New Venture

I’ve been working construction for months in an old building in Midtown, mostly installing, framing and trimming windows, with a variety of other miscellaneous tasks.  Once it’s open I will be managing one of the stores.

There was an article on the front page of the Sunday Business section of the Houston Chronicle.  Included below:

Midtown’s Continental Club is known for its live music and comfy Texas roadhouse feel.

The club, it turns out, is also an incubator for entrepreneurs who will soon open their doors one block away from the club at 3600 Main on Metro’s light rail line.

Most of the 3600 Main retailers have Continental Club connections: One tends bar and several play music there. Two helped build the club and another lives upstairs.

The soon-to-open shops at 3600 Main will not be mistaken for Highland Village. The barbershop Big Kat’s, for example, will feature a tattoo parlor with a 1940s sailor theme. Most stores will have a retro feel.

When Metro rail passengers look out the window, they may glimpse burgers grilling, a band playing and people dancing on the big patio of comfort food restaurant Natachee’s.

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iPad and NYT

The New York Times was a bullet point in the iPad introduction.  The application they had already developed looked quite nice from a cursory glance, particularly with its lack of advertising.  The Apple Gazette recently discussed the pricing conundrum they are having at NYT. There have also been rumors that most of the Times’ content … Read more

Black Friday

I encourage you to: play board games watch televised football play pick-up football with the kids put up your holiday decorations work in the yard go for a nice walk instead of shopping.  I’m lusting for a new iPod touch, but I won’t be buying it.