kylejack

If you drove down Main Street, you drove past: Notsuoh, Dean's, Shay McElroy's, Molly's, St. Germain, Flying Saucer, Venue, Reserve, Sunny's, all of which would have been open on a Saturday.

Mam's House of Ice

Yes, I was very impressed by Pizaro's a few weeks ago. I wish they weren't so far out.

Yeah, there's something pretty hilarious about selling someone your restaurant and then opening a competing one almost next door.

I take my out of town guests to see the President heads. The best tourist attractions aren't tourist attractions.

Who the hell jogs or strolls around Goode Co Barbecue???

Edit: Oh, you messed up the copy paste maybe? They recommend jogging around Hermann Park.

Uh... what cuisine? Greek?

Yes. Also, he says he's going to have "the best pizza downtown", whatever that's worth.

I heard Tuesday's the last day. They do jazz on Tuesdays.

The new owner is their friend Catherine Duwez, of Broken Spoke.

I just noticed yesterday that they've papered over the windows.

I peeked.

They've ripped out the booths, but not a ton going on. I did notice the For Lease signs are gone, so it could be that something's coming in.

Cool. Also, I walked by the former Cabo's a couple days ago. It appears work is being done inside to prepare for a new occupant. Anyone know anything?

Still for least afaik. Could be they're just knocking out all the internal construction to make it more leaseable.

instagram is so cute :-p

that's good news though, their FB page is apparently being updated quite regularly as well, not sure why FB decided I should stop getting regular updates when they post them.

They're going to be a brewpub as well? sweet.

Is this checked?

Yeah, brewpub, and they're going to have 40 taps for other beers.

Yes, that picture is how it looked before the restoration started recently.

Here's one. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/524364_3589992562871_1665060360_2795526_971278886_n.jpg

This was posted on one of the owner's FB.

Does anyone know what are some of the oldest buildings in what was formerly Harrisburg?

flammable/inflammable

Moon Tower's coming back. They just got their building permit a couple weeks ago. They've posted pictures of a backhoe working.

hm.

Today, Olde Town spring is one of the area's busiest tourist attractions, featuring antique and craft shops. The area is especially popular during their annual events and festivals (Home For The Holidays, the Heritage and Crawfish festivals).

The area experienced a bonanza during the Gulf Coast's oil boom. Following Humble Oil's gusher at Moonshine Hill in 1904, wildcatters drilled a flurry of wells across north Harris County. Just south of Cypress, they hit a hot, free-flowing artesian well that soon became a tourist attraction, bringing visitors to the Houston Hot Well Sanitarium and Hotel to seek the medicinal benefits of bathing in the mineral baths.

Visitors also came in search of buried treasure -- $600,000 of it -- that Mexicans traveling from East Texas were rumored to have hidden along Cypress Creek when they were attacked by Indians. Capitalizing on the pleasures of dance-loving pioneers, the popular Tin Hall was built at the turn of the century by the Cypress Gun and Rifle Club to replace its original structure lost in a fire.

http://www.1960area.com/history/index.html

The first video is a NSFW trailer for a video called Gun Metal Gray that was filmed in Houston.

Here's the full video, with censored bits. The uncensored full video is available for purchase at http://www.grayagent.com/

http://vimeo.com/42527898

2 were leaning guilty, 2 were leaning not guilty, and 2 were undecided.

I could be wrong, but I believe one thing they were protesting (on TV news clips) was the all white jury. They had signs and were vocal on this point. I figured that was one item they wanted to talk to the DA about, as if she could control jury selection.

What surprised me was that they apparently did not know it was not in her power to change the way we select juries.

If anyone has once been on a panel for jury selection, they know how it's done.

Well, I'm not so sure. Virtually all of the black jurors (17 of 19, I think I read) were struck by the judge because they had seen the video and had formed an opinion about it. The remaining two were struck by Dick DeGuerin. But the DA's office had objected to defense request for a change of venue. If they had agreed and helped to argue for the change of venue, it might have been to a place further from the city, where people were not as familiar with the video, and where black jurors could be seated.

There's something very wrong with an all-white jury in a county with 33% white people.

What felony could be charged? The kid did not sustain serious injury.

I don't know that one could be charged. The laws of Texas are disappointing in this area. The police chief was saying that he too wished they could be charged with felonies.

But my point was that right or wrong, they felt they had a grievance to take up with the DA. And besides, it wasn't just the "DA's office"...the protest was in front of the Criminal Justice Center, and was directed at various facets of the court system (all of which could be pointed out by the speakers from this location).

I've been to many protests in Houston (one against Ruggles, Occupy, etc), but never one where the police took such a keen interest. I saw at least a dozen officers photographing and/or videorecording the protest.

Back to the original topic. I am OK with the ministers, and even a few self appointed leaders wanting to meet with the DA, presumably to seek assurance that they will try the other officers, regardless of this verdict. What annoys the hell out of me was the protesting of the DA's office by the other idiots. Hey MORONS! You don't protest the group prosecuting the cops! You protest the cops! Go protest in front of HPD. Better yet, protest in fron of the police union. But, the DA? They are the ones trying to put them in jail! Support the DA, not protest!

Well, Lykos didn't agree to meet with them until after the Thursday protest. And their specific grievance is that they were disappointed that only misdemeanors were filed against the officers. The DA isn't likely to put cops in jail with a misdemeanor charge.

13 Celsius as well, but that's not exactly the same atmosphere as Leon's or the Celtic Gardens, Geographically, I think the Maple Leaf is closer to Baldwin Park than Celtic Gardens as well, and is similar ambiance.

There's also Double Trouble.

I said possibly because I'm not sure of the rules for minors on probation, but I know adults have to get a steady job. But anyway, getting a job with a criminal history can be challenging.

Unless he is already 18 he is still on probation....and just being told not to get arrested again for 2 years is hardly a sentence.

If you've never known anyone on probation, it's a bit more than just "not getting arrested." It involves meeting with an officer periodically, random drug tests, being taken to the prisons for "scared straight" type programs, possibly getting a steady job, and various other things. You might think it was too lenient, but that's something to take up with the judge.

Holley completed his probation, and yes, he's 18.

Still waiting for that evidence that Holley was portrayed as a good kid in court. Where did you see this? Who said this?