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  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    iCan't: 4 Reasons Why Even the iPad 3 Won't Cause Me to Buy One

    In April of last year, I wrote about whether I should buy an iPad. After a few musing paragraphs, I came to the begrudging conclusion that the iPad was likely part of my technological future. Well, it's nearly a year later and still no iPad for me. With the release of the iPad 3 tomorrow (and a prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Jose Cuervo Light Margarita

    As you might have inferred from recent posts, I have been spending a lot more time in Alexandria, Virginia while my husband finishes a temporary job. With no teaching responsibilities this semester, my schedule has been much more flexible; it's been an exercise in self-discipline to write during th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    DEFCON Dining: Cafe Adobe

    DEFCON Dining isn't always about dealing with the kids' tenuous grip on civility. At least not directly. Sometimes, it's just a matter of parental weariness, or adult surliness, and the need to go somewhere the kids won't mind, and where we won't be required to be on our best behavior. Take, for e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Wanted: $100 Music Video From Emmy Winner

    ​Rocks Off likes to troll the musicians section of Craigslist in an effort to catch interesting acts at their very inception. Usually we get the same old thing day in and day out: Need FOC (Friend of Christ) bass player for worship band. Must have ride. 18 SERIOUS singer looking for band. Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Houston's Top 11 Margaritas for National Margarita Day

    Photo by Eric HesterThe winter spiced margarita at Ninfa's on Navigation.​Tomorrow is National Margarita Day. (Yes, much like International Hot & Spicy Food Day, it's a thing.) And although it'll be cloudy most of the day tomorrow, the sun should come out right around happy hour time, and wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Health. Dept. Roundup

    ​Don't complain about your adobe -- you'll wind up getting re-inspected on Health Department Roundup. Forgive for the Mad Libs. Let's get to this week's rundown: A complaint at Murphy's Deli (16536 Park Row) forced an August 17 inspection, during which the inspector found an employee not rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Bobby Heugel's Weekly Cocktail: The Margarita

    ​Nobody wants to talk about margaritas on May 6, the day after Cinco de Mayo. However, rather than avoiding discussing the source of the dreaded May 6 hangover, we thought we'd confront the Tex-Mex monster head-on. You can almost smell the lingering stench of artificial margarita mixes and poo ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    It's Five O'clock Somewhere

    We scout out happy hour in Houston.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Houston Happy Hours: Don't Go Out Un-Guided Or Un-Apped

    Photos by Bryan WilliamsHappy hour is a good thing in the upstairs bar at Benjy's on Washington.​Happy hour in Houston can be a strange thing. Michelle Cowden, a bartender at Washington Avenue's Sawyer Park, told us recently, "I don't really do happy hours. I've probably only been to one in m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Great Moments In Political Debate, La Marque Style

    ​You can have your Daniel Webster rising in the Senate to give his storied Second Reply to Hayne; the La Marque City Council has set the bar for legislative contemplation far, far higher with its epochal Argument Over A Past-Due Library Book.As noted in the Galveston County Daily News, the ever-sq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Food Fight: Battle Cheese Enchilada

    Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​"Cheese enchiladas served in chili con carne -- not thin, meatless chili gravy, or authentic enchilada sauce -- are the hallmark of real Tex-Mex, according to 78-year-old Fort Worth sportswriter and Tex-Mex expert Dan Jenkins," as Robb Walsh stated in his July 2 ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    Readers loved the tale of José & Magdalena...

    ...the overrated restaurants list, not so much.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Health Department Roundup: Hyperlink Edition

    This week's hall of health-code-violating shame includes restaurants previously reviewed, mentioned, discussed or otherwise examined in the Houston Press. Back in September 2004, Press food critic Robb Walsh said to forget about the then-ubiquitous South Beach bitch of a diet and eat up at The Sac ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 21, 2009

    Veggie Heaven

    Farmers' markets take over Houston.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    La Comida Mas Fina Para Cinco De Mayo

    Photo by CC ChapmanEven if you're a bit rusty on your high school Spanish, at least one thing should be gleaned from that headline: Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! Despite the fact that the holiday is largely unobserved in Mexico and does not -- as is commonly and erroneously assume ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 12, 2008

    CAFE ADOBE'S EL PATRÓN

    Photo by CC ChapmanEven if you're a bit rusty on your high school Spanish, at least one thing should be gleaned from that headline: Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! Despite the fact that the holiday is largely unobserved in Mexico and does not -- as is commonly and erroneously assume ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    Andrea Lazar’s Passionate Picks

    Photo by CC ChapmanEven if you're a bit rusty on your high school Spanish, at least one thing should be gleaned from that headline: Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! Despite the fact that the holiday is largely unobserved in Mexico and does not -- as is commonly and erroneously assume ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    Andrea Lazar’s Passionate Picks

    Photo by CC ChapmanEven if you're a bit rusty on your high school Spanish, at least one thing should be gleaned from that headline: Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! Despite the fact that the holiday is largely unobserved in Mexico and does not -- as is commonly and erroneously assume ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    The Sole of Houston

    Hi. I'm John Lomax, and I'm a pedestrian. My friend, Uncle Tick, and I walked down 16-plus miles of Westheimer. This is our story.

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Gator Aid

    Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Happy Hour

    Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Let's Get Nuts

    The Nightfly and his twin land at the Marq*E and win a free trip to Vegas

  • Culture

    November 29, 2001

    Non Mall Shopping Adventures

    Shopping adventures

  • Dining

    March 29, 2001
  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Margarita

    Cafe Adobe

  • Dining

    June 15, 2000

    Booze in a Blender

    Two-Tone Tonic

  • Music

    March 9, 2000

    Listen In

    Hollisters, Bo Patt, Hadden Sayers Band, and Tom Cummings Quartet

  • Dining

    December 9, 1999

    Dinner and a Movie

    Local Restaurant News

  • Music

    October 23, 1997

    Rotation

    Local Restaurant News

  • Dining

    April 28, 1994

    The Dallas Version

    At Mesa: A Taste of Santa Fe, there's a whole lotta trendiness going on

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