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May 17, 2012
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.
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Is Houston America's Future Bicycling Capitol? Tom McCasland Thinks It Is, and Is Making It So
Tom McCasland has long believed that Houston is a sleeping giant of a bicycling city, and these days Houston appears to be waking up and stretching its legs. Today Yale Law grad McCasland serves as the interim head of the Harris County Housing Authority, but even before he began his previous positi ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Upcoming Events: Mucho de Mayo
As May approaches, more Cinco de Mayo events are announced every day. Here are a few of our favorites. La Mexicana in Montrose is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And while the restaurant doesn't normally host a big Cinco de Mayo bash, it's blowing off the roof on Saturday, May 5, with t ... More >>
Dining
April 5, 2012
Draught House of Rock
This Garden Oaks pub serves above-average grub and local brews — for grownups.
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Shepherd Park Draught House: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll
What's country about Shepherd Park Draught House? The goat cheese-infused grits and the Shipley's glazed donut-topped waffles served during Sunday brunch. The Texas brews like Karbach and Southern Star on draft, along with a $2 Texas happy hour on Tuesdays. The so-called "Texas reds" chili made with ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Openings & Closings: January 2012
After 45 years in business along Washington Avenue, Guadalajara Bakery is closing its doors on February 29. Unlike previous closing scares for the longtime breakfast taco purveyor, this one is concrete: New owners purchased the building and gave the family 30 days notice to vacate. A bar is planned ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Rogelio Martinez: Police Seeking Allegedly Unrepentant Habitual Burglar
Photo by HPDRogelio Martinez: Not bashful about his workIn recent months the near-northwest neighborhoods of the Heights, Timbergrove Manor, Oak Forest and Garden Oaks have been plagued with daylight home burglaries. Sadly, even after police have smashed one such ring of thieves, another cont ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
When McDonald's Kept Us Thin
Photo by John KielyI recently found myself on the quiet side of the glass partition from the McDonald's Playland at the new Ella location, in what I like to call the Old-Timers section, the place in just about every small-town McDonald's where retirees congregate. Oak Forest is like a small ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
City Council Candidate Randy Locke Delivers Emptiest Threat Possible
He's got work to doRandy Locke is running for City Council District C; if his website is any indication, is campaign slogan is "This Site is Under Construction." He's also failed to file the campaign-finance report required 30 days before the election. And, not to put too fine a point on it ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Best of Houston® 2011: Now In Handy Map Form!
View Best of Houston® 2011 Food & Drink Winners in a larger map By now, you've hopefully had time to peruse this year's Best of Houston® winners in the food and drink category. If not, then we've put together a handy map (above) with all of the winners listed, for those who prefer spatial int ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
War Zoned
Who knew historic preservation could ignite so much neighborhood drama?
News
June 9, 2011
Inmates Diss Web Dating
Who knew historic preservation could ignite so much neighborhood drama?
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Hey Oak Forest: Get Ready To Share Your U.S. Rep With The Piney Woods
Oak Forest is a neat urban neighborhood just north of the Loop west of T.C. Jester. Sure, it's got the word "Forest" in its name, but other than that it would seem to have very little in common with isolated backwood burgs like Rye, in the upper reaches of Liberty County. But now, the two c ... More >>
Dining
May 12, 2011
Take It Outside
Our picks for the best patios in Houston.
Blogs
May 2, 2011
Houston's Best Patios: The 10 Best Unexpected Treasures
Photo by GroovehouseGet your tropical drink on at Kata Robata's intimate patio.Over the last four weeks, we have been guiding you around Houston's best patios in several different categories: The best places to catch up with friends The best places to bring the kids The best places to pr ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
On the Menu: An Eastern Cup of Drop
The egg drop soup that is served at many Chinese restaurants usually runs third in popularity amongst customers. I'm not the biggest fan of hot and sour soup, so my decision usually boils down to wonton or the drop. For health reasons, I usually go with the wonton. I love egg drop, but wit ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood at Petrol Station
Is it just me, or is Petrol Station Oak Forest's best kept secret? A confluence of events revolving around unruly children, the need for beer, and a chance Twitter conversation landed me at the converted service station on a recent Sunday night. Nestled between houses on a quiet residential ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Off the Wall: Bruce R Suggests B&M Brown Bread - in a Can
Each week, I'll take one reader's comment and base a post around it. Anything is fair game--from restaurant suggestions to cooking strategies to new product purchases. John Seaborn Gray's recent post about the worst canned goods contains my favorite line in food blogging history. In refer ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Wing It for Super Bowl
Photo by Rick AudetI go to Super Bowl parties every year. Not for the football, mind you. I didn't even know who was going to be in this year's Super Bowl until last night (my mother nearly stroked out upon realizing this about her only, sports-retarded child). I go for the food. My favorite ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Ten Houston Neighborhoods: The Crimes They Experience
Paging McGruff the Crime DogWe've been plotting which neighborhoods in Houston lead in certain crime categories, but doing that doesn't really get you to the more well-known parts of town. So we decided to zero in on a few specific neighborhoods and see what crime's been going down in them. ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
10 Worst Robbery Neighborhoods In Houston
Last week we gave you the 10 worst neighborhoods in Houston for burglaries. This week, just in time for Christmas shopping, it's the worst neighborhoods for robbery. As we cautioned before, HPD doesn't suggest comparing this raw data from neighborhood to neighborhood. Some beats are more den ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
