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  1. Original Timmy Chan's
    MISFITS - "Mommy, Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?" Maybe it's just the 3-month Christmas season getting to me...
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    Did Alfred's later become Alfreda's Cafeteria? I never took the opportunity to eat there (Alfreda's), but I understand it was good eats. Obviously Alfred's had an amazing reputation as well.
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    If land values if Midtown justified it, I'm sure Stewart would be more than happy to build a multi-level "showroom" and sell off part of their land for a profit. Apparently land values in Midtown aren't there yet. It's pretty obvious that the demand for property on Main Street isn't very high.
  4. Original Timmy Chan's
    I think the name change is appropriate. It will give UH-D its own identity, which should be separate from UH. Over the last few weeks I've come around to the "City University of Houston" idea. I think the name would help convey the UH System's desire to make the distinction between the University of Houston as a national research university, and the "City University of Houston" as a more locally-centered school.
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    I was young, but I remember the names Sage and Globe. If Sage was at Monroe, then Globe must have been the one at Airport and the Gulf Fwy. I recall eating at the Sambo's in the parking lot on a few occasions (now a Denny's I think). My only memories of Globe are being entranced by a bunch of pachinko machines on the shelves. I think that Globe became a Sam's for a while before turning into the Flea Market that it's been for the last decade or so.
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    I've never seen a cop there. In my younger days I used to hit up the Lone Star every once in a while. Unless the clientele has changed, most of the patrons were blue-collar, homeless, or just got off the bus from Huntsville. Usually an interesting crowd there. If you like to play pool, I recommend going somewhere else.
  7. Original Timmy Chan's
    My apologies for the outburst. I think I'm OK now...whew!
  8. Original Timmy Chan's
    The Mosaic towers have indeed formed their own skyline...and that new skyline blocks out half of the previously fantastic vista of the downtown skyline looking north up Almeda.
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    I miss the Hwy 21 Cafe in North Zulch. They had the best Chicken Fried Steak I've ever had. That qualifies as Brazos Valley, right? I mean, it drains to the Navasota River, and that's tributary to the Brazos... [Oops...just looked at a map and realized that that side of North Zulch actually drains to Bedias Creek, which is tributary to the Trinity River. Gotta go to the other side of the tracks to west North Zulch to get in the Navasota River watershed.] I still miss that CFS. The next nearest CFS to my grandpa's place is Sodolak's in Bryan, and their CFS is just a step above cardboard.
  10. Original Timmy Chan's
    Actually I heard on the news that the Dynamo would be out at UH's Robertson Stadium today working the POD there (just as the Rockets team did yesterday).
  11. Original Timmy Chan's
    I'll second Niche's recommendation. South Union is just north of the South Loop, and is generally nicer than Sunnyside. Just north of South Union is Scott Terrace, which is generally nicer than South Union. Just north of Scott Terrace is Riverside Terrace, and if you can afford to live there, you are probably dictating your posts here to your executive assistant.
  12. Original Timmy Chan's
    Teacher. A friend of mine just finished her first year of teaching/coaching making just under $50k per year (Pasadena ISD). She dropped coaching this year, so salary drops down to around $45k/year. Not bad for 9 months of work.
  13. Original Timmy Chan's
    If you didn't find a home at Scooter's Icehouse, I can't help you. That was my home away from home for a few years when I lived on Dixie Farm Road back in the mid-90's. I had a lot of good times there...does anyone know if Billy still lives in the camper of the junked pick-up truck at the body shop next door? Sweet guy...we used to bring him home with us to stay in a warm house when it got too cold in the winters. I have a special place in my heart for Scooters. I can specifically remember the very first time I saw the place. It was early 1983, I was 10 years old and me and my grandma and cousin were headed down Telephone Road towards Corpus. We pulled up to the light, and as I looked to my right and I was intrigued by the name "Scooter's", Prince's new song "Little Red Corvette" came on the radio...first time I'd ever heard it. For some reason, that one memory has stuck with me through the years. I later named a dog after that icehouse. The dog was as crazy as most of the regulars at Scooter's.
  14. Original Timmy Chan's
    It was well before my time (before I was born), but as all loyal Cougar fans know, UH's Elmo Wright invented the end zone dance!!! As far as Astrodome memories, mine go back to watching the Astros with Jerry Mumphrey, Dickie Thon, Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz, Nolan Ryan, and many hundreds since then. I remember a hell of a game in the regular season between the Astros and Mets. Unless my memory is fooling me, it was Mike Scott vs. Dwight Gooden. My dad used to take me to tons of tractor pulls, mud bogs, demolition derbies, etc. Until I was in college, I probably saw more tractor pulls in the Dome than baseball games. I was there when the guy dropped from the ceiling of the Dome in a barrel and died.
