Category Archives: Elsewhere in Houston

Last week I linked to a Chron article about development farther and farther away from Houston’s core. This article is a followup of sorts to that, and it’s a nice discussion of some of the issues that way-out development causes, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s some good conversation going on around suburbia versus inner-urbia and the nature of mixed-use development – see Atrios, Kevin Drum, and Jim Henley. Taking the point closer to home, at least in some sense, is Ginger, who writes about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The good news is that Houston’s Intercontinental Airport has joined its rival Hobby in providing WiFi access. “This service will provide travelers a convenient way to update their laptop communications without having to seek out a special Internet connection,” said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s the day for the NFL owners to decide who gets to host Super Bowl 43 (sorry, but any Roman numeral with more than three letters in it is too big a pain in the butt to write). The four … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The NFL owners will get together on Wednesday and vote on who gets to host the Super Bowl in 2009. Houston and Atlanta are reported to remain the favorites for Super Bowl XLIII. Houston, Atlanta, Tampa and Miami are finalists … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The humans have negotiated a cease-fire in the Grackle War. Concerned about grackles that have been attacking people outside the Harris County Administration Building, building managers have decided to keep the area blocked off until the birds’ fledglings learn to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dive-bombing grackles send workers running Aggressive grackles around the County Administration Building launched attacks Monday that left a lawyer bloodied and county employees wondering whether Hitchcock’s The Birds was make-believe. Really, what can one add to this? Continue reading →

Now that the Art Car Parade is history, would you like to know what else there is to do in Houston? The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau has a resource for you. The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may recall the case of the painted mustache, in which The Virtuoso, a statue by David Adickes of Giant Presidential Heads fame was painted without his permission. Via blogHOUSTON, it appears that Adickes has taken matters into his own … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s still time for you to head over to Allen Parkway and see the Art Car Parade. We’ll be passing on it this year, since Olivia’s too young to appreciate it (and will probably need a nap before it’s over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is the kind of ten-years-after elegy for The Houston Post that I wanted to see. Hey, Lynn Ashby: Another perk of blogging is no word limits. Just a little food for thought, you know? Continue reading →

Monday will mark the ten-year anniversary of the death of the Houston Post, and its former editor-in-chief Lynn Ashby commemorates the event. I liked The Post – I signed up for a subscription my first week on campus as a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Bob McNair is tanned, rested,and ready to knock ’em dead with his proposal to host the 2009 Super Bowl. “We think it’s a very strong proposal,” Texans owner Bob McNair said Tuesday. “We’re going to have to do even more … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Warwick Hotel has been sold again, this time to the Hotel ZaZa, which is in Dallas. I’m trying to keep a straight face as I type the name “ZaZa”, but I may have to take a moment to compose … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since this is near where I live, I’m quite interested in the development on Washington Avenue. Rob Johnson recently accomplished what few independent real estate developers can in the inner city. He bought enough land — on a hot corner, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ready or not, here it might come. Houston and Atlanta appear to be headed for a photo finish in the race to determine which city will host the 2009 Super Bowl. Houston, Atlanta, Tampa and Miami are the finalists for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron has a story today about something near and dear to my heart – a battle between Heights homeowners and a developer. After work and on weekends, between appointments or during lunch breaks, a half-dozen or so Heights residents … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Lasso and blogHOUSTON, the famous Beer Can House is about to get a facelift. Efforts to restore Milkovisch’s Beer Can House, which has suffered years of gradual decline, have moved into high gear with a $125,000 Houston Endowment grant … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Haven’t we heard this story before? Astrodome Redevelopment Co. is continuing to look at whether it makes good business sense to spend hundreds of millions to turn the building into a mammoth, luxury convention hotel. The company, selected by the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

That’s Houston sculptor David Adickes, he of Giant Presidential Heads fame, standing in front of his statue The Virtuoso, which is in the parking lot of the Lyric Center downtown. He’s wearing that Groucho getup to protest the deliberate painting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m a little suspicious of this. For 25 years, southwest Houston-area residents have gone to Harris County Annex 19 to renew auto registrations, pay taxes and find out how much a speeding ticket was going to cost them. Next year, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve had this Press story on Perry Homes that impressed Kevin so little on my to-blog list for over a week now. Better late than never, so here we go. I lived in Montrose for eight years before moving to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Several Houston museums are looking to expand. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is planning an expansion that would bring a massive gallery of 20th century art to its Museum District campus just off Main Street. A couple of blocks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The estate of oil heiress Caroline Wiess Law will be donating upwards of $400 million to Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts. When all of Law’s assets are sold and the legal proceedings conclude, possibly by the end of this year, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I previously mentioned the two-part project Hot Town, Cool City – it’s a documentary film and a website with reader-input information about cool things to see and do in Houston. At the time, the HTCC website was not yet ready, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

‘stina brings word of a new documentary/community project called Hot Town, Cool City, which “attempts to answer the question — Why Houston?” Their website is currently under construction, but when it is up, it will apparently solicit input from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Linkmeister sent me this link, written by a comic named Scott Long about his experience as entertainment for a corporate event at last year’s Super Bowl. Scott, if you’d like to know what Houston is like under more normal circumstances, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

blogHOUSTON and MeMo are making nice. I’d ask if anyone noticed any bayous running uphill this morning, but as Joel Achenbach so kindly pointed out to us, we don’t have any hills here. Well, at least now we know what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s nothing wrong with doing a story about the availability of public toilets downtown. Doing such a story without mentioning that there are in fact public toilets downtown – indeed, doing such a story in such a way as to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mardi Gras Galveston has gotten off to a lukewarm start. Tommie LeCroy, who owns a Louisiana-style grill called Bistro LeCroy, said his sales are down 40 percent compared to last year. “It’s not been good at all,” said Lecroy, 56. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was reading this column by real estate writer Nancy Sarnoff about a group of folks from a neighborhood near where I work trying to fight against the construction of a big Med Center parking garage when I came across … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This morning, Tiffany and Olivia and I walked to the new Berryhill near our house for breakfast tacos. It’s about 70 degrees outside, with clear and sunny skies. In a month or so, I expect many of you who are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m a little behind the times in commenting on this story about the sad current state of affairs with the Astrodome. Tom thinks that demolition is the Dome’s ultimate fate and that it’s past time for us to recognize that. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From one of the many snarky year-end wrapup stories in the Chron comes this tidbit: LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT: Astros pitcher Roger Clemens was ejected from his son’s youth league game after an umpire accused Clemens of spitting a … Continue reading → Continue reading →