Seriously I don't think anyone can top this. I was fascinated by it when I was a kid, I thought it was full of ketchup. Of course I thought the sandwiches from Lion's Choice were lion meat too, I was a misinformed kid.
To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy
here are some interesting facts about my hometown (Houston, TX) that I found online....
1. There are more 4-star restaurants in Houston than in New York City. No really, there is even a book about it. Also, you could go out to dinner every night for thirty years and not go to the same restaurant twice, because Houstonians go out to eat more than residents of any other city. When we first moved here I was amazed at the number and variety of venues.
2. Houston, the City proper, is divided up into little communities that name themselves. These are not metro or incorporated areas or Cities with in the City, they are Hamlets. I have yet to visit an area of town that is not 'named'. Most are historic names from when there were nicknames for areas. In many cases those names 'stuck'. Some of these are: Audubon Place, Woodland Heights, Houston Heights, River Oaks, Rice Village etc.
3. Houston has the largest Medical Center in the world. It is home to MD Anderson Cancer Center the leading Cancer Center and Reasearch facility in the world whose motto is: Making Cancer History. I like the sound of that in all the ways that it is meant. It also is home to several Major University Medical Schools like UT Medical School and Baylor Medical School.
4. Houston has a diverse economic structure, in addition to the Medical Center,it ranges from being the traditional energy center of the US to the emerging market of new energy. It has become the nations 2nd largest port although it is 40 miles inland. I has the 2nd largest theater district in the nation, next to New York City. It has over 40 Colleges and Universities with specialties as diverse as it's economic base. A relatively new industry to Houston but one that is getting major attention is the Financial/Investment industry. Rounding up the base is a smattering of music, entertainment, hospitality/recreation venues, as well as being the Headquarter location to 20 or so Fortune 500 Companies.
other than being in the best public school district in nyc, back in the day (late 1960s), several members of the New York Rangers and New York Mets used to live here. I seem to remember that it was mentioned that guys like Andy Bathgate and Jerry Grote lived here. Also for Met fans, the original "Sign Man", who died last year, also resided here.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
-When the city was first settled, there was a coin toss to name the city. One side of the Coin was Portland, the other side was Boston. Luckily it landed on the Portland side
- The "Greenest" city in the US.
- City Nicknames - Rose City, Stumptown, PDX, Rip City, Bridgetown, and Little Beirut.
- Home for many popular indie bands - Elliott Smith, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Decemberists, Menomena, . . . .
- Largest independent Bookstore in the US.
- Many Simpsons characters are named after streets in Downtown.
Portland is rad.
I visited there over the summer and fell in love with it. Everything good about a town is there.
Home of Superman, of course. We have the Metropolis Planet newspaper (weekly - not daily so can't be called the Daily Planet). We have a really nice Superman statue and a museum. Our courthouse square is named Superman Square, and there is a street called Lois Lane.
It is also the burial place of John Stroud, the Bird Man of Alcatraz.
I can't think of anything else right now.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
I grew up in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles, and a bunch of people from bands grew up in the patch & went to my high school around the same time as me:
Slash/Steven Adler from G & R
Tracy Guns from L.A. Guns (in the 6th grade, he claimed that a girl performed a certain act on him...we were all dumfounded at the age of 11!)
Where is PBM with his "quilt capital of the world"??? Probably digging out of the snow, I suppose.
Quilt City is Paducah, Kentucky. PBM still works here, but he and his family moved to Tennessee. We have no snow. We had ice. No ice now, just limbs, trees, downed power lines, and broken power poles now.
I am trying to think of something else Paducah is famous for, but can't think of any. There was the infamous school shootings. That is something no town wants to be known for.
I guess Paducah is most famous for being the home of the National Quilt Museum and the annual Quilt Festival which draws thousands of "blue hairs" from all over the country and internationally. To be quite honest, there are lots of visitors that are not elderly.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
Fort Worth, Texas--established as an Army outpost in the 1840s. The Chisholm Cattle Trail went through Ft. Worth in the 19th century and helped give it its nickname of Cowtown. Ft. Worth is known for promoting its western heritage, its street festivals, and (believe it or not) its exceptional art museums.
