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There was a fine Italian restaurant a block from Rice University that we frequented when our daughter was in school there in the 1980s. I can't remember the name but was so sad when it closed.

Trattoria Pasquale? They moved to Montrose Blvd, I think where Nelore is now.

Spencer's Gifts?

Looks like the green space between Emanu El and Oak Shadows is toast. I thought there was a fight about that between Emanu El and the HOA in the last coupla years. What are they building?

More than likely in that part of Houston NO ONE ever talks about. If you drive south on Griggs Road to near 610 you see Mykawa Road the veer left it runs all along that old, old railroad track. Keep going east along Mykawa and it MUST be in that dreary old depressing forgotten nabe. Sorry its the honest truth. No "guilding the lily" this time my old friend. I don't even know what the area is called "Mykawa" ?

In any case it would seem unlikely that a place with that name would be in ay other part of Houston. Feel naughtious thinking about that area. There is a police sub station right there and for good reason. You should see it at night. Oy vey!

Oh, come on. The history of the Mykawa area and the rice farmer Shinpei Mykawa, who introduced rice farming to the area, is well documented.

Mykawa, Texas

The Mykawa Road area is poor, no doubt, but Mykawa Road is also a good alternate route to Pearland. I've driven it many times, even at night, and never felt particularly uncomfortable or unsafe. I can think of several areas where I would feel less comfortable at night. Oh, and you can't go east along Mykawa because it runs north and south. As I posted earlier, the old school building is just west of the Mykawa Road intersection on the north side of Almeda-Genoa.

Not so hard to find. Look in the area you know it probably is, in maps.live.com birdseyes. The switch back to map view and start guessing plausible addresses. There is some trial and error, but usually you can narrow it down pretty quickly. Once you have a range of a few hundred, go to hcad.org and search by address range, and it should be clear which result you want. You can look on their map facets to be sure and cross reference with the account number.

Having done all that, we get...

6401 Almeda-Genoa Road, Houston, TX 77048-4553

I can't find an address either, but it's on the north side of Almeda-Genoa Road just west of Mykawa. Just past the big Texaco station. On maps.live.com it looks pretty rough, with the back section missing its roof.

No, the OP.

It seems like a pretty silly question if you drive down 288 at all with any regularity. There are ALWAYS cops everywhere.

I am the original poster. I commute from Pearland to Houston on 288 every week day and usually at least one weekend day. I have done so since the fall of 1990. I'd be willing to bet that I have driven more miles on 288 than you have. There are often several cops, in somewhat predictable locations. Since HPD got the Charger a month or so ago, there have been quite noticeably more, and out of the cars shooting laser, which they didn't use to do. I'm wondering why the change, because it is definitely a change.

And another thing, if it is for revenue purposes, which is what it sounds like, isn't there fairly significant cost to the county/city to have that many assets (cars, officers, laser guns) tied up to catch a handful of relatively small-potatoes speeders? I would think you'd get more bang for the buck, so to speak, with one cop, in light traffic, catching the occasional leadfoot going 20+ over up where the fines get big and there's actually some safety benefit...

Just asking. I could be all wrong. I'm not anti-cop, this just seems weird.

They are merely making sure you are wearing your seatbelt, have proper registration on your car, and not going over the posted speed limit. They are just doing their jobs, imagine that. Making sure you get home safe and sound to your family, my gosh, what nerve those doughnut eaters have.

OK, I almost didn't respond because I didn't want to start an argument. You certainly didn't speak to the intent of my post, which was asking if anyone knew a reason for the suddenly greatly increased speed enforcement on 288.

First of all, although wearing seatbelts and having proper registration are certainly good things, they have little to no effect on my getting home safely. Not arguing against seatbelts, and I could be wrong, but in heavy traffic at highway speeds it doesn't seem very easy to see if someone is wearing a seatbelt. And I haven't seen any reports of major accidents with significant injuries which might (maybe) cause a higher priority on seatbelt enforcement.

Registration doesn't even come into play until the traffic stop. Same with the inspection sticker, which actually has some, though in today's world, minor, effect on safety.

