- Hines Developing 1M-SF Beltway Southwest Business Park This Summer at Beltway 8 and Fort Bend Toll Rd. [Realty News Report]
- ‘Vintage Texas-Style’ 70K-SF Office and Retail Park Vintage Creek Under Construction in Spring at 23901 Gosling Rd. [Houston Chronicle]
- Condo Towers Astoria and Belfiore Going Up in the Galleria Area Each Only Have 1 Unit Left, Developers Say [HBJ]
- Ed Emmett Visiting Zeppelin Hangar Turned Caribbean Resort Outside Berlin Next Week for Some Astrodome Inspiration [Houston Public Media]
- Houston Tourism Board Unveils Its ‘Boldest Bid Ever’ for Drawing Visitors [Houston Chronicle]
- Sushi Restaurant Oka Opening in Old Osteria Mazzantini Spot in BBVA Compass Building By July or August [HBJ]
- Washington Ave’s B&B Butchers Retail Butcher Opening May 13, Steakhouse To Follow May 21 [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
- What 51fifteen Restaurant and Lounge Will Look Like Once It Opens Inside Saks Fifth Avenue at the Galleria in April 2016 [HBJ]
- City Considering Contracts To Fix Potholes with Concrete Panel Replacements [Houston Chronicle]
- Galveston Island State Park To Get $10.7M for Upgrades from BP Restoration Fund [Galveston County Daily News]
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I’m going to have a really hard time going to some high end expensive butcher shop when I could just pop down to Guys Meat Market. Maybe if they have rarer cuts or something. But when it comes to ribs or brisket, 95 times out of a 100 the quality of the finished product is more dependent on the skill of the griller than the quality of the meat. This isn’t to say that Guys doesn’t have great meat either. Bought a beef tenderloin there (something that is very quality dependent) and it came out amazing. For steaks….maybe.
Berlin Inspiration for Astrodome:
Watching every motion
In my foolish lover’s game
On this endless ocean
Finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning
To some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
As you turn around and say
Blow that thing away
Blow that thing away
Any way to keep Ed Emmett in Berlin….forever ?
OMFG, if this Emmet trip is on taxpayer funding someone needs to be fired yesterday. We had a long and extensive private proposal period for the redevelopment of the stupiddome to vet out all of these exact possibilities for a reason, did we not? None of them were determined to be feasible or revenue sustainable. How on earth is this trip supposed to determine anything of value for Houston as whats successful in Berlin (a global tourist trap with the second largest population in the entire EU) bares no relation to what can be successful in Houston. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we’re being taken for a ride as taxpayers are the only suckers left to pick up the tab for any future boondoggles involved with the dome.
Has the city ever considered infrared asphalt repairs? I remember reading about Kasi Infrared (http://kasiinfrared.com) and found this company outside of DC (http://potholepros.net). Surely, this technology could be applied to Houston roads.
Parker and 30 of her cronies just got back from vaca…err a trade mission to India. I guess Emmett thinks it’s his turn.
And from what I read somewhere else about the Berlin zeppelin hangar, it’s been a big failure for the company that built it.
The taxpayers have spoken – why is the county still pushing for this ? Hopefully we are not funding the Berlin boondoggle. Replicating Berlin’s concept would be better-suited to Vegas where kitsch plays (and pays) SO well.
The Astrodome should take inspiration from Memphis and what they did with the Pyramid and lease out the innerspace for retail and make the outer structure a hotel.
“Special” Ed Emmett and an entourage? Who does this little clown think he is? Some kind of OG?
Must be nice, ruling his own little fiefdom on the taxpayers’ dime.