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The Rocks Off 100: Tobin Harvell, Fitzgerald's Unflappable Floor Manager

Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're in there too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. If you spend any time at Fitzgerald's, you ... More >>

Photo-Mashing Old & Modern Houston, Volume 6: Astrodome Edition

For our sixth installment of vintage photos mashed with their present-day locations we entered the doomed Reliant Astrodome with photos from a 1968 Astrodome tour guide. It highlighted numerous events the dome accommodated for. It opened in 1965 as the Harris County Domed Stadium. From being the hom ... More >>

Another Visit Inside The Abandoned Astrodome, And Still No One Knows What To Do With It

It's been a common theme every year around RodeoHouston season: Houstonians start asking again about the plight of the Reliant Astrodome and arguing amongst themselves about what is to be done with the dilapidated Eighth Wonder. It's a giant elephant sitting in the middle of Houston's biggest annual ... More >>

The Dan Marino Restaurants

The 13 restaurants that nearly made our 30 essential Texas restaurants list.

The 30 Essential Texas Restaurants: Nearly Made It (a.k.a. the Dan Marino Restaurants)

If you've read this week's feature -- "Eat Here: The 30 Essential Texas Restaurants to Visit Before You Die" -- then you've no doubt already asked why X, Y or Z restaurant didn't make the list. Maybe you've asked this question angrily to your computer, or rhetorically to a coworker who actually trie ... More >>

"Pontoon": Most Insidious Song of the Summer, or the Best

I had a bit of medical trouble late last year, so I spent the entire first six or seven months of 2012 immersed in '80s alternative rock. I suppose it was a sort of cocoon of some kind. I was in a rotten mood most of the time, so anything by the Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen or the Smiths was perfect. M ... More >>

The 2012 Houston Web Awards

The Houston Press rides the wave to the next group of winners.

Springboard South: A Peculiar New Festival Arises At Citycentre

Springboard South Music Festival Citycentre May 6, 2012 An interesting experiment unfolded this weekend at Citycentre. The Springboard South music festival was the brainchild of Barry Coffing, a music and film industry vet who's the director for the Houston chapter of the National Association of Re ... More >>

In Memory of the Astrodome: 13 Awesome Derrick Dolls Pictures, from When Cheerleaders Were Cheerleaders

Everyone got a big piece of Astrodome nostalgia yesterday, after the media was granted a tour of the dusty, dilapidated old stadium. It put us in mind of the glory days of the Dome, when cheerleaders had hair that reached to the skies and embodied everything that the phrase "Fashions of the `70s a ... More >>

Top 10 Vintage Things We Miss About Football

​Tear-away jerseys, the XFL and concussion-causing headhunters aren't things we miss about football. We pine for these ten items. 10. Uniforms That Don't Suck This mostly applies to college football, where repeat offenders Oregon were joined by Georgia, Ohio State, Maryland and Syracuse (pi ... More >>

Big Nudes

Helmut Newton's large-scale photographs of women exude power.

The 10 Worst Things Texas Has Given To The Modern World

It's not nature's way, it's Houston's​If we were to list all the great, terrific things Texas, Our Texas has given to civilization, we would be here all day. (Two words: Jessica Simpson.) Unfortunately, Texas has also gifted America and the world with some things the world and America would n ... More >>

36 Years Ago Today, Rice Stadium: They Don't Make Super Bowls Like That Anymore

A tweet from Rice University reminds us that today is the 36th anniversary of Super Bowl VIII, played at Rice Stadium. That's right -- Super Bowl madness in the middle of that cushy neighborhood. Hard to believe. But check out the first two minutes or so of the above video to get a taste of what t ... More >>

Houston's 10 Best Sports Moments*

*And the 5 most heartbreaking...

Dim Sum Seafood Specials

Photo by Robb Walsh​It's the seafood that makes the weekend dim sum service at Fung's Kitchen special. Tender baby conch in curry, and succulent clams in black bean sauce were among the seafood delicacies available at the dim sum steam table this weekend. You have to get up from the table and ... More >>

Marcia Brady…TMI!

Steak, Wine and Pie at Dharma Cafe

Deborah Colton Moves Her Gallery Away From Big, Ugly Heads

Voice: Tastes Great, Less Filling

The food at Voice in the Hotel Icon is fabulous. Too bad the place is such a rip.

¡Viva la Margarita!

The drink that changed the way we eat

Last Night at the Alamo

A Grammy party at a local theater turns into quiz night down at the local pub

Dome of Doom

Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

Touchdown the Aisle

A new line of wedding dresses helps brides tackle their football-lovin' hubbies-to-be

Dog Days

How to find a real Chicago hot dog without flying to O'Hare

Stirred and Shaken

The Houstonian's George Herbert Walker Bush martini

Blocking Shots

We pay for the arena; they'll finance the campaign

Unusual Punishment

Filmmakers transform Dostoyevsky's novel into the latest suburban tragedy

Astroturf in a Glass

Midori Margarita

Image Augmentation

Plastic surgeon Franklin Rose saves his best makeover for himself

Shelf Life

Art Is Dead. Let's Have a Drink.

At DiverseWorks, Dave Hickey asks what's wrong with bad taste

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Press Picks

Bite This!

Sink your teeth into the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

Rules of the Game

Press Picks

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

All About Elyse

After years of making Mayor Bob presentable, Houston's First Lady is ready to get serious. Seriously.

Rotation

The Brady Bomb

Growing up with the Bunch wasn't meant to be this ugly

Wanna Buy a RoboDome?

The city's sports tycoons maneuver for inside position, and the questions mount: Who needs it? Why? At what cost?