MidtownCoog Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Road Trip: Houston Texas 1. RIVER OAKS Exclusive hood of ex-president George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara. Among others in the Oaks: Robert McNair, Cogen Technologies founder who paid $700 million for Texans in 1999. 2. ASTRODOME "Eighth Wonder of the World" and ex-Oilers/Astros home gave world AstroTurf as well as "Bad News" Bears (Breaking Training) and Permian High Panthers (Friday Night Lights). 3. FOGO DE CHAO Brazilian churrascaria where Texans offensive linemen hold weekly socials. Says center Steve McKinney, "I love it because it's all-you-can-eat meat for $44.50.." 4. SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND The 1,200-acre field where Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836. 5. ENRON CENTER Energy company built the 40-story tower but never moved in on account of a certain securities-fraud scandal. 6. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Host of Oilers' first training camp, in '60, and onetime employer of former Oilers coach Bum Phillips. As Cougars defensive coordinator, Phillips had son Wade (now a Chargers assistant) as a linebacker. 7. MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY Texans coach Dom Capers gets in the stirrups at table 82 for some rigatoni on Fridays before home games. 8. COMPAQ CENTER 16,000-seat arena, former home of the Rockets, is being converted into a nondenominational church. 9. BEAUTY INDULGENCE DAY SPA In 2003 QB David Carr vowed not to cut his hair until Texans won back-to-back games. After beating K.C. and Oakland last month, Carr let Indulgence stylist Shaida Kootahi cut his locks -- on live TV. 10. CHANNELVIEW Setting of bizarre murder plot in '91, when a mother hired a hit man to kill the mother of her daughter's cheerleading rival. The (failed) incident resulted in two (also criminal) TV movies. 11. MISSOURI CITY Warren Moon built dream home in suburb where ex-Bills running back Thurman Thomas was raised. Among Moon's amenities: a gym, a movie theater and the Kevin Wall, a privacy fence jokingly intended to keep Moon's off-field life secret from Oilers offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride, who lived nearby. 12. MINUTE MAID STADIUM Astros' home, where kicker Kris Brown won 2004 Texans home run derby by cranking two balls out. 13. THE CHURCH OF LORD JESUS CHRIST Heavyweight champ and grillionaire George Foreman preaches four times weekly. Nearby: the George Foreman Youth Center, a boxing haven the reverend opened in 1984. 14. RELIANT STADIUM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 What is that from? It's kind of cool. But it's a shame the very first "fact" listed is incorrect. The Bushes do not now and have never lived in River Oaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 What is that from? It's kind of cool. But it's a shame the very first "fact" listed is incorrect. The Bushes do not now and have never lived in River Oaks.Yep I was about to post the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted December 11, 2004 Author Share Posted December 11, 2004 That was from Sports Illustrated.com"Houston has a problem with Peyton Manning"Another thing, I did not think Bum Phillips coached at UH. I know Jack Pardee did, but Bum?Maybe they are geeting their UH/Oiler coaches mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Another thing, I did not think Bum Phillips coached at UH. I know Jack Pardee did, but Bum?Maybe they are geeting their UH/Oiler coaches mixed up.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Bum was an assistant coach at UH under Yeoman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I'm suprised that with the impending arrival of The Aviator that no mention was made of Howard Hughes' relationship to Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammer Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I'm suprised that with the impending arrival of The Aviator that no mention was made of Howard Hughes' relationship to Houston.The notable locations in Houston of the Howard Hughes Family:1404 Crawford: Howard Hughes, Sr., and his pregnant wife lived in a house located within the confines of the present day Toyota Center(believe it or not). The mother was afraid of the mosquitos and moved to Humble to deliver Howard, Jr. in 1905.McKinney street: The Hughes family lived on McKinney street in Eastwood, but the exact address is debatable.2nd street & Girard: The original Sharp-Hughes Tool company was located here on present day University of Houston Downtown campus. There is a art/sculpture that depicts the three headed drill bit that Howard, Sr. invented (1909) and patented.1700 Main street: The Hughes family lived in the Beaconsfield apt/hotel in 1916(room 2A). Howard was 11 years old. The hotel still stands and has been renovated.3921 Yoakum street: The Hughes family home was built in 1918 and Howard, Jr., spent his teenage years here. The home transferred to the University of St. Thomas in 1953. They currently teach theology out of his house. Howard kept the home so that his aunt could live there after he went to Calfornia in 1925.1212 Main street(Humble building): Howard Hughes, Sr., died in his office on the 5th floor in 1924.2525 Washington Avenue(Glenwood cemetery): Howard, Jr., Sr., and his aunt are all buried in a plot long the western edge of the cemetary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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