Famous natives include Ginger Rogers, Bill Paxton, T-Bone Burnett, and this guy:
Hartford? The Whale? They beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime!
Interesting side note: I work at a bar in Plymouth, Mich. Home of the Plymouth Whalers, the OHL affiliate of the old Hartford team. When Hartford moved to Carolina, the Plymouth Whalers kept their name. In fact, they still use a sweater that has the same logo.
"The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
Perrysburg, Ohio is the only city in the United States other than Washington DC that was created by an act of Congress.
I'm kind of intruiged about this...can you elaborate?
I'm no historical expert, but basically it was the site of an important battle in the War of 1812. Commodore Perry beat back the British or something. Congress later ordered a city to be built there overlooking the river, for reasons I don't know. That's why the city proper is actually exactly 1 square mile in a perfect square. I'm sure there's some info about it somewhere.
Fort Worth, Texas--established as an Army outpost in the 1840s. The Chisholm Cattle Trail went through Ft. Worth in the 19th century and helped give it its nickname of Cowtown. Ft. Worth is known for promoting its western heritage, its street festivals, and (believe it or not) its exceptional art museums.
Famous natives include Ginger Rogers, Bill Paxton, T-Bone Burnett, and this guy:
bill paxton> really? I played golf last summer and the "pacman" aka bill paxton's brother was mowing the fairways. he can yell 2 fairways across...."dude, did you see my brother's new movie?!"
Microsoft
U.P.S.
Weyerhaeuser
Dale Chihuly
Boeing
Costco
Pearl Jam
All Seattle Grunge
Jimmy Hendrix
Heart
Almond Roca
Um...those aren't from Tacoma.
Umm, some of them are. But, I consider the entire Puget Sound region my "hometown."
...
Sorry... but, I call 'Shennanigins'. Because if that's the case, I can call all of Southern California my hometown and claim:
American Surf culture, The Doors, Van Halen, The Apollo Program, X, Social Distortion, The Movie Industry, The Space Shuttle, All Year Sunshine, Skateboarding and the hometown of Tiger Woods.
And that ain't right.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
Fort Worth, Texas--established as an Army outpost in the 1840s. The Chisholm Cattle Trail went through Ft. Worth in the 19th century and helped give it its nickname of Cowtown. Ft. Worth is known for promoting its western heritage, its street festivals, and (believe it or not) its exceptional art museums.
Famous natives include Ginger Rogers, Bill Paxton, T-Bone Burnett, and this guy:
bill paxton> really? I played golf last summer and the "pacman" aka bill paxton's brother was mowing the fairways. he can yell 2 fairways across...."dude, did you see my brother's new movie?!"
Yeah, supposedly he visits a lot.
I forgot to add that "Walker Texas Ranger" used to be filmed here if you could manage to sit through an episode to watch for local landmarks. :roll:
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Aww. Indeed you have. I was totally grumpy earlier.
1. There are more 4-star restaurants in Houston than in New York City. No really, there is even a book about it. Also, you could go out to dinner every night for thirty years and not go to the same restaurant twice, because Houstonians go out to eat more than residents of any other city. When we first moved here I was amazed at the number and variety of venues.
2. Houston, the City proper, is divided up into little communities that name themselves. These are not metro or incorporated areas or Cities with in the City, they are Hamlets. I have yet to visit an area of town that is not 'named'. Most are historic names from when there were nicknames for areas. In many cases those names 'stuck'. Some of these are: Audubon Place, Woodland Heights, Houston Heights, River Oaks, Rice Village etc.
3. Houston has the largest Medical Center in the world. It is home to MD Anderson Cancer Center the leading Cancer Center and Reasearch facility in the world whose motto is: Making Cancer History. I like the sound of that in all the ways that it is meant. It also is home to several Major University Medical Schools like UT Medical School and Baylor Medical School.
