Jimbo Mathus Revives Squirrel Nut Zippers for One Hot Anniversary
The Billboard 200 album chart for the end of June 1997 certainly cut a wide swath of musical performers and styles: The Spice Girls, Hanson, the Wallflowers, Mary J. Blige, Aerosmith, No Doubt, Jewel and the Notorious B.I.G. all made the Top 30. But there at its peak of No. 27…
HCC Splits Lab Times From Classes, Making It Tougher for Students to Fit It All In
Storm McAdams is a 35-year-old working mother of three who is trying to advance her career by becoming a nurse. To do that, she’s taking science courses at Houston Community College — but she says a change in class scheduling makes completing coursework more difficult for her and her classmates…
Need a Falafel Fix? Try These Five Houston Spots
What is it about falafel that makes it delicious at almost any time of the day, be it for a weekday lunch or post-revelry fuel at 2 a.m. or even for weekend brunch? Deep-fried garbanzo beans globes can be found across Houston, but their taste and quality varies considerably. Here…
Houston’s 10 Best Bars for Studying
A tried-and-true tradition for college students has been venturing out to the local coffee shop in an effort to get out of the house or library for a few minutes. This is all well and good; coffee shops make for great post-up spots for those looking to get a little…
Star Trek 50 | Space, the Final Frontier
As we gear up for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek on September 8, the Houston Press boldly goes in search of those who have turned their passion for the landmark television series into a mission. The race for space – and especially those early, heady days after the Soviet…
Life in the Mind of a Comatose Boy Is Gorgeous, but What Does It Reveal?
Opening your film on the image of a child plummeting off a cliff, presumably to his death, is a fairly foolproof way of getting the audience’s attention. And Alexandre Aja’s hyper-stylized coming-of-age-movie-slash-fantasy-slash-psychological-thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax excels at grabbing you with a steady stream of provocative and ornate…
A Houstonian’s Guide to the Colorado Cannabis Scene
A $39 Frontier Airlines flight from IAH to Denver can jet any Houstonian to their first legal bag of cannabis in Colorado in a bit over two hours. So as a service to the Texas cannabis community, the Houston Press hereby undertakes the onerous task of touring the plethora of…
NFL Preseason Week 4: Texans-Cowboys — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
HOW ABOUT THEM TEXANS??? Yeah, it was the fourth week of the preseason. Yeah, most of the guys playing at the end of that game might be selling insurance within a year. Yeah, Kenny Hilliard got an Adrian Peterson-like workload… who cares?!? It’s a win by guys in Houston uniforms…
Openings & Closings: Hello to Hops Meet Barley, Farewell to Champps
Hops Meet Barley, 2245 West Alabama, officially opened its doors on August 29 at the site of the old Mission Burrito. According to a press release, one of the partners, Steve Long of Reserve 101, is excited about bringing a bar where people can “kick back with their dog on the patio and…
5 Signs a TV Show Needs to Pack It In
Orphan Black has announced that its fifth season will be its last. On one hand that makes me sad because, until Stranger Things came along an ate my freakin’ soul, it was my favorite show not starring an angry time-traveling Scottish alien. On the other hand… good. Television has a…
NFL Preseason Week 4: Texans-Cowboys — Four Things to Watch For
Friends, families, agents, degenerate gamblers, and post game show hosts. Other than the decision makers for the 32 NFL teams prepping to scour the waiver wire on Friday, that list above would seem to encompass the entire all the people who are interested in Week 4 of the NFL’s preseason,…
7 Literary Hoaxes That Fooled The Public
When a story is published, it takes on an appearance of seriousness and respectability. After all, for a writer to get published and reach a wide readership, he or she must be good, and also be presenting their material honestly, right? They’ve already jumped through hoops to get noticed by…
Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and James Ivory on the Enduring Power of Howards End
Don’t ever make the mistake of dismissing James Ivory’s E.M. Forster adaptation Howards End as a mere “costume drama.” Yes, the characters wear corsets and evening suits and talk through manners and inheritance. But in its own way, Ivory’s film — which has been newly restored and is being re-released,…
Luke Scott — and a Killer Ensemble — Make Morgan a Top-Tier Sci-Fi Thriller