  15. Original Timmy Chan's
    Funny, I've heard nothing but classic rock every time I'm in line at the Walgreen's at OST and Scott St. That would be kinda like playing nothing but hip-hop in the Belden's grocery store on Braeswood.
  16. Original Timmy Chan's
    I don't know karate...
  17. Original Timmy Chan's
    You do have another option on Friday mornings: "Listening Back with Myron Anderson" on KTSU. Great way to start a Friday. "Listening Back" is in a tight race with the "Blues and Hi-Fi" show on KTRU (Wednesday nights) for the best radio show in Houston, in my opinion.
  18. Original Timmy Chan's
    It's hard not to be a conspiracy-theorist on higher education funding when you remember what happened back in 2004. If you'll recall, the presidents of UH and Texas Tech worked the state legislature for several years to get "excellence funding" to help move those two universities forward towards "Tier I" status. After their years of hard work, UH and TT were rewarded by the state lege with something like $17 million per year for two years ($6 million for Texas Tech and $11 million for UH each year for two years is what I recall). Those "excellence funds" to UH and TT were promptly vetoed by Gov Rick Perry, citing the state budget deficit. However, Perry turned around and 3 months later and awarded $50 million of "discretionary funds" to UT-Dallas as a "Business Enterprise Fund" to spur business development. As the legendary Bill Yeoman says, "It's hard being a Cougar."
  19. Original Timmy Chan's
    Don't scrap the Tierwester Station, it would do a good job of serving both TSU and Yates. I would think the "TSU Station" could be moved west a couple blocks over to Ennis, but maybe it's a land-availability issue. Just make sure there's at least one station on Scott at either Alabama or Elgin.
  20. Original Timmy Chan's
    Not all inner-city Houston is "walkable" apparently...we get a score of 38 at our house. I get humorous listings similar to sheeats: Grocery: Grocers Supply Co. Restaurants: Kitchen Equipment Fabricating, Inc. Bookstore: the Half Price Books warehouse on the South Loop Drugstore: Sigma Pharmacy Services (a pharmaceuticals company) Hardware: Underground Auto Storage & Paint Funny thing about our walkability score is that I see more pedestrians in my neighborhood than I do anywhere else in Houston but downtown!
  21. Original Timmy Chan's
    OK, now that the emotion has passed, I'm changing my answer. My favorite Houstonians (although they've never actually lived in Houston) are my Mom and my Dad. Let's call them my favorite South Houstonians/Pasadentites. Yes, I really am that sweet.
  22. Original Timmy Chan's
    That's only because the inner loop neighborhoods are too poor to afford bullets. This economy is really hitting home. I saw rival gangs throwing pine cones at each other in my neighborhood last week.
  23. Original Timmy Chan's
    No surprise after METRO announced the "black line" (SE Line) and the "white line" (Richmond). The Original Timmy Chan wants to know when we will get the yellow line!!!
  24. Original Timmy Chan's
    Just got back from a whirlwind trip to NOLA...I think we spent a grand total of 35 hours there this weekend. I was able to get a few of my favorite foods there, but none from anywhere spectacular. Nevertheless, I can't leave NOLA without at least one po-boy (that was today at lunch-time, from the Jefferson Quick Stop gas station.) Not the best po-boy, but it wasn't the worst I've had either. It didn't match Danny & Clyde's for the all-time best gas station po-boy. Unfortunately for me, they were out of oysters, and a shrimp po-boy is just a poor substitute. I badly wanted to try Mothers...but both times I walked by there were 20 people lined up down the sidewalk, and waiting wasn't in the cards this weekend. I also was able to get a serviceable muffaletta at Evelyn's Place in the Quarter. It's a ####-hole bar, which is exactly why I stopped in...I'm a ####-hole kind of guy. Lunch yesterday was a little more upscale...oysters, grits and pork belly. Fancied-up pork belly, that is. I can't recommend any restaurants, but we did enjoy our stay at the Rennaisance Arts Hotel. It was out-of-this-world for $109/night. Beautiful place, great service.
  25. Original Timmy Chan's
    http://www.uh.edu/uhcnonline/2008/05may/05...n-projects.html May 27, 2008 UH MAKES PROGRESS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Growing minds is one of the University of Houston
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