4. Houston has a diverse economic structure, in addition to the Medical Center,it ranges from being the traditional energy center of the US to the emerging market of new energy. It has become the nations 2nd largest port although it is 40 miles inland. I has the 2nd largest theater district in the nation, next to New York City. It has over 40 Colleges and Universities with specialties as diverse as it's economic base. A relatively new industry to Houston but one that is getting major attention is the Financial/Investment industry. Rounding up the base is a smattering of music, entertainment, hospitality/recreation venues, as well as being the Headquarter location to 20 or so Fortune 500 Companies.
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insurance capital of the world
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Hail, Hail!!!
You're welcome trailer park dwellers!
Portland is rad.
I visited there over the summer and fell in love with it. Everything good about a town is there.
Home of Superman, of course. We have the Metropolis Planet newspaper (weekly - not daily so can't be called the Daily Planet). We have a really nice Superman statue and a museum. Our courthouse square is named Superman Square, and there is a street called Lois Lane.
It is also the burial place of John Stroud, the Bird Man of Alcatraz.
I can't think of anything else right now.
Slash/Steven Adler from G & R
Tracy Guns from L.A. Guns (in the 6th grade, he claimed that a girl performed a certain act on him...we were all dumfounded at the age of 11!)
Rami Jaffee from Wallflowers/FooFighters
Eric Melvin from NOFX
Flea/Anthony/Hillel/Jack Irons from RHCPs
Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver)
Quilt City is Paducah, Kentucky. PBM still works here, but he and his family moved to Tennessee. We have no snow. We had ice. No ice now, just limbs, trees, downed power lines, and broken power poles now.
I am trying to think of something else Paducah is famous for, but can't think of any. There was the infamous school shootings. That is something no town wants to be known for.
I guess Paducah is most famous for being the home of the National Quilt Museum and the annual Quilt Festival which draws thousands of "blue hairs" from all over the country and internationally. To be quite honest, there are lots of visitors that are not elderly.
Real Networks
Amazon.com
Mount Rainier
Labor Ready
Frank Russell
Nordstrom's
We should probably apologize for:
Tanya Harding
The Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Seahawks
Famous natives include Ginger Rogers, Bill Paxton, T-Bone Burnett, and this guy:
http://www.1secondad.com/
What about the Whale????
Hartford? The Whale? They beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime!
Interesting side note: I work at a bar in Plymouth, Mich. Home of the Plymouth Whalers, the OHL affiliate of the old Hartford team. When Hartford moved to Carolina, the Plymouth Whalers kept their name. In fact, they still use a sweater that has the same logo.
I think there's a new internet law that has been enacted which states you cannot reference The Whale ... and NOT mention the Brass Bonanza ...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zDKSpEfPOTo
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
I'm no historical expert, but basically it was the site of an important battle in the War of 1812. Commodore Perry beat back the British or something. Congress later ordered a city to be built there overlooking the river, for reasons I don't know. That's why the city proper is actually exactly 1 square mile in a perfect square. I'm sure there's some info about it somewhere.
Um...those aren't from Tacoma.
Lock me up then.....that's classic.
Sorry... but, I call 'Shennanigins'. Because if that's the case, I can call all of Southern California my hometown and claim:
American Surf culture, The Doors, Van Halen, The Apollo Program, X, Social Distortion, The Movie Industry, The Space Shuttle, All Year Sunshine, Skateboarding and the hometown of Tiger Woods.
And that ain't right.
Hail, Hail!!!
Well if that's how we're playing it, I call the automobile.
You're welcome.
Daryl Hall of Hall and Oats
Being confused with Pottsville, Pennsylvania the home of america's oldest brewery - Yuengling.
Yuengling *thumbsup*
I forgot to add that "Walker Texas Ranger" used to be filmed here if you could manage to sit through an episode to watch for local landmarks. :roll:
Its in a glass enclosed gazebo!!!