Nepotism is occasionally a positive, and not just for the direct beneficiary. Ridley Scott gave us Alien, with heroine Ripley and a memorable cast of ne’er-do-wells and villains with defined personalities. And now Scott’s son, Luke, who’s been shadowing his dad on his last few big-budget films, has delivered unto…
Powered by Strong Performances, The Light Between Oceans Could Fill a Sea With Tears
Tension and release is the driving principle of a tearjerker, where every good fortune is countered by something worse. And as dismissive as critics often are of the genre, it’s actually quite difficult for a director to make people cry en masse and genuinely feel things. Derek Cianfrance’s foreboding melodrama…
A Star Is Roleplayed: How Dungeon Master Spencer Crittenden Became the Lord of Harmonquest
You can be forgiven for thinking that the new show from Dan Harmon, creator of Community and Rick and Morty, might come off as niche. Available on the new comedy streaming service Seeso, Harmonquest features comedians playing Pathfinder — a tabletop role-playing game similar to Dungeons and Dragons — in…
Power Vocalist Brody Dolyniuk Rocks The Rolling Stones
Houston Symphony is just looking for a little Satisfaction. As part of its 2nd Annual Classic Rock Weekend, The Symphony is bringing the musical catalogue of The Rolling Stones to life, conducted by Brent Havens and sung by powerhouse vocalist Brody Dolyniuk. Dolyniuk, a self-taught musician who frequently headlines in Vegas,…
A Letter From Food Editor Phaedra Cook to Our Readers
Dear Readers: This note is to inform you that as of September 2, I will no longer be food editor for the Houston Press. I realize this news is probably surprising and disappointing. For that, I am sorry. It has been my joy and privilege to serve you. I can…
First look at Under the Radar Brewery in Midtown
Located in Midtown and just minutes from the Museum District, you will find Under the Radar Brewery, 1506 Truxillo. After having a soft opening for the past month, Under the Radar welcomed about 2,000 people throughout the day for their official grand opening on August 27. Under the Radar is the…
Andy Warhol’s Sunset: Discovering Poetry in Little Motion
The sun sets slowly into the Pacific. Gorgeous pink and orange deepen to lush purple and black. Diagonals from upper left to lower right emphasize the sinking sun and the deepening color. An unsexed voice – that of the singer Nico – drones a mesmerizing (nearly annoying) strain: He walks…
In the Heights Takes Us Along for Three Days in Washington Heights With Music
It was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (Hamilton) first show and a Tony Award winner. Spend three bittersweet days with family and friends in the Washington Heights area of New York City who are trying to figure out what home means to them. “I love the fact that everyone will do anything for…
College Football, Week 1 — This Weekend’s Best Bets
Finally, it’s almost here… yeah, I know we’ve already had one game played in Australia, and that we have games on Thursday and Friday this week, but on Saturday it’s, like, REALLY here. That’s the first Saturday of the 2016 college football season! Indeed after 235 days since the College…
Birdcloud: The Most Dangerous Group In Country Music
Country music and satire have always been bizarre bedfellows. Ranging from the doomsday predictions of George Strait & Alan Jackson’s “Murder On Music Row” to the Dixie Chicks’ playful, upbeat “Goodbye Earl,” there’s no shortage of country artists tackling tough topics in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way. But there hasn’t ever…
The New Sleepaway Camp and How to Love Problematic Things
Warning: Spoilers It was recently announced there would be a new entry in my favorite horror movie franchise of all time, Sleepaway Camp. Originally conceived of as a remake, New Line’s Jeff Katz now says he is making a direct sequel to the original 1983 film set to be set…
Army Engineers Wants the San Jacinto River Waste Pits to Stay As Is
Despite the leak in the San Jacinto River Waste Pits cap last December, and the tests that found local water wells have been tested for dioxin, a known carcinogen found in the waste pits, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released a study finding that it may be…
New Dio Box Set Makes Fans Stand Up and Shout
By 1983, Ronnie James Dio had served terms (albeit brief) as front man for two of the biggest hard rock and metal acts of the era: Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Perhaps tired of sharing a band vision with strong-willed guitarists (we’re talking to you, Ritchie Blackmore and Tony Iommi), he…
