Top 10 Horror Classics
Top 10 Horror Classics October is the perfect time to re-live all the old horror classics. There will certainly be a lot of them on TV. The Houston Press makes it easy to take a quick look at each in their Top 10 Horror Classics. Click on their link for previews of each of these […]
10 Worst Cities to Live In
Now that the Heights has been deemed one our nations 10 best big cities in which to live. Here are the Top 10 Worst Cities.
Macy’s Implosion
Macy’s Implosion Everybody likes to watch buildings implode. I have watched many buildings in downtown Houston come crashing to the ground. Some weren’t even that old. (Houston in general doesn’t like anything old..that’s why the Heights is so unique). My kids are grown and gone, so I can’t get them out of bed at dawn […]
Waugh Street Bat Colony
Little Known Waugh St Bat Colony Austin has its well known Congress St. Bridge bat colony, but did you know that near the Heights we have a bat colony too? The Waugh St bridge bat colony is not as large as the Austin colony (250,000 bats vs. 1.5 million) but it is a non-migratory colony. […]
Heights Woman Walks Tortoise in Memorial Park
Heights Woman Walks Giant Tortoise in Memorial Parkhttp://www.wfaa.com/news/entertainment/pets/houston-woman-walks-110-pound-giant-tortoise-as-pet-223123051.html KHOU showed a Heights woman taking her 110 pound tortoise “Turbo” for a walk in Memorial Park. The KHOU video shows him moving along at a pretty good clip. Turbo was a gift from an old boyfriend years ago (any story involving an old boyfriend has […]
Burning Man 2013 – Arial Shots
This isn’t the Heights but it is twisted. I haven’t seen many photos from the ground yet showing its essence, but this drone video shows the scale of this masterful event. It is done by Eddie Codel, of Eddie.com. This just ended last week in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The culmination, of course, is burning the man. More […]
“View” Costs Developer $300K & 11 Weeks Delay
In early August the developer of City Homes of Woodland Park had a clever idea. He thought it would be good for his development to bulldoze about an acre of adjacent Woodland Park so his new homes being built would have a view down to the creek. Well, Woodland Heights people don’t take kindly to people bulldozing […]
