Last year, the Heights location of Jenni’s Noodle House displayed a not so traditional Christmas display of hot pink trees. This year, street artist, ack! used his talents to bring us this not so traditional winter scene.
Needless to say... Jenni's traditions are a little different than mine.
Is still art.
Right?
These balloons are drawing attention to the recently opened Cueto James Art Gallery in the Heights. Simple... yet clever.
Neighborhoods had their own storefronts that allowed residents the opportunity to walk to obtain most of their daily needs.
Tucked away within the Heights is one remnant of that era. Long since closed, Barabash Grocery offered locals their daily requirements of groceries, meat and most importantly... beer.
This month’s City Daily Photo Community theme is “Your Favorite Part of Town”.
Easy! The Heights. As the oldest planned community in Houston, this one time “street car community” is where I call home. As you can see in the photo, you can still have a bit of small town feel within the big city.
It’s eclectic and functional and only three miles from my downtown office. It has art galleries and studios, funky shops and antique dealers, highly regarded restaurants and icehouses. I get my hair cut in a barbershop that has been in a movie and I can even get my player piano repaired here (If I had one, that is). It has oak tree lined streets and the occasional century old Victorian house.
Sure… it has its dodgy bits, but it has character and history and it seems I discover something new about it as I wander about.
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This morning, over 22,000 runners from all 50 states and over 30 different countries participated in both the marathon and half marathon distances of this year’s Chevron Houston Marathon. Competing in unseasonably warm (65° F) temperatures compounded with high humidity and intermittent showers, they wound their way through several different areas of town, including my own neighbourhood.
Winner Bekana Daba from Ethiopia set a new marathon course record by finishing in 2:07:04.
Just how fast is that??
Crisp cool days...
Patio seating...
Seasonal craft beers...
It doesn't get much better than this. Now is the time of year that my favorite seasonal craft beer, St. Arnold's Christmas Ale, is being served through most local taps.
This day I located myself at the popular Heights area Onion Creek to sample this year's offering.
This flash from the past is a completely restored 1958 Cadillac Sedan DeVille that is on display in the Art Car Museum in The Heights area of Houston.
Technically... it's not really an "Art Car", but really...
Art is in the eye of the beholder.
or something like that.
Right... Just one.
This fixture was donated to the people of Houston by the City of Hamburg, Germany. Similar to the ones that grace the Lombard Bridge, this one sits in the Melvalene & Carl Cohen Plaza located in the Heights area of town.
Built in 1929, the Heights Theater was an independent neighborhood theater until it was sold in the late 1950’s. It is now an event hall and on evenings that it is booked, it comes to life, giving us a glimpse of its former glory.
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