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Mixing Up a Hurricane, or How to Best While Away the Hours While the Winds Blow

Slo-Mo Football-Movie Finales: The Top Five

Stirred and Shaken

Hunter's Pub's rum collins

THE JET LOUNGE'S MALIBU & 151 PUNCH

Hunter's Pub's rum collins

ISLA COQUI'S EL CHUPACABRA JR.

Hunter's Pub's rum collins

Perfecto Night Out

Paul Oakenfold takes the DJ booth at M Bar

Get Some Action

You won't be bored at this art opening

Night Owls

The Proletariat's Mai Tai

Jumps Bar and Grill

Radioactive Rainbow

Clean Linen

Radioactive Rainbow

BUTTERFLY HIGH'S

MANGO LASSIE

PESCE'S

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

DRINK HOUSTON

BLUE HAWAIIAN

MARFRELESS

CARLA'S DEEP DARK SECRET

Leg Spreader

Front Porch Pub

Andre Williams

Thursday, March 16, the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9666

Killer Cuts

It's a slice 'n' dice disco at the Texas Turntable Massacre, Part II

Singing from the Gut

You never know what'll be spewed at a Heist at Hand show

Righteous Party

Get some Easter Salvation at the Jungle 13 weekend

Hey, L.A.D.I.E.S.

Hardworking, hard-rocking women take the stage at the Proletariat

Back to School

Big Daddy Kane and friends revisit the era of the flattop

Belly of the Beat

Clopping heels have got nothing on gyrating hips

Here Come the Drums

Dhol Beat International takes the stage at Lotus

Berry Talented

Charlie Berry performs at Porky's

Dating Hazard

Kim Son's Tiki Tumbler

Force of Nature

Floyd's Hurricane

A Mojito Without the Mint

El Buen Bife's Caipiroska

Stirred and Shaken

R&R Lounge's Blue Balls cocktail

Stirred and Shaken

P.F. Chang's mai tai

Booze in a Blender

Bossa's mango daiquiri

A Mojito? Ya Betcha!

The Latin fusion restaurant Bossa sports a Minnesota accent

Love in the Time of Chundering

Hoping to be a modern-day Pillow Talk, Bossa Nova merely blows its cookies

Upcoming Events

Photo by WayTru ​White linen is ruling the night this weekend, as the Heights throws its annual White Linen Night bash on Saturday, August 1. The free event is billed as "sultry, steamy, exotic, and artfully provocative" which is PR-speak for "come sweat your ass off during Houston's hotte ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Catbird's Truck Stop Cappuccino

Photo by Troy Fields​Bartender Matt Trimble of Catbird's (1336 West­heimer, 713-523-8000) is an impressive man. Before taking his current job, he undertook a weeks-long bicycle odyssey from Houston to New York, sleeping on the side of the road and surviving on his ability to charm str ... More >>

CATBIRD'S TRUCK STOP CAPPUCCINO

Photo by Troy Fields​Bartender Matt Trimble of Catbird's (1336 West­heimer, 713-523-8000) is an impressive man. Before taking his current job, he undertook a weeks-long bicycle odyssey from Houston to New York, sleeping on the side of the road and surviving on his ability to charm str ... More >>

Ay, Mami - Ponche de Leche Cubano

​Cubans are people who know what they want: sugar and booze made from sugar. Well, and maybe a little dead pig, but more on that later... When we mentioned the possibility of having contracted a slight case of H1N1 to our mother, it really should have come of no surprise that she immediately ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Komodo Pub's Nuclear Rainbow

Photo by Troy Fields​It didn't take long to realize Komodo's Pub (2004 Baldwin, 713-655-1501) is no dive. The Internet (specifically, Yelp.com) might have you believe that, but careful on-site analysis of the bar reveals that the Internet is full of bullshit. A real dive doesn't have "nice flo ... More >>