I drive it every day, and I haven't seen a bunch of wrecks. I haven't seen a bunch of people driving way faster than the flow of traffic. I do think people driving way faster than the flow of traffic should be stopped. But this is usually heavy enough traffic that driving faster than the speed limit is not possible. Of course they are doing their job and doing what they are told to do. But it sure looks to me like they have been told to sit there with laser and cherrypick cars until they get lucky enough to catch someone going barely fast enough not to get laughed out of court. And I do have a problem with that. EDIT: I have never been stopped on 288 or in the Pearland area.

Several nights now, early evening, I've seen two or three (or more) cops -- Houston, constable, sheriff, shooting laser between 610 and BW8 on 288. A few more southbound, but some northbound, too. Some agency has a new Dodge Charger in white with the "Police" graphic subdued, and I've seen that one several times, too. What's going on with that? One thing you can say for 288 -- it doesn't seem to me to be full of people driving too _fast_!

Where was Full Moon in Blue Water filmed? It was set on the Texas coast and was very convincing. I'm thinking it must have been local-ish, with such local personalities as Marietta Marich, Tiny Skaggs, and Peter Masterson's daughter, my Rice classmate Lexie Masterson, in the cast.

Yes, that is correct. Here's a little more info.

http://wikimapia.org/4093350/Chong_Hua_Sheng_MU_Holy_Palace

Nooo! I thought it had gotten a reprieve!

There is or used to be one in the Rice library. But, and this is a big but, as I remember it had addresses and tiny photos only, not the nice little descriptions that the 1990 and 1999 editions did. It is also much less complete.

Yes, on #2. Mollie Bailey, who was the owner of one of the smaller circuses that eventually became part of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. She is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Edit: actually this is a common misconception. Barnum and Bailey's Circus, which merged with Ringling Brothers in 1919, was originally created by a cooperative venture between P.T. Barnum and the Cooper and Bailey Circus in 1881. It's just coincidence that Mollie Bailey had the same last name and owned a smaller regional circus.

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/...s/BB/fba12.html

No, on #1, it is not strip clubs. My source is the early-80s Marmac Guide to Houston.

I agree about the Harwood Taylor look. In fact, I looked through Ben Koush's book last night and saw several things that looked similar, but that house is not in there. Is there a listing of Neuhaus and Taylor's projects?

Interesting. Surprised I've never noticed it. HCAD says built 1965, remodeled 1999. Current owner is one of Ken Lay's daughters. Wonder what else I can find.

Edit: previous owner was the wife/widow of an oilman named H. M. Harrell who was prominent in the '50s.

Used to be, don't know about now. How about the track stadium? (The old football stadium)

Googling "Texas Delta Alumni" reveals a "Texas Delta Chapter" of Sigma Phi Epsilon at UH.

I was just by there Sunday (Ninfa's on Navigation, that is) and the adjacent lot was a rutted, muddy field. Presumably that is where the parking/deck will be but it looks several weeks away at best.

Oh, and if you want tiny bathrooms with lots of ambience, go to the Last Concert Cafe.

I was just on a bike ride over there on Sunday and it looks like maybe there's some small-scale repair going on:

I've lived here all my life, including before Intercontinental was built. It's always been "the big airport." The Bush name is a very late addition. Speaking of the word "Intercontinental," has that been used on any other (international) airport? I can't think of one. The pretentious-ness of that cries out for a parody like "Intergalactic."

There's not a simple one-word answer like "Victorian" or "Tudor." Actually, several people have provided them but I don't think they are what the OP was asking for!

I would say it's a simplified post-modern interpretation of Spanish Mediterranean elements. Unfortunately, that also is a pretty good description of a "perfect storm" of the most reviled qualities of McMansion design.

I can confirm this. I keep Firefox on my Mac just for maps.live.com. Firefox works fine, Safari doesn't work at all for maps.live.com

If you can get to a PC there's a cute 3D rendering engine for Windows that works with live.com and shows pretty impressive downtown views.

I remember reading that an old Western Union building was incorporated into Phillip Johnson's Bank of America Center (don't know what it's called now). Demolishing the old building was cost-prohibitive, due to the large amount of communication lines that would have to be relocated. Therefore, the structure was left in place and the skyscraper was framed around it.

Yes, I remember hearing that too and I vaguely remember the building. It was 50's institutional as I recall. Like RepublicBank, though, it was catty-corner across from Jones Hall and across the street from Pennzoil on Louisiana at ?Capitol? I don't think that's what the OP means.