Share I got an update yesterday about the Texas Bowl I would like to share with you. If Navy beats Temple tomorrow in Annapolis, they will stamp their ticket to the 2009 Texas Bowl. While it would appear inevitable the Midshipmen will be playing in Houston in December, it is still important for them to [...]
Share Now sit right down and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a faithful trip. That started from a Downtown port, Aboard a pontoon boat. The mate was an urban Houstonian, The skipper Captain Ray. 16 passengers set sail that day For a two hour tour, a two hour tour. The weather was beautiful, The [...]
Share This is going to be a real hard season to be a fan of the Houston Rockets. It’s not that the team is going to be bad, quite the contrary. However, without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, there isn’t a lot of hope in H-Town for a serious run at the NBA title. Well, [...]
Share I don’t know if you are aware, but Houston has quietly built itself a very respectable collegiate bowl game in the Texas Bowl. I have had the wonderful opportunity to be involved with it since its inception in 2006. Houston was in danger of losing its bowl license due to the lack of a [...]
Share Travel + Leisure Magazine recently announced the results of its annual America’s Favorite Cities survey. America’s Favorite Cities is an annual survey where T+L chooses 30 U.S. cities, and has readers rank them based on number of various characteristics in 10 categories (People, Type of Trip, Hotels, Nightlife, Culture, Shopping, Food/Dining, Quality of Life/Visitor [...]
Share I wrote two weeks ago that I was no longer a fan of the Houston Texans. I was being mildly facetious, but have still rather enjoyed the freedom of not having to think about the Texans over these past two Sundays. However, I got weak yesterday, and fell into watching another game in which [...]
Share Shouldn’t have to tell you why this is a great way to spend your Saturday night. I cannot tell you how excited I am to see 218 Travis reopen. It is the former home of Twelve Spot, which still remains the best place I have ever enjoyed a cocktail. The buildings southern wall (facing [...]
Share Houston saw an unprecedented construction of sports stadiums in the first decade of the 21st Century. Other cities can now boast three “new” stadiums for baseball, basketball and football, but no city opened them up like Houston did from 2000-2003. It was because of these three new buildings Houston was able to host some of the [...]