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  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Andrew Mosier, Missing Houston Boy, Found in Michigan With Fugitive Uncle

    Found​Andrew Mosier, a boy who disappeared from his Houston home in August 2010, has been found in Jackson, Michigan, with his uncle -- a fugitive facing a felony charge for previously taking Andrew from his home. Erin Powers, a spokesman for Andrew's father, Dennis, told us the good news th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Want To Hear Arian Foster Get Advice From Jim Brown? Well, Here You Go

    Old school represents​Yesterday, I did the first of what will be seventeen weekly shows with Texans running back, defending NFL rushing king, and Tweeter extraordinaire Arian Foster. To set the scene, this first show took place at an investor/sponsor party at the West University home of our n ... More >>

  • Music

    July 7, 2011

    Members Only

    Is Simone on Sunset the best bar in West U...already?

  • News

    April 21, 2011

    Hide and Seek

    Fourteen-year-old Andrew Mosier was abducted last August. It wasn't by aliens.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Mud Flies in West U City Council Election; Incumbent George Boehme Accused of Drunkenness

    Jim Shields plays in the band, yo.​It's election season in West University Place, and in the race for city council, shit just got real. In one corner, there's incumbent George Boehme, a sometime restaurateur, amateur Negro Leagues historian and daredevil tree surgeon. In the other corner, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    HISD: Terry Grier -- Budget Crisis Detailed, 25 Magnets Proposed To Be Slashed

    Terry Grier proposed some controversial changes to HISD last night.​The Houston school district suggested sweeping changes to nearly every detail of its infrastructure last night in light of the budget crisis it faces, from cutting down the number of crossing guards that lead children to schoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Nicknaming the Inner Loop Kroger Stores

    Matthew RutledgePosh Kroger is richer than you are.​Kroger grocery stores have a long and storied history in the city of Houston. I worked at one myself when I was in high school. Over the years, they have grown and changed and these changes have led people to give them nicknames. After a fru ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    Dive Bars

    A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Jail Hell

    Inmates emerging from the Harris County Jail tell remarkably similar stories of horrible conditions inside.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Pirates And Highway Robbery In The West U Municipal Court

    You can't blame a city for trying to make some ends at the expense of outsiders. What better way to do that than the killer combo of ticket-happy police and a headache-inducing municipal-court system that promises to get off your case if you fork over your fine?That's what Malcolm Whittaker (no rela ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    120 HISD Schools To Open Tuesday -- UPDATED

    You can't blame a city for trying to make some ends at the expense of outsiders. What better way to do that than the killer combo of ticket-happy police and a headache-inducing municipal-court system that promises to get off your case if you fork over your fine?That's what Malcolm Whittaker (no rela ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Lomax on Lomax

    You can't blame a city for trying to make some ends at the expense of outsiders. What better way to do that than the killer combo of ticket-happy police and a headache-inducing municipal-court system that promises to get off your case if you fork over your fine?That's what Malcolm Whittaker (no rela ... More >>

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Remembering Molly

    She was always more than what she seemed

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    The Also-Rans

    The schools who could have been contenders

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Lowering the Boom

    Not all Houstonians revel in our God-given right to be loudly obnoxious

  • Resolutions

    January 20, 2005

    2005 Resolutions Guide Listings

    Not all Houstonians revel in our God-given right to be loudly obnoxious

  • Music

    September 16, 2004

    Mystery Bopping

    Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

  • Dining

    January 15, 2004

    And Then There Was One

    Vallone sheds several restaurants — but keeps Tony's

  • Music

    August 28, 2003

    Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

    Roy Ames, child pornographer and record producer, dies at 66

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Peace Train?

    Bob and Bill talk up a Metro rail deal, but Butch isn't buying it

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Home from the War

    Midtown battles a plan to house vets

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Elephants Versus RINOs

    Party veterans sound alarms at the proposed GOP political-purity rules

  • Dining

    January 10, 2002

    Raw Talent

    Chef Kubo is the best sushi man in town -- ask anyone

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    When Will They Learn?

    GOP label doesn't sell in mayoral races

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    GOP Mayoral Pipe Dreams

    West U rejected them, so how will they ever win Houston's City Hall?

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    West U Journal Feud

    Bankrupt journalist of the year v. O'Quinn et al.

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Hero

    Texas Ranger Sergeant Drew Carter

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Street Scene

    Sex, drugs, rock & roll, and the ballad of 2100 Lexington

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Spaced Out

    Is legitimate safety or something more behind the push to curb Bellaire High parking?

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Pushing the Envelope

    Sushi via the U.S. mail? Velveeta boxes affixed with stamps? To Beth Jacobs, it's all art.

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    The Pershing Eight

    Children get burned by HISD over a gun-shaped lighter

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Letters

    Children get burned by HISD over a gun-shaped lighter

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Kicking A

    With the world premiere of Fucking A, Infernal Bridegroom Productions may have outgrown its seedy past, but it hasn't forgotten it

  • Dining

    December 2, 1999

    Damming Up Sabine

    Local Restaurant News

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Letters

    Local Restaurant News

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Sadler's Crowd

    The restaurants changed. The barflies remained the same.

  • Dining

    December 24, 1998

    Dish

    The restaurants changed. The barflies remained the same.

  • Dining

    December 3, 1998

    Dish

    The restaurants changed. The barflies remained the same.

  • Music

    October 29, 1998

    Anti-Swing Objective

    Tosca takes up arms against a watered-down craze. Its secret weapon? Tango.

  • Dining

    July 9, 1998

    Dish

    Tosca takes up arms against a watered-down craze. Its secret weapon? Tango.

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Insider

    Tosca takes up arms against a watered-down craze. Its secret weapon? Tango.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Letters

    Tosca takes up arms against a watered-down craze. Its secret weapon? Tango.

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Besieged by the Bay

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    The Insider

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Insider

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    The Insider

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    The Insider

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    The Insider

    Beset by skyrocketing tax assessments and wary of encroaching development, property owners in San Leon-Bacliff wonder if their "poor man's Riviera" may soon go the way of other waterfront zones along Galveston Bay.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Mr. S.O.B.

    Rick's CEO Robert Watters wants to make sexually oriented businesses respectable. So why, in his adopted hometown, does he get no respect?

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    Malice in Meyerland

    The sale of the neighborhood pool pits some older residents against newer arrivals

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