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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Happy Birthday Dusty Hill: ZZ Top's Bottom-End Boogie Man

    ZZ Top's Dusty Hill turns 63 years old on Sunday, but who's counting? The Dust and his band mates have been around pretty much forever, with more than four decades of sold-out shows around the world under their belts. If Hill spends another 43 years playing his Fender bass in perfect precision with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Dolce Delights Is Beautiful, and Here Are Some Photos to Prove It

    I'm just getting acquainted with Dolce Delights, the three-month-old patisserie next door to Sushi Raku in Midtown, but I'm already smitten after one croissant and a cup of coffee. It's charming that way, with a light-filled dining room that encourages lingering in cozy, wool-covered chairs or a gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    This Week in Deliciousness

    Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating... Our Words, where we're currently writing page 355 of a lengthy treatise on the many misapplications of the word "zesty" throughout history. We started the week off right with a look at dining outside the loop, and we'd say not to let one isolated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Lesson Learned: Crawfish Don't Belong on a Buffet

    By the time you read this, I will be on a plane home to Houston from Las Vegas, where I will have hopefully won $1,000,000 off a nickel slot machine and eaten at the Wicked Spoon -- which, from what I can tell in the April edition of Saveur, looks like the coolest damn buffet in the world. I say ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    It's Now Illegal to Feed [More Than Five] Homeless People [at Once] on Public Property

    After a protracted debate and opposition from nearly every political and religious group in the city, Houston's City Council passed an ordinance last week that bans serving charitable meals on properties -- public or private -- where the property owner hadn't granted express permission for you to do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    SXSW: World's Youngest DJ, BabyChino, On Sixth Street

    When I was nine years old, I was taping Nirvana and Soundgarden songs off the radio from a tiny boombox and learning to pee at a urinal without pulling my pants down to my ankles, but DJ BabyChino is gigging around the world. I caught him on Friday night close to midnight on Sixth Street at Status, ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    They Were Kings for a Moment

    The feds attack online poker, killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    In Other News, LMFAO Is Big Enough To Play Toyota Center Now

    So this past week I was in Las Vegas for a friend's bachelor party. Standard dude stuff: Plenty of gambling, embittered ATM withdrawals, inordinate amounts of cursing, and the ever-present din of LMFAO at most every turn. I think at one point I heard their "Sexy And I Know It" in the restroom of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Kiran Verma of Kiran's

    Photo by Matthew DresdenChef Kiran Verma in the kitchen.​Chef Kiran Verma, of the eponymous fine-dining Indian restaurant in River Oaks (okay, River Oaks adjacent), took a circuitous route to her profession. At age 18, she left her native Delhi and moved to Houston with her husband. After a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Anders Behring Breivik: Oslo Killer Is A Fan Of Texas

    Anders Behring Breivik: Fan of the Lone Star State​The Burn Down Blog is either braver or more insane than us, and it was partially waded through the 1,500-page manifesto left behind by Anders Behring Breivik, the lunatic who massacred Norwegians. It turns out he likes us!! yay? I did enjo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    BT

    Anders Behring Breivik: Fan of the Lone Star State​The Burn Down Blog is either braver or more insane than us, and it was partially waded through the 1,500-page manifesto left behind by Anders Behring Breivik, the lunatic who massacred Norwegians. It turns out he likes us!! yay? I did enjo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Top 10 On-Air Gaffes: A List Inspired by Pattie Shieh

    This current Houstonian locks down the top spot.​As an ode to the "spit" blast uttered last night by Pattie Shieh of Fox 26, Hair Balls looks back at the top 10 on-air fuc_, uh, mess-ups of all-time.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 2: John Schenk of Strip House

    ​Yesterday, we chatted with Executive Chef John Schenk of Strip House about overseeing so many kitchens. Today, we take a look at what's going on in them. EOW: What is the toughest part about cooking a top-notch steak? JS: For me, when I'm working the broiler, it's keeping it all together a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1 : John Schenk of Strip House

    ​You think it's tough overseeing one kitchen? Try running six, all scattered around the country in such places as Houston, Las Vegas and New York City. Welcome to Strip House Executive Chef John Schenk's life. We caught up with him on his last visit to Houston. EOW: What's it like being th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    The Blue Man Group

    ​You think it's tough overseeing one kitchen? Try running six, all scattered around the country in such places as Houston, Las Vegas and New York City. Welcome to Strip House Executive Chef John Schenk's life. We caught up with him on his last visit to Houston. EOW: What's it like being th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    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. Brewtiful: Is there anyone more poised to explain and argue passionately agains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    HISD's E-Rate Report is Out, Some Mysteries Remain

    Tickets, trips, gifts to HISD board members​It's debatable what's more amazing when reading over the Bracewell & Giuliani law firm's report on ethical violations in the so-called E-rate program by Houston ISD employees and their too-tempting IT vendors -- the stuff they can verify or the alleg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Meet The Rhodes Kids, Houston's Mobbed-Up '70s Family Band

    ​The early 70's was a glorious time for the "family showband." The Cowsills started it all a few years earlier, and the lifestyle was soon immortalized on the screen by the fictionalized Partridge Family. But for every group like the Osmonds or the Jackson 5, there were dozens of others, perha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Everyone's Packing Up Their U-Haul And Moving To Houston

    ​Houston is the top U.S. city for people relocating with U-Hauls, the company announced today.Last year we were second to Atlanta, but that city has dropped off the face of the earth, probably because it has too many Braves fans, coming in only seventh this year.More than 1 million U-Haul transact ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 18, 2010

    Stirred and Shaken: George's Raspberry Cordial

    ​Houston is the top U.S. city for people relocating with U-Hauls, the company announced today.Last year we were second to Atlanta, but that city has dropped off the face of the earth, probably because it has too many Braves fans, coming in only seventh this year.More than 1 million U-Haul transact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Dancing With the Stars: Do The Hustle!

