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Last Chance for Half-off Houston Press BrewFest Tickets, Plus Deals on Sushi, Italian Takeout and More!

Get 'em while you can! Today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal, is our "last call" for half-off general admission and VIP tickets to the Houston Press BrewFest on May 18, 2013. Houston Press BrewFest will feature almost 30 participating breweries -- like Lone Point, Big Sky, Karbach, Saint Arnold's, ... More >>

Half-off Burgers at MytiBurger in Celebration of Burger Month, Plus Savings at Sorrel Urban Bistro, Nelore Churrascaria, and More

Celebrate Burger Month with help from today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal, good for half-off ($7 for $14) at MytiBurger. Established in 1967, MytiBurger has the burger down pat(ty), and you'll dig the vintage diner feel as much as the food. Go full-on retro and pair your burger with an order of h ... More >>

Gays In The Boy Scouts: Texas Elected Officials Are Signing On To Say Hell No

A conservative group called "Texas Values" is taking a new approach in the battle to make sure that no Lone Star boy scout ever, ever gets cooties from being near a gay person -- the group is circulating a letter urging the Boy Scouts of America to reject gay scouts, it's getting elected officials t ... More >>

Half-off (Or More!) at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, The Fish, Charivari

Indulge your sweet tooth with today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal, good for half-off ($5 for $10) of the decadent fro-yo desserts at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (Memorial City). The frozen yogurt at Orange Leaf combine superior taste and texture, while also delivering the amazing flavors you rememb ... More >>

Witchcraft, Underdogs and Blacksmiths: November 2012 in Openings & Closings

On my way home a few nights ago, I noticed that a hunch I'd had was true: Bibas Brooklyn Express had closed after only six short months in business on Main Street. I'd noticed the lights off for a few days, and a new spread of brown paper in the windows meant only one thing. B4-U-Eat reports that th ... More >>

Carefully Curated Deals include Half-Price on Pizza at Bombay Pizza Company, Brunch at Birraporetti's

This week's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal is good for 53 percent off ($7 for $15) the unique, Indian-Italian fusion food at Bombay Pizza Company. Your coupon this week is good at both the downtown and the new Sugar Land locations, so enjoy the pizza named to Eating...Our Words' recent Top Ten Pizza ... More >>

Breaking News: Funnel Cloud Warning for Fort Bend County

Click 2 Houston is passing on a weather report warning of possible funnel clouds this morning in Fort Bend County. The report says that rapidly developing thunderstorms coupled with "a very buoyant atmosphere" will lead to funnel clouds. Their report follows:

This Means War: $1K Reward Offered for Info on the Heathens Who Vandalized Pearland's Football Field

Messing with The Rig? Have people no sense of decency these days? The Rig, which is what they call Pearland High School's football stadium, has been attacked by persons who somehow do not hold Pearland football in the high esteem it has earned. We're thinking someone from Friendswood. The Texas- ... More >>

7 Cool & Cheap Things To Do This Weekend: Crawfish, Scott H. Biram, Blaggards, Etc.

It's crawfish season, as Rocks Off may have mentioned recently. All weekend - today through Sunday, in other words - the Houston Blues Society is sponsoring the stage at the Kemah Crawfish Festival, featuring dependable locals such as Mojofromopolis, the Paul Ramirez Band, Texas Johnny Brown, Don Ke ... More >>

Tuesday December 6, 2011 Deals of the Day

​Warm up from the inside out with today's VOICE Daily Deal from the Houston Press, good for 50 percent off ($12 for $24) spicy Vietnamese fare from Kim Chau. Owner Kim Tang showcases the flavors of the city of Hue, Vietman, such as her popular Bun bo Hue--a rice noodle soup in which beef slice ... More >>

Friendswood Police Chief Robert Wieners' E-Mail Troubles

E-mail problems​The online hackers/pranksters/terrorists Anonymous have taken on Texas police chiefs, breaking into a central e-mail and releasing a ginormous dump of private correspondence. Sadly, you probably will not be shocked to learn that Texas police chiefs often receive or forward cha ... More >>