The 10 Worst Burglary Neighborhoods In Houston (For The Moment)
What are the best neighborhoods to live in if you want to get burglarized? We've gathered 10 of the finest. We looked at the most recent crime stats for HPD beats, which means the month of October. HPD generally doesn't like "raw data comparisons between police beats" because the info can be ... More >>
Dining
November 25, 2010
Pegging Plonk
A neighborhood wine bar that's hard to categorize
Blogs
November 24, 2010
The Guanciale Burger at Plonk: The Ultimate "Bacon" Cheeseburger
Photos by Troy FieldsClick here for a slideshow from Plonk.In this week's cafe review, we take a trip to Plonk, a hidden spot in Oak Forest that features a slightly rougher crowd and far better food than you'd expect to find at a wine bar. It's that study in total contrasts that makes Plonk i ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Ingredient of the Week: Pomegranate
What is it? The word pomegranate was derived from the Latin words "pomum" (apple) and "granatus" (seeded) - and if you've ever seen one opened up, you know this is an apt description. Mostly grown for the U.S. market in Californian orchards for their juice, a few of the intact fruits make it ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Top 10 Restaurants in Gulfton
Photo by Troy FieldsMaking fresh tortillas for baleadas at Honduras Maya.Two weekends ago, I called my father up to see if he wanted lunch. I was craving pupusas and was pretty certain he'd never had any. And what Mexican man wouldn't enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet of tortillas, beans, chees ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
10 Places I Liked as a Photographer, Want to Try as an Eater
Photo by Jeff BalkeSteak and cheesy grits at Plonk Beer and Wine BistroLast week, I wrote about my experiences photographing 100 restaurants for the Houston Press online restaurant guide. During the month I was shooting, I shot eateries both familiar and not so much. Given my time constraints ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2010
The Five Most Underrated Neighborhoods In Houston
This convent is a landmark in IdylwoodEveryone knows THE places to be in Houston. It's just a question of which one fits your taste (and wallet).River Oaks, the Heights, Montrose, Bellaire -- everyone knows those places. But Houston is so vast, so unpredictable, that little bubbles of terrific ne ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Happy Hour Scene: The Petrol Station
Photo by Paul KnightThe Place: The Petrol Station 985 Wakefield Dr. 713-957-2875www.facebook.com/PetrolStationThe Hours: Monday through Friday 3-7 p.m.The Deals: All $4 beers are $3.The Scene: On Wednesday afternoon, the Petrol Station, a little bar tucked away in the Oak Forest neighborhoo ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2010
Top 10 Restaurants in River Oaks
It's not surprising that one of the most exclusive zip codes in the country has some pretty fantastic food -- but rest assured that the 'hood isn't all iced tea and crumpets. So excited were we about the ten below that we didn't find room for neighborhood icons like Avalon Diner, Andre's, and the Fr ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Top 10 Restaurants in Montrose
It's a little bit insane to try and narrow down all of the food options in the Montrose area to a "top 10." This list, as with all others, is personal and also imperfect. Such an exercise will surely lead to impassioned protests of "How could you be so stupid as to have missed _____?" and insults of ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Sole Of Houston: And We Are Back, This Time On Two Wheels
Biking and no beerDavid Beebe was back in town for a short time, so we put the band back together for an epic adventure in the streets of H-Town. We will have a full account here later in the week after Beebe uploads his pics to Flickr, but for now we'll tease with a few details... We didn't wa ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Top 10 Restaurants In Chinatown
"Chinatown" seems like an awfully lopsided epithet for Houston's enormous and vibrant pan-Asian community, straddling Beltway 8 on the southwest side like an entire city unto itself. There are Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, sure. But there are also Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Malay ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Cheap Breakfast: El Rey Taqueria
All the chatter from the Top 10 Places to Eat in Oak Forest (and Inwood Forest) list made me realize that I'd never tried the breakfast at El Rey. What blasphemy. Time to remedy that in the name of blogging (and hunger).
Blogs
June 11, 2010
This Week in Deliciousness
Oh, okay. When we heard "designer meat" we were afraid it was going to be some ridiculously sculpted abomination, but no, we'd totally eat that. Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we accidentally made a fancy dessert dish with our banana-scented sunscreen. We s ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
HISD's Very Own Blackboard Jungle
Fondren Middle School is "a blackboard jungle. The efforts that are required there are Herculean...The kids at Fondren have to learn how to come to school and where the school is located."Trustee Larry Marshall, not known for mincing words when he considers something unacceptable (famous Larr ... More >>
Dining
February 18, 2010
Plonk Beer & Wine Bistro
Fondren Middle School is "a blackboard jungle. The efforts that are required there are Herculean...The kids at Fondren have to learn how to come to school and where the school is located."Trustee Larry Marshall, not known for mincing words when he considers something unacceptable (famous Larr ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Buyer Beware: Bands With Different Lead Singers Are Almost Never Up to the Original Standards
A few Saturdays ago, Rocks Off was in the grocery store a few blocks from our house, slumming around Oak Forest wearing sandals and an old Misfits T-shirt when a group of junior-high punk rockers approached and applauded us for our good taste. We got to talking about the band, and they remarked tha ... More >>
News
October 15, 2009
Dive Bars
A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.
Dining
December 25, 2008
Cedar Creek is a Blend of Dry and Onion
A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.
Calendar
November 27, 2008
Theater 101 with Mildred’s Umbrella Theater
Web exclusive!
Music
October 13, 2005
Rockin' Renewal
The imminent launch of new venue Warehouse Live makes it official: Downtown is now Houston's live music hot spot

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