Women Are Having Fewer Abortions: Here’s Why
The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice think thank, but one that is also considered to have most reliable numbers and statistics when it comes to abortion data, has released a study showing that abortion rates are as low as they’ve ever been since Roe v. Wade (1973). Only 17 of every…
Reality Bites: #RichKids Of Beverly Hills
There are a million reality shows on the naked television. We’re going to watch them all, one at a time. Did you check out the “Rich Kids of Instagram” Tumblr last year? I did peruse it briefly, but the human mind can only endure so many toy dogs riding in…
Nara Debuts Chef’s Table With Unique Dishes and Deluxe Ingredients
“I flew in a special cut of meat from Japan for you tonight,” said chef Donald Chang of Nara, grinning mischievously. “It cost more than $1,000 just for this piece of beef.” He paused and let that sink in before adding quickly, “I hope it’s good!” He needn’t have worried…
Cycling Not a Two-Way Street in Houston
I learned how to ride a bike in the parking lot of the not-quite-completed Greenspoint Mall in the ’70s. My first fall was when I couldn’t figure out how to steer around a piece of debris and went sailing over my handlebars. Within a couple years I had graduated to…
Bigfoot Showing at Alamo Drafthouse Angers Cryptozoologists
Earlier this year Rick Dyer made the news by claiming that he had not only located Bigfoot outside of San Antonio, but that he has shot and killed the legendary creature. Now, he will be the guest of the Alamo Drafthouse as he presents the corpse for all to gawk…
This Week in Food Blogs: Foie Gras Torchon at Etoile & Leftover Oatmeal Muffins
Adventures in a New(ish) City: Kim checked out La Griglia in the River Oaks Shopping Center and thoroughly enjoyed every dish she ordered. Her meal began with a pizza basket assembled with strips of pizza, rather than the typical loaf of bread found in the majority of restaurants. But the…
CVS Pulls Tobacco Products, Citing Commitment to Healthcare
CVS, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the U.S., announced it will pull all tobacco products from its shelves by October 1 of this year. Citing its commitment to doctors and healthcare, CVS said the removal of cigarettes and other tobacco products will cost them some $2 billion annually…
Pinky Stars at Texas Star Grill Shop
It’s hard to ignore a large metal pig, even when you’re zipping home from the gym gravely in need of some post-workout fuel. Trust me, I know from experience. Rubbernecking at my giant porcine friend while she stands proudly in the window of the Texas Star Grill Shop has become…
One Woman’s Treasure Hunt for a “Shabby Chic” Headboard in Houston
I want a new headboard. I’ve been looking for a while now. I’m not sure exactly what kind I want, but I’ll know it when I see it. In point of fact, I’ve seen lots of headboards I like and lots of headboards in my price range; I just haven’t…
Paula Deen’s Son Is Coming to Houston, and He Wants You to Buy His New Book
Bobby Deen is coming to Houston, and he’s excited about it. “I love Houston!” he enthused over the telephone. “I have friends in Houston and I love it — I love Texas! I was just in Houston a few months ago, in fact, and had a lot of fun.” Tickets…
The Strangest Job Ads on Craigslist
If you’re looking for a new job and are finding yourself in the doldrums, we get it. Looking for a new job is tedious, frustrating and often downright overwhelming. But you know what makes that job search even worse? When the job board is full of completely awful ads. Craigslist…
Facebook Look Back Videos Sweet, but a Little Off
For its 10th birthday, Facebook decided to give back to its users with “Look Back” videos complete with sappy piano music and information culled from your history on the social media site. It shows when you started, what your most popular posts have been, some of your photos, etc. It’s…
Tracy McGrady Is Attempting to Become a Sugar Land Skeeter
Well, sadly, after Tuesday’s Comcast Sports Net court proceedings in Houston, roughly 60 percent of the greater Houston area is still unable to watch our local NBA basketball team and our local Major League Baseball team on television. As someone in that non-Comcast sector of Houston fans, it’s making for…
Back on the Wagon with Build-A-Bar: Divine Intervention
My wife is pregnant. It’s our third time in the barrel, and as unexpected a ride as the prior two. We (think we) know what we’re in for this time, though, so it should be smooth sailing. To help ensure pacific waters, I’m (mostly) teetotaling in sympathy with my wife…
100 Creatives 2014: Marian Szczepanski, Novelist
It took Marian Szczepanski nine years to write her newly released novel Playing St. Barbara. She says she’ll probably spend another year publicizing and promoting it. “What’s another year, right?” she laughs. “I’ve already spent nine years of my life on this book. What can another year be?” Her debut…
CSN Houston Safe for Now, Deserves to Survive
On Tuesday, the judge in the Comcast Sports Net bankruptcy case granted the flailing sports network the opportunity to reorganize under Chapter 11, which gives them protection from creditors until they can work out what they are going to do next. This is a clear victory for the folks at…
Has the Kiddification of Comics Gone Too Far?
