Archive for September, 2007



The demolition begins for Allen House

Recently, I said that demolition was imminent for Allen House. Last week, the imminent arrived: That’s a view from the…

High rises and the Z word

Apparently the recent uproar over the Bissonnet high rise has led to some talk involving a certain forbidden word in…

LULAC endorses HISD bond proposal

On the heels of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce endorsement, HISD scores another win with a recommendation from LULAC. The…

Indulging Myself

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Segovia - addendum

When we were reading about Segovia in the Rick Steves’ guide he mentioned something called the House of a Thousand Beaks. As bird lovers this caught our imagination. Rick Steves didn’t give any details about it other than it’s location so I went online to see what I could find out about the House of […]

Segovia

Today was our first “day trip” during our vacation.
Segovia is located about 50 miles northwest of Madrid and makes it an ideal one day visit as it only takes about an hour to get there by bus.
I was particularly interested in Segovia because I wanted to see the Roman aqueduct that still stands there.
To get […]

At Large #3, take three

The Chron has a brief look at the At Large #3 rematch between Council Member Melissa Noriega and Roy Morales….

Today is the last day of the quarter. Rick Noriega is at 1061 donors and $153K in donations. Today is…

Astros retain Cooper

Cecil Cooper will be back as manager of the Astros next year. Astros owner Drayton McLane has been so impressed…

Here’s a fuller version of the story about the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce endorsing the HISD bond proposal. “The tide…