White Linen Night at 2125 Yale

We loved the art at 2125 Yale which was provided and installed by Koelsch Gallery in the Houston Heights.


The urban chic at 2125 Yale with some rustic touches. Note: they kept and restored the original long-leaf pine floors from Kaplan's Ben Hur, the old establishment that once stood on the site. Also, see one of the residences, lower right in the above collage.

Ultra-modern indoor common areas at 2125 Yale.

Exterior of 2125 Yale, a new, luxury mid-rise in the Height that is now leasing (if you want live here, hurry, as they told Tall Husband they are already at 70 percent occupancy.)

Guests at the White Linen Night Pre Party, 2125 Yale.

And the most gorgeous pair of shoes on the floor at 2125 Yale...just my size but she refused to take them off.

Yesterday evening, Tall Husband and I, dressed in white linen, attended the exclusive Pre Party at 2125 Yale, a new luxury mid-rise in the Houston Heights. The event was catered by Shade Restaurant's Claire Smith, named Restaurateur of the Year by My Table Magazine in 2005. Shade is two blocks from The Bunny Bungalow. Also, models from Contents, a Heights fashion shop, showed off Contents fashions.

Next, we were off to the historic 19th Street for more White Linen Night festivities. You can read about that tomorrow.

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Our Neighborhood

The Bunny Bungalow in Houston Heights

We are so proud here at The Bunny Bungalow, as we have just learned that our neighborhood has been chosen by This Old House as one of the Best Old House Neighborhoods for 2009. They only chose one neighborhood in each state and we are it for Texas. You can see the Houston Heights, Houston, Texas listing here.

Who knew that we are Urban Suburbanites? That's what This Old House calls us. Yep, that's US...Urban Suburbanites. Around here, we just call it small town living in the big city.

White Wednesday #1

Today, The Bunny Bungalow is joining Kathleen, over at Faded Charm Cottage, and her Blog pals for a White Wednesday. White seems so cool in this hot Texas weather...doesn't it?

A Beatrix Potter Kind of Day

Waiting for our tea and biscuits at the Bunny Bungalow.

Beatrix Potter
28 July 1866-22 December 1943

Every year at The Bunny Bungalow on the 28th of July, we remember Beatrix Potter by having tea and biscuits from our little Peter Rabbit dishes and reading her wonderful Peter Rabbit books to each other. So, here's a tip of the tea cup to you, Miss Potter, and thanks for all the magical, wonderful characters you created.

Links
Beatrix Potter
Official Peter Rabbit Site

Moonstruck

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin signs books at Louis Vuitton, Houston. (Photo: Tall Husband)

Two history teachers pose with Buzz Aldrin, as Tall Husband snaps their photo with their phone camera and I focus on their momentous occasion with my trusty Nikon.

Fans wait in long lines to meet one of the most famous humans on the planet.

Flying saucers? Moon Pies? No...just some French macarons that Louis Vuitton had flown in from Paris.

Last night, Anne Breux, a French Designer working in Houston, told us about Buzz Aldrin's scheduled appearance at Louis Vuitton here in the city. So off we went today to buy his book, Magnificent Desolation, and to meet the legend himself. We were totally charmed.

All of Houston has gone wild, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. Some of us are old enough to remember where we were when Apollo 11 landed on the moon...I was living on a U.S. Air Force Base just outside Lincoln, Nebraska.

Thank you, Buzz, for the beautiful ride.

Interesting coincidence: at one of Anne and Jean-Louis Breux's parties, we met French Astronaut Michel Tognini and his charming wife.

Also, see Louis Vuitton's new campaign with Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell.

Scene at Louis Vuitton

These were absolutely the most wonderful shoes seen at the Buzz Aldrin's book signing. Thanks to the beautiful young woman, with the black toe enamel, who permitted my photographing her feet. Wouldn't you just fly to the moon for these Roger Vivier stunners?

A Surprise in the Garden

Look what Mother Nature left for us this morning!

Did I see something move?

Oh, we have a tiny guest for breakfast.