In my regular monthly round-up of the best comic titles I always make it a point to include all-ages releases. Just as video games have, comics seem to have “grown up” with my generation, and finding fare for the ten-and-under reader is increasingly difficult. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thankful…
Do Musicians Have Any Business Starring in Ads?
It’s a real testament to our consumerist culture that one of the biggest events of the year for many people is seeing a series of high-budget adverts in the midst of a sports game. A significant amount of people tune in to the Super Bowl every year not because they…
Rest of the Best 2014: Houston’s Top 10 Salads
Our 2013 Best of Houston® winners have been announced, but in many cases, picking the best item in any category was no easy task. In order to show off all the culinary greatness Houston has to offer, we’re rounding up the “rest of the best” in some of our favorite…
Five Bizarre Titles on Ye Olde Beatles Bookshelf
Hi. My name is Bob, and I am a Beatles fanatic. This won’t come as any surprise to my friends and family, for whom I am a very, very easy mark for a Christmas or birthday gift: “Just get him something Beatles-related.” The first 33 rpm LP I ever bought…
Fred Eaglesmith: “Anyone Can Make a Record — the Sad Part Is They Do”
Being 56 might seem a bit old to be out bouncing around in a bus with a handful of people half your age and staying up all night, but Canadian songster Fred Eaglesmith flips that on its back. “You know, at 35 when you’re doing this, you look around at…
Carry That Weight: Musicians, Fitness & Body Image
So, February is here and it’s time to reflect back on your recent promise to eat less, exercise more and lose weight. The first month of 2014 was filled with hope for a lighter and brighter tomorrow. How did you do? If you shed even a few L-Bs, congratulations to…
10 Bands So Bad You Forgot About Them
There are two kinds of reactions to a long-forgotten song. First, and most optimal, are the obscure bands whose music hits your iPod and brings on the euphoria of resurrected-music magic. But then there are the ones that play over the loudspeaker in the dusty aisles of your local discount…
Great Bull Run “Selfie” From Our Slideshow Goes Viral
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. – Eudora Welty Last week, we sent photographer Derrek Barlow to the Great Bull Run, an event much debated by plenty of folks around here. He took a number of fantastic shots that you can see in our slideshow from the…
Facebook Turns 10: Four Websites That Wish It Had Never Been Created
The brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg, a website designed mainly to meet chicks, Facebook was born on this day ten years ago. Like so many tech projects of the last 30 years, it started with a kid who had an idea and some programming skills. Now it’s a multibillion-dollar company and…
The New Captain America Trailer Wins Super Bowl Sunday
Sunday was a night of lopsided victories. On the field the Seahawks completely clowned the Broncos. At halftime Bruno Mars outshined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And in the battle of the Super Bowl movie trailers, Captain America demolished the competition. It wasn’t even fair really. The only other trailer…
Doughbeezy Plants His Footprints on the Moon
iMix Studios is a bunker nestled across a near-endless strand of apartment complexes on the southwest side of town. After pulling open the main door, the first big “wow” moment was a plaque given to house engineer Stephan Townsend for his work on 2 Chainz’s Based On a True Story…
Top 5 Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Meals
Lean Cuisine meals are not my favorite Stouffer’s product; that honor definitely goes to their frozen, family-size macaroni and cheese. If, however, I ate a vat of that luscious cheesy goodness every day, my doctor would not be happy. Although I try to make my own (non-processed) healthful snacks, lunches…
Football Season Ends, but Not When It Comes to the Texans
In Texas, we love football. Coming off one of the most disappointing seasons in history for a pro football team in Houston, one might think that interest in the team would be waning as it has for the Astros and as it did for the Rockets when they were mired…
Worst. Super Bowl Commercials. Ever.
