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same project thread although i'm not fond of the design of this complex, nor the extensive use of palm trees in the middle of the pine forest (sheez), i am excited about the new restaurants and future community activities that will be possible because of this project.

i don't think the outdoor concept is hurting market street or the new "lifestyle" addition at the woodlands mall. i read that at their one year anniversary, many chain stores were having the top sales in their company. i'm surprised to see how many people choose to sit on patios in 90 degree heat out here. i think that a certain portion of the population accept the heat and deal with it (and dress like they are in the bahamas). that's my two pennies.

congrats!!

drew coats and gary evans have been working on this for some time. these guys are very involved in the woodlands community as well. i'm excited to see how well this is coming along. more info Coats & Evans supports the aviation community through a variety of philanthropic endeavors such as: The Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society The Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society operates Houston's original art-deco air terminal as the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, a new civil aviation museum. The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is the centerpiece for an aggressive, creative educational outreach program sends volunteers into schools in Houston and rural Texas to use civil aviation heritage to inspire young people. The Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society is a 501©(3) nonprofit corporation founded to research, promote and preserve the rich aeronautical heritage of Houston and Southeast Texas. Coats & Evans, P.C. is a major donor to the 1940 Air Terminal Museum. Drew Coats is the president and chairman of its board of directors. Gary Evans is a vice president and director

> too funny.

makes me think of soylent (sp?) green.

agreed.

red................all right, so i was on the soap box. i was assuming that renters wouldn't pay as much in taxes. after some thought, i realized that they are paying property taxes indirectly. my bad. smarmy guy ...................so, if i'm transit dependant and live in a suburb............i'm too good to live in the city? or, don't deserve mass transit options into the city's core? i don't get it. i'm not arguing your point that transit should serve immediate ridership needs. i simply wanted to respond to your mean-spirited assumption on the mindset of surburbanites being "too good" to live in the city. i'm all for the transit lines in and around the city center being a priority over commuter rail with one exception: commuter rail lines that come online with large commitments and cooperation from neighboring counties (ft. bend, for instance). just a note: the woodlands express is supplied by the brazos transit district, a regional transit company, not metro. website

yes, after growing up in the suburbs, all "right" thinking people should move into the city's core. by staying in the suburbs we are proving ourselves arrogant and self-centered. it doesn't seem to matter that we pay tolls, gas taxes, rental car fees and sales tax while we are going to and from around the greater houston area. we pay for city services that we do not use on a regular basis. i would wager that some suburbanites pay more in tolls, taxes and fees that benefit the city of houston and its residents than some city residents pay into the city coffers. it's a communal effort. it's not an us or them scenario.

i've ordered take out from chef chan's on three occasions. it was mediocre to crummy. beijing is hit or miss. tai pei is the better one. i haven't tried the new one at indian springs.

a portion of this argument would be moot if citizens of the united states understood that we are a republic. the states have unique rights and responsibilities. the feds cannot come in like a saviour and make it all better. "first responders" are our neighbors and our local and state authorities.

responsive parents will often get behind a student's chosen cause in order for their child to feel a greater sense of purpose and/or community. when kids get a passion, or a sense of mission about something, it's good to jump on it and support it. one active parent can make a huge difference. i wouldn't poo poo t-shirts for students.

tai pei and beijing deliver. i'm not sure how far back into the woods though.

i too had thought of lloyd bentson and the allen bros. why not just call it crawford park? people looking for the park would know that crawford dead ends into its namesake park.

commuter rail is worthless if you cannot easily connect to the major centers of activity once the commuter gets inside the loop. hence, LRT. commuter rail straight into downtown or connecting with existing LRT is the only possible way commuter rail will succeed.

welcome to the forum, iwkyle. keep us posted on the process and any renderings. we love renderings around here.

my little sister (she's 34 now) was born in the old st. joseph's building. my mom was in a room with a curved, corner window.

ditto that, tomv. i think mr. fertitta genuinely loves what he does. he's good at turning a profit and administering concept restaurants. any entrepreneur worth his salt is going to be in it for profit. i also believe he truly loves galveston and wants to see it prosper for reasons other than personal profit.

george mitchell developed the san luis and sold it to fertitta. Developer George Mitchell, also a Galveston native, bought the Key Largo Hotel from Fertitta when Fertitta ran into financial trouble. At the time, Mitchell had just developed the upscale San Luis Resort on 17 acres along Galveston's seawall. "He's a bright young man, very aggressive," Mitchell said. In addition to his construction business, Fertitta acquired two Houston-area restaurants, Landry's Seafood and Willie G's, both originally owned by the Landry family. Fertitta bought out the Landry brothers in 1986 and he took the company public as its sole owner in 1993. From there, Landry's has grown, in part, by acquiring mismanaged and undervalued restaurants. In time, Fertitta bought back the Key Largo Hotel, now the Hilton, and Mitchell's San Luis Resort. He quickly has become one of Galveston's biggest landowners, along with the old money Moody family and Mitchell. And he's the largest private employer in Galveston. landry's website

