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Getting In Shape for 2013: Eating Healthy Is Easy (or "a Snap," If You're Into Puns) at Snap Kitchen

Not to get all TMI on you, guys, but I need to lose some serious weight. Here's the long and short of it: I am only a little over five feet tall, but I weigh close to 200 pounds. That's venturing into Weeble territory, aesthetically speaking, not to mention the strain that it's putting on my health. ... More >>

Texans-Colts: 4 Winners, 4 Losers, "Playoff Apocalypse" Version

Well, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that any plans you had to take a week off from Texans' football in order to get some early spring cleaning done or go visit relatives, well, you best change them. After losing 28-16 to the Colts on Sunday in Indianapolis (Texans are 0-11 lifetime ... More >>

Houston's 10 Best Late-Night Dining Options

Good morning, sunshine. Did you have a long night? I hope not; it's only Thursday. Get ahold of yourself, man. Those long nights should be reserved for Friday and Saturday wee-small-hours-of-the-morning-type deals; mid-week debauchery is so 1990s. Regardless of when you're staying up super late (or ... More >>

IHOP at Home: Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches

I always enjoy looking at the frozen section in the grocery store. If you look hard enough, you'll find something you've never seen before. This past week, I discovered IHOP at Home frozen breakfast items and intriguingly bought the French toast maple sausage breakfast sandwiches. You can't go wro ... More >>

Houston Nightclub Parking Lots: After-Hours Death Factories?

If Houston's 2012 track record is any indication, the most dangerous places in the Bayou City seem to be our roadways and nightclub parking lots. Hardly a week goes by without an argument turning into some sort of drunken shootout or brawl leaving somebody or some bodies dead on the ground. Even l ... More >>

Houston's Babies Play Vintage Baseball

There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.

West Eggs

A previously barren side of town gets two tasty breakfast options.

Happy 31st Birthday, Turducken: 8 Foods Born in 1980

Thirty-one is officially too old to try to learn how to use Photoshop.​Tomorrow, on 11-11-11, I will turn 31 years old. Last year, for my 30th birthday, my uncle sent me a Facebook message that contained only the following Pink Floyd quote and a "Happy Birthday" at the end: So you run and you ... More >>

West Eggs: A Weekend of Breakfasts on Eldridge

Photos by Troy FieldsEverything goes into the Big Deal omelet at Pecan Creek Grille -- even hashbrowns.​As discussed in this week's two-fer cafe review of Pecan Creek Grille and Chatter's, it wasn't too long ago that you'd be hard-pressed to find a decent, non-chain breakfast on the west side ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

"Who's the manager of this McDonald's?" "Ain't you?"​City health inspectors were busy last week - busy enough to offer us plenty of dirt to dig through in the form of negative restaurant health inspection reports. For this installment we'll stick to the most egregious offenders, because if it ... More >>

Today Is National Pancake Day. Plain Old Pancake Day is NEXT Tuesday.

​Whether you prefer buttermilk, wheat, blueberry, or banana nut, few things compare with the simple satisfaction of a fresh, hot stack of enthusiastically buttered pancakes, dripping with maple syrup. Variations of the dish can be found in almost every culture the world over -- from the French ... More >>

Brunch at Mia Bella: Houston's Best-Kept Secret

"Bottomless" bellinis can't be beat.​I've never been good at keeping secrets. I have a mouth like a sieve. I laugh when I try to lie. And this is no lie: Mia Bella's weekend brunch at its Main Street location is one of Houston's best-kept secrets. How did this happen? Perhaps because no one v ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

From an original animation by CyriakKids, this is the real reason your parents won't let you stay up to see Santa drop off your presents.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where Santa leaves coal in our stockings because we have charcoal-burning slow cookers and that ... More >>

An Afternoon Breakfast at Ziggy's

Veggie sausage, eggs and sweet potato hash: Breakfast at Ziggy's is a very good thing.​After a very long week, nothing makes me happier than sleeping in as long as possible and then eating a leisurely breakfast around mid-day. Unhappily, it's difficult to find breakfast past, say, noon if you ... More >>

Magnolia High School Gets Its Own Driving Range! -- Five Suggestions

Possibly works for Magnolia High​"For the longest time, we just had a few individuals in our golf program. Our previous coach did a nice job of building up the program, but now we are trying to take it to the next level." -- Magnolia High School golf coach Jim Bob Jackson You hear about a lot ... More >>

Worse Week? The Texans Or This Dude Who Got THREE DWI's

There are bad weeks and really bad weeks​As part of my radio job, I speak for a handful of sponsors. When identifying products or services for me to endorse, the sales staff at our station starts with the question "Is this something Sean would use?" Naturally, my suite of endorsees is heavy ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Wait a minute, where the hell are the Fritos?​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where procrastination is (note to self: think of some clever definition and insert it here later). We started the week off with one of our favorite things: a recounting of time spent jud ... More >>

Lady Gaga's Meat Dress: Top 10 Kinds Of Food To Wear Other Than Beef

But did she have meat heels?​Among Lady Gaga's costume changes Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, which numbered three or four by our count, one was a dress made of raw beef. Not unlike the meat suit she donned for her Terry Richardson-shot cover of the Japanese Vogue, this one allowe ... More >>

Lady Gaga: Other Foods To Wear Onstage Besides Raw Meat

​Rocks Off is pretty Lady Gaga-friendly, what with our covering July's concerts at Toyota Center like she was the goddamned Pope or something. For a few weeks there we managed to invoke her name at least once a day somehow. Maybe comparing her to Little Joe Washington was a stretch. Unfortun ... More >>

Friday Meal Deals

​You all know the drill by now. If you know of more deals, please share them in the comments. If Quizno's is on your selection of lunch options, this coupon will save you a buck or two, literally. Tomorrow, Saturday, August 14, Boston Market is giving away Minute Maid smoothies. No purchase ... More >>

Friday Meal Deals

​For the entire month of August, participating locations of International House of Pancakes are letting kids 12 and under eat for free between 4pm and 10pm. The fine print: valid on "Just for Kids" menu items. Drinks are not included unless otherwise specified on the "Just for Kids" menu. Dine ... More >>

Freshii to Open 20 Houston-Area Locations

​Will a franchise that encourages you to bring your own bowl and bikes their deliveries thrive in the land of Tex Mex and BBQ? Javier Bueno, owner of Third Coast Produce, thinks so. He and his wife Teresa signed a franchise agreement to open 20 Freshii stores in the Houston area, the first loc ... More >>

What Does Katy Perry Taste Like?