Five Ways to Accommodate Houston's Population Growth

Spacious, fixer upper available for immediate rental.​A recent Rice University study found that Houston is getting bigger and not just around the waistline. According to the study, H-Town was the fastest growing city in America over the last decade. Apparently, everything truly is bigger in ... More >>

Krystal Baggerly: Barentender Sues Over Beer Bottles

Dammit, Bones.....​The life of a bartender can be dangerous, if you work in some club where people come strapped and there's no security doing door searches. Not to mention the beer bottles.Krystal Baggerly was a bartender at a Friendswood bar called Cheers when, just about a year go, disaster str ... More >>

Joyce Espinosa: The Family That Lifts Together Sticks Together

Photo courtesy GCSOJoyce Espinoza is all about the family​And they say that not enough families are spending time together and sharing family activities...Last week, a 42-year-old Webster mom was arrested along with her two teenaged kids after the threesome walked out of a Friendswood HEB with $70 ... More >>

Mud And Dreams At Summerfest: A Personal Reflection

Jen Dulisse​ Due to a previous commitment to my Houston 48 Hour Film Project team, I missed Summerfest on Saturday, so it was with eager anticipation that I got into my car and started on the trip from my home in Friendswood to Eleanor Tinsley Park. And that was how I found myself thinking "I hope ... More >>

Tera Trevino: She's Happy With How Tonight's Wife Swap Episode Turned Out

The place to go for subtlety and nuance​Tonight's the big night for Friendswood's Tera Trevino, if you're the type to describe "big night" as "putting my family out there on a pretty bad reality-TV show."She and her family will be appearing on Wife Swap, the ABC show where moms from two diametrica ... More >>

Tera Trevino Will Bring Friendswood's Low-Rider Culture To A Shocked America

Not the Wife Swap you see on ABC​Remember Nelson Muntz coming out of Naked Lunch with Bart Simpson et al? "I can think of at least two things wrong with that title," he says.That's the general sense viewers of ABC's Wife Swap get. The show is titillating only if you're turned on by whiny, self-ob ... More >>

Cry Little Sister: A Corey Haim Soundtrack Retrospective

​The last time we were visiting our parents in Friendswood, Rocks Off noticed a new DVD version of 1987's The Lost Boys at the sales counter of the local Hollywood Video (which must be one of the last remaining franchises in the Houston area, but we digress). We didn't buy it - it actually hasn't ... More >>

Craigslist Prank Leads To Felony Charge For Disgruntled Friendswood Woman

​Police in Friendswood allege that 33-year-old Amanda Anderson got even with her former employer the new-fashioned way: via Craigslist.They allege that she took out what must have been a very generous help-wanted ad for various contractors. Once it hit the 'net, Anderson's old boss was swamped wit ... More >>

Man, That Was Going To Be One Laid-Back Jail Stint

​If you're going to be stuck in jail for a while because of a hit-and-run charge, you ought to enjoy the experience, right? That's certainly the philosophy Anna Sporleder of Friendswood follows. The 30-year-old woman was arrested on the old "failure to stop and give information" charge and wa ... More >>

Openings and Closings: November 2009

​Although a very high profile restaurant shut its doors this month -- the longtime Montrose institution La Strada -- we've seen far more openings lately than closings. Below is your roundup of new and defunct restaurants from November 2009. Closings La Strada, 322 Westheimer Bangkok Room, ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys (And Friendswood), Keeping It Classy

Photo via Deadspin​ Whitney Isleib is a Friendswood gal who's a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, which means she's willing to sell her dignity for fame. So she was probably hoping to become an Internet sensation one day.Not this way, though.The web is alive -- IT'S ALIVE!! -- with photos Isleib posted ... More >>

House of Enchiladas

​Deep in Friendswood (it isn't that far away, people) is an establishment that has ballooned into an enchilada institution. It's called La Casita (18043 County Rd. 127), and Tom Hanks ate here during the filming of Apollo 13 at Space Center Houston. It's also the local dive of a recent Bachelo ... More >>