george mitchell and the moody family were investing in galveston long before tilman fertitta. he has ridden the coattails of others. fertitta was a partner or co-owner in landry's in the mid eighties and came to greater wealth by copying the concept and buying other restaurants in the late eighties and nineties. RESTORING THE OLD REVIVES GALVESTON By ROBERT REINHOLD, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: November 11, 1982 To look at George Phydias Mitchell, you can hardly tell that he is worth nearly half a billion dollars, that he has impeccable taste in restoring Victorian buildings or that he is the new patron saint of this old port. He wears ill-fitting old suits and clashing ties, like the blue one he had on the other day that seemed as wide as a bed sheet and had three parrot-green belt buckles printed on the front. Short, bald and plain, he looks every inch the son of an impoverished Greek immigrant that he is. Sixty-three years after he was born on this isolated barrier island, going on to make his fortune in petroleum and real estate development, George Mitchell and his wife, Cynthia, have returned - to help retrieve it from decades of decay, say some; to exploit it, say others. His personal worth is said to exceed the assessed valuation of this city of 62,000 people, and his emergence as a key figure here is only the most obvious symbol of the changes that have begun to bring back to life the city that was once the cultural and financial capital of Texas. It has found its redemption not in the futuristic energy and electronic industries, but in preening and restoring the structural remains of its heyday. And it is proving that historic preservation is not only esthetically pleasing, but also profitable. From Houston, With Money Galveston's revival has been spurred by the wealth generated by Houston, 45 miles to the north, whose expansion eclipsed Galveston two generations ago. Now, affluent Houstonians are restoring gingerbread Victorian homes here, and expatriates such as Mr. Mitchell are returning with money and ideas. Already the Mitchells have bought seven buildings for restoration along the magnificent Strand, whose iron-front commercial buildings were once the Wall Street of the Southwest. He plans to recreate the Tremont Hotel as a 120-room European Hotel and plans houses, condominiums, a marina and industrial development on his vast holdings in other parts of the island. As the Mitchells and others move in, the influence and control so long exerted by Galveston's old families, mainly the Moodys and the Kempners, is waning. Many say the old families, pursuing national business interests, failed to see Galveston's potential. ''Many of us who left the island and fought in high-pressure arenas like Houston see opportunities that the locals do not see,'' said Mr. Mitchell, who heads the Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation. Old pictures of Galveston buildings long since torn down for parking lots ''make you cry,'' he said. Harris L. Kempner Jr., the 42-year-old investment banker whose forebears made fortunes in banking, sugar and cotton financing in the 19th century, denies that his and other old families deliberately let the city lie fallow to preserve their control. Indeed, the Kempner and Moody foundations have spent millions on historic preservation. Gives Credit to Outsiders Mr. Kempner agrees that Galvestonians were slow to see the potential. ''A great many of us did not understand what we had here,'' he said. ''I did not understand the validity of historial restoration, the way it can change the entire psyche of a city. Suddenly there is a pride, a certain specialness that needs to be maintained. And it has been spearheaded by people from out of town. They mobilized the rest of us.'' Already there are signs that things are picking up. The Strand, now lined with shops and galleries, has begun to attract a breed of visitor a cut above the bedraggled Houstonians who flock on weekends to Galveston's seedy beachfront, leaving trash but little money behind. Meanwhile, tonnage passing through the port of Galveston is up 30 percent over last year, while Houston's port lies in the doldrums. Galveston's largest employer, the University of Texas Medical Branch, is expanding. ny times article George Mitchell: BOI; chariman and CEO of Mitchell Energy & Development. Mitchell made his fortune in oil and real estate, particularly by developing The Woodlands, a posh suburb north of Houston. In the 80s he returned his attention to Galveston. He has done a great deal to promote the welfare of the city. Most notably he built the San Luis, remodeled the Tremont House and Hotel Galvez, funded Sangerfest Park on the Strand, and donated the land on which Texas A&M University at Galveston was built (Mitchell is an Aggie). He and his wife, Cynthia, own the Old Galveston Brewery Company, which operates five Galveston restaurants: Charley's 517 at the Wentletrap, the Strand Brewery & Grill, the Phoenix Bakery & Coffeehouse, Fitzpatrick's, and Luigi's Ristorante Italiano. In December, 1997, he bought the Moody Convention Center, adjacent to the Galvez, from the city and renamed it Beach Central. George Mitchell owns the former Christie Mitchell's Beachcomber, but he leased that restaurant to Gerardo Russo in July, 1998. who's who in galveston First Steps Landry

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i must disagree. i think you're missing the point of the movie. it was created to be a "B" movie experience. it was intended to be a laugh out loud, silly, unrealistic movie. it's supposed to be kitschy, predictable, camp, if you will. i read a critic this weekend who likened it to a new sort of "rocky horror picture show" for a new generation. it is intentionally bad and it knows it. it is what it is. we don't have to like it.

any recommendations on a "user friendly" korean restaurant for beginners? i've wanted to try korean cuisine for some time.

this type of movie is intended to be an "interactive" experience. you do not go see "snakes on a plane" to enjoy the cinematography or great writing. people being loud and silly is the point. these are not usually the type people who would pay to see "brokeback mountain" or "match point".