Houston Open Air Hopes Its Rising Tide Lifts All Bands
Since its announcement last spring, the Houston Open Air festival has been one of the most intriguing and hotly debated items in local metal circles. And relatively speaking, it is huge news. For the first time in our city’s history, the Danny Wimmer Presents franchise has bestowed a destination rock show on…
Blame Fatale: White Girl Suggests Its Heroine’s Suffering Is All Her Own Fault
It’s hard to watch White Girl without experiencing a creeping sense of anxiety. Loosely based on the adolescent life of writer/director Elizabeth Wood, the film follows Leah (Morgan Saylor), a college student who parties all night and snorts prodigious amounts of cocaine. She and her roommate, Katie (India Menuez), live…
Don’t Miss a Visit to Howards End, a Film That Remains the Best of Its Kind
Like the rambling fixer-upper at its heart, Merchant Ivory’s Howards End has aged quite well, and not just because of the brightened-up 4K restoration from Cohen Media Group. It’s brisk and funny, prim but open-minded, testy about pomposity even as it exemplifies what once was the most pompous of all…
Yoga Hosers Finds Kevin Smith Barely Making a Movie
Were we wrong to root for Kevin Smith? When he burst onto the scene in 1994, it was the most improbable of rags-to-riches movie narratives: bankrolling Clerks by selling his comic book collection and running up thousands of dollars in credit card debt. Almost overnight, he joined the likes of…
Armored Truck Driver Shot, Killed in Northwest Houston
An armored truck driver was ambushed in killed in northwest Houston on Monday afternoon, Houston police report. Just before 6 p.m., police said the driver was servicing a Wells Fargo ATM in the parking lot of 13201 Northwest Freeway when the driver was shot and robbed. He died at the…
Flying Saucer Cancels Wednesday “Glass Night” to Make Way for “Flight Night”
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in downtown Houston has decided to discontinue their Wednesday Glass Nights and some customers are unhappy about that. Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 31, is the final one and it’s called The Great Glass Swap. Collectors are encouraged to bring their unwanted glassware to trade with other customers…
Houston Grand Opera’s Studio Showcase Offers a Glimpse of the Future
Growing up in California, Megan Mikailovna Samarin played piano and sang in her grandmother’s Russian church. But it wasn’t until she joined a middle school choir that she fell in love with classical music. Going on to the Manhattan School of Music — and New York City was very different from…
Houston Texans 53-Man Roster Prediction, Version 4.0
In a Texans preseason that’s been brimming with the most anticipation of any of the three involving Bill O’Brien thus far, in large part because the team appears to have finally found a franchise quarterback, the third year head coach’s evaluation has remained very measured and conservative, citing a few…
Conservatory Might Need to Rethink Its Mix
It’s entirely possible that the best thing I had at Conservatory was a glass of agua fresca, owing at least partially to the fact that the underground “food hall” is best reached by portage, trekking overland among the skyscrapers. Conservatory is only tunnel-adjacent; you can’t get there by navigating subterranean…
Hand to God Proves Puppet Sex Is Still Funny
Lest there be any doubt, raunchy puppet sex is still remarkably funny. It was funny in the 2003 Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, it was funny in the action comedy movie Team America: World Police; and it is once again terrifically amusing in the Alley Theatre’s production of Robert Askins’s…
Ken Paxton’s Artful Distraction Draws Attention From His Legal Problems
Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton knows how to distract his audience. While everyone is watching him pull a far-right leaning conservative legal rabbit out of his hat, so to speak — suing over allowing doctors the right to refuse treatment to transgender people, and then stating he won’t change his…
Did the Chicago Tribune Really Find KFC’s Secret Fried Chicken Recipe?
A recent Chicago Tribune article proclaimed that they believe they’ve discovered one of the most legendary secrets in the culinary world: the eleven herbs and spices used in the batter of KFC’s famous Original Recipe fried chicken. We decided to test the recipe for ourselves to see if it’s the…
Upcoming: Chance The Rapper, Dan Penn, Frog Hair, the Jayhawks, Lydia Loveless, Trivium, Untapped Fest, etc.
