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Halloween

  • Dining

    November 17, 2011

    Texas on Washington

    The second benjy's location serves low-key local foods.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Liquor Treat: Using Leftover Halloween Sweets for Six Candy Cocktails

    Photo by terren in VirginiaCandy overload. Must. Make. Cocktails.​Once Halloween has come and gone, I'm always left with a giant pile of Halloween candy. I have eaten it, tortured people by bringing it in to work, and baked it into all kinds of cakes and desserts. But this year, I plan on tryi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Rap Round Table: Which is the Best Halloween-y Rap Song?

    Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: Slim Thug, Mug, Yung Redd, Delo, Preemo, Chane, Brad Gilmore, Herney the Great, ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 27, 2011

    A Scary Good Time

    The Houston Press Guide to What's Happening This Hallowen

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Top 5 Seasonal Commercial Halloween Snacks

    Photo by Joanna O'LearyBoo! I'm orange.​Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, I'm more than thrilled that what was once a one-day celebration has now become a whole season in its own right. Despite my usual aversion to processed food, I'm also tickled pink (orange?) by the plethora of Hallow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Top 5 Food-Inspired Holiday Games

    Photo by Neighborhood CentersThese kids wouldn't last a second in our egg hunt.​Raise your hand if you are obsessed with holidays. I think I've spent a good $50 on mini pumpkins this month. I like hiding them around the apartment and surprising my fiancé with them; next to the alarm clock whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    This Week in Deliciousness

    Oh gosh, I dunno if I can choke down a cherry tomato after I already pigged out on all that grape!​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where "pound cake" is more of a challenge than a noun. Bet I can pound more cake than you. We started the week off right with somethi ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 13, 2011

    A Scary Good Time

    The Houston Press Guide to Halloween

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Spooky Booze: 5 Creepy Cocktails To Get You In The Halloween Spirit

    Ahh, October: the time of year when we head to Frankel's/ Party Boy/ Stripper Depot to find our Halloween costumes, fat orange gourds sit outside at Kroger baking in the Houston sun, and every awful (by awful, I mean awesome) '80s horror movie is on AMC. I love everything about Halloween -- falling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Top 10 Mentally Unstable Rap Songs

    thesource.com​As you may have already heard, Gucci Mane was recently admitted into a mental-health facility on a "special plea of mental incompetency" in order to delay his probation revocation trial. He has since been released, and got an ice-cream-cone face tattoo in time for his trial this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Aggie "Gunman" Was Carrying Fake AK-47 For Halloween, Report Says

    Photo via The EagleThe real-looking AK-47 that set hearts racing​The student who caused a frantic shutdown of the Texas A&M campus was carrying a realistic-looking fake AK-47 he planned to use as part of a Halloween costume, an official report says. The Bryan-College Station Eagle obtained th ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Haunted

    Its first time out, GhoulsFest had everything going for it...except people.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    A Fire, Karaoke Or Ex-Brothel: Where Were We In Drag?

    Pull up a chair, start a tab and order a round of shots, because this is Rocks Off's weekly roundup of the goings-on in the Houston bar scene. Ups and downs, openings and closings, we will cover it all. Hit us up with any hot tips at craig.hlavaty@houstonpress.com. Photos by Craig Hlavaty​Op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    GhoulsFest: A Haunted Festival In More Ways Than One

    Marco TorresEveryday People: Macy Gray at GhoulsFest​ For lots more photos from Saturday's festival, see our slideshow here. GhoulsFest had everything going for it Saturday except one rather important detail: People. It felt... well, haunted. Normally, that would be an excellent thing to sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2010

    Massive Montrose Fire Burns Agora Cafe and Antiques Store

    Photos by Craig Hlavaty​Click here to see a slideshow of last night's blaze and this morning's aftermath. Last night in the midst of Halloween drinking festivities and the Montrose Costume Crawl, Agora Cafe and Antique Warehaus burned down. The two businesses, at the corner of Westheimer and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Foreskin Poetry & Song: Penis-Based Odes To What Is There, Or Gone