It was perhaps fitting, during the occasion of what was arguably the worst Super Bowl contest of all time — a 43-8 shellacking of the Denver Broncos by the Seahawks of Seattle — that we saw some of the most lackluster advertising of the modern SB era last Sunday. It…
Book Review: Giada de Laurentiis Shares Her Secrets for Healthy Eating
Giada de Laurentiis released her newest cookbook, Giada’s Feel Good Food, in November 2013, and it doesn’t focus on Italian food. You’ve probably wondered, how does someone who makes heavy pasta dishes and adores chocolate look like she does. I’ve often wondered this same exact thing. De Laurentiis reveals in…
North vs. South: 5 Weather Events and Natural Phenomena Neither of Us Can Handle
A friend of mine from New Jersey recently remarked on Facebook that the conditions that brought Atlanta to a standstill last week people in New Jersey call “Thursday.” My response was that people in Texas referred to “Superstorm Sandy” as an afternoon thunderstorm. That’s the thing about weather. If you…
UPDATED: What’s the Status of Burlesque in Houston? sNSFW
Check out our slide show of the burlesque festival. In November 2010, my colleague Pete Vonder Haar asked the question “Why Doesn’t Houston Have a Burlesque Troupe?” Three-plus years later, the burlesque scene in Houston is booming, and boasts at least five unique troupes plus a handful of solo artists,…
100 Favorite Dishes 2013-2014: No. 36, Fried Mini Fish at House of Bowls
This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus® issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks are the most awesome, most creative and, of course, most delicious in town. It’s a…
Former Fat Quarterback Jared Lorenzen Is Now Even Fatter (And Still Playing Quarterback!)
I have great respect for people whose physical shape (shape meaning both “condition” as well as literally their shape — oval, circle, pear, etc.) belies their athletic performance. For years, I’ve contended there should be a television show that takes all of the athletic or aesthetically active endeavors (“Aesthetically active”…
Bartender Chat: Tommy Samson of Lowbrow
Welcome to Eating…Our Words’ Bartender Chat, in which we sit down with local bartenders and get to know their style. Whether they’re slinging beers or mixing complex cocktails, bartenders are our buddies and confidants, but we’re turning the tables and the camera on them to find out what they’re passionate…
Caillou Is Bald to Brainwash Your Child
Caillou is the bane of my existence. The animated adventures of a four-year-old Canadian boy probably seem like an odd nemesis for a 32-year-old in Meatworld to have, but that’s just the way it is. He exists in my home as an ever-present phantom, mocking the concept of learning and…
Weather Week: Are We Turning Into Seattle?
