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Colorado

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Colorado Sues Some Mag Crews; Maybe Texas Should Take a Gander?

    Colorado's Attorney General is suing the owners of a door-to-door magazine sales service, accusing them of deceiving consumers in Colorado and across the country. Filed April 23 in Denver County District Court, the suit against Jennifer Proffitt-Payne and Cody Payneists a bevvy of corporate names ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Kaylan Goodman: Houston Area Family Looking For Woman Who Disappeared With a Magazine Sales Crew

    An Update to our Update: Kaylan is back in Bay City with her family. UPDATE: Goodman was located late Wednesday night by Fairmont City, Illinois, police, according to the Kingfisher Police Department. "We have verified her well being" through a phone conversation, the department stated. We hope to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Comment of the Day: To Hell in a Handbasket

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 5, 2011

    Can a Gabacho be More Mexican than a Mexican?

    And why would a image of the Virgin of Guadalupe cause so much controversy?

  • News

    April 21, 2011

    Hide and Seek

    Fourteen-year-old Andrew Mosier was abducted last August. It wasn't by aliens.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Cover Story: Kidnapped by Family

    ​Fourteen-year-old Andrew Mosier disappeared from his Houston home in August 2010. Two months prior, his uncle Doug Lazell, in violation of custody orders, took the boy to Colorado, an incident for which he now faces a felony charge of unlawful restraint. Presumably, Lazell took his nephew to ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2011

    Yonder Mountain String Band

    ​Fourteen-year-old Andrew Mosier disappeared from his Houston home in August 2010. Two months prior, his uncle Doug Lazell, in violation of custody orders, took the boy to Colorado, an incident for which he now faces a felony charge of unlawful restraint. Presumably, Lazell took his nephew to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Chef Chat, Part 2: Seth Siegel-Gardner of Kata Robata

    ​EOW recently spoke with Seth Siegel-Gardner of Kata Robata. Yesterday, we learned about pop-up restaurants and what British people like to eat. Today we continue our chat. EOW: You worked in London for a year and now you're back in Houston and working at a fantastic restaurant. And afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Marijuana Laced Soda: Dixie Elixirs, The Anti-Red Bull

    dixieelixirs.com​Medicinal marijuana is legal in 14 states, and it's big business. Earlier this month the New York Times reported on the financial boom from medicinal marijuana ads in Colorado, citing our sister publication in Denver and Village Voice Media's COO, Scott Tobias:

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Chef Chat, Part 1: John Sheely of Mockingbird Bistro

    Tam Vo​This week we visited with Chef John Sheely, discussing mistakes new chefs make as well as his own mistakes. EOW: I've met with chefs who are still early in their careers that are very eager to make a name for themselves and their restaurant. You've been described as a "veteran in the r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    The Shining Feast

    Would you like that well, medium or bloody?

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Great Food Houston: Our own Ruthie Johnson asks a very timely question over at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Game Time: College Football Realignment: FINAL PRS Ratings (Sort of)

    The Day After...everything was pretty much the same​As the day began on Monday and rumblings of a last-second, desperation effort to keep the Big 12 together were beginning to gain traction, if the various schools involved had Facebook pages, their relationship statuses would have looked like this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Game Time: College Football: The New Pendergast Realignment Strength-O-Meter!

    Yo, Nebraska​In the third season of The Sopranos, just after Tony's nephew Christopher becomes a "made guy," there's a scene where shortly after getting his stripes officially, Chrissy is in the pizza parlor wearing a brand new $1,000 suit with one of a handful of Soprano family lackeys in tow. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Clinton Tod Harwell: Fake Oil Millionaire Convicted Of Felony Theft In California Court

    Bad dealings, and porn actresses who are anal-sex specialists​Clinton Tod Harwell might have run his last scam for a while. The long-time Houstonian -- well-known as a defendant in the civil and criminal courthouses here -- moved to California a while back, and that's where he came to grief.And a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Game Time: I, For One, Am Excited About the Texans Schedule

    ​As far as an industry goes, there is a lot for the National Football League to be proud of. Massive global appeal, groundbreaking television offerings surrounding both the games themselves as well as the happenings behind the scenes, competitive balance -- all reasons it's the most successful ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2010

    Down on the Farm

    The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    World Music At iFest, From Galveston To Colombia, West Africa And Oklahoma(?!)

    Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. We begin with tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Brew Blog: Pairing Stromboli with Tommyknocker's Cocoa Porter

    ​ On this week's Brew Blog, we try out a homemade pairing. We saw Tommyknocker's Cocoa Porter at Central Market last week and took some home, the six-pack having triggered fond memories of playing drunken pool in Colorado bars and devouring Beau Jo's pizza on the way back from ski trips in I ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 18, 2010

    THE VELVET MELVIN'S GRAPEFRUIT DELIGHT

    ​ On this week's Brew Blog, we try out a homemade pairing. We saw Tommyknocker's Cocoa Porter at Central Market last week and took some home, the six-pack having triggered fond memories of playing drunken pool in Colorado bars and devouring Beau Jo's pizza on the way back from ski trips in I ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Up, Up and Away: Songs for Balloon Boy's iPod

    Last week, America was captivated by the saga of Falcon Heene, the six-year-old boy we were told was floating across Colorado in his father's experimental weather balloon. We were so riveted, in fact, that media outlets struggled to find airtime for other equally important stories, like Madonna get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Five Reasons Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS And UT Won't: Part 6

    ​Catch up on previous posts through the links last week.It was a difficult week to gauge the relative strength of the Longhorns and Irish, since both teams had a bye week. The Irish had what is known as a "real" bye week; the Longhorns played Colorado, which is the same thing. (For you non-Buffs f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Keep Your Fingers Crossed -- Now We're Down To Only Four Predicted Hurricanes

    ​The pattern seems to be holding up -- in the year after getting hit by a major storm, when you're all tense and on edge for hurricane season -- you get a break.The Colorado State University storm forecasters (Motto: Why Do We Care About Hurricanes In Colorado?) have once again cut the number of p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Before We Go: A Thousand Cranes, the Muses, Johnny Bush, the Old Quarter, Katy Perry, a Numbers Documentary and More

    The above cartoon - give it a minute; it'll show up - is somehow tied into Saturday's show at Avant Garden featuring A Thousand Cranes, How I Quit Crack and Metal Rouge. Rocks Off wishes he could tell you how, but he digs the Monty Python and the Holy Grail homage. Colorado traditional Celtic duo t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    For May Day: Five Best Dirty, Rotten, Stinking Commies In The Movies

    Once a pre-Christian celebration of the beginning of the summer, May 1 became associated with the labor movement and was eventually appropriated by the Soviet Union. The Cold War has been over for almost 20 years, so what better way to commemorate May Day than by poking fun at some famous movie Com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Life On The Rodeo Road: Sometimes You Just "Stop On The Side Of The Road To Fight"

    Photo by Paul KnightName: Ty BlasingameAge: 24Hometown: Pueblo, ColoradoEvent: Team RopingI got into rodeo because my parents. I've been around it my whole life; grew up on a big ranch. I just got into it and started getting pretty good at it. I got serious when I was 16, and I started pro rodeoing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Houston Lawsuit Calls Foul On Those "Low-Tar" Cigarettes

    Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Father Time

    Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    College Football Preview, Zooey Deschanel Edition

    Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2008

    Grand Canyon Adventure 3D

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Has ACL Festival Jumped the Shark?

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Yonder Mountain String Band

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Culture

    January 25, 2007

    ¡Ask A Mexican! Contest!

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    Football U: Week Four

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    Football U: Week Four

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Welcome to Football U

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Hamster Theatre

    The Public Execution of Mister Personality/Quasi Day Room: Live at the Moore Theatre

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    The Samples

    Saturday, July 8, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Off the Hookom

    A local Olympic hopeful wants you to get on board

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    Have a Bowl

    Big-time college pigskin comes to Reliant Stadium

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Vote No

    Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Letters

    Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  • Music

    December 5, 2002

    Yonder Mountain String Band

    Friday, December 6

  • Music

    January 11, 2001

    G-strings

    Without the right music, strip-club routines can come undone faster than a dancer's outfit

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Tube Trip

    Howell's Tire Supply

  • Calendar

    October 21, 1999

    Bogey Nights

    Howell's Tire Supply

  • Dining

    May 28, 1998

    Hot Plate

    Howell's Tire Supply

  • News

    January 23, 1997

    Sexually Disoriented

    Politics -- not logic -- drove Council to enact the new jury-rigged SOB ordinance

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