, what's Club Manco? Many lonely DT office working gals (and guys) will need to know! Kidding, you meant Club Monaco? I think there used to be one in the now defunt River Oaks shopping center section. On the other hand if there really is a Club Manco, then bring it on

Sorry, but no felony flyers for this gal. No arch support!

Yes they do. Bring Nordstrom to downtown and I will pledge to never take my personal car there to shop. Bus, train and bike only if momma gets a good shoe dept downtown. Promise.

But Northline won't be home to The Worst Home Depot Ever. Hey, down here we've got the 888, and stoplight cameras. Gulfgate rocks. Good god, I just do not understand the mattress thing. I really don't. Can someone explain the mattress profit thing to me? Veering off topic, I see that Mattress Mac is now selling that super $$$$ Scandinavian mattress that until recently has only advertised in Architectural Digest and the like. They retail at least a grand, $1,500 over the tempurpedic. I have a space-age tempurpedic knock off, but don't understand the crazy prices. Or the seeming endless demand. Have I missed something?

it makes me miss the globe at the Astroworld entrance.

Passe is such a strong word, but you know the glass blocks have been out of fashion for a while. Someone should tell those sleeping guys. Don't feel bad about being Old Europe. They have Euros.

I didn't know Johnson had Catholic leanings, hehe. and I learned it from the Chron ---as opposed to KUHT, who just ran a segment after Ken Burns about the Houston Maritime Museum (which looked cool, and I would visit) and then did not think to mention its location at the end of the piece. Idiots. Sorry, just had to get that in there. I love to support my public programming, but damn sometimes they make it hard to write the check.

yes, more parking. Was in there last week and overheard Dimitri talking to a customer who asked.

The Chron's reader comments are bad, but USA Today's take it to a whole 'nother level. A real train wreck.

LOL! Sounds like my experience in the Girl Scouts circa mid 70s. I found it slow and boring. And hated, hated the cookie selling. A couple of things stick out--going to Almeda Mall with my mom to the special Scout clothes section at Foley's to buy the outfits. My mom complained non-stop about the expense for such cheaply made stuff. Our big overnight camp was down near Bay City. Cooking mixed veggies in a coffee can over a fire, wow. Not exciting for a kid who went camping with the family already. It was torture. And the sweaty, buggy cabins while the troop brass got to sleep in the air-conditioned house across the way. That little taste of rank and authority left me jaded early on. I was probably 11 and was becoming more interested in boys/older kids and sneaking out. I would have gotten whacked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake for sure.

Stuff going on around SEARCH came up at the SE substation PIP meeting this week. They (HPD) asked, again, for civilians to step up as witnesses when they see anything going on with the homeless and the police. HPD has obviously had their leash shortened. Like most folks, I have a problem with police stretching their reach and take this with a large grain of salt. But.... where's the neighborhood-level discretion when the cops plainly see, day in and day out, what's going on? I got a strong whiff that there's some substantial, residual bad PR about the (pick your category) suicide-by-cop (or) shooting of mentally ill resident -- incident in SE Houston recently that got all the media attention.

I agree musicman--I have a suspicion that HPD has had its hands tied. At this point it is very much a political issue--unfortunately only a pressing one for those of us who live near it. There are some good scam artists out there--used to be a dude at Cullen and 45 who was often seen going to his place down Holman at the end of the day, getting beers with his crew.

What about rolling video and start sending weekly missives to the Mayor's office and to council demanding enforcement of the civility ordinance. Are there any angles that could be worked for code violations for landowners or the organizations 'ministering' to the homeless? Do they have permits for food service. What about sanitation? It takes an act of congress to get permitted to run a soda stand during a festival, yet these guys are serving food every day. Or noise levels---when they set up their sound system for weekend church service under the Pierce El. Is there a magic number on crowd size that makes a planned gathering illegal w/o a permit? IMO it starts with making the area as inhospitable as possible, and shutting down or scaring off the organizations contibuting to the issue by providing handouts and nothing more. No one wants to look bad by taking on the 'faith-based' groups, and that's one of the problems. The street people aren't getting off the street, because they get home delivery. I don't know if it's the long-hot-summer or what, but it seems to be getting worse. I drive through Midtown and down Pierce a few times a week, including some nights and weekends. Been approached a number of times by the 'window washer' guys who won't leave. Eventually a pedestrian or a motorist is going to engage an aggressive bum, the bum will be left dying or dead, and Mayor Bill is going to wish he hadn't ignored the problem. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

Montrose defitnitely isn't the nexus it once was. Eastwood appears to have a strong gay presence. My partner and I joke that our new neighbors are all stopping by so they can meet the new token straight couple.

There have been some posts about intuition/perception/response/argument. I'll say right now: I've got nothing to back me up--but second-hand smoke, second-hand whatever, better living through 21st century agribusiness..... how long is the list? As if cigarettes are my worst enemy. Forgive me being new to this board and tired of this topic. I hung in for quite a while. But come on. Red still wins the 'drinks with' category.

Like moths to a flame, many women are inexplicably drawn to the articulate, smoky barfly. This whole going-outside thing will add a new dynamic to the bar ecosystem. It will be like going on mini-dates with a temporary boyfriend, the worldly, smoky barfly. You never know what could happen. I must be developing a crush on RedScare.

I'm in the same sad boat, fantasizing aobut future meals. Cruel is the ovepriced salad from the corporate deli that I just ate.

mmmmm, sizzling beef at the 8s!!! For easy reference if you phone it in, it's number 26 on the Chinese menu. Also outstanding is number 24 Chinese. Beef with scallions, leeks, cilantro and chilis. Yum.

There is a video of Really Red playing at the Isand on YouTube OMG! I just joined this forum yesterday and posts about Really Red at the Island. I could have been at that show! Really Red, and don't forget Ronnie's girlfriend's band The Mydolls, Verbal Abuse, the Big Boys and the Dicks from Austin. Wow. I thought there were maybe 10 people in town who remember those days. I was there the first time the Butthole Surfers rolled into town from San Antonio completely baked, I think cover was $2. When Black Flag came to town with a new singer named Henry Rollins. Wow. I was just a bored teenager from Katy and somehow I got wrapped up in that scene. Me and my friend used to drive into town on the weekends and hang out a Ronnie's shop, like all day. He'd mooch my cigarettes and make us go fetch his lunch. I had such a major crush on him. Anyone remmber the place for a while on the Westheimer curve call Joe Starr's Omni? What else... the Caribana, a reggae club in Rice Village, had 'new wave night' for a while. It was a hopping place for 3 for 1 happy hour. When the Clash played UH for the Combat Rock tour, they went to the Caribana after, so me and my girlfriend go racing across town to try and get up close and personal, LOL. Speaking of UH, the DKs played in a giant conference room in the student center. Years later I was there for a financial planners exam and had to laugh when I remembered being jammed up against the stage at that show. Cool memories!