Comments on: La Maison in Midtown: The Power of a Good Night’s Sleep http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Houston gal http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34752 Houston gal Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:59:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34752 jay - When I got married and booked a block of about 30 hotel rooms in Houston, I called quite a few hotels all over town and was able to get some amazing deals. They all said the same thing - Houston is more of a business traveler city and less of a tourist city so there are already a lot of empty hotel rooms on weekends as it is. I had no problem getting hotel rooms in any part of the city I wanted. And I was trying to show out of town guests that despite our reputation, Houston is a decent place to live. So I would not have put them up in midtown. jay - When I got married and booked a block of about 30 hotel rooms in Houston, I called quite a few hotels all over town and was able to get some amazing deals. They all said the same thing - Houston is more of a business traveler city and less of a tourist city so there are already a lot of empty hotel rooms on weekends as it is. I had no problem getting hotel rooms in any part of the city I wanted. And I was trying to show out of town guests that despite our reputation, Houston is a decent place to live. So I would not have put them up in midtown.

]]> By: jay http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34705 jay Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:45:01 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34705 i will be the only one to say that i don't think this is that awful of an idea. there are multiple churches nearby (some a few blocks away and others in downtown and in river oaks), and it would be perfect for overnight wedding guests. they could eat and go to bars/clubs nearby. there really isn't another place like this in the city (at least that i know of). will it work--i don't know, but it's not the god awful idea the rest of you think it is. i will be the only one to say that i don’t think this is that awful of an idea. there are multiple churches nearby (some a few blocks away and others in downtown and in river oaks), and it would be perfect for overnight wedding guests. they could eat and go to bars/clubs nearby. there really isn’t another place like this in the city (at least that i know of).

will it work–i don’t know, but it’s not the god awful idea the rest of you think it is.

]]> By: montroseguys http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34560 montroseguys Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:38:18 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34560 I agree completely with MDT. Project concept and location: a long-shot, at best. Participants and their gravitas: laughable. Some CDCs do good work and have strong product results. The majority are inefficient, if not completely corrupt. I wish we knew more of their CDC reputation. I agree completely with MDT. Project concept and location: a long-shot, at best. Participants and their gravitas: laughable.

Some CDCs do good work and have strong product results. The majority are inefficient, if not completely corrupt. I wish we knew more of their CDC reputation.

]]> By: John http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34556 John Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:15:51 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34556 "Even when she and her husband began building their new house – before their old one had been sold — she employed <b>Faith</b> against the prevailing wisdom of a then recession-plagued Houston real estate market, never doubting." "And the Lord did. Her old house sold before her new house was completed. Once again, her Faith saw her through." ____________________________________________ Who does this <b>Faith</b> work for? Martha Turner? Greenwood King? I want her to oversee my next sale. “Even when she and her husband began building their new house – before their old one had been sold — she employed Faith against the prevailing wisdom of a then recession-plagued Houston real estate market, never doubting.”

“And the Lord did. Her old house sold before her new house was completed. Once again, her Faith saw her through.”
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Who does this Faith work for? Martha Turner? Greenwood King? I want her to oversee my next sale.

]]> By: MDT http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34553 MDT Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:04:16 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34553 This entire project and it's participants sound as crooked as a barrel of snakes! How proud Reliant Energy must be to have an attorney that just goes to sleep to make important decisions. SPARE ME! This entire project and it’s participants sound as crooked as a barrel of snakes! How proud Reliant Energy must be to have an attorney that just goes to sleep to make important decisions. SPARE ME!

]]> By: RWB http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34548 RWB Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:57 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34548 I agree, justguessin. If it had been closer to Main and a rail stop, it might have served that purpose. But it would have been better located right next to the Medical Center. As it is, I just can't see who this is built for. Who are the customers they hope to attract? I also agree with Bernard: "People in the energy buisness should stay in the energy business." Indeed, I bet if you look at many of the biggest boondogles in Houston history, they will have the fingerprints of ambitious energy players attached. That said, the city would have been a more boring place if, say, Glenn McCarthy hadn't built the late, lamented Shamrock Hotel. I agree, justguessin. If it had been closer to Main and a rail stop, it might have served that purpose. But it would have been better located right next to the Medical Center. As it is, I just can’t see who this is built for. Who are the customers they hope to attract?

