Results tagged “nostalgia”

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King and appreciated their beautiful skyline. Chicagoist knows what it's like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman's out and...

More than 1,000 people gathered at Congregation Beth Israel yesterday morning to bid farewell to Marvin Zindler, the legendary TV personality who died Monday. The theme of the funeral — attended by a variety of TV news colleagues, religious leaders and others — was the years of work Zindler put in on behalf of people who needed his help. That's how KTRK anchor Dave Ward remembered him: "On television, as you know, he was flamboyant...

The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is just days away, but the trail riders are pulling into town tomorrow. The HLSR Trail Ride began in 1952 as a publicity stunt with four cowboys. HLSR 2007 features 13 groups consisting of thousands of riders with some traveling hundreds of miles in the saddle. Those of you who like the cowboy way (no, not the crappy movie) should be able to catch an eyeful of traditional...

A little Prairie Home Companion in Houston He has one of the most distinctive voices on radio, and after the success of last year’s movie A Prairie Home Companion, his voice and work is now known by more than just the NPR crowd. Author, humorist, satirist, and occasional musician Garrison Keillor brings his Lake Wobegon Days to the Wortham Center tonight. Keillor created the radio show A Prairie Home Companion in 1974. The show, which...

Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, an ancient Aztec celebration of deceased ancestors. Time to reflect on the lives that have passed which shaped us, gave us our "who we are" and/or those we have loved. This popular holiday, celebrated primarily in the Phillipines, Mexico (Mexican-American communities in America) and Brazil (where it is a public holiday) is dedicated to remembering the deceased. Celebrations can involve cleaning gravesites, making shrines & altars,...

We're always in the mood for a little Astros nostalgia, and here's some courtesy of a vintage TV commercial from Channel 20 — remember when it was called Channel 20? We date this ad to 1985, when Reds player-manager Pete Rose was "inches away" from breaking Ty Cobb's hitting record (which he did on Sept. 11, 1985). Just thinking about those days — the bad hair, the rainbow uniforms, the Home Run Spectacular —...

From Off the Kuff last week came a brief remembrance of the now-demolished Ed Sacks Waste Paper Co. complex at 440 Studemont. Houstonist had often wondered what was going on at Sacks, which never really looked like a bustling enterprise and apparently closed for good about a year and a half ago. We never did business with Sacks, but we remember thinking when we were kids that a paper recycling company named "Sacks" was pretty...

Even though we hadn't been to AstroWorld in years, reading about the public auction of the theme park's stuff brought on a wave of nostalgia. We remember the hoopla when Ultra Twister debuted, the headaches from being banged around on the Texas Cyclone and the urban legends about the SkyScreamer going out of control and plunging into the little lake at its base. Ah, childhood. If you're missing the old times, too, you might want...