    ​It's week five of Dancing With the Stars, but I don't know how many are left. I don't have the commitment to count the couples and do the math, plus there could be special eps or extra fillers or reunion shows or who knows what all. Basically, I know there's an end in sight, I just don't know ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Jamie Foxx

    ​It's week five of Dancing With the Stars, but I don't know how many are left. I don't have the commitment to count the couples and do the math, plus there could be special eps or extra fillers or reunion shows or who knows what all. Basically, I know there's an end in sight, I just don't know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Shamrock Hotel, We Hardly Knew Ye

    Today at 9 am, near the corner of Main & Holcombe, a small group of dedicated fans will once again pour out some Irish whiskey and toast the demise of the Shamrock Hotel.Today marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary hotel's opening. The dream of Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy, the place epitomi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Have a Beer, It's St. Patrick's Day!

    photo by Robb Walsh Green beer may be your thing, but this pint of Harp and Guinness "half and half" looks pretty good to me. At the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery on Highway 6 green beer and a corned beef and cabbage dinner are among the St. Patrick's Day Specials being offered today. And Guinness and H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    AV Club Members -- You Have A Future On Broadway!

    Photo courtesy TUTSHow do you make an older, much-beloved, much-seen show new and appealing to audiences? Especially when it was done very right the first thousand times?Well, there's always the tried and true method of lining up a pretty high caliber of stars. In the upcoming Theatre Under the Star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Intercontinental A Xanadu Of Healthy Food, Group Somehow Says

    Houston has never really been known for its healthy eating, what with all the "Fattest City" this and the "Most Fast Food" that.But it appears there's one area where we are not totally in the grip of the fried-food cabal: The airport.Bush Intercontinental Airport came in fourth in a nationwide surve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Mindy McCready's Regrets, In Chart Form

    Country singer Mindy McCready has confessed to Inside Edition that her years-long adulterous affair with Roger Clemens “is not something I’m proud of.” He treated me like a princess," she said. “We never had a meeting in secret. We went on vacations together. We went to Palm Springs. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Mindy McCready's Regrets, In Chart Form

    Country singer Mindy McCready has confessed to Inside Edition that her years-long adulterous affair with Roger Clemens “is not something I’m proud of.” He treated me like a princess," she said. “We never had a meeting in secret. We went on vacations together. We went to Palm Springs. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2008

    Kolaches! The Field Trip

    Country singer Mindy McCready has confessed to Inside Edition that her years-long adulterous affair with Roger Clemens “is not something I’m proud of.” He treated me like a princess," she said. “We never had a meeting in secret. We went on vacations together. We went to Palm Springs. We ... More >>

  • Film

    April 3, 2008

    Worth the Gamble: The Grand

    Forget this movie's poker face. It's the people who are cards.

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Spazmatics = Revenge of the Replicants

    Did you know that '80s cover band the Spazmatics has clones from coast to coast?

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    Future Shock: the iTaser

    Listen to tunes while you tase

  • Music

    December 27, 2007

    Grupo Fantasma

    Listen to tunes while you tase

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Somebody Help Bob Goulet

    Listen to tunes while you tase

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Houston Texans

    Our upcoming season predictions

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    We Just Might Have Ourselves a Basketball Dynasty

    Our upcoming season predictions

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2007

    Sweat Science

    Our upcoming season predictions

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Glaude Be with You

    Our upcoming season predictions

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2006

    Cowboy Clips

    Our upcoming season predictions

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    Bar Brawl

    Fighters duke it out in no-holds-barred cage matches

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2004

    Deeply Felt

    Lonestar Pool League welcomes straight shooters

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    Old Masters and Young Guns

    Filmmaking in 2002 wasn't just for the boys

  • Film

    May 3, 2001

    Lust Life

    Director Wayne Wang searches for erotic truths at The Center of the World

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Stadia Watch

    Hoopla. Will the Rockets relocate? Don't bet on it.

  • Culture

    October 28, 1999

    The Antihero

    Is Bill Davenport's art stupid? Yeah. Brilliant? That, too.

  • Film

    July 8, 1999

    Empty Innocence

    Pretty images and sound can't overcome a pointless film

  • Film

    May 21, 1998

    Contact High

    Fear and Loathing is the latest in Terry Gilliam's cinematic revolution

  • Music

    October 31, 1996

    Static

    Fear and Loathing is the latest in Terry Gilliam's cinematic revolution

  • Film

    September 12, 1996

    Hard to Believe

    Amazingly, Bogus pulls off its high concept

  • Dining

    January 19, 1995

    Vietnamese Variety

    Song Long gets cooking with Vietnam's colonial heritage

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