Paris

The Sweet Life in Paris: Makes Me Want to Move There, Too

After moving to Paris in 2004, David Lebovitz experienced everything that any foreigner living in Paris would expect to encounter: different lifestyles, different norms and different food. In his book, The Sweet Life in Paris, Lebovitz recounts events that shaped him as an American living in Paris, ... More >>

An American in Paris

Ubi Roi

Openings & Closings: Pepper Jacks the Old Cabo Space and We Wrap Up May

Because sometimes around EOW, we like to take a little poetic license with things, here is the past week's restaurant news presented in some merry iambic pentameter: Though downtown's lost a Mexican rest'rant, Fear not because another soon will haunt The Cabo space with patio sublime: Pepper Jacks ... More >>

Clouseaux, Trio Musette, Will Van Horn

Three’s the Charm

Food Fight: Battle French Onion Soup

Croissant Brioche.​Every now and then, the temperature actually falls below 75 degrees, and when it does, I start getting in the mood for some French onion soup. This battle pits two places (Croissant Brioche and Au Petit Paris) that are within minutes of one another. Special thanks to comme ... More >>

The Pâté de Paris Sandwich from Spec's

​If you have never had the pleasure of eating a sandwich from Spec's Midtown, you are missing out. The deli in the back is amazing. It has burgers, chili cheese dogs and sandwiches that will blow your mind. I recently got the Pâté de Paris sandwich for $6.99.

Rent

This Broadway musical isn’t 5,026,600 minutes long, though you might wish it was

Rent

This Broadway musical isn’t 5,026,600 minutes long, though you might wish it was

Undisputed? Who Could Argue That This Sucks?

Every day Rocks Off trolls the tubes of you in search of videos deemed worthy to share. If you have something you think deserves to be video of the day, send a link to jef_rouner@yahoo.com. ​Those of you who have been kind enough to follow the video of the day project here at Rocks Off will no ... More >>

Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring: The Buzzfest Of Its Day

​This weekend, the Houston Symphony performs Igor Stravinsky's ballet Rite of Spring, which, before it was featured alongside a bunch of dying dinosaurs in Walt Disney's Fantasia, was probably most famous for sparking a full-blown riot upon its premiere in Paris in May 1913. Seriously - check out ... More >>

Sunday Mornings at Indika

​After a friend's passionate recommendation, we recently visited Indika (516 Westheimer) to sample its Sunday-morning bottomless brunch offerings. Though we absolutely adore dinner at Indika and often have naughty dreams about the candied cashew-topped rice pudding, we held a healthy amount of ... More >>

Captivating Crepes

​Street vendors in Houston are like championship sports teams: They're rare, they're captivating, and we'd sure like more of 'em around town. That's why we were so ecstatic to find Melange Creperie workin' the corner of Studewood and 10½ Street last Saturday in honor of Lights in the Heights. ... More >>

Ars Lyrica: A Musical Offering

Houston ensemble specializes in kicking it very old school

Late Night Scene: Chez Beignet

Photo by portmanteaus​At night, the glowing red signs in the oversized Chinatown parking lot where Chez Beignet (10623 Bellaire Blvd) sits have an ominous quality. But with vibrant yellow umbrellas over the patio tables and strands of miniature icicle lights surrounding the doorway, Chez Beign ... More >>

Classic Rock Corner: Living Colour's The Paris Concert

Living Colour The Paris Concert To order on Amazon.com, click here www.myspace.com/livingcolourmusicOne of the most criminally underrated rock bands of the '80s and '90s - remembered by too many just for their Day-Glo outfits, painted guitars and big hit "Cult of Personality" - Living Colour has be ... More >>

MySpaced Out: Vive La France!

Les KiffeursFrance is easily one of my favorite MySpace music destinations. I've stumbled on so much cool stuff I've had to start keeping a notebook. Here are a few of the most interesting artists I've tuned in to lately. Les Kiffeurs (Paris): Loosely translating as people who like to take pl ... More >>

Happy Birthday Lou Reed

He's 67 today, and still "Vicious"... Live in Paris, 1974

The Times Finds A Rich Texas Rube To Laugh At

Houston, we have just what you need to keep up your classy image in these dire economic days: A large story in The New York Times about a home here so lavishly decorated that "it's hard not to gape at a gilt and mirrored hall so boisterously baroque that you half expect Marie Antoinette to appear an ... More >>

Michael Scott

The author of The Magician reminds us that some legends are true

Isn't It a Pity: The Gershwins' An American in Paris

The Alley Theatre presents a plodding world premiere

The Gershwins’ An American in Paris

The Alley Theatre mounts a world premiere

A Modest Proposal: Train the Homeless to Be Better at Being Homeless

Coincidence, or Something from Beyond?

Madame de…

What goes around, comes around

“A Modern Patronage: de Menil Gifts to American and European Museums”

From Warhol prints to African artifacts, the de Menils stocked museums around the globe

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Over Eating

An Empty Plate will leave you satisfied

La Vie en Rose, Avec Juliette

The Nightfly finds the French most pleasant. Maybe it's the company he keeps.

Steal These Albums

The ten most dangerous and radical hip-hop records of all time

French Kissed

Hollywood Frame Gallery goes Gallic with "March de Triomphe"

Best Place to Meet Single Women

I Want My Old-School Hip-hop

How come there's no Pharcyde or De La Soul on the dial?

Too Cute Kate

Hudson and Watts cheese it up in France for Le Divorce

True Love Too Late

Renée Fleming and HGO prove up to the challenge of La Traviata

Best Local Girl Gone Bad

Socialite Sanam Soudavar

Sacré Bleu Bayou!

France takes center stage at the Houston International Festival

Raising the Bar Too High

Pâtisserie Descours sets itself up for failure with its lofty ambitions

Darkness Palls

...beside food as good as Thai Cafe's

Nuit Prowler

In the 1930s, Paris was quite a city. And Brassai was quite a photographer.

Night & Day

December 17 - 23, 1998

Made in the USA

Shaham shines in a salute to American Composers

Night & Day

July 23 - 29, 1998

A Juicy Steak

Cowboys, cowgirls and a little vegan lust hit the trail

Sound Check

Singin' on the Screen