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February 9, 2007HISD's Little Computer Glitch
October 20, 2006Upward Mobility, My Ass
July 21, 2006Robb Grows His Own
July 14, 2006Le Rock et le Roll
May 3, 2007I am a Pedestrian Report: Bellaire
May 25, 2007Taking the Family to Pico's
July 2, 2007Robb’s Review: Tamale Time at Doña Tere
October 9, 2007Robb Grows His Own
July 14, 2006Taking the Family to Pico's
July 2, 2007Robb’s Review: Tamale Time at Doña Tere
October 9, 2007Sole of Houston: Bissonnet, from Synott Road to Montrose
December 4, 2007Tunnel Mole Strikes Gold, and Garnets and Emeralds and Topaz
December 21, 2007$13 at Sabor! on Bellaire
January 25, 2008Date Night: Five Ideas for Valentine's Day
February 6, 2008Goodbye, Bellaire Trolley Station
July 29, 2008Battle of the Bunnies: METRO vs. Bellaire
August 20, 2008$7 at Pat and Joe’s Bellaire Broiler Burger
August 26, 2008Some HISD Campuses Operating On Generators
September 23, 2008The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List
You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD board members is probably a little too loose for our taste, but we guess the people who put the list together like to keep board members happy.With that in mind, here are Seven Things About HISD's List
December 22, 2008It's Easier Than You Think To Get Shot By A Bellaire Cop
Unarmed 23-year-old black man Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway last Wednesday in Bellaire. The bullet pierced his lung and lodged in his liver, where doctors say it will likely remain for the rest of his life.The shooter was Sgt. Joseph Cotton, who evidently thought Tolan's 2004 Nissan Xterra was a stolen vehicle, although no one is saying exactly why he thought this. City officials aren't saying anything concrete on the matter; no one seems to know exactly what happened. They certainly
January 6, 2009Houston's Eccentric Super Gyros
The Ekko's gas station and Greek deli on Richmond and South Rice founded by former airline pilot Steve Bouboudakis was the subject of this week's Café review. But Steve's gas station gyro stand is hardly the only wacky Greek venue in town. Houston Greek restaurants are beloved both for great food and eccentric personalities.
January 9, 2009Sole Of Houston: Airline Drive, Part 1
The longest walk in the history of the Sole of Houston requires the longest piece. This being a blog and all, we have decided to break it up into three installments. Coming today, tomorrow and Thursday in this tale of 22-plus miles of concrete, mud, and fairly cold weather: The fending off a potential psycho killer and the drunkest crack dealer who ever lived, the most sinister strip mall in all of Greater Houston, a sprawling, festive Mexican mercado, a drink in a historic off-the-radar nigh
January 13, 2009Robert Tolan's Lawyers Aren't That Impressed With Bellaire's Proposed Racial-Profiling Study
As the Houston Chronicle reported today, the city of Bellaire has hired an outside consultant to review whether there's evidence of racial profiling in who the police department pulls over on traffic stops.The announcement came in the wake, of course, of the police shooting of resident Robert Tolan, gunned down by Bellaire cops in his driveway for no discernible good reason. After the incidents minorities came forward to talk of being singled out by police in the lily-white suburb.The Chron quot
February 4, 2009The Tolan-Bellaire Shooting Story Is Going National
Isiah Carey's Insite reports the Robbie Tolan/Bellaire police shooting story is going national.Bryant Gumbel of HBO's Real Sports was in town to interview Tolan, who was shot in his driveway by Bellaire cops. Tolan's father is former major leaguer Robert Tolan.Carey says Gumbel interviewed the entire family, and the family is now going into media lockdown until the show airs. When that happens -- supposedly next week -- they'll hold a press conference.Gumbel also found out what the rest of the l
February 11, 2009Baseball Player Shot by Police Calls for Bellaire Mayor's Resignation
Robert Tolan, the minor league baseball player shot by Bellaire cops in his parents' driveway on December 31, called for Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel's resignation at a press conference today. "I would hope that Bellaire's residents are appalled and outraged," Tolan told a crowd of about 100 people who gathered in a Meyerland ballroom. "I would indeed like to see her resignation." Tolan and his brother were returning to their parents' home when two officers pulled them over, for what Bellaire
February 18, 2009Bellaire Expert Finds No Racial Profiling, Stunning Nobody
