Houston: Incident(s) Avoided

[ELB]

Yesterday and today I criss-crossed parts of Houston, including the Clear Lake area, South Houston, Pasadena, San Jacinto, Hunter's Creek Village, and some other neighborhoods and sub-cities I don't remember, and made it back to the wilds of Guadalupe County without ending up in any of Seamus's posts.

Good time had by all.

[seamusTX]

I'm glad to hear that.

If a person is not very unlucky or foolish, that is pretty much how it goes. I don't know many times I've been to Houston -- at least a thousand -- with nothing worse than being panhandled or receiving an unfriendly gesture from a driver with anger management issues. That's just par for the course in any big city.

I have also been to Seguin many times without leaving any skin there. I used to work for Motorola.

- Jim

[ELB]

I did find one crime-related aspect interesting. We had lunch at the Fogo de Chao Brazilian restaurant on Westheimer. There was an HPD officer standing outside the front door through the lunch period. Fogo de Chao restaurants do not generally have rowdy patrons, nor police officers at the door -- I have been to others -- I assume the officer was there to keep out unwanted guests? Dunno, didn't ask him. We had a great lunch without disruption in any case.

[seamusTX]

I have been to that Fogo de Chão. I can only think they had a specific threat or maybe a problem with a kook.

- Jim

[Abraham]

Why does this restaurant need a guard?

I'd heard this was one to try, now I'll scratch it off my list.

I wonder what the criminal class finds attractive about this place?

[hheremtp]

I wouldn't scratch it off of my list Abraham, It is good eats. FYI If you can make it for lunch it is much cheaper and you get the same thing that they serve at dinner.

[Abraham]

hheremtp ,

Thanks for the tip.

I think I'll call the manager and ask why the guard is necessary.

[seamusTX]

Let's see ... a restaurant that charges about $50 for lunch, with a lot of expensive new cars in the parking lot. Naw, I can't imagine what a thief would find attractive about that.

There are sites with crime maps of Houston, but they don't show anything notorious, just theft, burglary, and robbery in that area. Note that purse-snatching is robbery.

- Jim

[hheremtp]

Actually, I think lunch is only about 30 bucks , it's dinner that's around 50 smackers

[seamusTX]

Depends upon the quantity of gourmet beverages. The only time I went there, my boss was paying, and I was glad of that.

When I had an office in Houston, it was about a mile from there.

In any case, it's not Denny's.

- Jim

[Keith B]

Those Brazilian steak houses are nothing but a heart attack waiting to happen; all that cholesterol from endless amounts of meat that they bring to you until you fall over dead. Man, now I made myself really hungry.

Seriously, like Seamus said, I can see the guard thing due to a lot of high-end vehicles in the parking lot and folks walking in with maybe a lot of cash on them. Not to mention all the steak and other high dollar meat!

[seamusTX]

Those Brazilian steak houses are nothing but a heart attack waiting to happen; all that cholesterol from endless amounts of meat that they bring to you until you fall over dead.

Once in a lifetime won't kill you, unless you inhale what you are chewing.

- Jim

[Keith B]

Those Brazilian steak houses are nothing but a heart attack waiting to happen; all that cholesterol from endless amounts of meat that they bring to you until you fall over dead.

Once in a lifetime won't kill you, unless you inhale what you are chewing.

- Jim

I agree, but I have been to them quite a few more times than once and do tend to inhale my food. As you know, my post above was tongue-in-cheek since I am DEFINITELY a carnivore and LOVE good quality meat. Luckily my cholesterol is not really high, I just have to watch it to not get into the borderline area.

As for Fogo de Chao and the like, I do like them for special occasions, but usually end up eating so much I am miserable and need carry-out service (that is where they carry me out to the car because I am so full I can't walk. )

[SQLGeek]

Well thank you gentlemen...it's 9:15 and I'm ready for lunch now.

So elb, no running gun battles down the highways? No wave of zombies attacking your car while sitting at red lights?

How many times did you almost get sideswiped off the road? I had two near misses yesterday driving home from work. Always a fun time commuting in Houston.

[bdickens]

I've lived in Houston since 1979 with a breif 7/12 year interruption when I won an all expenses paid European and Eastern United Stated tour from Uncle Sugar and I have yet to have an incident.