Results tagged “forestpark”

Good morning, Houston. Where do you go when you want to get away? The Chronicle asked some of its readers that and published their answers Friday — and it's not such a bad list, with day trips, museums and natural attractions. (Also on the list: the mausoleum at Forest Park Westheimer cemetery, which definitely takes a certain kind of person to enjoy.) The suggestion we're most interested in checking out is ex-state Rep. Debra...

Service Corporation International, the Houston-based funeral-services giant, has found another way to rake in piles of money from the families of the dead honor the cultural heritage of its community: At its Forest Park Westheimer cemetery, SCI has built Houston's first feng shui-designed burial ground. The feng shui-compliant area of Forest Park Westheimer is arranged in circles centered on a pond, allowing the more than 1,700 plots to face all eight of the compass points...

Houstonist has a cousin that was infatuated with The Goonies, enough so that it became her favorite movie of all time. She also had a huge crush on Sean Astin (hopefully she got over that). While we may not totally share her enthusiasm for the adolescent adventure movie, it does bring us back to a simpler time, and back to the days when Cory Feldman was in every freakin’ teen movie released.