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February 13, 2025 6 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 2/13

Former Astros pitcher Alex Bregman will be headed to the Boston Red Sox
Goodwill Houton's Easy Expunctions helps justice-involved individuals secure employment
What dinner conversation topics do you have with your partner? Any topics off limits?
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Sunday ninety nine point one, Houston's Best Variety of the
eighties nineties and today Dana in the Morning and producer
Anthony and the Three Things You Need to Know to
get your Anthony Friday Eve. Y'all there you go.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
First time we said that this morning, noon.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Day before Valentine's Day, February thirteenth. Well, bye bye. Alex
Bregman couldn't make it work with the Astros, so he
is taking his family to the Boston Red Sox. It's
a three year, one hundred and twenty million dollar deal.
Now the Astros offered him a six year deal worth
one hundred and fifty six million. Was a better deal
actually than al two bays one hundred and fifty one

(00:36):
million dollars. Doing well, Houston hotels are shining in the
Forbes Travel Guide twenty twenty five Star Awards. The highest
ranking hotel for its complete luxury the Post Oak at
Uptown Houstay getting five stars. Let's see four seasons and
Hotel Grand Duca maintaining their four star status and then Spas.

(00:59):
Maybe you might want to go to Spot to mar
for Valentine's Day. Four Stars goes to The Houstonian Hotel,
the Saint Regis and the Trellis Spot, and then there's
this Unfortunately, only one Houston restaurant cracks yelp's Top one
hundred restaurants list looking at quality at fair prices, and
that only Houston restaurant. The only restaurant in Houston, I

(01:21):
should say, is Southern Yankee Craft House, coming in at
number fifty nine, located in the Montrose. I'm looking at
their truffle fries, their Yum yum fries, pepper crusted ribbi
with Gorgonzalo cream, and the slow dough pretzel bread pudding.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's on the listing.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
I'm telling you what, it's got to be very nice.
Weather's going to be very nice. If you like the cool,
We're only going to go up to fifty two. Today
should become mostly sunny. Right now, it's forty four in
Uptown and you're up to date on sunny. Tell me
something good brought to us by our friends at Goodwill Houston.
Lots of people love getting married on the day. I
love Valentine's Day because you never need to worry about

(02:03):
forgetting your anniversary. And Houston's Heritage Society is offering you
an affordable yet charming wedding experience for tomorrow. According to
the not the average cost of a wedding anthony is
thirty five thousand dollars. Damn, but Houston's budget friendly Weddings
tomorrow seventy five dollars for a thirty minute outdoor ceremony

(02:27):
with the Houston skyline in the background. For one hundred
and fifty dollars, you get your wedding inside the historic
Saint John's Church, live music and a champagne toast, and
you need to have your marriage license and vow renewals
also at the same prices. You can check it out
Heritage Society dot org now. If it's too late this year,

(02:48):
at least you can plan ahead for next year.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Producer Anthony Dan Goodwill Houston out here putting in more
work with the community. They offer quite a few programs
to assist people in finding work, like their Easy Expunctions program,
transformative program designed to support justice involved individuals, particularly returning citizens,
and securing meaningful employment that aligns with their skills and aspirations.
It's a key component of their broader Second Chance initiative,

(03:11):
which seeks to remove barriers to employment and reintegration for
individuals with criminal records, and by integrating extended reality technology
It's really cool. Easy Expunctions equips returning citizens with the
tools needed to navigate complex employment conversations with assurance. The
goal is to enhance the ability to secure stable, fulfilling jobs,
reducing recentivism rates and fostering long term economic independence. And

(03:33):
by addressing these unique challenges based by justice involved individuals,
the program plays a crucial role in promoting social equity
and workforce inclusivity. So thank you Goodwill Houston for continuing
to help out the h Town community.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
They're always doing such great, always really hard. The astros
mascot Orbit needs your help. He needs a new handler.
You must be the eyes, ears and voice of the
Hall of Fame mascot. You'll be carrying Orbit supplies, t shirts, aotograph, cards, props.
You're going to need to be at all home games
two hours before the first pitch. It is a part

(04:07):
time job. You can go to recruiting two dot altipro
dot com. That's recruiting too, dot altipro dot com. Good luck,
Hey if you always, if you want to check out
our stories or tell me something good stories at Sunday
ninety nine dot com That's where you can go. You
can also always follow us on Facebook, x TikTok and Instagram.

(04:29):
At Sunday ninety ninety Sunday ninety nine, Quick One's Best,
Sam Today, Dana in the Morning and producer Anthony. We're
talking about date night conversations. Maybe Valentines, maybe this weekend,
maybe just a regular date night.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
What do you guys talk about?

Speaker 1 (04:45):
And we've got Jennifer. She is calling in from Missouri
City going on a date with her husband on Valentines. Now,
does your guy talk a lot or is he a
man of few words? He's open as you won't what
what is the most common topic of conversation between you
and your husband?

Speaker 2 (05:05):
Cars?

Speaker 1 (05:07):
It is cars so and it's usually probably with me
it's Bob, I got another flat tire or my check
engine light? Is it one? What is your conversation about
cars like with your husband. I like to talk about
different restaurants. Oh, you talk about restaurants, He talks about cars, Yes,
because he likes to talk about how he's gonna soup it.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
Up those Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
And then you take the word soup and you start
talking about your favorite restaurant, chicken noodle soup. Once you
fix up your car to eat.

Speaker 2 (05:42):
I mean, honestly, that's the best.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
Ranges found, the perfect solution. See, opposites really do a track.
I do because you find a way to merge. Right, Well,
I owe you and your husband and what's his name,
Brad Dawson. He works at Herman Hospital. Oh wonderful, Well, Jennifer,
we're glad that you found them. What do you love
so much about him? Your favorite thing? Well, actually he's

(06:06):
my school sweetheart. Oh wonderful. You're lucky.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
That's amazing.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
I hope you guys have the best Valentine's Day. And
thanks for letting us be a part of your day, Jennifer,
we appreciate it. Thank you.
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