Katy, TX

Tired of same old Valentine’s Day Celebration – Check out Drafthouse in Katy Texas

I heard about this event and thought this is definitely a unique experience to attend for celebrating Valentine’s Day with your spouse or special significant other. The Mason Park Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will show “The Princess Bride”. The showing is scheduled to start at 7:00 A.M. and Alamo Drafthouse is located at 531 Mason Road (in the back of the strip center) Katy Texas.

Right now you are probably asking yourself why this guy is saying that going to a Rob Reiner movie and not a very good picture at that would be so unique an experience for Valentine’s Day. In addition to the movie, the Drafthouse is serving what appears to be a very delicious dinner and pairing with red and white wine. The wine varietals the owners are pleased to introduce to the world are called by them "The Bottle of Wits", which features what they call a “Inconceivable Cab” and the “As You Wish White” wine under their own label. These wines will only be available at Alamo Drafthouse during the remainder of 2012.

If you want more information about tickets for this special event and cost try their web site. Take your favorite valentine to watch a movie while dining on an excellent dinner and drinking a brand new wine varietal.

I was sitting here in the office wondering what to write about; writer’s block I guess. I was looking through several Katy magazines and nothing grabbed me, until I saw an article about the top 10 most romantic movies and songs. I thought as it is close to Valentines Day I was wondering why not ask the Active Rain members what songs or movies do they think are the most romantic?

The article had 10 movies and some honorable mentions and some songs. I am not sure I agree with the list on both accounts. It sounds like they just asked the people working for the magazine; they said they had a tough time narrowing it down.

I think that sometimes a song or a movie does not necessarily have to be romantic it just reminds you of a special time in your life that makes your heart sing and puts a smile on your face. So, I thought I would ask the Active Rain Members “What are your favorite romantic movies and songs?”

Texas Home & Garden Show in Houston

The Houston Reliant Center is hosting the 26 th annual Texas Home & Garden Show starting on Friday February 10 and going through Sunday February 12. The Show promoters call this “Houston’s Premier One Stop Shopping Opportunity” for all a homeowner needs for their home and garden. The show hours are: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2:00 p.m. TILL 8:00 P.M.; Saturday February 11 10:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M.; and Sunday February 12, 2012 from 11:00A.M. until 6:00 P.M.

Tickets are Adults $10 per person; Children 14 and under are FREE: Seniors (65+) are $8.50. A 1.00 discount is available online and in local Randall’s Weekly circular.

Major attractions at this show include but are not limited to: Remodeling; Green energy and green products; Home décor; Building products; Kitchens, baths & many more rooms; Outdoor living (newest rage among home buyers); How to do it workshops are held each day; Pools and spas; Food from Southwest farmers Cooking café; Vacation, outdoor attractions plus many more topics.

Michael Graves and Laurie Lopez will be doing live workshops on how to faux paint all weekend long. Other speakers include Jim Dutton from KTRH Texas Home Improvement radio show and he will do a live show at this event. Paul Wishnow or The Antique man will be performing appraisals all weekend long.

It will be a busy weekend at Reliant Center as the Houston RV show (see my blog) and this show are going on at the same time. I also believe there is a special model Train Show for enthusiasts. If you are bored this weekend or are having NFL withdrawals try one or both of these fine events. I personally have to work all weekend. Enjoy these attractions and let me know if you attended and what you like the best. The Reliant Center is an easy drive from Katy Texas on a weekend especially if you use the West Park Tollway. (I hope there is no planned construction this weekend)

Comcast in Katy Texas opens a new store

I am not writing this article as an advertisement or endorsement for Comcast. We use their services at my home and right now and we have virtually everything bundled. Supposedly this saves you money but also makes changing service providers much more difficult. Our situation was more an outgrowth of time as opposed to our picking this service provider. In addition Comcast bought out Time Warner in the Houston area several years ago. I am posting this blog to let folks in Katy know that the old Comcast Store just off Mason Road and Kingsland is now closed and a new XFINITYTM Store has replaced it.

Comcast celebrated ribbon cutting on their new Katy store on January 31, 2012. Many local dignitaries and City of Katy Council member plus Comcast employees were in attendance at the grand opening. This store is the first of its kind in all of the United States. Katy was picked due to its large future growth potential. The new location occupies 3,200 sq. ft. of space. The important part is that it is located on Mason Road in the Kroger Center maze of shopping strip stores. If you know where the Wings store is located then keep going towards the back of the strip towards the Alamo Drafthouse. The actual address is 517 S. Mason Road Katy, Texas. I found it a few weeks ago by accident and I was not sure if the old store was still functional.

The new facility supposedly has all of these special features to assist customers with picking the appropriate services. I will believe that when I see it. If you use Comcast and need to obtain a new TV converter box or obtain or exchange anything else with Comcast then you will need to go to this new facility. Based on the size of this store and the services they claim to provide, I would guess Comcast had to hire some new employees for this first of its kind facility here in Katy. If true then this is excellent news to me.

The store hours are Monday thru Friday 9:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. and on Saturday 9:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. My comment is simply every time I went to old facility I always had to wait in this huge line and the Comcast employees working the counter were not very nice or easy to deal with. Unfortunately they usually acted like they had a chip on their shoulder.

Tuesday, February 22, 2012 the monthly Grand Lakes Latin Ladies club will meet at Patricia Garcia Cardenas home. She asks that you only bring something to drink whether it is wine, champagne, soda, juice. Patricia is going to prepare the entire meal; as she is a chef. Yummy, I cannot wait for this one! To heck with the diet!

I am looking forward to this as Patricia is a new member and I have not been to her home before. I love seeing people’s homes and how they have them decorated.

This is called the Latin Ladies club as only Spanish is spoken at these events; English is allowed from time to time as we have some ladies who are not from Spanish descent and they are trying to not loose their Spanish speaking skills. This club is a lot of fun. We know there are many ladies relocated from Spanish speaking countries because of the proximity to Houston’s Energy Corridor this is a great way to meet others.

Please email Adita Larson at aditalarson@att.net for more information.

See you there!