Results tagged “summervacation”

Good morning, Houston. Are you planning on taking a summer vacation? Here's something to consider, if you are: Continental, along with several other airlines, raised their fares in 30% of the top U.S. markets this week. Some one-way fares are up $10, some $5, and some remain the same. This was a relatively small increase, but will still hit the wallets of summer vactioners. With airfare increasing and gas prices so high, how about...

Good morning, Houston. Another day, another ranking: This time, Houston is the second most dangerous place in the U.S. for letter carriers — at least in terms of dog bites. According to the U.S. Postal Service, 94 mail carriers were bitten by dogs in Houston last year, putting us slightly behind Santa Ana, Calif., which logged 96 bites. The safest city in the country: New York City, of all places. Who knew? The USPS...

Maybe we're just getting on in years and remembering the past better than it actually was, but it seems that when Houstonist was in elementary, middle and high school, we had a decent summer vacation — beginning at the end of May, say, and ending sometime in late August. But lately it seems like schools have been letting kids out later and bringing them back earlier, leaving an approximately 10-day summer vacation sometime in mid-July....

OK, don't laugh. Sometimes, a little escapism is just what's called for, now that school's back in full swing, summer vacation's over, and we actually have to think a lot. With this in mind, please don't make terrible fun of us for paying money to see The Covenant. It has a negligible plot about witchy things, privilidged high school students, and how powr corrupts. More importantly, it has a lot of pretty people. People you've seen before in such fantastic cinematic achievements as She's The Man and John Tucker Must Die.

After you pack the family truckster for your last summer vacation this weekend, you’ll breathe a little sigh of relief when you stop at the gas station. The average price of gasoline in Houston is now $2.65 – a welcome relief from the $3/gallon prices we were seeing just a few weeks ago.

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing)...