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PetSmart Charities Names Houston One of the Most Adoption-Friendly Cities

PetSmart Charities has named Houston one of the top ten pet adoption-friendly cities in the country. Houston nabbed the honor after rescue groups here, in conjunction with PetSmart stores, helped find homes for 111 critters over National Adoption Weekend (May 3-5).

Republicans, Cubans and Idiots

Why Do Mexicans Paint Murals on Lowriders?

[¡Ask a Mexican!!] And why do they love scratch-off Lotto tickets?

Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs

Vintage Texas: Top Texas wine authority Russ Kane chronicles the bankruptcy filing and botched sale of one of the state's leading wineries, CapRock, in Lubbock. According to his report, New Mexico winery Gruet has been ordered to pay $4 million for a breach of contract after bidding in a bankruptcy ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness: New Mex to Tex-Mex, the Monte Cristo & More

Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're growing out our summer mustaches so that we can carry around the savory scent of any crawfish boils we attend for at least a week. Speaking of weeks, we started this one off right with a look at how New Mexican cuisine compare ... More >>

Top 10 Local Covers Of Famous Songs

A good cover song must reach a perfect balance between innovation and preserving the original's appeal. There have been some really great covers from Houston's music scene, and we wanted to pay tribute to them.

Librotraficante: Texas' Banned-Books Caravan Finishes Up In Arizona

The Librotraficante made it back to Houston late last night, ending a generally successful caravan designed to bring attention to Arizona's noxious law prohibiting Mexican American Studies and to promote minority literature. A final event in Tucson, Arizona was held Friday and was sold out, Librotr ... More >>

Banning Books in Arizona

Free the Books: Librotraficante Caravan Heads to Arizona to Create "Underground Libraries"

Goin' to Arizona​The folks at Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say are taking action against Arizona's attempt to eliminate Mexican-American studies in its schools. If Arizona is taking Hispanic-culture books out of its schools, they will bring Hispanic-culture books to Arizona. ... More >>

Balaclavas Sets Out On The Road Again For The Decadent West Coast

Photos by Allison WagonerBalaclavas last July at the Mink​There are tiny bone chips in my right elbow because of a curb in Austin, my inability to maneuver a children's bicycle down a steep hill, and inherent humanity. Back at SXSW '09 on the way to see Balaclavas play their showcase, I smashe ... More >>

SPECIAL MUJER EDITION: Why Do Mexican Women Sew Their Own Dresses

And is it true they're uninhibited?

The Motor Courts & Motels Of Texas: 10 Uninviting Or Odd Postcards

Home away from home​Motor courts were all the rage in Texas back before the days of where chain motels became as common as Starbucks in a city. You were never quite sure what you were going to get -- tiny rooms with paper-thin walls and barely functioning a/c and plumbing, or nice-enough-for- ... More >>

Football! Weekend's Best Bets (No, Really!)

I realized something in the last 48 hours. I am a big fan of the Boston Red Sox, which means by sports fan definition, I should be on suicide watch right now. I mean, "my team" just pulled off the biggest September choke in MLB history with a soul-crushing ninth inning loss. The thing is, I'm not e ... More >>

Texans-Saints, Etc. -- 4 Winners, 4 Losers

Big winner: James Casey​The easy fall back after Sunday's 40-33 to the New Orleans Saints is to say "Same ol' Texans," and in a way, I understand. Red zone issues, fourth quarter brain farts (23 points allowed), the untimely turnover, same ol' Texans. But I choose to look at the glass half f ... More >>

Sopapillas at Taco Cabana

​Last Tuesday, Taco Cabana gave away free sopapillas. "Free what?!" asked a man at the next table, when the manager offered to bring him an order. No wonder Taco Cabana was giving them away; how can you sell something if customers don't know what it is? I wouldn't have a clue, either, excep ... More >>

Get Your Tinfoil Hat, Consortium of Genius Is Coming

Artwork courtesy of consortiumofgenius.com​Rocks Off loves extreme personalities. Whether it's the serene, spiritual symphony that is Tyagaraja, or the pre-frontal lobe melting experience that is Tubby Chubcakes we just can't get enough of people who go screaming over the edge of normalcy like ... More >>

Ash Wednesday

Garden Fresh: Green Hot Chile Peppers

​The hard part of moving to Houston from Albuquerque was getting cut off from an endless supply of Hatch green chiles, the best peppers in America, or so I thought. Like Chuy's, nearly every restaurant in New Mexico has a pepper item, and I once saw a tray of green chile brownies disappear in ... More >>

Slim Thug Requests "Sympathy P*ssy" After Flight Diverted

Marco Torres​Guess who was on the Continental Airlines flight from San Jose to Houston that was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M., this morning because of a "disruptive passenger"? That's right, the Boss of All Bosses, Slim Thug. Guess how we know? That's right, Twitter. Apparently the passenge ... More >>

EPA Gives Houston Big Grant To Boost Electric Cars And (Non-Electric) Bikes

Dollars for clean-air initiatives​The Environmental Protection Agency has just announced it's giving a $423,000 grant to Houston to help the city boost its electric-car program.The city already has about two dozen charging stations downtown for the vehicles, and now can add more and also improve b ... More >>

Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race

​, Food Network, as we all know, has edged away from actual cooking shows and toward entertaining shows having something to do with food--Iron Chef America, Cupcake Wars, Chopped and, now, The Great Food Truck Race. GFTRwhich premiered Sunday night, seems promisingly unique in two ways: It bui ... More >>

SPECIAL YEAR-END EDICION

Advanced Mexican Studies

Where are all the professionals and college degrees?

The Sleaziness Of The Door-To-Door Magazine-Subscriptions Industry Continues

On March 30, Grand Prairie police say, a magazine subscription salesman knocked on the door of a 78-year-old woman, raped her, poured rubbing alcohol on her chest, and set her on fire. The question right now is not "How did this happen?" but "When and where will it happen again?" Police quickly arre ... More >>

Turning the Screw: Fela Kuti, Jay-Z, Left Eye, Lil Wayne, Ed McMahon, Ciara, DMX and More

Doña Rosita’s Jalapeno Kitchen and “Perspectivas: A Window into Their World”

A one-woman show and an art exhibit share the spotlight as part of the 2008 Texas Sor Juana Festival

TAX TIME!

SPECIAL DÍA DE LOS IMPUESTOS EDITION

Mexican White Cheese, American Yellow Cheese and Brown Lawyers

Low Self-Esteem, Flirting Double Standards and One Intelligent Mexican

Mexican-American Culture

Walking to Los Angeles

Missing them Margs

Little Miss Sunshine

"What's Wrong with America" indie comedy reveals what's wrong with indie comedies

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

Screenplay Zero

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley struggle through floundering frights

Playbill

Letters

Stocking Stuffers

Homeless pols, rail guardian angels and drugs for City Council

Return of the Boogie Man

Can the Texas Ten "MoveOn" without him?

A Lil' Car Show

See tricked-out cars and hip-hop stars courtesy of Sucka Free

The Eyeliners

Saturday, March 1

Off to the Front

Plus: Peacemakers, Crying for Space

It's a SNAP

Plus: Over Troubled Waters, Season of Discontent, Rump Roast

Tut TUTS

Plus: Amazing Grace, Moonbeamed, Time Warp

Bad Breath

Plus: Courting the Vote, Taking Aim

Makeup Punk

Three young fems and one aggressive 'tude, the Eyeliners prove to be more than cosmetic

Home Court Advantage

The Rockets rack up frequent flyer miles.

News of the Weird

Night & Day

October 8 - 14, 1998

Dish

Party Pooper

The Democratic chairman takes a power struggle personally