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Heights Small Business Saturday

Heights Small Business Saturday

Heights Small Business Saturday-Enjoy Your Shopping Saturday is the perfect day to do your Christmas shopping in the Heights. Not only are the funky shops on W 19th St the perfect place to get unique gifts, it is also Small Business Saturday. (Since American Express launched itsSmall Business Saturday campaign three years ago, the day has […]

Sprouts Farmers Market Coming to Heights

Sprouts Farmers Market Coming to Heights

Sprouts Farmers Market to be in Shopping Center at Yale Another sign that the Heights is growing up and becoming a place-to-be in Houston: Sprouts Farmers Market is building here. Sprouts is to be one of  the companies leasing space at the shopping center going up at Yale and I-10. Sprouts offers offers healthy eating alternatives […]

Chickens in the Heights-Council Chickens Out

Chickens in the Heights-Council Chickens Out

Chickens in the Heights I live in Woodland heights, and moved here because of its odd nature, eclectic people, cool houses. There used to be guinea hens near my house, just another quirk about the Heights. Until recently there were also chickens running around on Merrill St (and at least one rooster), and just last week […]

B-Cycle Coming to the Heights

B-Cycle Coming to the Heights

Houston B-Cycle is coming to the Heights. You no longer have to be a cool downtown worker or visitor to use B-Cycle, the  downtown bike user system . B-Cycle is a bike sharing program designed for quick trips around town and close-in urban locations. Pick up a bike at one kiosk and drop it off at […]

Heights Makes List of Top-10 Best Big City Neighborhoods

Heights Makes List of Top-10 Best Big City Neighborhoods

CNN Money Magazine recently ranked the Heights as one of the top-10 big city neighborhoods in the country. It’s walkability and neighborhood cohesiveness were listed as the big draws. Cohesive…yes. We like our funky old homes with big porches. We also love the big new homes that keep that old feel. Walkable? It’s too damned […]