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  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Joe Vs Smart Shop: An Oasis in a Food Desert

    Courtesy of the Community Design Resource CenterSee those red dots? That's what a food desert looks like...spatially speaking.​The term "food desert" has been increasingly visible lately, thanks to reports from The Food Trust and the University of Houston's Community Design Resource Center. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Charter School Was Sex-Toy Hotbed, Lawsuit Claims

    Photo courtesy Sensual Play ThingsThe Ride `Em Cowgirl book on sexual positions: Only $20​Being a teacher is a tough job, what with the squabbling kids, the disinterested parents, the constant badgering to buy dildos, the low sala -- say what now?Three teachers are suing a Uvalde charter school, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Texas Traveler: Heading West

    Photos by Brittanie SheyEd. Note: This the first part of a series on heading west to Big Bend and back. Check back next week for our continuing adventures. The very first thing we have to decide is which way to go. We're meeting friends in Big Bend for a New Year's camping trip, but we have several ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Social Distortion: Getting Off the Grid in Texas, Sorta Kinda

    ​You've probably heard the expression "getting off the grid" more times than you can shake a BlackBerry at.  These days, completely eliminating yourself from civilization (temporarily, mind you; for other self-removals, please see here immediately) is a task almost exclusively reserved ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2009

    Five Hour Energy

    The 2009 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase in 300 minutes or less.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    HPMA Aftermath: Ozeal & the Eulypians, Nosaprise, Benjamin Wesley, Tha Fucking Transmissions, Kristine Mills, Peekaboo Theory, Versecity and Spain Colored Orange

    Chris Gray​Five hours is not a long time. It is if you're driving from Houston to Texarkana or Uvalde, maybe. But when hopscotching all over downtown trying to take in as much of the Houston Press Music Awards showcase as you can until your feet and your ears cry uncle, those 300 minutes go by in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Proud Of Your Tattoos -- Even During A Bank Robbery

    Here's today's tip for Houston bank robbers: If the FBI's press release about you is able to note a detail like "he even had a skull tattooed on the back of his head," you're probably not taking that extra step to disguise your identity.Now, if you hang out in a colony of a couple thousand people wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Open Season on Pit Bulls’ Genitals

    Here's today's tip for Houston bank robbers: If the FBI's press release about you is able to note a detail like "he even had a skull tattooed on the back of his head," you're probably not taking that extra step to disguise your identity.Now, if you hang out in a colony of a couple thousand people wh ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Don't Take Your Guns to Town

    Country Music Pistol Packers Hall of Fame

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Shorthanded

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    The Killer Next Door

    He left clues all over, but it still took investigators years to unmask the serial murderer in their midst

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Club Directory

    He left clues all over, but it still took investigators years to unmask the serial murderer in their midst

  • Dining

    November 9, 2000

    Trading Places

    Charles Miller went from providing linens to brokering the deals when Houston restaurants change hands

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Looking the Other Way

    In Houston's Health Department, zero tolerance apparently applies only to dissidents

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Secrets of the Sonora Aero Club

    A tale of UFOs, art collectors and the shadows of history

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    A tale of UFOs, art collectors and the shadows of history

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