It stands to reason that the Seahawks win in the Super Bowl would produce some oddball phenomena around the country. In the case of Houston, it would appear, for this week anyway, we have had their weather foisted upon us. Next thing you’ll know, we’ll all wear flannel and suffer…
Pop Rocks: The Five Most Racist-Inducing Moments of Super Bowl XLVIII
The Super Bowl is a strange spectacle. At its core is the game, played between the NFL’s elite teams in a winner-take-all match for the title. But the circus that has grown up around the world’s most watched sporting event rivals anything Barnum and or Bailey could have dreamed up…
Foodie Words That Must Be Banished Now (Let’s Start With ‘Foodie’)
Just as various foods come in and out of style, so, too, do the words that describe them. In 2011, the word “taquito” was added to the Oxford English dictionary and “chimichurri” was added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online. In 2012, the online dictionary added “frankenfish,” “locavore” and “food desert,”…
The Rocks Off 200: Kevin Anthony, 45 Southbound Man
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? It’s not…
Textbooks Continue to Burn Holes in College Students’ Pockets
Three years ago while attending Lone Star College, I spent about $130 for a human-relations book and when I was ready to sell it back, I just knew I was going to get back at least $100. They told me they would give me $60. That’s it, I thought? I…
Dr. Faustus at Classical Brings This Deal With the Devil to Vibrant Life
The setup: What a thoroughly bewitching production this is. The magicians at Classical Theatre have outdone themselves in bringing to life this rare Elizabethan gem, Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus. Everything about it works, from the antique English dance band tunes which set the tone, to the imaginative, awesome theatricality that…
Celebrate Love Houston-Style and Get Your Valentine Something Local
We’ve heard it time and time again: Eat local. Shop local. Think global, act local. Local, local, local: It can start to sound like a broken record. But the fact is, going local pours money back into your city’s economy, and Valentine’s Day gifts that come from Houston purveyors show…
Rockets on Pace for a Good Season Despite Setbacks
Before the NBA season began, I got my opportunity to look into the crystal ball and see how the Rockets would fare this year. With the addition of Dwight Howard and a cast of young, talented players, there were plenty of optimists suggesting the team would soar to the top…
Minimum-Wage Increase Could Mean Higher Restaurant Prices
Last Tuesday during President Obama’s State of the Union address, fast-food workers and their fellow minimum-wage workers were an important topic. Obama called for the minimum wage for federal workers to be raised from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. He also called for an increase in the minimum…
Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Are Opening Their Doors in Houston and Elsewhere
I don’t know about you, but if there is an insanely long line to use the women’s restroom — and there always is — I will just jump in the men’s room to do my business. It never seems like a big deal to me, as long as it is…
Behold Shoegaze Stars Yuck: “We’re a Band in Transition”
Since their 2011 debut, London-based shoegazers Yuck have earned an esteemed spot among the in-the-know indie circuit. With an impressive self-titled debut under their belts, their momentum has been growing. You’d think last year’s departure of Yuck’s front man and chief songwriter, Daniel Blumberg, would have hindered the band; however,…
Meet the McFadden Brothers, Houston’s EDM Accountants
I once wrote here how my kids work at being musicians. Their hand-to-mouth life demands and modest success mean they don’t have to bus tables for a living. But many Houston musicians do work for the man. Admirably, they create and perform music by night, then do the day job…
Upcoming: Amy Grant, Geto Boys, Loretta Lynn, James Taylor, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, etc.