I also agree with Bernard: “People in the energy buisness should stay in the energy business.”

Indeed, I bet if you look at many of the biggest boondogles in Houston history, they will have the fingerprints of ambitious energy players attached. That said, the city would have been a more boring place if, say, Glenn McCarthy hadn’t built the late, lamented Shamrock Hotel.

]]> By: justguessin http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34545 justguessin Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:24:50 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34545 It is a shame that the developers did not choose a site a few miles down the road to the Med Center. That area is in desperate need of a nice B&B for patients' families. Sure the Rotary & Ronald McDonald Houses take care of some, but there is still a need, particularly for those who travelled far for cancer treatments. They will pay, too. It is a shame that the developers did not choose a site a few miles down the road to the Med Center. That area is in desperate need of a nice B&B for patients’ families. Sure the Rotary & Ronald McDonald Houses take care of some, but there is still a need, particularly for those who travelled far for cancer treatments. They will pay, too.

]]> By: Miz Brooke Smith http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34531 Miz Brooke Smith Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:16:28 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34531 MidWhat, indeed you might have passed me...on my non-air-conditioned bicycle, on my way home to Brooke Smith. Take a powder. MidWhat, indeed you might have passed me…on my non-air-conditioned bicycle, on my way home to Brooke Smith. Take a powder.

]]> By: Davis http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34527 Davis Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:50:00 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34527 The rendering doesn't look very "New Orleans" style to me. However, I do not think the Bed & Breakfast will survive in Midtown. This will become another building divided for office space. The rendering doesn’t look very “New Orleans” style to me.
However, I do not think the Bed & Breakfast will survive in Midtown.
This will become another building divided for office space.

]]> By: MidWhat? http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34524 MidWhat? Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:12:17 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34524 Miz Brooke Smith, Make sure you don't step out of your air-conditioned Lexus on your way downtown from your 6000-square foot McSmith McMansion in Katy. Last time I cycled downtown to partake of an event, a parade (not gay), it was all I could do to avoid getting rundown by the heavily caffeinated xurbanites striving to escape from the completed event to get back onto some highway out of down-/mid-town. Not a place for the unwary, nor for B&Bs. Welcome to Midtown, clown. Miz Brooke Smith,

Make sure you don’t step out of your air-conditioned Lexus on your way downtown from your 6000-square foot McSmith McMansion in Katy.

Last time I cycled downtown to partake of an event, a parade (not gay), it was all I could do to avoid getting rundown by the heavily caffeinated xurbanites striving to escape from the completed event to get back onto some highway out of down-/mid-town. Not a place for the unwary, nor for B&Bs.

Welcome to Midtown, clown.

]]> By: Carol http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34446 Carol Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:33:27 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34446 I wish her all the luck in the world, but if it fails I hope she doesn't say something like "God must have better plans for me." Surely God has better things to do than to manipulate your finances. I wish her all the luck in the world, but if it fails I hope she doesn’t say something like “God must have better plans for me.” Surely God has better things to do than to manipulate your finances.

]]> By: Matt http://swamplot.com/la-maison-in-midtown-the-power-of-a-good-nights-sleep/2009-07-03/#comment-34392 Matt Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:28:58 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=10309#comment-34392 Better invest in some glass shards to place on top of that measly fence to keep out the homeless drug zombies... ___________________________________________ Not to mention all the gays and lesbians who I suspect will not be welcome at the bed and breakfast. Not in the same bed anyway. Better invest in some glass shards to place on top of that measly fence to keep out the homeless drug zombies…
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Not to mention all the gays and lesbians who I suspect will not be welcome at the bed and breakfast. Not in the same bed anyway.

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