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Houston Culture: Landmarks, Celebrities, Sayings, etc?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by The Captain, Nov 4, 2022.

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  1. The Captain

    The Captain ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    I was able to go to two overnight parties at Aladdin's Castle when I was a kid. All you could play all night long. It was magic. Both times it was a surprise when they opened the doors at 7am to kick us out.
     
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    Sharpstown, Westwood, First Colony

    Mall culture was real
     
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    My friend's parents did that at Speedy's once. Unlimited play on the games and rides overnight. I ended up falling asleep on one of the racing games. It was around the time Super Street Fighter 2 came out.
     
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    Fiesta
    Casa Ole
    Robocop
    Howard Hughes
    Mega churches
     
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    The Beltway near Town & Country was The Bangles…not sure about over there. Also opening a highway with a concert is the most Houston thing ever :)
     
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    Was There
     
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    HAH...Speedy's never invited us to spend the night, they spent a lot of time trying to kick us out though.
     
    #147 Buck Turgidson, Oct 6, 2023
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    #148 Colt45, Oct 7, 2023
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    The Captain ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Prince's Burger
     
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    And 59 Diner..both had great shakes
     
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    Wait what?! I didn't know this was a thing. Haha. I have good memories about Aladdin's Castle, but that would have been awesome.
     
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    It's crazy. I went to Lamar from 82-86. It was the most racially/economically diverse school I've ever seen and my career has been in education from the mid-90's to now.
     
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    Your thinking of Eastside Park. There's a not very active facebook group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/54792417752/
     
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    Rice University
    ZZ Top
    Rich's
    very early days of MDMA
    Star Pizza
    Hobbit Hole
    Westbury Square
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    The Captain ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    ‘Rich’ kid friends or friends of friends. I think it was $100 for the night, which back in the 80’s, was a lot of money to spend on a birthday party.
     
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    That's pretty cool, but definitely expensive! Back in the 80s no way my parents would have agreed. I definitely had some friends of friends that might have paid for me though, haha
     
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    The whole thing was $100. 12 kids, iirc. Maybe it was $150.
     
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