Note: Events in bold reflect highly recommended shows. A$AP Ferg: With Playboi Carti, Rob $tone. Thu., November 17, 8:30 p.m., $25 to $30. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston, 713-225-5483. Acceptance: With As Cities Burn, Avion Roe, Closure. Sat., October 22, 7 p.m., $20 to $25. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret…
Amid the Noise, Herman and the Coogs Tackle Their Sophomore Year Together
On a steamy August morning, hip hop music blares loudly from gigantic speakers, and blends in seamlessly with the constant cracking of plastic on plastic, plastic on flesh. With Houston’s hardscrabble Third Ward as the backdrop and the hope for an even brighter future in a Power Five conference as…
Dear Libertarians: Stop Saying Abraham Lincoln Was a Third Party Candidate
So, the latest ridiculous thing to infect my Facebook newsfeed these days is this video by a guy calling himself Dead Abe Lincoln . It’s created by a group called the Balanced Rebellion, which very much wants Gary Johnson to be elected president. Their idea isn’t that bad, honestly. Democrats…
Bands Needn’t Be Best Friends to Make It Big
Dinosaur Jr. ranks among the influential indie-rock bands of the ’80s. The band’s catalog, particularly 1987’s You’re Living All Over Me, set the tone for numerous imitators and copycats to follow. Even the trio’s reformation a decade ago — which some initially viewed as a cash grab — has yielded…
Where Some of Texas’s Most Vulnerable Children Are Being Sent
On July 22, a foster care caseworker flew from Lubbock to Houston to move a severely mentally disabled 16-year-old girl from a group home she loved to a group home that had lost its secretary of state charter six months earlier. No explanation was given for moving the girl, an…
The Blues in Real Life: The Magic, Tragic Odyssey of Michael Bloomfield
Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero By Ed Ward Chicago Review Press, 272 pp., $27.99 There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the life and work of Chicago-bred blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield, who died in 1981 at the age of 37. A career-spanning box set, From…
Five More Awesome Heavy-Metal Mascots
As promised, here are more of the monstrous mascots heavy metal groups have linked to their bands since nearly the moment that the thunderous genre of music erupted forth like a loud, drunken, hobgoblin. From robotic warriors to desiccated zombies seeking vengeance against the non-metal world, famous bands have sent…
Beyoncé, Kanye Rescue a Less Than Iconic VMAs
The 31st MTV Video Music Awards were last night and somehow I told myself, “We’re going to sit down and watch the entire thing. We’re not going to edit any of our thoughts, we’re just going to go ahead and punch this out old school style. It has to be…
Dish of the Week: Pistachio Pesto
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other dishes of the week here. This week, we’re sharing a spin on a classic recipe that is the perfect way to use your summer basil: pistachio pesto. Pesto, known…
NFL Preseason Week 3: Cardinals-Texans — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
For the Houston Texans, beating the San Francisco 49ers on the road and the New Orleans Saints at home in Weeks 1 and 2 of the preseason was nice and all, but if we are to buy into Week 3 of the preseason being the most meaningful of the preseason…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Last Call for Houston Restaurant Weeks
From an Izakaya Pop-Up at Eight Row Flint to a Saint Arnold Boiler Room Bonanza, here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: All Week Houston Restaurant Weeks Continue It’s the last week for the Houston Food Bank’s biggest and most delicious fundraiser, an all-star lineup of reasonably priced,…
As Peak Hurricane Season Arrives, Record Gulf of Mexico Drought Continues
Texas is long overdue for a hurricane, but continues to enjoy an unprecedented quiet period, even as peak hurricane season arrives. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects this to be the most active hurricane season since 2012, with 12-17 named storms. But that bold prediction stands in contrast to…
Here Are the Aces Who Should Make Up the All-Time Astros Pitching Staff
A couple of weeks ago, former Astros beat writer Jose de Jesus Ortiz tweeted out what he considered to be his all-time starting rotation of a combined Astros/Cardinals pitching staff (he’s now a columnist in St. Louis, thus adding in the Cardinals). And that got me to thinking about what…
Houston Ballet Presents a Mixed Rep Program With Intense Focus on Perfection
There’s waltzing and the beautiful strains of the mazurka. Then a switch to extreme dancing requiring positions that go beyond the norm. Toss in a little neoclassic work and voila, there’s this year’s season opener for the Houston Ballet. Three masterpieces, each different from the others and all challenging. That’s…
Judge Says Banning Brewers From Selling Distribution Rights Violates Texas Constitution
