September Social on 30-Oct-10 6:00 PM
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September Social
Start Date: 30-Oct-10 6:00 PM
End Time:
30-Oct-10 8:00 PM
Location:
Julia’s at the Brownstone Patio / Red Room, Houston, TX 77098
Event Details:
What happens when a taco truck and a cupcake truck collide? We don't know either, but it'll make one heck of a BMA social event!
Join us at the brand new Julia's at the Brownstone Patio (next door to the Red Room) for some social networking, good food and great atmosphere.
Dinner will be provided by the Fusion Taco Truck and dessert by Little Miss Cupcake. BMA will also have drink specials running for all BMA attendees.
RSVP to info@bmahouston.com to receive your food tickets for this event.
Buffalo Grille’s new location down Bissonnet
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I spied the new location for Buffalo Grille last weekend. It’s not far from the old one since it is just west down Bissonnet. The Houston Chronicle recently wrote:
Buffalo Grille, a popular West University Place eating spot looking for a new home, has leased space in the Weslayan Plaza Shopping Center at Bissonnet and Weslayan.
The restaurant’s new address will be 4080 Bissonnet, at Academy Street, the far west end of the center anchored by a Randall’s store. READ THE REST
As you can see, there is just pretty much the buffalo logo up right now. Sounds like the new location will open up at the beginning of 2011. thebuffalogrille.com/
Sure I like the breakfasts at the Buffalo Grille, but I will remember it for the time in 2007 I covered then Republican presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani there (Remember when it was supposed to be Giuliani and Hillary Clinton battling it out in 2008? That was the thought in 2007 at least). Lots of media there as you can tell in the photos.
In other Houston restaurant news, Meyerland Plaza’s new Firehouse Subs location I blogged about in August is still not open. On a drive past there Sunday, I noticed construction on the inside had started though. There was a frame of a counter and more city permits on the window.
See the Astroworld model that started it all
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While we don’t have Houston’s Six Flags Astroworld around anymore, there are still signs of its existence popping up. Now a new exhibit is showing off the original model that started it all:
Exactly five years ago, On October 30, 2005, Astroworld closed its gates for the last time, yet the Alpine Sleigh Ride, Le Taxi, Spinout, the Astrowheel, Astroneedle and the Lost World Adventure live on for the 50,000 Houstonians who visited the park on its opening weekend and the millions who followed them.
Optical Project is commemorating this Houston landmark by presenting the park’s original model, built in 1967 by Ed Henderson Productions. The model represents “The Wonderful World of Fun” as originally planned, with the attractions and rides in place for the grand opening of the park in June 1968. The model is based on the park layout designed by seminal theme park architect Randall Duell for Judge Roy Hofheinz, flamboyant developer of the Astrodomain. READ THE REST
Opening reception with Mr. Henderson, Saturday, October 30, 5-7 p.m.
OPTICAL PROJECT
1125 E 11th St.,
Houston, TX
gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5 or by appointment, 713 863-7112
Optical Project is an artist-run gallery by Houston artist and writer Bill Davenport.
Happy Friday!
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It’s been a big week of announcements, following a big month of topic input and development. And we’re ready for candy! But first, here’s the week in review:
On Monday, we told you about our big, easy PROMOTION.
On Tuesday, we mentioned how jazzed we are about the THEME.
On Wednesday, we began taking action with [...]
Action Camp SA 2010 – Social Media for Non-Profits on 29-Oct-10 9:00 AM
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Action Camp SA 2010 – Social Media for Non-Profits
Start Date: 29-Oct-10 9:00 AM
End Time:
29-Oct-10 3:00 PM
Location:
University of Texas at San Antonio
Event Details:
Action Camp SA 2010 – Social Media for Non-Profits
October 29, 2010
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
UTSA Downtown Campus
The conference is created by YOU the attendee. Just come and gather information or share what you know with others by speaking solo, creating a panel, or telling us what topics you're interested in learning more about. We'll have plenty of social media experts on hand to lead sessions. But we're also interested in hearing what you have to say.
