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I got together after work Thursday at Slainte on Main Street with Thomas and Lori Gray, Thomas' brother David, and Lori's former co-worker Booth (an ex-MOBster). Slainte is one of two faux-Irish pubs between Prairie Street and Texas Avenue. The menu items all have cloying Irish names
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I stopped by a Houston Metro RideStore on my way home from work tonight to buy the $25 MetroRail Downtown Pass. I presented my credit card to pay for it, and was told that Metro was only accepting cash and checks. (!) In my wallet, I had 24 dollars. In my
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I work at the northern terminus (UH-Downtown) of the new MetroRail line and I commute on public transit, so I've been looking forward to the opening of the line. I rode it yesterday and today, between the UH-Downtown station and the Main Street Square station. I love it.
Food
Earlier this weekend, I had the best pizza I've had since moving to Texas (admittedly not a high bar to clear). Sicily Pizza & Pasta's pie won't make anyone forget New Jersey's finest, but if you live in Houston, it's
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The University of Houston football team will play in the Hawai'i Bowl on Christmas Day, but few Cougar fans will make the trip. As a result, the UH athletic department (apparently taking an idea from CoogFans) is allowing people to buy tickets to the game for soldiers and
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Took the day off work to finally see The Heroic Century, the MOMA traveling exhibit which will be at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston through January 4. Highlights for me were the two Seurats, Van Gogh's "The Starry Night", Dali's "The Persistence
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After work yesterday, I walked down the new light rail line on Main Street from the UHD campus to Midtown. The difference between Main Street now and what it was three years ago is astonishing: The rail line and the stations, of course, but also the new sidewalks and pavement,
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I am the kiss of death for the teams I root for. Here are the college football games I have been at this season, with the team I was rooting for listed in ALL CAPS: Rice 28, SAN JOSE STATE 24 Fortunately, I don't remember much of that
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My neighborhood is heaven for walkers. One can walk west to River Oaks, northwest to Memorial Park, east down the Buffalo Bayou, and (as I did last night) south through the Montrose to Rice University. For the Rice University walk (about three miles each way), the journey—whether down Mandell,
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The 2003 Texas Renaissance Festival begins today in Plantersville. Rather than go, I plan to spend the evening in my neighborhood at a Texas modern festival, enjoying the colorful pageantry and historical tradition of college football. Just before "kickoff", the visiting team (to which I am bound by
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Met Thomas and Lori Gray at the Doghouse Tavern in Midtown to watch UH play East Carolina. An entertaining game, that Houston won 27-13. Because it was a beautiful day, I walked the two miles to the Tavern before the game, taking Waugh to Fairview to Bagby. Fairview through the
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Jason Smith, bass player in Strangelight and a friend from high school, helped put together a show at Helios Friday night, featuring Alan from Dallas and Pale from Houston. I enjoyed both bands -- standouts were Alan's fiddle player and closing song (called "Sigh"); and Pale&