Tourism

Moody Gardens 11th Annual Festival of Lights

Night of the Iguana

Exhibition Expedition

37th Annual International Quilt Festival/Houston

Sandcastle Competition In Galveston: Photos

Galveston Island Convention & Visitors BureauThe winning entry. Yes, there be dragons​More than 25,000 people attended the 25th annual sandcastle competition at Galveston over the weekend, according to a car count from the park board. The East Beach competition was won by JACOBS of Houston, s ... More >>

Houston: Better than Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo (and All but Ten Cities in the World)

The only Texas city to make the list.​Hey now, it's another one of those sprawling studies ranking the best cities in the world. This time around, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Partnership for New York City have ranked the world's urban agglomerations according to their importance and power ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 3: Joe Apa of Rudz

​After chatting at Rudyard's and sampling some food and beer (see the rest of our conversation here and here), chef Joe Apa and I took an impromptu road trip to Conroe's Southern Star Brewery. Immediately, we were in awe of this grass-roots operation. It's a total craft brewery. Tall fermentin ... More >>

Ars Lyrica Houston: Musical Resolutions

Texas Monthly: Houston is Chow Town

​Here at Eating Our Words, we tend to agree. Houston is the best culinary city in Texas, and I'm not just saying that out of a sense of loyalty or native bias. Although from reading the Twitter account that Texas Monthly has set up specifically for the food section of the magazine (@TMFood), y ... More >>

The Strand Walking Tour

Learn about the larger-than-life past of Galveston Island's historic downtown district

The Five Most Overrated Houston Attractions

Let's be honest, there's one main reason visitors come to Houston -- to visit relatives. Or, if they're from the hinterlands of Texas, to see a major league baseball game (sorry, you'll have to settle for the Astros) or the rodeo.But Houston, like every other city, has to sell itself as a tourist de ... More >>

Julian Castro, San Antonio Mayor, Annointed Great Hispanic Hope By The New York Times

Can you become governor of Texas when your Mom hates the Alamo?​The cover story from this week's upcoming New York Times Magazine is available online, and it's a love letter to 35-year-old San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, tabbing him as an official Hispanic to Watch, including talk of the Governor ... More >>

Breathe Easy, Houston: We're Not Getting The GOP Convention

​Yesterday we noted that respected national publication Hotline had reported that Houston was one of four finalists for the 2012 GOP convention. Naturally, this caused much panic among  those people who aren't the kind to listen to Glenn Beck and nod their head saying "Damn, that man makes se ... More >>

The 43rd Annual Original Greek Festival

Greece is the word

Why Does TxDOT Hate Tuna Does Vegas? (We Mean Besides The Usual Reasons)

​Hey all you Tuna Does Vegas fans -- TxDOT has a surprise for you. Seems the state department of transportation has decided to close all southbound lanes on I-45 this weekend, meaning those of you with tickets for opening night should leave around noon on Thursday in order to make the Fri ... More >>

Tim Dorsey: Nuclear Jellyfish

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Tom Piazza

The author of Why New Orleans Matters gives readers a fictionalized look at the Big Easy

Galveston -- Exhibit A Against Offshore Drilling?

Portrait of the Architect as a Young Man

Indy Film Night

Best Place to Watch Wildlife in the Urban Jungle

Best Comeback

Downtown Convention Center Hotel

Texas Monthly's Bullshit

The magazine offers yet another favor to a Bush

Best Place to Hike

Big Thicket National Preserve

This Old House

The City of Houston wants to further spiff up the area around Minute Maid Park. The historic Cohn House stands in its way.

The Idea Man

Lee Mingwei's high-concept art arrives at the Rice University Art Gallery

Party On, Dude

The Me Generation hasn't stopped believin' in its own soundtrack

Cash from CACHH

As arts funding shrinks, the downtown powers rush to make sure they get theirs

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