Here are just some of the topics that will be covered at this FABULOUS event:
- development of social technology strategies
- understanding community management
- intro to understanding basics of podcasting – anyone can do it with free tools
- incorporating a brand evangelist into your office culture
- developing relevant messages to share with your community
- grant writing and web 2.0 fundraising ideas
- collaboration, think of yourselves as part of a community, not a single entity
- online ettiquette, it's not what you think
- policies – and why we have to have rules
Cost: $25
More details and register at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=84r548dab&oeidk=a07e30s2y460dc83516
WFAA 8 Dale Hansen unplugged, Fred Cantu leaves Austin’s Telemundo and more
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Dale Hansen’s opinions are his own
Uncle Barky interviews WFFA 8 sports anchor Dale Hansen and he’s even more extreme here than on TV.
Cantu leaves Telemundo newscast
Fred Cantu’s last Spanish-language 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Austin’s Telemundo 42.2 were last Friday.
Houstonian goes national on Steve Wilkos show
The Iniste has learned Houstonian Kathryn Griffin Townsend has gone national. Griffin has signed on as a consultant to the Steve Wilkos show.
“Backpack” reporter McGraw vacating CW33 KDAF news
CW33 reporter Dan X. McGraw, hired as a “backpack journalist” in May 2009 after being laid off by The Dallas Morning News, has decided to resign from the station.
Kat Von D book signing on Nov. 3 in Austin
For fans of “L.A. Ink,” star Kat Von D will be signing copies of her new memoir, “The Tattoo Chronicles,” on Nov. 3 at the Barnes & Noble Arboretum.
Fox promotes Dallas sales guy
Fox announced changes in sales management at its Dallas (DMA 5) duopoly of KDFW (Fox) and KDFI.
Pandora: “Our goal is to be in every new car”
Focusing on the 8.5 hours a week that Americans listen to radio in their cars.
News Web Site Economics 101
Clutter. Ask web developers to look at television station web sites and that is usually the first word out of their mouths.
Local Media Disrupted. TV and Radio Screwed?
Not so long ago, small business was at the mercy of Newspaper, TV & Radio. If you needed to advertise your restaurant or a sale at your car dealership, the big media player in town played the role of Tony Soprano.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Sam Champion’s father passes away in Houston
- Former Tribune officer Lee Abrams wants news to be more cinematic
- TV WEATHER IDOL: Television meteorologists judge high schoolers in forecast showdown
KXAS 5’s Newy Scruggs smells someone smoking pot during live shot
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Throw KXAS NBC 5 Dallas sports anchor Newy Scruggs in San Francisco and what does he find? Well, during his live shot report on the Rangers vs Giants game, he smells something funny burning.
Is the satellite truck’s generator on fire? No. Is the TV light burning? No.
Wait that isn’t what he thinks it is…is it? Oh yeah, he is in California where Prop 19 is trying to get passed so yeah, he smells marijuana smoke. You know, AKA pot or the sweet leaf. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE
PICS: The City Hall Farmers Market in downtown Houston
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I told you about the City Hall Farmers Market in downtown Houston right before it debuted. Now a mikemcguff.com camera team (OK…you caught me. Really my wife with her iPhone) has snapped some photos of the big event.
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Seabrook, TX history in photos compiled for new book
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Many Houston TV folks will know Monica Burke. She’s worked at KTRK 13, KHOU 11 and is now at Fox Network Center-Houston.
It turns out her mother, Ruth Burke, has written a book called Seabrook that documents the growth, prosperity and resilience of the city with history dating to the 1800s. From toils of the Attakapas and Karankawas Indian tribes to the treasure-laden tales of French pirate, Jean Lafitte, the city has been home to hunters, explorers, tradesmen and land barons.
Ruth Burke is a Seabrook artist and photographer so when Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series came calling, she started compiling.
The book contains more than 200 photos and will be available at Barnes and Noble and Borders
bookstores as well as Seabrook area shops.
http://www.art-photography-nature.com/
