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41. Cafe

    Extra Crispy at Russo's New York Coal-Fired Pizzeria

    By Robb Walsh

    Published: June 26, 2008

    "Was the crust black on the edges?" a fellow pizza geek asked me when I reported on my first experience at Russo's New York Coal-Fired Pizzeria. "It was dark brown here and...

42. Dish

    Being a Kid at Crave Cupcakes

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: June 26, 2008

    A good date requires a little indulgence — something sweet and fun to eat, like a cupcake. We caught up with Brad Dorsey, one of the owners of the brand-new Crave...

43. Hot Plate

    Just Like Heaven: Isla Coqui

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Just like heaven: The tres leches ($5) at Isla Coqui (1801 Dur­ham, 713-861-1000) is a four-inch square of heaven — a cake so incredibly moist, if you squeezed...

44. Film

    Violence Is Golden in Wanted

    With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, this one has all of the fight with none of the guilt

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The Foot Fist Way — Wanted...

45. Film

    Empire Strikes Back in Mongol

    The film paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: June 26, 2008

    You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny old-school epic to make the CGI...

46. Art

    "The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art"

    A CAMH exhibition unearths this country's strangeness

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer

    Published: June 26, 2008

    America is a weird place, all the more so because most Americans think our country is completely normal. (All those other countries are the weird ones.) Toby Kamps knows we're...

47. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present," "Jason Salavon: Annex and Catalogue,"

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer

    Published: June 26, 2008

    "Ruth Pastine: Ever Present" Ruth Pastine's paintings at Gallery Sonja Roesch have some amazingly subtle coloration going on. What at first seem to be shadows on ostensibly...

48. Theater

    Tamarie at Target

    A Houston favorite gets married — and tells us all about it at Stages

    By Lee Williams

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The Tamarie Cooper Show has arrived at Stages Repertory Theatre, and what a tangy tonic it is. It helps to know a little bit about the history before seeing the show;...

49. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Electile Dysfunction, Exit the Body, Gilligan's Island, Moments in a Decade

    By D.L. Groover and Lee Williams

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Electile Dysfunction Radio Music Theatre has tackled the wild and wacky political season with this funny play, which is full of characters as kooky as the past few months have...

50. Ask a Mexican

    Mexican Property and Evil Eyes

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Dear Mexican, What do you think would happen if U.S. citizens could as easily buy land and set up businesses in Mexico as Mexicans can do in the U.S.? Might that be a big...