How Much More Rain Should We Expect This Weekend?
Screencap of Dangold1138 on InstagramThe flooded landscape gets old pretty quickly.We’re not out of the wet weather just yet. The threat of more flash flooding could creep up on us this weekend, according to weather forecasters. One to two inches could come down before next week. Houston has easily measured…
HPD Reports Man Allegedly Wounds Roommates, Takes Own Life
Houston police are investigating a shooting that wounded two roommates living at 9390 FM 1960 West, home of the Park at Humble apartments. The incident occurred around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday. Before taking his own life, police said, the suspect, 46, shot a 62-year-old man and 55-year-old woman. According to Jodi…
Maya Angelou Won’t Be at Astros Civil Rights Game, But Her Spirit Will
The Houston Astros will play in Major League Baseball’s annual Civil Rights Game Friday, honoring Dr. Maya Angelou in the process. Angelou, who passed away Wednesday, was scheduled to receive the 2014 Beacon of Life award. She was 86. “Today we have lost one of our greatest voices, but Dr…
I Just Ate My First Philly Cheesesteak
I never intended to eat a Philly cheesesteak the other day. Or ever, really. It’s not that I had some ethical opposition to thinly sliced steak, melted cheese and a doughy roll. I like all those things. It’s just that I like them separately, and I didn’t see how they…
Aaron Hernandez Double Murder Arraignment Reveals Shocking Allegations
A spilled drink. That’s it. After a cycle of bloodshed that has seen the murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd last June preceded by a double murder in Boston late in a July 2012 evening, and seen former New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez indicted for all three…
The 10 Best Macarons in Houston
We’ve written about macarons, noted their rising popularity over cupcakes and have suggested them as holiday treats or gifts for friends and family. But we have never ranked the ten best macarons in Houston. Our great city has a multitude of shops selling the French cookies and it’s no secret…
Game Room Owner’s Move to Delay Enforcement Is a Bust
The Harris County Attorney’s Office will move to enforce strict regulations on a Houston game room after a federal judge denied the owner’s motion for temporary injunction. Fabian Elizondo, who owns the Cavalcade Game Room at 1828 Airline, had sued the County, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Sheriff Adrian…
A Look at Leo Tanguma’s The Rebirth of Our Nationality Mural
As the Preservons la Creation (Let’s Preserve the Creation) mural, being touted as the largest mural in the history of Houston, nears completion in Midtown we take a look at what was once the largest mural in the city. Leo Tanguma’s 1973 The Rebirth of Our Nationality mural on the…
Guerrilla Canning Company Brings Pickling Into the Future
Don’t call them Hipsters. Yes, JD Woodward, his wife, Amy, and his business partners Jason Cate and Joseph Sterling are mad about pickling, but it’s not something they do while waxing their mustaches and comparing the plaid prints on their shirts. The new-ish and somewhat secretive pickling business, Guerilla Canning…
The Rocks Off 200: Reko Trill, of the Almighty Trill Brothers
Welcome to The Rocks Off 200, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community — a lot more than just musicians, but of course they’re in there too. See previous entries in the Rocks Off 100 at this link. Who? Reko Trill…
Hunter Pence Missing Scooter Update: THEY FOUND IT!
Back when the television show America’s Most Wanted was a thing (Is it still a thing?), I always liked it when the host of the show would give us an update on a previously unsolved crime or uncultured scumbag. I like my stories to have a beginning, a middle and…
Rest of the Best: Houston’s Top 10 Historic Heights Buildings
The Heights area, now a mixed use neighborhood just north of downtown, was originally Houston Heights, a working-class suburb to the nearby city of Houston. Nebraska investors, the Omaha & South Texas Land Company, developed the area in 1891 and despite its blue-collar roots, the area boasted several large, expansive…
The 5 Best Brunch Spots in Washington Corridor
In Houston, we’re pretty serious about our brunch. Whether it be migas and breakfast tacos or chicken and waffles and loaded Bloody Marys, we have no shortage of awesome spots to get our brunch on. Keeping later hours and killer cocktails in mind, we’ll be taking a look at some…
Now What Happens to All Those Anti-HERO Shirts?
They said no. They screamed it. Protesters yelled in front of city hall Wednesday, in opposition of legislation for a Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. “We say no,” the protesters repeated. A few women, serving as reverb, chanted “God says no.” ERO adorned their chests, thick red slashes cutting through acronym…
Creating the Next Generation of Fashion Insiders, Fashion Camp 2014 Launches in June
If you were to walk into a high school anywhere in America and ask, “Who wants to be the next Marc Jacobs?!,” hands would fly up with no hesitation. The idea of traveling the globe, befriending celebs, dressing in high end clothing, and a reserved spot front and center at…
100 Favorite Dishes 2014-15: No. 93, Finocchiona Sandwich at Siphon Coffee
Once again, Kaitlin Steinberg is eating her way through Houston and counting down her 100 favorite dishes as we work our way toward our annual Menu of Menus® issue and culinary extravaganza. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks are the most delicious, most creative and, of course,…
Where’s the Blues in the Black Community?
“For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It’s oppression. In high school I had a friend who asked me why I played the blues, that black people don’t play blues.” — Gary Clark Jr. Blues was once a very popular and influential musical genre. Its…
Rice, UH Hope to Take the First Step to Winning NCAA Regionals
The cliché is one game at a time. That nothing matters but for the current play, the next pitch. And for the Rice Owls and the Houston Cougars, nothing this weekend matters more than the one game being played. The Owls and Cougars are among the 64 teams partaking in…
5 Best Local Comics I Picked Up at Comicpalooza
One of the best things about visiting Comicpalooza is that it’s a great opportunity to meet local comic creators hoping to get their name out. This past weekend I picked up five new books from our hometown heroes, and they are well worth looking into. Weretrucker I loved Weretrucker from…
A Fantastic Rosé for Houston to Call Its Own
Americans have a truly unique relationship with rosé. During the 1970s and 1980s, when middle-class Americans were becoming wine-aware for the first time in our nation’s history, the wine industry aggressively marketed cheaply made “blush” wines to the masses. Lancers Rosé, Mateus Rosé, and “White Zinfandel” by Sutter Home were…
The 10 Best Local Acts at Free Press Summer Fest
A Fistful of Soul A Fistful of Soul’s members look like the indie-rockers FPSF tends to favor, such as New York City Queens, The Tontons or Wild Moccasins. It may alarm some unfamiliars when they don’t start strumming esoterically at guitars or synth-popping their set. They spin classic soul sets,…
I’m Divorced and Ready to Start Dating Again. Help!
Welcome to Ask Willie D, Rocks Off’s advice column where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! I KEEP THINKING SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO ME Dear Willie D: I live in the…
FPSF and Craigslist, Part 2: Free Pass for Boob Flash
Call it a case of someone taking capitalism (or bad taste) to the extreme, it’s just surprising something like this hasn’t happened sooner. Or maybe it has, but thank God the Internet is around to preserve everything in amber. Earlier this week but after we told you about the bull…
