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Hurricane Alicia

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Early Forecasts Calling for a Quieter Than Normal Hurricane Season

    Did you enjoy the winter? Went quick, didn't it? It seems like just 15 minutes ago, we were all lounging in the cool Houston winter while our northern neighbors were breaking out the snow plows. We laughed and laughed. Now, we've started to reach that wonderful time when even your beads of sweat hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    The Five Worst Tropical Weather Events in Houston History

    The hurricane that hit Galveston in 1915 didn't have a name, but it left a mark.​Houston and Galveston, like any cities along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the U.S., are always vulnerable to tropical weather. The scariest of these events is most definitely the hurricane, with its fierce wind ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    One Hot Texican Summer (or the Summer I Found Out I was Mexican)

    So if your mom is Mexican, and your dad is Mexican, that makes you...

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Ike Claims Yet One More Victim On Galveston: The Fun Of Bowling

    Oh Galveston, when will your Hurricane Ike suffering ever end?News has come down that the last bowling alley on the island, the imaginatively named Island Bowl, will not reopen. Roof damage during Ike and struggles with insurance money have proven to be too much to over come.No bowling. Are there tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    This week in Café: T-Bone Tom's in Kemah

    Oh Galveston, when will your Hurricane Ike suffering ever end?News has come down that the last bowling alley on the island, the imaginatively named Island Bowl, will not reopen. Roof damage during Ike and struggles with insurance money have proven to be too much to over come.No bowling. Are there tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    This week in Café: T-Bone Tom's in Kemah

    Oh Galveston, when will your Hurricane Ike suffering ever end?News has come down that the last bowling alley on the island, the imaginatively named Island Bowl, will not reopen. Roof damage during Ike and struggles with insurance money have proven to be too much to over come.No bowling. Are there tw ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    The Dead Zone

    Houston buries its Inner Loop past under bright new shiny Perry Homes town houses

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    Playbill

    Houston buries its Inner Loop past under bright new shiny Perry Homes town houses

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Letters

    A Wave of Laughter, Strip Search Horrors, Fine Frye

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Withering Heights

    Others may label it a monument to mishmash; Charlie calls it home

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Letters 07-27-2000

    Others may label it a monument to mishmash; Charlie calls it home

  • Culture

    April 15, 1999

    Bay Area Ballet

    Others may label it a monument to mishmash; Charlie calls it home

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    Old and Rare

    On a bawdy stretch of Telephone Road, Colleen Urbanek sells used books. Real books. Without pictures of naked women. And her customers are satisfied anyway.

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