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There are so many freaking cool things happening this weekend -- here's just a list of what Houstonist has on hand. Please send us the rest. Thursday November 29th HOUSTON. IT'S WORTH IT. Book Launch Party At the Lawndale Parking Lot, 4912 Main Street 6:30PM-9PM Images from the book will be projected on North wall of Lawndale art center. DJ Pooks spins the tunes and there will be refreshments. Proceeds from sales of the...
Good morning, Houston. There's nothing quite like a building implosion to lift our spirits at the beginning of the week — if, of course, it's a building we won't miss. That happened to be the case with the Crowne Plaza hotel in the Medical Center, which was reduced to rubble Sunday; click the link for video from KHOU. (Be prepared to wait — there's a lot of buildup to the big moment in Channel...
::Official Houston Launch of Skirt! Magazine:: A few skirt-y things have come outta Houston in the last few months, and we are thrilled our lovely ladies are making their mark in Houston business. First, Houstonian and hilarious blogger, Laura Mayes, co-founds sk*rt, a social media ranking site that caters to the female persuasion (think Digg, but for chicks). And not to be confused with that sk*rt, this last month launched the Houston market of Skirt!...
Houstonist's 'Heart of Gold' is a regular feature that gives a little love to the people that make a difference. Yes, we randomly get that touchy-feely. So sue us. And share your ideas with us too! Because shaving is just so uncharitable, Houston is holding its very first Mustaches For Kids fundraiser event. Didn't think kids needed mustaches did you? Well, think of it like a walkathon where the walking is replaced with facial hair...
You may remember that we talked last fall about the Texas Medical Center testing its buildings for the effects of stray current from the MetroRail line — electricity leaks that Metro says are inconsequential, but that observers worry could be weakening the foundations of nearby buildings, bridges, roads and other structures. Well, the preliminary results of those tests are back, and they show worrisome levels of current at three sites. Does that mean buildings are going to start crumbling? Well, no — not yet, anyway.
Slampo's Place had some choice words for Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, who announced last weekend that he was going on a 5-month sabbatical. Casey says he will spend his time of "resting, reading, and reflecting," which inspired cutting sarcasm in bloggers all over the city. We still don't understand exactly what Casey is doing over these five months, and apparently neither does Slampo's Place. Something to do with lawyers in San Antonio? Well, as for...
We talked the other day about MetroRail's ongoing problem with electricity leaking into the ground and claims that the stray current could be undermining the foundations of highways that cross the rail line. And now there's something else: According to KHOU, the Texas Medical Center is testing the foundations of several hospitals to make sure they haven't been affected. Stephen Swinson, president of Thermal Energy Corp., said tests of the foundations of a dozen buildings,...
A Humble homeowner found a rabid bat under his refrigerator, near the neighborhood where Zachary Jones, the teenager who died of rabies, was bitten by a bat in his sleep. The bat was found in the 14000 block of Horizon Falls in the Fall Creek subdivision.
State education officials and parents want middle schoolers to continue taking arts classes — but it looks like the kids may be too fat to do so. Under a new state law, middle school students are required to have a certain amount of PE, but that's left the State Board of Education wondering how to balance that requirement with already struggling art and music classes.
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