As ya'll probably heard at some point or another in your lives even if your interest in sports is non-existent, Houston boasts the first domed stadium ever built. The Astrodome was billed as the "eighth wonder of the world" when it was first unveild in the 60s, and for 30 or so years, it was the home to football and baseball in Houston ( Read more... )

You know that container house that I keep on talking about? The one that my friends Buttery and Juan at Neuman Development built?

A photographer shot the house last week, and these are some of the photos from that shootSimply stunning ( Read more... )

This is an awesome story. I actually didn't really know about it all when it was going on, but I'm pretty psyched that it turned out, in the end to work out, and I'm elated that the City of Houston was so supportive of their police officers: In 2006, [Julia Christina] Oliver, who had been on the [police] force for more than 25 years, was beginning ( Read more... )

So yesterday, we looked at the weather forecast (parts of Texas were blue and it was cold/wet all day) and decided it wasn't a good idea for Graham to take his scooter to work. Instead, he dropped me off at my work and took my car ( Read more... )

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine left a job that she'd had for 25 years to run the programming at a new sort of public park called Discovery GreenIt's in the middle of downtown Houston, and it features two restaurants, a small pond, a playground, two stages, many gardens, several big grassy areas, several pieces of art, a big fountain ( Read more... )

I think it's safe to say that I'm a ridiculously active supporter of the arts. Almost all of my free time is dedicated to some arts organization or another. I'm on the board of directors for both Lawndale Arts Center and Diverseworks Artspace. I have co-chaired the VIP party for the Art Car parade for six years. I've been involved in multiple ( Read more... )

So last night, Graham and I were co-hosts to a pumpkin carving party that our friend Smash does every year. I was excited, because I knew that a cold front was coming, so the party would be a little more topical in crisp 70something degree weather than it would in 80something degree weather ( Read more... )

Check it out!! The Vroom made the Chronicle video of the art car parade.

Right at the 1:03 mark of this video, they interview Buttery, with S. and Smash the left and K. and Candyman on the right, and you can see Puppy behind Candyman, on the Vroom Vroom Room.

Twas an awesome parade, though of course, I had to be taken home and put to bed ( Read more... )

I'm chairing the party again!! Come see the Vroom Vroom Room in style this year!!


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Important new information about the Diverseworks 1(ish) K! New stuff in italics below. Sponsored by House of Pies, Star Pizza, The Chocolate Bar, Red Bull, Christy's Donuts, and Silver Eagle DistributorsDiverseWorks will hold the 1ST ANNUAL 1(ISH) K FOOT RACE to help commemorate its 25th Anniversary Season. Both ELITE and MASTERS Level competitors ( Read more... )