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  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    This Week in Deliciousness

    Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where springtime is here again, which can only mean one thing: any day now we're going to start seeing the annual news reports coming in from the Valley of yokels who claim to have shot a "chupacabra." SPOILER ALERT: They're always coyotes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Health Department Roundup

    The Health Department posted reports on only about 50 places in the past week, and not one of those places got stuck with a citation or closure. Reminds us of when Kelly Kapowski's dad got laid off from his job at a defense contractor because world peace broke out (it didn't make much sense at the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    If the Wikipedia Boycott of SOPA Spread: Seven Examples of Horror

    ​With Wikipedia boycotting the Stop Online Piracy Act today by shutting itself down for 24 hours, the powers that be at the crowdsourced information giant hope we all get freaked out enough by their absence that we tell Congress we think SOPA should not be passed. If you don't know what SOPA i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Charlie Benante Keeps The Beat Steady For Anthrax

    Photos by Andy BuchananAnthrax 2011 (L-R): Scott Ian, Frank Bello, Joey Belladonna, Charlie Benante, Rob Caggiano​After a tumultuous few years both musically and memberwise, New York thrash metal pioneers Anthrax will be able to close out 2011 on a pretty high note. In addition to releasing th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Your Weekly Heat Wave Music Blog: Hotter Than Hell Edition

    Ed. Note: Remember that "songs about Hell" blog we mentioned a couple of days ago? It's still hot, and here it is. maximumwage.wordpress.comThe Southwest Freeway and Loop 610, 4 p.m.​There's an old saying in Botswana: "Shitfire is it hot!" Wait, maybe that was Bandera. Anyway, whatever hemisp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Only In Houston...

    Hoagies & More: A family-run restaurant serving Salvadoran and Vietnamese food.​While finishing this week's cafe review off Thanh Phuong, the phrase "only in Houston..." kept wandering through my head. "Only in Houston," I thought, "would a chef like Chris Shepherd offer to stage at a tiny, f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Fast Times: Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon with Egg Whites on English Muffin

    ​Yes, that really is the name of the sandwich. I am not a Starbucks person--I am a Dunkin' Donuts person all the way. If you've never had a Dunkin' Donuts coffe, you are really missing out on something delicious, and I really think Starbucks' coffee is terrible, unless you go for the lattes a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Take Your Dog To Work Day: 11 Oh-So-Cute Photos Of Dogs Dressed For The Job

    Tomorrow is Take Your Dog to Work Day, which also could be called Annoy Your Co-Workers Day, but we're sure it's fun for the pets and their owners. Some people don't just take their dogs to work; they dress them for the job. And take pictures of them. And post them on the internet, which is where w ... More >>

  • 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

    February 24, 2011

    Where to Get Your Caffeine Fix

    The Top Ten Coffeehouses in Houston

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    The Top 10 Coffee Houses in Houston

    Photo by Gary R. WiseGreenway Coffee, one of Houston's leading coffee houses.​Last week's First Look at Black Hole Cafe prompted some interesting discussions in the comments section, namely a lively debate about the merits of weighing a just-opened coffee house against other, more established ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Lamar High's Library Ousts Books, Re-Opens as Coffee Shop

    We love the smell of burning literature in the morning.​Just adding a coffee shop to a neighborhood library so people can feel like they're in Starbucks and ultra hip was apparently too passe a trend for Principal James McSwain of Lamar High School. Finishing up a week ago, McSwain has thrown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Why Your Barista Hates You

    Don't piss her off.​Last week, we explained why you might be getting sorry service when you dine out: treating the hostess like a subhuman creature, whether as a sewer-dwelling mutant with no education or as a hot piece of ass there purely for your carnal desires. This week, we interviewed se ... 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 7, 2010

    Walmart Vs. The Heights: About What You'd Expect (Plus Annise Parker Weighs In)

    Trouble in Quirkytown​The Heights may soon be dealing with an unwanted resident, and they're going to have to put up a strong fight to keep them out. The possibility that Houston's seventh Super Walmart could land in the historic area has residents squirming, and a strong reaction for and against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Espresso On The Go

    ​If you're lucky, you work at one of those offices with a fancy coffee machine that brews individual little coffee pods for you -- or tea pods! -- and the toughest decision you make every morning is whether or not you'll chose the chai tea latte or the mocha macchiato from the attractively dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Impossible to Clean Kitchen Tools

