MidtownCoog

With $4 gas, and buyers flocking towards more efficient auto's, they are re-thinking how many F style cars they introduce. Its hard to be "Green" while introducing a gas guzzling supercar.

Like I said earlier: The V8/V10 is the new Rolex.

Oh Monte Cristo, I hardly knew yee....

j/k

I have not ate at a Bennegins in 20 years. Obviously I am not the only one.

That GT-R puts the T in Terrible (looking).

I have no love for that beast and the one armed sheet metal tech who threw it together.

I am sure the inside is cool though.

China take this very seriously:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7507461.stm

I think the BMX races will be cool. The rest. moo.

All this small car talks saddens me...

Is a lovely V8 or V10 the new Rolex?

....Attending a concert in late August, and honestly, I'm terrified.

Only because of parking.....any tips?

Lewis Black: No, I

My solution is best:

AVOID KIRBY AT ALL COSTS

I was at the Jeep dealer last Friday at 5:00! Never again.

They should build this in The Heights.

The Road to Heaven is Paved with Money.

HP could use one.

Oh.. update on the bridge tagging.. it looks like it is something more official than a wayward tagger or marketing.. At least going north on Heights, on both sides of the bridge it says Bridge 20..

Don't know why they would call their apartments bridge 12..

But isn't that the name? I thought I saw their sign and it said "Bridge 12".

I've accepted it for what it is: it's a useful and popular place for lunchtime crowds and convenience shopping but it's not a "destination". It's not meant to be the talk of the town or any other town.

I'm sure that it can evolve as downtown evolves but right now, it seems to work pretty well for what it is.

But couldn't they at least spruce it up a bit? Seems like it went downhill after Brooks Brother's left.

Selling Sofa cum bed for only $60. It turns into bed fairly easy. In clean, odurless condition. See attached photos. Buyer shall have to come and pick himself. I am at Normandy St, Houston. Cash only please. Reply to this thread if interested with your contact details.

I see a wet spot.

I would, but I'm out of town. The bad thing about closing Shepherd, (and she sad they closed Yale or Studemont as well), is that there's not many ways to get from Timbergrove to the other side of Buffalo Bayou. It wouldn't have been as bad if there had been some sort of announcement that certain streets would be closed. That at least would help people plan thier trips.

I will say that the Prez's motorcade offends me much less than the motorcade I saw a couple of years ago taking the UT football team to Reliant to play Rice. 6 HPD cars, 2 Austin PD cars, an ambulance, and two buses. All bopping down 288 at 80 mph. It's a freaking game, people.

Now I agree on the UT bandwagon! Ugh.

You didn't hear that from me. I agree with Kinkaid.

Oh, and I think that "leader of the free world" thing is tired and overused, and in Bush's case, no longer even true, just like the welfare mom smack. Coog, are really only in your 30s? You sound like a grumpy old man.

I think I was 22 when I got stuck in the G8 traffic on Dixie Farm Road and I-45.

That was 1990. All the leaders of the free world closed that baby down.

Anyone remember that? I bet somebody's wife was fuming becuase it delayed her shopping trip.

My wife complained that Allen Parkay, Memorial, and Shepherd were all closed when she was trying to get to Rice Village from Timbergrove. I think the security folks are going way overboard on how many roads they close when the Prez is in otwn. He should have to deal with the same traffic issues we do, not get a free ride all around town without any waiting.

I agree. Your wife's time is much more important than the leader of the free world's saftey.

Give her a smooch for me.

A more debatable issue might be the amount of taxpayer dollars involved in mobilizing the hundreds of people required to move the president from the White House to Marine 1, who then transport him to Air Force 1, who then fly him to Ellington Field, burning $5.00 per gallon jet fuel on his 747. At this point, the overtime kicks into high gear, as hundreds of Secret Service agents, sherrif's deputies and HPD officers set up along the 30 mile route up I-45 and down Memorial to River Oaks. Another phalanx of officers swarms River Oaks in and around the resident who will host the president. 45 minutes later, it all reverses to ferry the prez back to his bed that night.

All of this manpower, fuel and money was spent in a span of two and a half hours. For what? So that the prez could ask a few dozen well heeled Houstonians to throw some money at a virtually unknown candidate for Congress. Why? Because the current occupant of the seat, Nick Lampson, is a Democrat.

I wonder how many welfare moms could have fed their kids for a month on THAT budget.

First, this has been going on since it cost 25 cents to mobilize the Presidental buggy.

Second, welfare Mom's need to close their borders and get a job.

This is going in the same shopping center as the Post Oak Grill

http://yogaonehouston.com/

This is good news

My wife is thinking about trying this place.

But the "hot room' Yoga. Not exactly what she was expecting but may try it anyway.

The developer ought to arrested for tearing down the cool art deco that was there.

And you could imagine living ON the RR tracks?

I heard that the mixed-use development did not originally include those apartments on the west side but that negotiations were under way to acquire those as well. Not sure where that ended up.

How about the newish hardie plak three story townhome on the RR tracks across from Hickory Hollow?

Those are new and they need to be torn down already.

I'll have to look for the tagging on the way home tonight.. I'm surprised they are building so close to the bayou there also..

Location is more like here..

And I think those apartments west of Heights, south of I10 will be mowed down for a mixed use area.. I'll have to search the HAIF now to find it.. But with today's financing issues, we'll see..

Cheers!

edit: Found it: New Development between Heights and Yale, S. of I10

That's the location.

Not sure if it's tagging or "gorilla marketing". Either way the should be issued a citation.

I think you're referring to these :

http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y

Not according to that map. These are on the bayou near the City Service Center buidling. There is a side street that takes ou back to Star.

What they forget is Houston is working to find them oil.

We were finding them oil when it was trading at $15bbl, and we are still finding them oil today.

Preston at Fannin?

That's going to make a nice space for a sandwich shop.

But then again even Burger King bailed out from a nearby location.

I doubt you could get your neighbors out of their La-Z-boys for the revolt, but, as a closet anarchist, I'd love to see it.

Revolt against what?

Were people moved to Spring by force?