When the city of Bellaire announced it was bringing in an expert to study whether its police force engaged in racial profiling, the lawyer for the kid whose shooting spawned the move was unimpressed. "Certainly, it's a PR move...I don't have a whole lot of confidence any of this will turn out to be legitimate," lawyer Geoffrey Berg told Hair Balls. "It's a PR move that was done because the ordinary people have let the city of Bellaire know that this situation is intolerable, and that's forced th
March 3, 2009Metro's Getting Right On That Sleeping-Driver Complaint (Kinda)
Photo by sean_mcgeeIt's now been two weeks since Metro passenger Ania Howard happened upon a snoozing, erratic bus driver on her Bellaire route, but she hasn't gotten any answers yet to her pretty basic question of "What the hell was going on?"She and her daughter took a bus to the Bellaire Transit Center and went to transfer to another bus. The door was closed and, as fellow travelers stood and waited, it stayed closed.Because the driver was asleep, as the accompanying (blurry) picture after th
March 9, 2009Tofu & BBQ
Jang Guem Tofu & BBQ House in the giant Asian shopping center at 9896 Bellaire, is one of two Korean "tofu and barbecue" restaurants in town. Tofu Village, located in the shopping center across the street, also specializes in this unlikely-sounding pair-up. But once you try some fiery "soon tofu" and hot bulgogi, you'll stop laughing. "Soon tofu" (soon tubu jjigae) combines a spicy broth, your choice of meat or seafood, and creamy soft tofu chunks. The soup comes to the table boiling hot and b
March 18, 2009You Can't Protest Against The Communists Without A Marching Band
Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezThe Global Center for Quitting Chinese Communist Party held a protest yesterday in the Bellaire area. The group's name pretty much says it all; they want Chinese people to quit the Communist party.The Divine Marching Band (that's them in the blue and white, with the musical instruments), the GCQCCP, and the Coordinating Committee of the Vietnamese Political Parties in Houston were part of the protest, as well as a scattering of Vietnamese that served in the U.
March 23, 2009Breaking: Bellaire Cop Who Shot Tolan Is Indicted
A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than five years' prison and a maximum of life, the DAs office announced.Tolan's family and legal reps are having a noon press conference; we'll let you know what they say.
April 6, 2009Civil Suit Against Bellaire Is Coming No Matter What Happens With Indictment, Attorneys Say
Photo by John Nova LomaxAs Hair Balls reported earlier, Bellaire cop Jeffrey Cotton was indicted for the December 31 shooting of Robbie Tolan.George Gibson and Geoffrey Berg, Tolan's attorneys, announced that the Tolan family will be filing a civil lawsuit, regardless of the outcome of the criminal case against Cotton. Gibson refused to give a timetable for the civil suit, but said it was coming "soon" and would enable them to obtain even more information on the events of the fateful night than
April 6, 2009Twinkies, Racial Profiling and EaDo
It was a long time ago
February 12, 2009The Chron, Enron Hatah
A federal court quotes a dog
January 15, 2009Shabu Chic at Shabu House
October 23, 2008There's a Fly in My Soukous
Totally blending in at Club Kalahari
May 1, 2008Jackie Tan Thinks Big
April 10, 2008Kuala Lumpur
Curry Favor
July 19, 2007Mail Call
Vlog Spot
July 5, 2007PICO'S
ACAPULCO
June 7, 2007Venetian Bistro & Pastry Shop
Flaky Pastry
May 31, 2007Greek Heros
The Hot Rod Grandma is cooking up some fabulous Greek food and stunning sandwiches over in Bellaire
November 16, 2006Bahn Xeo Buffet
Kim Son goes all-you-can-eat in a lavish new location on Bellaire
October 26, 2006The Sweet Smell of Wang Galbi
This stunning new Korean barbecue restaurant looks like a picnic grove inside a shopping center
April 27, 2006Sandwich Circus
A California-style Vietnamese cafe is the cool new thing on Bellaire Boulevard
March 30, 2006The Also-Rans
The schools who could have been contenders
March 2, 2006Letters to the Editor
January 26, 2006Naked Posole
The pork-and-hominy soup at Taqueria Mexico looks a little plain, until you dress it up
November 10, 2005Funky Pizza
Lemongrass Cafe
October 13, 2005Two Thumbs Down For HISD's Televised Board Meetings
Photo by daveyninSomehow we missed the moment last week when the HISD board decided to enter the 1980s and televise their board meetings, something we've written about before.But the Bellaire Examiner sucked it up and sat through it. Color them unimpressed with the district's efforts, which keeps off-air anything remotely interesting: The capsule review of Houston ISD's first televised board meeting last Thursday is two thumbs down. It was neither good TV nor good public policy. Viewers were pu
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