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🌱 Heart Walk + Coral Sickness + "One Bite" Hits Houston

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Chris Stomberg, Neighbor
(Patch Media)

Wake up, Space City! It's me, Chris, your humble servant of the Houston Daily — coming right back at you with the plug on what's happening. Today, we'll dive into:

  • The upcoming Heart Walk.
  • A deadly coral disease affecting Galveston.
  • Houston pizza ranked.

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Here are the top stories in Houston today:

  1. The 7th annual Heart Walk is expected to draw crowds in the thousands to Northeast Houston as the events shoots for raising nearly $300,000 to fight heart disease. The walk itself is a 3-mile uncompetitive stroll where participants can even bring their dog to join them. The event will start at 8 a.m. on Nov 19. and feature bounce houses, vendors, treats, giveaways, medical screenings, and more. Lone Star College - University Park is hosting. The school's director of communications and media Shelley Steagal said, "It hits home because we have several people in the college that are affected by heart diseases. It's not just an event we host to help the community; it hits home with a lot of our workers and staff as well." (Houston Chronicle)
  2. Stony coral tissue loss disease has devastated coral reefs in Florida and and the Caribbean; Houston researchers are now worried that the disease might have made its way to Galveston bay. A protected area known as Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary lies about 100 miles off the coast of Galveston. Recently, divers have noticed white lesions on sections of the coral which look familiar to stony coral tissue loss. Corals infected with this life threatening disease typically die in weeks, however, the corals in Flower Garden Banks seem to be holding up. Researchers have begun taking samples of the corals in order to get a better understanding on what's causing the white lesions, but coral research is far from well-developed. At the moment, experts say that only time will tell us the severity of this outbreak. (Houston Public Media)
  3. Barstool Sports' "One Bite Review Series" visited Houston last week and providing ratings on some of Space City's popular pizza joints. One Bite is a series of social media shorts where host Dave Portnoy ranks pizza joints on a scale of 1-10 across the country. The series has become incredibly popular in recent months, and many pizza fanatics consider Dave's ratings to be the holy word of the pizza community. Despite Frank's pizza in downtown being a very popular and beloved Houston pizza joint, Dave was far from impressed and said, "This is drunk pizza. I don't know what to say. Like, I don't know what else to say. I love Houston, the people have been great. I cannot lie. Love me, hate me, I cannot lie; it's a 5.4, that's our review." However, he later visited local pizza joint Gypsy Poet in Midtown and found it to be much more to his liking, "This is 10 minutes after it came out of the oven. I'm going to go 7.8, and I think this would've had a legit chance to be in the 8's if I had it fresh." (FOX 26 Houston)
  4. As today marks National Beer Day, let's take a look into Houston's national standing in the craft beer scene. Recent data from the Brewers Association shows that craft beer has ballooned across the country in the past decade. There were only around 2,000 craft breweries in 2010, however, now the U.S. hosts over 9,000 craft breweries which account for 99% of all breweries in the country. Among this burgeoning craft brewing scene, Texas holds a spot in the top ten states with the most craft breweries having a total of 406 breweries statewide. While that might seem like a lot, California holds the number one spot for most craft breweries with a grand total of 931: more than double what the Lone Star state has to offer. (Houston Chronicle)
  5. In case you're in the mood for some shopping this weekend, we've got your back with a list of some of the best shopping areas across Houston. The Westheimer Curve in Montrose is where you can find vintage clothing and other eclectic goods while enjoying the urban environment as well as the presence of delicious eats and drinks from restaurants including Empire Cafe, Common Bond, and Present Company. You'll find more upscale shopping over at CityCentre in Energy Corridor where mall favorites like Urban Outfitters, Barnes & Nobles, and many others have locations across a large outdoor shopping space. CityCentre is also home to Studio Movie Grill where you can enjoy a movie and a delicious meal in style. There's also Rice Village, Uptown Park, River Oaks Shopping Centre, and more. To learn more about these shopping spree venues, follow the link attached. (Houstonia Magazine)

Headlines you need to see:

  • Houston doctors, experts explain the Adderall shortage (Houston Chronicle)
  • U.S. News & World Report's Best Global Universities list includes Houston-area schools (The Business Journals)
  • Houston power outages traced to buzzards, CenterPoint Energy says (Houston Chronicle)
  • Houston forecast: Delightful Thursday before rain chances return Friday (KHOU.com)
  • Body found 36 years ago in Pearland finally ID'd as long-missing Houston teenager (Houston Chronicle )

Today in Houston:

  • Fitness: Pilates at Discovery Green (6 p.m.)
  • MARTINI MADNESS! WITCHCRAFT at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (7:00 PM)
  • Film: The Dark Knight at Market Square Park (7 p.m.)
  • Film: Hocus Pocus at First Colony Mall (7 p.m.)
  • Karaoke Thursdays at The Secret Group (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Mattress Mack has $10 million riding on the Houston Astros winning the World Series against the Phillies. The first game of the series kicks off tomorrow evening. (FOX 26 Houston via Facebook)
  • Miss USA pageant contestants and others are claiming that this year's contest was rigged. Amid the allegations, pageant winner R'Bonney Gabriel from Texas tweeted that the contest was entirely fair. (KPRC2 / Click2Houston via Facebook)
  • The consequence of Adidas ending its relationship with Kanye West earlier this week was gauged to be a loss in up to $246 million in profits this year. Kanye was dropped by Adidas and many other companies after making antisemitic comments over social media. (ABC13 Houston via Facebook)

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