In what may end up being a major win for the craft beer industry, Travis County district judge Karin Crump ruled on Thursday, August 25, that arrangements that prohibit brewers from selling distribution rights violate the Texas Constitution. It’s unfortunately too late for craft brewers who signed away exclusive distribution rights…
Slipknot’s Power Overrules Marilyn Manson’s Erratic Behavior
Slipknot, Marilyn Manson Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 2016, 2016 Friday’s night show featuring Of Mice & Men, Marilyn Manson and Skipknot at the Woodlands Pavilion was certainly interesting. Between the typical lengthy lines to enter the venue, the downpour of rain that settled over the amphitheater for the entire…
The 10 Frozen Cocktails in Houston for the Last Blistering Days of Summer
In Houston, when it gets to be the end of August cooler temperatures aren’t necessarily just around the corner. The sun might very well continue to beat down mercilessly on residents through the end of September (when there aren’t thunderstorms and floods, that is). Fall might come in October if…
Inmate Says He Was Raped by a Harris County Jailer
He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape. Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in the Harris County Jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter, thought he was going crazy, and in many ways, he was. His eyes were so red from lack of sleep…
Discovery Green Looks Different From 20 Stories Up
What’s on your Houston bucket list? If rappelling down a 20-story building isn’t in the top 10, maybe it should be. This will be the seventh year that Spider-Man, Batman and The Flash wannabes have taken the plunge, and it looks like a blast. It’s not free – there’s some…
Shows of the Week: The Natural Heir to Music’s Two Great Bobs
BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS House of Blues, August 29 Ben Harper can never be accused of being idle. The 46-year-old musician is a polymath of folk, reggae, soul, blues and rock, infusing his unique style with a keen sense of social justice that makes him a natural heir…
Houston’s 10 Best Record Stores
Despite the best efforts of the world’s leading entertainment corporations — which in their higher echelons often have very little to do with anything entertaining at all — to convince the public otherwise, music and the players who make it remain unpredictable, unruly, incorrigible, indefatigable, hungry. Therefore the multinationals will…
Dear Stoner: What Is Thai Stick?
Dear Stoner: What is Thai stick? Is it just an old strain of chronic from the ’70s? The Berg Dear Berg: Be ready to take notes if an old-timer ever tells you about the time he smoked a Thai stick, because it was probably crazier than any blunt you’ve ever…
Dear Stoner: How Can I Make a Bowl More Potent?
Dear Stoner: I have a metal pipe that I can unscrew and clean, and the other day I had a great idea: What if I put a nug in there to get nice and sticky after smoking a few bowls? Will it be more potent? JustBlaze Dear Blaze: Now I…
Family of Driver Killed in Crash With Former HPD Officer Sues Cop, Strip Club
The family of a driver killed by an off-duty Houston police officer — who prosecutors say was driving drunk — has sued the officer and a South Houston strip club they allege the officer was on his way home from. The parents of Brian Manring, a 36-year-old single father, argue…
Will Fertitta Center Get UH Into the Big 12?
It was meant to be a day of celebration and joy. The University of Houston accepting a gift of $20 million — the largest such donation in school history — to be used for the renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion. But in the end, what probably matters most is the answer…
Houston’s Witch’s Hat Finds a New Home
Longtime Houstonians will remember the famous Witch’s Hat house, the hard-to-forget Victorian-era home with a pointed roof turret that stood at 2201 Fannin for close to a century. Constructed around 1901 (though some reports date it to 1883) and designed by architect George Dickey, the house was also known as…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Saint Arnold and Hopdoddy Unite
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary events, including a Sunday football special, afternoon tea and a Mumbai-style food and cocktail experience: Elyse Blechman of Bad News Bar and Bridget Paliwoda, formerly of Oxheart, will be bringing their cocktail expertise to Bramble, 2231 South…
How Houston Rap Dominated the #SoGoneChallenge
Somewhere in 2003, Monica and Missy Elliott made the most defining record from her second decade in music. Built around The Whispers’ “You Are Number One,” the 2003 update was a woman dictating to her man that she was walking out of their relationship. Fed up. “So Gone” effectively became…
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Evil Puppet, Supernova & More
We honored a few musical greats last weekend in Houston, and the reverence continues with a salute to the music of Marvin Gaye this Friday on the hill. And even though the Pokéstops are gone from Discovery Green, the trainers will be out in full force at another great park:…
Did a Donor Persuade Mayor Turner to Refuse Uber’s Wishes?
