Miscellaneous: June 2008 Archives

As a reward for making it through yet another Monday, prepare yourself to see a few Houston landmarks in a whole new light (and don't worry; despite the title, the video is completely SFW): While the lead singer looks too close to the edge of The Esperson Building's cupola for our heights phobia to be completely under control, we do enjoy the "translator's" confusion at the visual trick the Water Wall plays on you when you stand close enough to its interior walls. That's an edge......

Urban Retreat by QSNguyen The nice soft focus treatment applied to this image lends a soothing nature of the scene pictured. It's a nice, mellow way to ease into the work week. ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The Day, submit it here. For......

Omni Houston Hotel at Westside (night shot) by skimonster2020 Striking colors and well lit architecture really draws you into this image of the Omni Houston Hotel. The reflections and ambient light create a wonderful mood in this night shot. ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo......

Mission Control Support Room at 6 a.m. by saroy We chose this image for two reasons. One, it's a composite image. A composite image is an image that is made up of many smaller images. Secondly, it's the Mission Control Support Room. Dude! That is cool. ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's......

Chances are, the weather outside is downright hot and humid. It is, after all, Houston and summer. Cranking the AC down to Arctic keeps some folks cool, but for those of us that are looking to save (money or the environment), thankfully, there are other options out there for energy reduction. The Simple Dollar suggests some handy "ceiling fan hacks" that will allow you to save some energy: A typical central air conditioning unit uses 3,500 watts of energy when running. A typical ceiling fan uses 60......

Bayou 1 by the_heliodromus They don't call Houston The Bayou City for nothing. ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The Day, submit it here. For more great Houston photography, check out the Houston Photobloggers....

Missed Connections is a plethora of behavioral and grammatical car accidents. But, who are we to say that folks should not be seeking out some sexual chocolate, a man whore or other shimmering holes. Whatever. Everybody's gotta be somewhere. By the way, come to the crawfish boil if you're looking for guys and gals from Volcano. Dick... East Beach Galveston - m4m - 60 Does anyone know what became of Dick, who drove a yellow 1957 Chevy on east beach in......

Houston Roller Derby's HaRD KNOCKS take on Los Angeles' Angel City Derby Girls this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in Shenandoah, TX (that's The Woodland's, ya'll). Seating is limited to 200 bleachers and 100 on the floor (and bring a cushion for that hardass floor) and entry is a mere $10 (you should buy online HERE to ensure your spot!) and that price applies at the door, too. Alcohol will not be for sale at this event, so you can do your own tailgating prior to the bout. Houston......

central library by Tony A1 Can you feel the air conditioning? Can you sense the quiet? It's the Central Library housed in the Jesse H. Jones Building on 500 McKinney in downtown Houston and it's just been remodeled and reopened. We encourage you to check out the newly remodeled digs. The Central Library has a list of events for the summer with lots to do so gather up the young'ens and take a trip to the library. ________________________________________________________________ Every day,......

Where is Ringo? by mlsnp Where is Ringo, you ask? It appears that he is behind Paul! ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The Day, submit it here. For more great Houston photography, check out the Houston Photobloggers....

Shaun White by The Fuzzball Taken during the grand opening of the Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark, this shot showcases Shaun White's amazing ability to get some serious air! ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The Day, submit it here. For......

D30_0875_6_7 by Axelhouston Life's a beach...then you vacation at one! ________________________________________________________________ Every day, Houstonist features an outstanding photo from our flickr pool. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The Day, submit it here. For more great Houston photography, check out the Houston Photobloggers....

Houstonist has an active and amazing Flickr photo group. We receive many, many photos of Houston and the surrounding areas every day and unless you are an active visitor to our photo pool many of these photos go unnoticed. So in a weekly effort to bring you more amazing photos from Houstonist readers and photographers, we are going to feature a block of photos submitted to our Flickr photo group. The images will be dug up from deep within our photo pool archives and we hope to expose you to even more wonderful Houston photography. ......

Photo by AP Photo/Hector Mata LAist celebrated the first days of gay marriage by showing up to the first celebrations in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Los Angeles. And yes, Star Trek's George Takei was there. Bostonist covered the Celtics' NBA championship in many ways, writing about the game, the post-victory peeing, internet buzz, and the victory parade. Chicagoist helped try to stop the Kool-Aid Man's path of destruction. While same-sex marriage raised but a few eyebrows in......

Shudde Brother Hat factory by photomajik From the photographers description on Flickr: Shudde Bros. was one of Houston’s oldest businesses. Al Shudde founded the store as a teenager, in 1907, as the “Shudde Southern Hat Company”. Al’s brothers Ben, Walter, John, and Herbert were ultimately also involved in the business. While Shudde Bros. once had a large shop on Main Street, in 1914, the brothers built a factory building next door to the original Shudde homestead on Trinity which......