A.L.I. Designs Blog

Its that time of year again. The Greek festival starts in Houston on Thursday October 4th and last until the 7th. If you have not been before you are missing out. There will be a massive amount of food and many vendors from around the city. Admission is $5.00 and parking is free. Bring the family...

On August 31, 2007 Lucy will be arriving in Houston! She will be bringing with her 100 artifacts from Ethiopia to share the exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Lucy is considered to be our oldest ancestor retrieved from Africa. The exhibit will run through April 2008 and is sure to ...

Everyone knows that you can connect with the World Wide Web and see pictures of structures within cities. Now Google is getting even more creative. You are now able to log onto http://www.maps.google.com/and see up-close pictures such as streets and cars. It is kind of scary that technology has c...

An article was just released stating that the market in Houston is not like the national average. It tells homeowners in Houston not to worry about home prices in our neck of the woods. According to the website, we are one of the cities that did not "over inflate". Check out the article and sigh ...

In my area we have companies that store and move furniture. This makes it very convenient for me. They also have people at the warehouse that sign for furniture when it is delivered from my vendors. Insurance is also provided by the company. The cost may be a little more but it is worth it to me....

I live in Houston which is was on the "dirty side" of Tropical Storm Erin. It rained here today like I have never seen before. The whole city flooded and it caused major hassles for drivers. I have not heard of anyone getting hurt yet so that is a blessing. It is suppose to rain more tonight so k...

I have placed two print ads in different magazines in my area. As you know this can be quite expensive. I have recieved minimal calls from the ads. Is there a trick to placing them and has anyone ever had any luck. I was thinking about placing more to run back to back but would like some feedback...

I know that the market is not doing very well out all right now. I am sure that most of you like myself have lost money in the stock market recently. I found out the Capital One is offering a 5% interest money market account with no minimum balance to start. I have just started an account with th...

I just started a company and made a huge mistake of hiring my friend to design my website from a template I bought on-line. Then I made mistake #2 of hiring a web placement company to "place" my website on higher ranking pages. It took three weeks but I had 4 seperate links within the first three...

I read and hear stories regarding the housing meltdown every time I turn on my computer or T.V.. I live in a up and coming neighborhood in Houston and it seems that my city is further from what they are broadcasting in the media. It seems that builders can't work fast enough to keep with the pace...