You know what Kemah needs?We mean, beyond extensive repairs in the wake of Hurricane Ike.What Kemah (apparently) needs is a replica of the Nina, one of the three boats Christopher Columbus sailed to make his old-white-man invasion of the bucolic New World.There is a mysterious plan afoot to restore the Nina replica that sits now in Corpus Christi, forlorn and in need of maybe a million dollars' worth of repairs.At least it's in better shape than the Pinta and the Santa Maria, which were rammed b
Photo by Brent and MariLynnIn news that will shock absolutely everyone but the 95 percent of the people who predicted it, there's a good chance that the replica of Christopher Columbus's Nina won't be heading to Kemah in time for the May regatta.As we mentioned last month, the Spanish Consulate and the city of Corpus Christi announced bold plans to repair the battered replica ship, which was slowly sinking into the bay. The consulate wanted to tow it to Kemah (Que?) for the annual regatta and th
With the recent addition of Karachi, Pakistan, Houston now is a sister to 18 other cities around the world. Hair Balls is on the case - we studied all of them so you wouldn't have to.
In the interest of brevity, though, we are parceling out our findings over the next couple of days. Here are the first nine:Sister: Grampian Region, ScotlandHow we are sisterly: The oil capital of the UK. Plenty of golf courses.How we are not: It's a region, not a city, and you can play golf on all those courses
A Houston firm certified the oil tanker Prestige as good to go. It broke apart in the Atlantic, causing the worst environmental disaster in Spanish history.
