From the Houston Chronicle: Three Houston landmarks, including the Landmark River Oaks Theatre and the Bookstop in the former Alabama Theater, have been declared endangered by the Greater Houston Preservation. The alliance has learned, spokesman David Bush said Friday, that two buildings in the River Oaks Shopping Center could face demolition within two years. Justine [...]
It’s been raining for the past day or so here in southern Texas. Fash flood warnings and overflowing streets have been making folks in Houston late for work and a bit more cranky than usual. This seems pretty normal to me for this time of year. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that the good [...]
17 Jun, 2006
Posted by: Dave In: Humor|Philosophy|Political|Texas
It is extremely amusing to me to see the little chrome Christian fish symbol on vehicles that are exhibiting road rage tendencies while I’m driving to work in the morning. I’ve recently moved south of the Mason-Dixon line (where Christianity was invented, by the way) and there are legions of soccer moms and golf dads [...]
We saw X-Men 3 over the weekend at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, just west of Houston. This is an intresting place. They took an old theater and replaced every other row of seats with tables and serve food and drinks while you watch the movie. They have a great selection of beer and have a [...]
After a long walk through the Strand in Galveston, the ladies needed some booze to keep going. Note – it is totally legal to drink on the streets of Galveston. Yee-haw. – Dave
It’s hot in Houston. Supposed to reach the upper 90′s today. We’re expected to have rolling blackouts due to massive A/C power consumption in the city. For the love of God, it’s only April. I expected this in July or August, but it’s only April. I need to move. This is crazy. -Dave
A few weeks ago I printed out a blank map of the United States and Justine and I sat down with a black magic marker and began coloring in states that we both agreed we did not want to live in. The states that survived this coloring-book exercise would be the states that we would [...]
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