On Thursday, Houston bar owner Bobby Heugel blasted out a photo of Mayor Sylvester Turner and Yellow Cab lobbyist and spokeswoman Cindy Clifford on social media, with this message: “This picture tells the story of why Houston won’t adjust regulations for ride-sharing companies like Uber. It’s about campaign finances.” Like…
31 Years Later, We’re Still Watching the VMAs
The older you get, the more you begin to ask questions about whether or not things matter. Someone asked over the weekend if people still watch wrestling (yes). I’m sure someone is going to ask within the coming weeks whether or not people still watch The Simpsons religiously. And someone…
All Nine Marilyn Manson Albums, Ranked
Say what you will about America’s favorite Satanist, but it can’t be denied that Marilyn Manson will always be an important thread in America’s rock and roll fabric. So, in celebration of the shock-rocker/boundary-pushing gender-bender’s arrival at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion this evening with co-headliner Slipknot, we offer this ranking…
Harris County Clerk Will Vet Voters Who Claim to Lack Photo ID
Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart said he’s expecting the largest voter turnout ever in the county with 1.4 million voters expected to cast ballots this election season. And after the state’s restrictive voter photo ID law was struck down by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in July, the…
Whiskey Myers Is Poised to Become Texas Country’s Next Breakout Band
After the release of their 2014 critically acclaimed album Early Morning Shakes, the expectations were remarkably high for Whiskey Myers. Hailed as the latest in a string of country-music classicists, the five-piece from Palestine, Texas certainly don’t disappoint with Mud, the followup to Shakes that will almost undoubtedly propel these hard-rocking…
Friday Free For All: Slow Future, Frank Ocean, Future, Glass Candy, Hamilton
The Friday Free For All relays albums, artists, videos and vibes the Houston Press Music staff has been grooving to over the past week. SLOW FUTURE It’s nice to see there’s still a place in Houston for unruly ‘90s-style indie-rock in the Dinosaur Jr./Sebadoh mold – bands who embrace reverb-soaked…
Lyle Lovett Indoors Can Be a True Religious Experience
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Brian Dunlap and Total Praise Sarofim Hall, William P. Hobby Center August 24, 2016 Lyle Lovett has a warm relationship with the Hobby Center. Reminiscing to Wednesday night’s audience, he said he was honored to have taken part in its grand-opening gala in April…
Houston B-Cycle to Undergo Huge Expansion
Houston’s bike-share program, B-Cycle, is about to undergo a huge expansion, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday. Thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration, B-Cycle will triple in size over the next two years, adding 71 new stations in addition to its existing 31 stations and 568…
Astronaut Jeff Williams Just Broke Scott Kelly’s Space Endurance Record
Well that was quick. It’s only been about six months since now-retired astronaut Scott Kelly cracked the U.S. astronaut most-time-spent-in-space record, but another astronaut has already surpassed him. On Wednesday astronaut Jeff Williams surpassed Kelly’s 520-day record of U.S. space travel as he spent his 521st day in space. This…
Houston Texans Rookie Training Camp Report Card
Training camp for the Houston Texans ended on Wednesday morning with what’s become a tradition under head coach Bill O’Brien, where he takes one of the heftier Houston Texans and has them attempt to field a punt. If the player is successful, then practice cuts out early. Talk about pressure! …
First Look At Le Colonial Vietnamese Restaurant In River Oaks
Houston has the third-largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. That makes Houston seem like prime territory for upscale French-Vietnamese concept, Le Colonial, 4444 Westheimer, G-140. It’s the fourth location for the company and located in the fancy River Oaks District shopping center. Chef Nicole Routhier, a chef and author who…
Most Of The “Hot” Houston Restaurants From Five Years Ago Are Closed
Some diners are notoriously fickle when it comes to restaurant choices. They barnstorm the new hot place for a few months and then are off to the next one. Because of this and many other factors, the restaurant business is hard. That’s common knowledge. It may, however, be even more…
Get Over It — HOU vs. HTX is a Useless Debate
The Houston Super Bowl host committee unveiled their renderings for the transformation of Discovery Green during Super Bowl week in February as well as a countdown clock in the middle of the park. We’re not going to lie, it’s all pretty impressive. Clearly, the committee has done a lot of…
Five Bizarre Films You’ve Got to Watch at Least Once
People who complain about there not being any creativity in Hollywood aren’t wrong, exactly. As the 2016 summer movie season comes to a close, look back at the last few months and you’ll find remakes that were unnecessary, adaptations that no one asked for and sequels that nobody wanted. It’s…
Precinct 4 Deputy Accidentally Tossed Untold Amount of Drug Evidence
Thanks to the error of one Harris County Precinct 4 deputy, an untold number of accused drug offenders might be off the hook. In January, Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said his office discovered that the deputy, whom Herman did not name, accidentally threw away a large amount of drug…
My Son Saw Me Crying. Help!
Dear Willie D: I need you to look out for me on this one. Quick question: Is it okay for a son to see his dad cry? I have only seen my father cry twice: When his grandmother died, and on his death bed, the day he looked me in…