    T-shirts also speak eloquently​There's only one thing that can get Hair Balls more excited about all the Lady Gaga meat dresses we're sure to see this Halloween weekend, and that's foreskin. Or, more specifically, the 2010 "Pro-Intact" awards, sponsored by TLC Tugger, one of the country's lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Upcoming Events

    Please try not to end up like this jack-o-lantern this weekend.​Halloween activities abound this weekend and we have the best parties all picked out for you in our annual Halloween guide. But if parties aren't your bag of treats, don't fret: There's still plenty else coming up to keep you busy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    This Week in Deliciousness

    We have no words for how cool this is.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where the holistic headache cure of choice is gravy and lots of it. To the surprise of no one, we started the week off with some marijuana-laced soda. After that, we were really, really excited ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Let's Get Spooky

    Here's our guide to what's happening this Halloween.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    10 Pumpkin Dishes to Try in Houston: #7: "Halloween" Pumpkin Curry from Khun Kay Thai Café

    ​I adore pumpkin. It's orange (my favorite color), healthful (fiber! Vitamin A!), and associated with two lovely, food-centric holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving). Starting around October, I always find myself on the hunt for pumpkin-flavored foods, and this autumn is no exception. So, betwe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Top 5 Surreptitiously Disturbing Foods

    ​Halloween is one of the best holidays for a reason. It's not the mountains of candy, the festive costumes, or the totally awesome jack-o-lanterns. It's the simple fact that Halloween, more than any other modern holiday, is an invitation to be as simply, unapologetically childish as possible. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    The Rum Punch that Kicks the Ass of All Other Rum Punches

    ​"It's not a party without lots of rum punch." This is my new philosophy on all things festive after inventing a rum punch that kicks the ass of all other rum punches. Yeah, it's that good (patting my hungover self on the back). It's a refreshing change from the tooth-achingly sweet versions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Upcoming Events

    Best make your Halloween plans now so you don't end up sitting at home alone, decorating pumpkins with leftover vegetables you found while cleaning out your crisper drawers...alone...on Halloween.​This coming Wednesday, all you need is basic cable and Twitter to participate in Bon AppeTweet, a ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Let's Get Spooky

    Our guide to Houston's best Halloween haunts.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Halloween Pranks: A Complete 16-Part Guide, By An Expert

    They have an egg ban, go goo g'joob​They say that idle hands are the devil's tools, and that line is proven to be true most every weekend while you are a teenager. Growing up I found myself in a strange, marauding gang of girls and boys who lived to pull pranks on stranger's houses, and a handful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Food Fight: Mounds v. Almond Joy

    ​As I was a child with a sweet tooth of heroic proportions, Halloween was always my favorite holiday. My parents refused to buy store-bought sweets, but this was purely an economic principle: They had no objection to me eating candy, so long as I acquired it myself. I also had to donate a thir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Revenge of the Cupcakes

    wickedoctober.blogspot.comShattered Glass Topping: Perfect for Halloween parties or any occasion when you'd like to say,"I hope you choke to death." ​Confectionaire extraordinaire Lily Vanilli felt London's cupcake craze was all show and no substance. Beautifully decorated, poorly baked. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Why You Should Dress Up Like a Hot Dog on Halloween

    ​ On Monday we provided a snapshot into the disturbing world of mechanically separated chicken with a lovely photo of a strawberry pink, soft-serve like chicken slurry on its way to becoming nuggets--one of the processed foods celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has campaigned against in schools throu ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Head Out

    Our guide to Halloween's best haunts

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    Houston Press Halloween Bash

    Our guide to Halloween's best haunts

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Top 5 Food Network Chef-Inspired Halloween Costumes

    You can be Mario Batali in just a few easy steps.​Halloween is upon us, yet again. And every year, Halloween costumes get either sluttier or blatantly, intentionally lamer. (Witness our sister blog, Art Attack, for more ideas on how to achieve the latter.) So what does a food-loving, non-slut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    The Five Best Halloween Warnings Forwarded By Frantic Moms

    FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!​Oooooo -- Halloween!! So scary for young kids!!And for adults who insist on forwarding every e-mail from some AOL account carrying dire warnings of Halloween horror.Our five favorites:5. That candy has crystal meth!!Subject: HALLOWEEN WARNINGHALLOWEEN ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Meat Cupcakes

    ​It's almost Halloween, and now is the time to begin perfecting those fun, gross or otherwise ridiculous recipes like severed finger cookies, kitty litter cake or ectoplasm for your festivities. Here's a look at my first practice run of a possible Halloween goodie known as a meat cake.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Eight Delicious Goth Covers Of Mainstream Hit Songs

    ​The Halloween season is upon us, which means that the powers that be have let Gothtopia run amuck just a bit in bringing you music of a darker persuasion. Usually, Gothtopia and the Wife With One F would be at Numbers on Halloween vaccinating ourselves for snakebites with vodka and cranberr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 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. Robb Walsh: Although he's still blogging here from time to time -- and finishin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Aftermath: Peaches, Stripping the Onion (and Herself) at House of Blues

    Photos by Jody Perry/ Click here for a slideshow​ It's been a long time since Aftermath has been to the kind of high-energy, high-theatrics rock and roll show that makes us totally forget ourselves, even if just for an hour. Monday night at House of Blues, Peaches gave us exactly that kind of show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    The Office: Koi Pond

    The Office usually has some fun nods to Halloween -- Pam as Chaplin/Hitler, Dwight and Creed as the Joker -- and last night's "Koi Pond" was no exception. The horrible haunted house the Dunder Mifflin employees set up for neighborhood kids in the warehouse was fantastic, from Michael's Dick in a B ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    Civil Discourse?

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Culture

    October 29, 2009
  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Tortured Dogs Speak Out: "Please Stop Dressing Us Up"

    Halloween used to be a holiday for innocent kids to dress up in truly cute costumes. Then it became a holiday for women to dress up in sexy costumes, and men to dress up in whatever costumes would most likely result in them hooking up with a tipsy Sexy Nurse.And now, of course, it is also a holiday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    A Rocks Off Playlist: Halloween Songs That Don't Suck

    Yeah... screw this thing.​Let's face it: the Monster Mash blows. So do many of the songs we're forced to suffer through every Halloweentide. A couple of years ago, Rocks Off heard "One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater" on XM Radio's Halloween-themed channel, and wanted to sneak into a ha ... More >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Oregon Trail

    Art Brut taps ex-Pixie Black Francis for the down-and-dirty Art Brut vs. Satan.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    John Connolly: The Gates

    Opening a portal to Hell isn't a great idea, even if it is Halloween

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    Twice-Told Tales

    How Houston's Justice Records came to release a spooky, sexy Love & Rockets tribute album.

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Top 5 Creepiest Halloween Candy

    ​Spooky Nerds We begin with Spooky Nerds candy, because most of the gross-out candy you find around Halloween harks back to those memorable years in the junior high school cafeteria when the nerdy, weird kid would eat disgusting things and freak everybody out. We all pegged those kids as lose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Sexy Halloween Costume Challenge For the Ladies

    Halloween is coming, and that means many, many costuming mistakes will be made by normally sane adults. To help stop this scourge, each Thursday we will be offering tips and analysis of what to avoid, or possibly what to do. While we don't know when or where we'll black out/get sick this Halloween, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Texas Traveler: Oktoberfests

    Photo by dave77459​The Texas Hill Country is full of place-names that make Texas Traveler yearn for her nth-generation German heritage. New Braunfels conjures up the scent of the bratwurst and sauerkraut my Moomaw used to make on weekend mornings (food which I loathed, by the way, until I turn ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 16, 2008
  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    “Monster Show 2: Another Compendium of Awesome Monster Drawings”

    See scary monsters and monsters that get beat up by scary monsters

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