Alabama

Health Department Roundup: Cali, Tiny Boxwood's and a Short Film

Terry McCoy's blog on HPD apparently targeting Oh My Gogi (Terry really loves saying "Oh My Gogi") has raised questions about the city's motivations for going after food trucks, as well as law enforcement's role in health inspections. Meanwhile, regular old health inspectors are still doing the job ... More >>

Ailene Lander: If You See This 15-Year-Old In Houston Today, She's Been Kidnapped

The FBI thinks an Alabama girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her stepfather this week will be moving through the Houston area on the way to Mexico. Ailene Lander was at a doctor's office Septmeber 17 in Dothan, Alabama when she was taken by Charles Partin, investigators say. "There is a concern t ... More >>

WAS-H: Emerging Artists Exhibition

Openings & Closings: Pepper Jacks the Old Cabo Space and We Wrap Up May

Because sometimes around EOW, we like to take a little poetic license with things, here is the past week's restaurant news presented in some merry iambic pentameter: Though downtown's lost a Mexican rest'rant, Fear not because another soon will haunt The Cabo space with patio sublime: Pepper Jacks ... More >>

Willie D: "For Black People, Being Educated Is Not Enough"

"Racism is a cancer that America does not want to cure." -- Willie D Willie D is a passionate man. About everything. About politeness as a social construct. About girls with little to no hair. About countries in South America. All of it. Any of it. Everything. But perhaps especially about race an ... More >>

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Chicken Fried

The Zac Brown Band takes a laid-back, well-fed path to country stardom.

SPECIAL GOOD GABACHO/EVIL ALABAMA EDITION

When Should You Use Usted instead of Tú And Are the Letters in this Column Real??

Comment of the Day

​In the comments of Nick Hall's post on a whiskey class at Anvil, Bobby Heugel mentioned that there are plenty of bars and restaurants around town also deserving of acclaim. Asked by another commenter to elaborate, he did, and it's a pretty good list: I'm done after this because I don't usua ... More >>

Alabama Illegal Immigration Law: Texas Tea Partiers Can Only Look On In Awe

That truck is no doubt filled with dehydrated, oxygen-starved illegals​Sure, Rick Perry can swagger about a meaningless "sanctuary bill" to keep the brown hordes out of Texas, but if you want real action on illegal immigration, the place to go is Alabama. That state's governor, faced with the ... More >>

Yelawolf

An Inspector Calls

Tour of the Preview Exhibition

A Christmas Unwrapped

Ocean's $16 Lobster Taco

Dr Pepper Takes A Dive Off A Highway Ramp

Photo by marcusdoesurmomFire and rain in Montrose​Heavy rain squalls marched over Montrose in the last hour or so, and likely led to this crash on 288 near Alabama. Twitter reports from witnesses say the driver was on Alabama and flipped on the highway below, being ejected from the truck. But tho ... More >>

Attention, Houston Crime Victims: Be Like This Guy

TV news loves to talk to witnesses or victims of crime. We'd love it, too, if they were all like this guy, from Huntsville, Alabama.Please adopt his style when you are interviewed for television, Houston.Thank you.

"Houston Center for Photography's 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition"

Curator Hannah Frieser finds something for everyone

"Because We Are"

The LGBT experience is seen through the eyes of several photographers

A to Z Food & Deli # 7: A Chevron Breakfast

​I love food served at gas stations and convenience stores. Every time I've passed by that Chevron on Montrose and Alabama, I've seen that picture of a two-egg breakfast plate on the window outside. And every time, I think, "Does their breakfast really look like that?" I got up early one day a ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Little Foxes, Man from Nebraska, Reefer Madness

Long Faces for the Longhorns

Although they ultimately couldn't stem the Crimson Tide in last night's Rose Bowl after star quarterback Colt McCoy was injured early in the first quarter, University of Texas fans were still excited early in the game at Lucky's Pub. Meanwhile over at the Fox and Hound, Alabama fans had their game f ... More >>

How Texas and Alabama Match Up... Musically

​ For once, Rocks Off is grateful for this sinus-splitting headache (thanks, Mike Stinson!), because it gives us something to focus on besides the fact that we are crawling out of our skin waiting for kickoff tonight. At this point, sports pundits have analyzed the Longhorns and Crimson Tide to wi ... More >>

At Home at Bocado's

​A renovated residence, Bocados feels homey inside, with pastel paints, wood trim, brick work. A stained-glass panel separates the bar area from one of the dining rooms. When we visited, the food had a similar family feel to it, a very "homestyle" vibe, as if grandma made it. Part of that v ... More >>

Myrtle, A Melodrama

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“Human Nature — Collaborations VI: Food”

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“Unite and Untie”

The new exhibit at the Houston Center for Photography sees the war in the Middle East in terms of people, not policies

Wilshire Village: More Bad News For Residents

Photo by Monica FuentesWe've been keeping you updated on developments at Wilshire Village, that semi-decrepit, yet somewhat charming, Montrose apartment complex at Alabama and Dunlavy.Maybe we should take the "semi-" out of that description: the West University Examiner is reporting that the Fire De ... More >>

Houston Center for Photography’s 2009 Print Auction Exhibition

/b>“Do I hear $1,000?”

The Apostle

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Sorry, UH Cougars. You Need to Go Down.

Trails to Terror

2008 Halloween Guide

“Perfectible Worlds”

Sage Sohier looks at obsession

I Come From Alabama With A Shofar On My Knee

“Houston Center for Photography’s 26th Anniversary ”

30 photographers contribute portraits, landscapes and narratives

Heights Theater For Sale

“Picture This!”

Houston Center for Photography works with the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M.D. Anderson to produce an art exhibit that’s full of life

Racket vs Racket Jr

Seafood Lasagna at Sage

Auction Exhibit Opening

The Houston Photography Center is bringing out its most sellable stock

“AES+F”

Station Museum of Contemporary Art’s multimedia exhibit provides a new argument for a tired cliché

The College Football Preview, Week 13: Nick Saban Is a Turkey

“This Old House”

DiverseWorks is in the house

Feature Photo

Image of the Week

Bee Gee's

An MFAH exhibit captures quilting heritage and quality that is sew fine

Diane Craig

Fortunes Told (Check to Check)

Best Kids' Meal Toys

Mission Burritos

Best Bike Lanes

West Alabama at South Shepherd

Hot Plate

Time to Sow

A man named Verious plants a seed, and a vision takes root in the Third Ward