Inept Pregnant Woman Spoils Motorcylist's Getaway From The Cops

​You know what you just hate when you're on a motorcycle trying to get away from a DPS trooper because you're wanted on a burglary charge?Pregnant women who slam their cars into drug stores.The sad tale of 18-year-old Daniel Nuno of League City proves the point. Nuno was on his motorcycle in F ... More >>

Downtown Friendswood To Repeal Prohibition, Maybe

​For the first time since John F. Kennedy was president, it just may be legal to buy yourself a drink in downtown Friendswood without going through the charade of joining a "private club."The city council last night approved an effort to place on the November ballot a referendum on whether restaur ... More >>

The Speedy-Mart In Friendswood, Meeting All Your Viagra Needs

It's tough getting an edge in the convenience-store game. Exxon's coffee is as shitty as Shell's, the price for a pair of tallboys is about the same, gas is gas.So if you're Ashish Shrestha of Friendswood, and you're running a Speedy-Mart, you go the extra mile.Some over-the-counter, no-prescription ... More >>

10th Grade Cutie Makes Good on Power-Ballad Promise

Fresh off harassing teen metal bands and Lemmy-fying suburban ice cream shops, Friendswood freak-punks 10th Grade Cutie booked time in a San Antonio studio for a demo session. This new track, "Flying on the Wings of Love (In Space)" was recorded in less than an hour and features singer Rex ... More >>

Aftermath: "Beatdown" at Baybrook

Photos by Craig Hlavaty "These aren't the droids we're looking for."Friday, Aftermath ran over to Baybrook Mall after work to catch the guerilla acoustic show in front of the Hot Topic, pitting Friendswood's own "Christian death metal" band Hematidrosis and scum-punkers 10th Grade Cutie. ... More >>

Feuding Friendswood Bands to Throw Down at Baybrook Mall

Rocks Off been so far removed from mall culture that we had almost forgot that Hot Topic existed. Not that we ever meditated on where on 14-year old girls get their "Twilight" shirts and metal gauntlets from or anything... Apparently local Hot Topic locations have been hosting acoustic shows by ... More >>

A Whole Lot of HEB Stores Are Now Open

Drenched in Blog: Top Five Videos of 2007

Drenched In Blog: Mental Death

Friendswood Is a Great Place to Live. Or So We Hear.

Houston's Best Public High Schools

Counting down: Our sixth- through tenth-place finishers

Letters to the Editor

Never Go to a Party in Friendswood

Where does your town rank in the Houston-area good-taste stakes?

Wicket Games

Behind the Happy Face

Labor pains flare in a worker's fight with Wal-Mart

Don't Mock Us

A book that's impossible to read

Houston Music Map

Queen Norah reigns, Josh Groban pains, and lots of Natalie Maines

Not Worth A Dam

Clear Creek is on the rise, and local flood-protection methods have been helpless against it. Soggy residents, tired of being perpetual victims, are ready for a fight.

Crispy Critters

Opponents dog plans for a Pearland-area pet crematory

Almighty Municipality

With League City controlled by the Christian right, citizens can rezone - and repent

The Insider

The Talented Mr. Stockman. A defeated politician resurrects himself in Seventh District heaven with a stash of campaign cash

Planet Friendswood

Up To Date on '98

Looking for Laura

First Friendswood rallied to find Laura Smither. Then it rallied to find her killer.

Changing the Channel

For years, homeowners, developers, environmentalists and the federal government have wrangled over a flood-control plan for Clear Creek. Now a compromise is in view -- but the creek's future is murkier than ever.

Slab o' Trouble

Some David Weekley homebuyers discovered their dreams were built on shifting sands. What's worse, they say, is that Weekley knew.

Into the Den of Stockmania

The truth about my alleged "invasion" of the Friendswood congressman's one-stop political sweatshop and homestead