(UPDATED: He’s Gone.) Breaking News: What’s Up With Wayne Dolcefino and Channel 13?
It’s well-known that Channel 13’s Wayne Dolcefino has long been hounding Precinct 6 Constable Victor Trevino, so many thought it singularly strange that Ted Oberg broke the story of the veteran lawman’s indictment last week. He was AWOL through October sweeps. Indeed, he has not been on the air for…
Behind the Cover: Artist Creates Diorama for Our 2012 Turkeys of the Year Issue
Artist Kira Shaimanova of Ontario, Canada, hand-scultped, painted and photographed the small diorama that became this year’s 2012 Turkey of the Year cover. She is a seriously talented woman who put together this trailer park turkey scene for our issue. She creates all the “dolls,” as she calls them, from…
Happy Boozegiving: 5 Beers for Every Thanksgiving Situation
Whether you look forward to America’s favorite family gathering holiday with anxious excitement or bitter loathing, there is one truth about Thanksgiving: alcohol, whether as social lubrication or as self medication, makes everything about the day better. Here are our five picks to grab on your way to the feast…
Mitchell Deon Tucker, 20, Shot While Allegedly Attempting Armed Robbery: Bayou Body Count No. 205
When attempting to rob someone, it is probably a good idea to make sure the person you are robbing isn’t packing heat. In this case, the victim became the shooter. At about 10 p.m. Tuesday night, at the Vanderbilt Apartments (126690 Medfield) on Houston’s west side, Mitchell Deon Tucker, 20,…
Getting It Right at Guru Burgers & Crepes
Perhaps my favorite thing about Guru Burgers & Crepes — the subject of this week’s cafe review — is that the tiny restaurant in Sugar Land’s Town Square has zero obligation to be good. Sugar Land is the land of chain restaurants grouped around fake bodies of water and oddly-named…
R.I.P. Mr. Food: “Oh, It’s Sooooo Sad!”
One of the best things about being a kid and waking up early for school — at least for me — was seeing what Mr. Food was going to be cooking on KPRC Channel 2 in the morning, and hearing his ending tag, “Oh, it’s sooooo good!” — a phrase…
Gobble, Gobble: Presenting Your 2012 Turkeys of the Year
Finally, the Turkeys are here! We’re so excited, we thought we’d share this classic poem to honor the occasion. ‘Twas the day before Thanksgiving, when all through the state Not a dumbass was hiding, their presence was great Their feathers were preened by oil with care In hopes that they’d…
More Words of Thanks, for Kendrick Lamar and Superb Local Videos
When Rocks Off recently polled our contributors about the music-related things they’re thankful for this year, we unforgivably neglected a couple of folks who sent theirs in. Our apologies. Jef With One F: As Rocks Off’s resident hermit and the father of a young child, I don’t get out much…
Black Friday Dining Deals: Everything Tastes Better on Sale
While you’re going crazy running from store to store to grab the best deals for Christmas gifts this Black Friday, you’re definitely going to be starving for something good to eat. Why not stick with the theme of finding the best deals when it comes to where you’ll eat or…
Five Ways to Alleviate Your Stress on Black Friday in Houston
It’s here again…Black Friday. Whether you are set to campout and trample someone for a $20 DVD player at Walmart or campout and trample someone for a $100 computer at Best Buy, you should be prepared for the long and winding crush of the season’s biggest shopping day. Fortunately, you…
Reality Bites: Border Wars
There are a million reality shows on the naked television. We’re going to watch them all, one at a time. America’s love of cop shows dates back to the Eisenhower Adminstration. Since the boob tube took up residence in our homes, we’ve been enamored with the boys in blue and…
The Mayans Were Right: Lil Wayne & Paris Hilton Made a Song
Certain things in America just shouldn’t exist. You shouldn’t have to deal with cancer because cancer is a complete bitch. Or parking tickets. Or, for that matter, that guy who likes to lean over in the bathroom stall because he feels like he doesn’t have enough room. Yeah, nobody likes…
Chef Chat, Part 1: Maurizio Ferrarese of Quattro, on Culinary School in Italy and Working His Way Up the Food Chain at the Four Seasons
Maurizio Ferrarese Quattro at the Four Seasons 1300 Lamar St. Tel: 713-276-4700 http://www.fourseasons.com This is the first part of a three-part Chef Chat series. Check back with us Thursday and Friday to read parts two and three. To meet Maurizio Ferrarese, the executive chef of Quattro at the Four Seasons,…
The 50th Anniversary Of The JFK Assassination In Dallas Could Be A Real Firestorm In 2013
The 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is November 22, 2013. This year, the anniversary falls on Thanksgiving Day, last falling on Turkey Day back in 2007. Our sister paper the Dallas Observer has been covering the fight between conspiracy theorists, vendors, and a Dallas committee…
Houston’s Finest Give Us Some Thanksgiving Blessings
Rocks Off polled a mostly random selection of Houston artists, which consisted mostly of the senior member of Rocks Off’s clumsy attempts to direct-message those of them who follow us on Twitter, to ask what they’re thankful for this year. We’re thankful for their replies. BUN B (@BunBTrillOG) I’m thankful…
Thank You, Trashy Pop Culture!
This is the time of year when friends and family come together to express their gratitude for being in each other’s lives. It’s a time to forget the cares of the world and eat lots of pie. At Art Attack, we have many thanks; much of our thanks come from…
This Week In Food Blogs: Bastard Cuisine or Mutt City Dining?
