Share The New York Times featured a story on its front page, ‘Cities Compete In Hipness Battle to Attract Young’. You see, the world’s largest generation, the Baby Boomers, are slowing but surely fading into old age, and there is not a group of younger people large enough to replace that void. In fact, the [...]

Share I recently started taking the METRO bus to work on a regular basis. It was this move that spurred me to create this blog. I have often thought about how this series of posts will eventually play out, and I’ll warn you now that I am going to posting on this topic for quite [...]

Share There are three different kinds of people when it comes to technology.1. Cutting Edge – if it’s new and shiny, they will have it.2. Surfers – they don’t hop on until the wave has already built up.3. Stone Agers – won’t ever get on the ball. If you’re going to try to be an [...]

Share I have been spending a lot of my time recently explaining to people why I am writing this blog. I am not here to tell you that Houston is the greatest city in the world. That is a title that even I do not assign to Houston, rather resting it at the feet of [...]

Share Two big announcements this week, furthing the notion that Houston’s East Side is very much a part of the city’s future. First off, came the news that the Botanic Garden of Houston has officially become a reality. MTR Landscape Architects from Pittsburgh and Alburquerque architect Antoine Predock will be designing the 250-acre botanical garden [...]