KOMODO'S PUB'S NUCLEAR RAINBOW

Photo by Troy Fields​It didn't take long to realize Komodo's Pub (2004 Baldwin, 713-655-1501) is no dive. The Internet (specifically, Yelp.com) might have you believe that, but careful on-site analysis of the bar reveals that the Internet is full of bullshit. A real dive doesn't have "nice flo ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Roeder's Pub's Dragon-Ass

Photo by Troy Fields​It didn't take long to realize Komodo's Pub (2004 Baldwin, 713-655-1501) is no dive. The Internet (specifically, Yelp.com) might have you believe that, but careful on-site analysis of the bar reveals that the Internet is full of bullshit. A real dive doesn't have "nice flo ... More >>

Magnolia City Mixtape: Buxton, Wild Moccasins, Fight Pretty, Fat Tony, Fiskadoro And Still More SXSW Stuff

MCM doesn't really understand this Ford Fiesta Movement clown-car nonsense, but we do know Buxton - as lensed by sometime Rocks Off shutterbug Mark C. Austin - manages to sound awesome even packed into the back of a tiny sedan. The Wild Moccasins' tour kickoff will be April Fool's Day at Walte ... More >>

Aftermath: Keith Urban, Peculiar Superstar And Musician's Musician

Photos by Dave Rosales​ Keith Urban is a peculiar superstar. Take away the rugged good looks, and you'd still be left with a talented guitarist who, Tuesday night, gave every impression he'd be just as content jamming in the studio as headlining the rodeo before almost 60,000 adoring, possibly hyp ... More >>

On the Road in The Florida Keys

The Lobster Reuben from Keys Fisheries.​In the Keys, you are then only 90 miles from one of the world's most mysterious countries, a place that until recently you could not visit legally. Plus you get to party with Hemingway's famous six-toed cats, and they are always good for a laugh. Keys ... More >>

Vintage Cocktails: The Mary Pickford

1937 copy of La Florida recipe book​Last week I told you about the La Florida Bar in Havana, Cuba, "la catedral del Daiquiri." This week's drink comes from a brittle 1937 copy of that bar's recipe book, which was found at a flea market. The book is old enough that each recipe is in both Spani ... More >>

Hurricane Judy at Katz's Deli & Bar

​I think I found the most overpriced, underwhelming drink in town. Enticed by the "2 for $10" deals offered in celebration of Katz's tenth anniversary, I went there for a discounted sandwich and some onion rings. I had never taken advantage of the "bar" aspect of Katz's, but as it was its ... More >>

Island Style

Danton's Galveston Island Tea

Stirred & Shaken: Danton's Galveston Island Tea

Troy Fields​When you eat a fresh raw oyster, it's still alive. A month after my grandfather ate his last serving of raw oysters, he was not. Bacteria caused the fatal infection, but a weakened immune system was really to blame. Despite reminders of the health risks, he wouldn't be denied oyste ... More >>

Shake Weight Olympics: Not for the Faint of Heart

Marc BrubakerThe early field of contestants at Swaye Bar's Shake Weight Olympics.​To see photos of the Shake Weight Games, check out our slideshow. There are scads of ways to get people to come to a bar, and in our experience cheap drinks, entertainment, free food, bands, etc. all work pretty ... More >>

Eight Alternatives to Frozen Margaritas

Photo by Matthew WettergreenThe Volcano also offers frozen screwdrivers, which are just as tempting.​When I think "summer" in Houston, I also think "margarita." It's a natural thought progression in a city that's oppressively hot in the summer but also blessed with a plethora of great Tex-Mex ... More >>

iFest's First Weekend Thick With Music, Humidity

GroovehouseJimmie Vaughan (left) and his band gave the large iFest crowd some saxual healing Saturday.​Lots more iFest in our slideshows: The bands, the performers, the crowds and even the food. For something that was still going on 24 hours ago, the first weekend of the Houston International ... More >>

Drinking Like Hemingway

Making the Hemmingway Daiquiri.​It's not Ernest Hemingway's writing that influenced me. The style is still amazing, and even Hunter S. Thompson, who copied Hemingway manuscripts just to hear the rhythm of the words on his typewriter, wasn't fool enough to imitate it. I won't emulate his lege ... More >>