​Last week when we gave Kesha a bloggardly shellacking, we compared her and other female pop stars of her ilk to burritos. You may remember we said she was a gas-station burrito and Miley Cyrus was a Big Mac wrap. It was either a stroke of genius or the starved ramblings of a music writer subs ... More >>

What Does Katy Perry Taste Like?

​Last week when we gave Kesha a bloggardly shellacking, we compared her and other female pop stars of her ilk to burritos. You may remember we said she was a gas-station burrito and Miley Cyrus was a Big Mac wrap. It was either a stroke of genius or the starved ramblings of a music writer subs ... More >>

Five French Foods That Aren't French

"We are not French! Don't you see the glass of Stella Artois in the background?"​In honor of Bastille Day, many an American will be chowing down on greasy French fries tonight, using the excuse of "Hey, it's French independence day" as an excuse to gorge on the tasty fried potatoes. But, damn ... More >>

Matches & BiG Al Explore The Plight Of The Party Girl

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Toshay "Deuce" Harvey/ Black S ... More >>

$7 at Harry's

​ Where: Harry's Restaurant and Café, 318 Tuam, 713-528-0198 What $7 gets you: The Perfect Combo, $6.99 before tax. This actually isn't the perfect combo, but it suffices. We had a classic case of diner's remorse, since we kept wishing we'd ordered something Greek.

Healthy Alternatives: Late Night Breakfast

​Cramming for finals and 24-Hour diners go together like butter and salt. Diners and eating healthy, not so much. So when we decided to step up the difficulty level and make this week's healthy-alternative meal center on late-night breakfast, we enlisted a little help via the Internet. Living ... More >>

Food Fight: Battle Pancake

This is only disturbing if you don't love astronauts and pancakes. And if you don't love astronauts and pancakes, you probably hate America.​Breakfast is truly my favorite meal of the day. So many options, so many endless permutations of eggs and bacon and cheese, so many opportunities to blat ... More >>

Top 10 Restaurants In Clear Lake

Photo by Jared Cherup​There's more to Clear Lake than just NASA, the sadly rotting Jim West mansion and that hotel where a woman mowed down her husband in the parking lot. And there's also more to the area than overly-fancy eateries like Cullen's or old mainstays like Villa Capri and the Seabr ... More >>

5 Worst Foods to Eat Right Before Doing Bikram Yoga

mattsinopoli​We've recently taken up the ancient practice of Bikram Yoga to supplement our neo-hippie health kick. For those of you who aren't familiar with this type of yoga, it's the torturous one that is done for exactly 90 minutes in a 105 degree humid room. So it's basically like doing r ... More >>

Update Your Facebook Status, Then Go Rob Someone

​For those of you still in the Facebook Is Utterly Useless camp, we're gonna attempt to pooh-pooh you now. That's right. Pooh-pooh with a capital P. 'Cause there ain't no arguing that Facebook is apparently good enough these days to bust you outta the slammer and clear your good name. When ... More >>

Chronicle Brass Meets (At A Luxury Hotel) To Discuss Problems

Photo courtesy Hotel ZazuThe layoffs at the Chronicle, which left plenty of blood on the floor, didn't magically solve the paper's problems. That's not surprising, given the state of print media these days.Staffers who have survived the cuts are struggling to fill the gaps as they are also expected ... More >>

Ten Classic Restaurant Commercials from the 1980s

If you're a child of the '80s, much of your misspent youth was misspent in front of the television taking in shows like Mr. Wizard and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But just as those classic TV shows from your childhood have remained with you all these years, so have the equally classic commercials. ... More >>

Hazed Cheerleaders Hold A Press Conference

Verbal abuse, silly string sprayed in the mouth, being shoved into a pool while bound and blindfolded - if it's between consenting adults, that's what some of us at Hair Balls consider a smooth second date. When it's less than welcome and serves as an initiation ritual, though, it's referred to as i ... More >>

Better Late than Never: Free Pancakes at IHOP

Drenched In Blog: Kid Rock Waffle House Fight

Forget the Food

Go to La Strada for Sunday brunch, and the fiesta will leave you wanting more

Tom Heinl

Monday, March 15

Love of the Game

A Valentine's weekend for college baseball fans

Chock-full of Chocolate

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Use Your Noodle

From the strange store next door to the mystery bits in the soup, there's plenty to ponder at Arepas & Empanadas Gourmet

Best Milk Shake

Hard Rock Café

A Rave Mistake

Apparently the U.S. Senate has little better to do than hassle the pacifier-and-glow-stick set

True Grits

Local Restaurant News

Punks, Jocks and Justice

There was a killing and now a conviction. Even those can't stop the fierce war raging between the Panhandle punks and athletes of Amarillo.

Who R. You?

The enigma that is R. Kelly keeps audiences enthralled, guessing

Capital Improvement

The Travis Cafe feels like Austin -- if Austin had good food

Early Mex

The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?