    ​ We've all experienced the giddy anticipation of getting a new, handy dandy kitchen gadget that promises to make our culinary endeavors effortlessly easier. Oftentimes this initial excitement is derailed by the amount of manual labor it takes to clean the darn thing. Soaping, scrubbing, sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    How To Help Wall Street Bankers In Haiti's Time Of Need

    ​We Americans are a generous people. In the days after the devastating Haitian earthquake, we whipped out our credit cards and donated millions to relieve that stricken, jinxed nation.But until Thursday, when the Huffington Post got wind of the practices, the major credit companies (including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Late Night Scene: Coffee Groundz

    ​For such a small space, the Coffee Groundz has a United Nations-like ability to bring together a crowd of people who normally operate in different layers of the social stratosphere. The front of the bar is sparsely populated by midnight, with a few solo guys working on the laptops and a gay c ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 16, 2009

    Comedy of Manners

    Main Street's Ps and Qs reallyworks as a family show.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    A Better Breakfast at Manena's

    Photo by Katharine Shilcutt Vigilantes rellenos from Manena's Grabbing breakfast on the go can get stale very easily.  Egg McMuffins, breakfast tacos, Starbucks muffins, kolaches, donuts... All the quickly-obtained breakfasts of the busy, the mindless consumption of fast food, wearin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Dept. Of Good Ideas: Transtar Is Twittering

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Tunnel Mole Finds Underground Economy Getting Nervous

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Starbucks May Leave MFAH's Mixed Media Series Scrambling For A Replacement

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    To Do: Tha Fucking Transmissions, Glass Candy and Farah at the MFAH

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Mixed Media Music Series at MFAH, Astros at Minute Maid

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2008

    SXSW: Fourteen Bands in Eight Hours

    Transtar, the umbrella agency that coordinates traffic on Houston roads, is entering the Twitterarium, or whatever the kidz be calling it these days.Go to their main link and you can get individualized Twittering for all of the area's main roads."Twitter is a great way to give travelers the quickest ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    Circus Oz

    Check out the underdogs of the cirque nouveau set

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2007

    Notorious MSG

    Asian trio knows how to heat things up and wok the party

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2007

    Whatcha Doin' This Weekend?

    Asian trio knows how to heat things up and wok the party

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Miho Hatori

    Mix it up with a friend of the Gorillaz and Beastie Boys

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    Performance Art

    Mix it up with a friend of the Gorillaz and Beastie Boys

  • Dining

    October 5, 2006

    ZULA'S ESPRESSO MARTINI

    Mix it up with a friend of the Gorillaz and Beastie Boys

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Rants About Stuff

    A Bevy of Bad News

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    Midnight Club

    A Bevy of Bad News

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Back in tha Mix

    The MFAH's Mixed Media Series

  • Music

    February 23, 2006

    Art Girls Are Easy

    Beats of Basquiat: The Final Chapter

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2006

    Talking 'Bout Her Generation

    Beats of Basquiat: The Final Chapter

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Basquiat, Beats and Beans

    "Beats of Basquiat"

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Answering the Musical Question

    Wesley Willis's ghost in the machine pays rock 'n' roll tribute to notorious Houstonians

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Whitney's Dookie Bubble

    Being Bobby Brown is not all fun and games

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Do Not Enter

    Outside the gates of the Forbidden City

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    Cornfed Keyboards

    America is bullish on the Faint. But can the band pick stocks as well as it spots trends?

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Sultan of Swatch?

    Babe's shirt goes in the cards

  • Dining

    August 8, 2002

    How Do You Take It?

    Our intrepid driving diner discovers the Bright & Early Coffee stand and why Houstonians like their brew weak

  • Music

    July 19, 2001

    Playbill

    Mike Doughty

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Low and Outside

    Welcome to the ballpark. And brown fields and barren expanses of a still-not-rejuvenated section of downtown.

  • Dining

    July 15, 1999

    Hot Plate

    Schlotzky's Marketplace

  • Calendar

    July 6, 1995

    Press Picks

    Schlotzky's Marketplace

  • Calendar

    May 25, 1995

    Press Picks

    Schlotzky's Marketplace

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