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  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The School That Holds The Record For First-Day License-Plate Sales In Texas Is...Ole Miss?

    MyPlates.com, the private company that offers Texans vanity plates of all types, sells a lot of school plates. Plates for th eUniversity of South Carolina just went on sale (and no, you can't get COCKLUVR even if you're a rabid Gamecock fan). They've been doing it for a while now, and have compile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Roller-Blade Dancing Guy: What's His Story? (w/ VIDEO)

    Check out the magnificent video of a lone middle-aged roller-blader shaking his ass on the corner of Allen Parkway and Waugh. What's this guy's story? Wayward Urban Animal trying to relive the salad days of Houston's 1980s? Weird one-man flash mob? Viral marketing gone awry?

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Wine of the Week: Another Oaky Buttery Chardonnay

    Photo by Jeremy Parzen.The marketing campaign by Educated Guess wines is one of the most successful in recent history.​Yesterday, after arriving at the Newark, NJ airport from Milan, Italy (where I admired a statue of Leonardo da Vinci across from the famous Scala opera house), I headed straig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Police Use Free Football Tickets to Capture Deadbeat Dads

    I can't believe my luck!!!​For a divorced parent, paying your child support should be one of those simple, automatic tasks each month. First and foremost, it pays to feed and clothe your children, who should be the most important people in your life (even when they're acting up in the back se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Eater: Top Chef "Texas" Coming to Houston After All?

    ​Yesterday afternoon, Amber Ambrose broke two interesting pieces of news on Eater regarding Top Chef's current tour through Texas as it films for its next season. "Today, the tipline brings the rumor that after shooting in Dallas (where they are presently) and then Austin, the show will also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Mayonnaise vs. Miracle Whip: Kraft's Clever New Ad Campaign

    "Is that a commercial for mayonnaise?" my boyfriend asked as he glanced at one of the new Miracle Whip ads on TV last night. I found myself responding quickly and almost furiously: "No, it's for Miracle Whip!" "Jesus. Okay." It was almost as if the commercial had stirred some mayonnaise demon w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Controversy Fizzing Over New Diet Pepsi "Skinny Can" Campaign

    prnewswire.comIt's beautiful because it's thin. ​Diet soda in a thinner can. A visual reflection of the body you're working towards or looking to maintain by cutting out empty calories. Hey, it makes sense. So why is there so much controversy surrounding Diet Pepsi's new "Skinny Can"? Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Houston's Love For Caffeine A Middling 15th Among Nation's Top 20. We Blame You, Water Drinker

    Not sluttier than Seattle, though​Houston, you drink a lot of cofffee. Not as much as New York, definitely not as much as Seattle (of course), but more than Dallas/Fort Worth and Atlanta.This comes from the Daily Beast, which has combined marketing data, a survey and whatever else they could find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2010

    SWAT Team Called Out For Troubled Police-Union Fundraiser

    Come out with your hands up.....​In a major victory for irony last Friday, Houston SWAT officers arrested a man whose company is a major phone fundraiser for the Houston Police Patrolmen's Union.Although the Houston Chronicle reported the basic details of a three-hour standoff outside a business i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Big Bite Nite

    Develop your palate at HMNS

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    First, They Came For My Legroom...Then They Came For My Food

    ​Earlier this month Houston's Continental Airlines announced that it would be improving its customer service for tall people by charging them for legroom.Today the airline announced it would be improving customer service for everybody in coach by no longer giving them free food."Continental Airlin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Best. Roommate. Ever.

    ​If were weren't already comfortably ensconced in a house, with no particular need for a roommate other than the stray cat that comes begging for food every day, we'd have already fired off an e-mail to Chris Smink, the author of what might be the greatest Craigslist roommate posting ever, for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    As A Big Student-Loan Deadline Looms, Be Sure You're Using The Right Web Site

    ​Do you enjoy wasting hours when you're trying to meet a tight deadline to get federal aid for a college loan? Just log on to www.fafsa.com, and sign up for an ID, then spend hours getting material to answer all their questions. Ignore the many times an ad pops up, trying to sell you "professional ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Bank Of America Scamming Hispanics, Local Lawsuit Says

    ​All Jorge Gonzalez of Houston wanted was a safe place to keep his meager earnings. But in this era of banking scandals and swindles, that was apparently too much to ask. Instead, Gonzalez became the lead plaintiff in a sweeping class action lawsuit against Bank of America, AIG and several other c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Local Dude's Lawsuit To Be A Hooters Waiter Ends With A Settlement

    Photo by noelweathersNikolai Grushevski sued Hooters in January after the restaurant didn't hire him as a Hooters Girl. Mike McNeil, vice president of marketing at Hooters, told Hair Balls at the time, "If we lose this go around, you can next expect hairy legged guys in the Rockettes to line up and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Man Wants To Lick Hooters (In The Courtroom)

    Nikolai Grushevski, a man from Corpus Christi, has filed a lawsuit because Hooters wouldn't let him work as a waiter, which we guess would be called a Hooters Boy. "Hooters tries to circumvent the law by referring to its waiters as 'Hooters Girls.' Hooters is wrong," claims the lawsuit, filed yester ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    HPD Taser Audit Is Out; Black Officers Always Get The Easy Arrests

    Nikolai Grushevski, a man from Corpus Christi, has filed a lawsuit because Hooters wouldn't let him work as a waiter, which we guess would be called a Hooters Boy. "Hooters tries to circumvent the law by referring to its waiters as 'Hooters Girls.' Hooters is wrong," claims the lawsuit, filed yester ... More >>

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Sick Puppies

    Nikolai Grushevski, a man from Corpus Christi, has filed a lawsuit because Hooters wouldn't let him work as a waiter, which we guess would be called a Hooters Boy. "Hooters tries to circumvent the law by referring to its waiters as 'Hooters Girls.' Hooters is wrong," claims the lawsuit, filed yester ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Telemarketing Offers

    MGR promises help with federal grants and racks up hundreds of consumer complaints

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Jason Starr

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Radio Houstoned: Jason Starr

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    So We Don't Normally Forward Stuff Like This, But...

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    There’s a New Rocket in Town

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Found...and Now We’re Lost

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2007

    The Secret of NIN

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2006

    Make Ours a Red Head

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Comet

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place for a Lunchtime Tryst

    NY crime novelist delivers another riveting thriller

  • Dining

    September 2, 2004

    Salad Days

    La Colombe d'Or

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    La Colombe d'Or

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Religious Leader

    Joel Osteen

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Nightlife Idea that Should Come Back

    Beauty Bar Houston

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2002

    Inside Outside

    Actors move between stages in twin productions of Alan Ayckbourn's House and Garden

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    The Badge Means You Owe

    A nursing home turns into another target for questionable cop telemarketers

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Radio Station

    KTRU/91.7 FM

  • Culture

    July 27, 2000

    Porn to Sell

    Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Bar Patrons

    Warning: Tobacco companies' advertising money may be addictive in Houston's club scene

  • Film

    May 28, 1998

    Monster Mash

    Small, TV-sized minds and marketing overshadow special effects

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Trial by Video

    AG Dan Morales may not have won in court, but he won where it matters -- on TV

  • News

    October 13, 1994

    CondoMania

    The FDIC steps in to unload the Huntingdon, federally subsidized home of the rich

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