Results tagged “macys”

Good morning, Houston. It's November now, and you know what that means: We're at the beginning of nearly two straight months of Christmas. Retailers put their holiday decorations up early in hopes that shoppers will see them and get in the buying mood — but will it work? Not necessarily, if most shoppers are like Sharon Baker, who the Chron found at Macy's downtown. "I do like Christmas, but I need time to celebrate...

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market...

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried...

If you're hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs "so are you nakie" to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor...

So, say you want to participate in the rampant consumerism associated with Black Friday. We love that term by the way. It carries with it an appropriate sense of foreboding. What's that? You don't want to stand outside in the cold (predictions are it will be in the 40s Friday morning) with a gaggle of grumpy strangers? Well, your sister needs an iPod, so shut your pie hole and take our advice. This year's...

Let's face it: If you're not cooking on Thanksgiving Day, there's not a whole lot to do (except, of course, when you're eating). Enter Thanksgiving TV, your best buddy for Turkey Day — and an essential part of your post-meal nap in your favorite recliner. Start Thanksgiving Day with three parades: the H-E-B Holiday Parade from downtown Houston, the Macy's parade from New York and the WLS Thanksgiving Day Parade from Chicago. The main...

If you're looking for a reason to brave the Katy Freeway this weekend, we might have found one: The Rockettes will be at Memorial City on Saturday. We're feeling more like New York every day! The high-stepping dance group will be in town to help Macy's celebrate its takeover of our nation's retailers — Saturday is the day Foley's officially stops being Foley's and becomes a part of the Federated conglomerate (along with a bunch...

In its continuing quest for corporate excellence, Federated Department Stores will lay off 140 local Foley's employees this summer — Federated, you remember, is the company that bought the May department stores and will blanket the world with Macy's this fall.

To Houstonist, one of the most heartwarming books of the holiday season is David Sedaris's . Well, it's not exactly what we'd call "heartwarming," but it makes us feel pretty happy, kind of like stealing money from kids. One piece in Sedaris's book is the holiday gem "Santaland Diaries":

Though we didn't have the drama of the out-of-control balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, Houston's parade wasn't without its mishaps — namely, a gas leak that caused one woman to pass out. About 500 people were watching the parade near Texas and Caroline on Thursday morning when spectators began saying they smelled gas leaking from a manhole at the intersection. One woman fainted and was transported from the scene with no serious medical problems....