Seattle Weekly: After visiting Houston for the weekend, Hanna Raskin — the food critic at our sister paper in Seattle — came away impressed with what she calls “a city which should be atop the travel wish list of any enthusiastic eater right now.” Raskin dined at some of the…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Red Dawn
Title: Red Dawn Wait, Wait, Wait…North Korea Invaded Us? How Is That Possible? It isn’t. We know it, MGM knew it, hell, the North Koreans know it. But the producers were so terrified of offending the fraction of the Chinese public that doesn’t pirate all our movies in the first…
Lucion Barrett, 26, Shot; Suspect Azell Keith Thrasher in Custody: Bayou Body Count No. 204
Azell Keith Thrasher, Jr., 25 (pictured), has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Lucion Barrett, 26, of Needville. On Sunday, according to police, Barrett got in an argument inside the Sunnyside Sports Bar at 9677 Plainfield. He and the suspect were thrown out of the bar and…
Gift Guide: Ten Stylish Gifts for Men
To complement our Ten Stylish Gifts for Women gift guide, we have compiled an equally stylish list of ten gifts for the man/men in your life. Whether the guy(s) you are shopping for lives and breathes style, or just needs a little shove in a more stylish direction, we think…
ShipRocked 2012: Hard Rock Gets Its Sea Legs
A few days after Thanksgiving, hard rock hits the high seas. On November 27, the fourth ShipRocked voyage sets sail aboard luxury cruise ship the MSC Poesia, advertising itself as the “ultimate rock and roll vacation” and featuring more than 15 of today’s biggest rock bands. This is much more…
Dining Out on Turkey Day: Where to Eat This Thanksgiving
Let’s face it, sometimes a “home-cooked” meal in a restaurant is better than anything we can whip up at home. Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most difficult, time-consuming and stressful meals to make if you don’t normally cook meals at home. But, there’s one thing to be thankful for…
Injury to Insult: Dings, Illness and Poor Play Hurting Young Rockets
No one said there wouldn’t be growing pains, but they probably didn’t literally mean pain. The young Rockets have struggled through a string of three straight losses on their first west coast road trip of the year dropping a second overtime loss in Portland before falling to the Lakers and…
What’s Cooking on Pinterest? Pumpkin Parfaits
This week on Pinterest, I couldn’t stop pinning recipes pertaining to Thanksgiving and the holidays. With Thanksgiving on Thursday and Christmas right around the corner, I thought it would be fitting to have a holiday-themed treat as the Pinterest recipe of the week. I can never turn down a dessert…
Before You Hit the Club, Consider That Costume for a Moment
In the last few weeks I’ve either seen in person or caught online the following: The above pair, like a few others I saw at Something Wicked, wearing headdresses and face paint; the No Doubt video for “Looking Hot,” which featured the band dressed up like cowboys and Indians and…
MasterMinds 2012 Revisited: Alex “Pr!mo” Luster on Film Festivals & Nominations For 2013 Are Open
The trouble with being a creative person is that sometimes things like work, life and other responsibilities get in the way. And when your creative processes take a long time, by the time people start paying attention to your work, you’re already focused on the next project. Just as the…
Why Won’t The Texans Open The Roof: We Have 15 Possible Suggestions
The Reliant Stadium roof cost approximately $48 million to build. The includes the equipment used to open and shut the roof. You might not know that the roof actually opens since it shut for every event. You might also not know that the Texans have a set of rules for…
How To: Make Dressing with the Stuffing Flavor, Cooked Outside the Turkey
Let me start first by clearing up a debate between the terms dressing and stuffing. Stuffing is made inside the turkey and dressing is made outside the turkey. Now that that debate is settled, here’s a simple way to make dressing that tastes just like it was stuffed in the…
Austin “Exodus” Rapper Phranchyze Is a True Contender
Thanksgiving is no fun unless you’ve got a few friends in from out of town. Though more closely associated with the 4/20 “holiday,” local rap luminary Devin the Dude knows how to hold a proper Turkey Day celebration, too. Tonight he’ll play host to Texas’ best battle-rapper when Austin’s Phranchyze…
100 Creatives 2012: Libbie J. Masterson, Artist, Curator and Creator
Artist/curator Libbie J. Masterson loves index cards. “I’m a big fan of index cards; I have two of them in my lap right now,” she laughs. Given all the different things Masterson does in the course of a week, keeping her to-do lists (yes, lists, plural) is important. Masterson was…
Holiday Hackers: Five Cyber Scams to Watch for This Holiday Season
Everyone knows Black Friday as the day people sleep in front of Walmart stores for the right to fight over a $20 digital camera or $100 TV. Then there is the relatively more peaceful Cyber Monday that takes all the excitement of Black Friday and fuels it with orange soda…
Texans-Lions: Thanksgiving Day Special BATTLE-EAT Bingo EATING Card
For the first time in the history of the franchise, the Houston Texans play a game on Thanksgiving Day. Tomorrow afternoon, our hometown team will hop a chartered flight to Detroit and leave their families behind so they can go take care of business on Thursday afternoon. It’s the price…
Twitter Account Hacked? At Least It’s Not 1990’s Technology
Like everyone else, I saw the news last week that Twitter had been hacked into. “Change your password immediately,” the blogosphere warned. Sure, I’ll get to that in a…ooh, is that a Smoothie King? Just as Murphy’s Law likes to unfold, I did nothing; my Twitter account got hacked. Within…
10 Houston Shows to See Thanksgiving Eve & Thanksgiving
You are off tomorrow, possibly even Friday, and you wanna put your party pants on around family time on Thursday. And maybe you can even fit back into your party pants back on Thursday night. Could be tough, though. We all tend to expand on the third Thursday of November…
Spoiler Alert! A Handy Infographic Guide to the Shelf Life of Vegetables
This is the third of a five-part series on keeping your groceries safe and sound. Check back at the same time each morning all week long for our guides to fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy and dry goods. Did you know that storing potatoes and onions together is a terrible idea?…