12th Planet Smog City Tour: With Protohype, HeRobust, Antiserum, Steady. Sat., February 15, 9 p.m., $10 to $25. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600. Acid Mothers Temple: With Perhaps. Thu., May 1, 8 p.m., $10 to $14. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838. Adam Fear featuring Mila Mason: Thu., February…
Six Beloved Bands That Are Shameless Knockoffs
Originality is scary sometimes,especially in entertainment. After all, it can be really off-putting to see something you don’t understand, even if it is new and innovative. We like comfort-food entertainment. Hence Hollywood’s obsession with sequels and remakes and all those band reunions we complain about but secretly adore. But sometimes…
UPDATED: Rice Students Put Together a Rubik’s Cube Mosaic of Nelson Mandela
Students from Rice University came together to produce a mosaic with 600 Rubik’s cubes featuring former South African president, Nelson Mandela who died last year on December 5. In honor of Black History Month the montage will be on display at Rice University’s BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) building. Cory Thigpen,…
Philip Seymour Hoffman 1967 – 2014
A favorite pastime of critics and serious filmgoers, perhaps the most idiotic and fruitless one, is to complain about how bad the movies have gotten. The complaint is meaningless, because no matter how “bad” the movies get, there are always actors. There’s no such thing as a golden age of…
Aaron Hernandez Associate Shot After Club Altercation (Again)
Alexander Bradley is one of a long (and seemingly ever-growing) list of Aaron Hernandez associates or family members whose lives have been either terminated or permanently scarred in the past year or so. For Bradley, he luckily has managed to steer clear of the fatal outcome that befell Odin Lloyd,…
Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel
You might have noticed that evangelical Christians seem to support Israel at every turn. Pat Robertson, though elliptical, wants Israel to know he loves their country. As Mother Jones reported: “In 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu created the Israel Christian Advocacy Council and flew 17 Christian leaders to Israel, where they signed…
The Mark Morris Dance Group Performs Modern Dance as Play With Live Music
The Setup: In a moment of visual hijinks, a man and woman in the middle of a budding courtship turn to each other with faces full of passion and, no, they do not promenade, but grind their pelvises in the air back and forth. It’s one of a series of…
The Sweet Side of Local Foods
If you go to Local Foods, you’re likely to gravitate toward the terrific truffled egg salad or the crunchy chicken sandwich or the Tuscan kale with pine nuts and sultanas. Local Foods is famous for these and other items, and for good reason (fresh ingredients, consistent quality). Today, however, I’m…
Dâm-Funk at MFAH Mixed Media, 1/31/2014
Dâm-Funk Museum of Fine Arts, Houston January 31, 2014 A museum by its very definition is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. Our very own Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has an impressive track record of doing just that, combining…
Super Bowl XLVIII: 4 Winners, 4 Losers
It all started with a safety on a snap over Peyton Manning’s head on the first play from scrimmage, the nail was driven in further by a Malcolm Smith pick six to close out the first half, and Percy Harvin hit the death blow with the kickoff return for a…
Right-Wing Rage Invades Puppy Bowl Facebook Page
Though you might think that there is nothing on the planet more inoffensive and less polarizing than Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl, that didn’t stop extremely offended right-leaning Facebook users from taking to the event’s page in order to express their extreme displeasure at the involvement of the First Lady…
100 Favorite Dishes 2013-2014: No. 37, Trompo Tacos at Taqueria La Macro
This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus® issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks are the most awesome, most creative and, of course, most delicious in town. It’s a…
Mattress Mack Refunds More Than $7 Million to Customers for Lost “Super Bowl Bet” Promotion
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has always been known for his over-the-top promotional ideas and guerrilla advertising techniques. Just two weeks ago, he rewarded customers who guessed correctly that Denver and Seattle would end up in the Super Bowl with nearly $700,000 in furniture. For the actual “big game” (he couldn’t…
DEFCON Dining: Oyster Freedom at Liberty Kitchen
Dining out with children is an exercise in situational awareness. Each experience is unique, with different variables leading to different possible outcomes, DEFCON-like in their escalating threat levels. Keen observation, forward planning and prior experience are critical in determining the proper strategy. Here at DEFCON Dining, we do the grunt…
Ron White Coming to Bayou City, Stays “True to His Nature”
For stand-up Ron White, comedy is a trial of endurance. “Expect to laugh real hard. Not just chuckle, but gut laugh for an hour. It’s really physical. I can’t stand it any other way.” Houston audiences up for the challenge can catch the Blue Collar Comedy alum working two shows…
University of Houston Welcomes Back Guy V. Lewis
University of Houston Athletic DepartmentUH is honoring Guy V. Lewis on Wednesday. Will you be there?I was at the last game Guy V. Lewis coached inside Hofheinz Pavilion. A Cougar victory in overtime of 15th-ranked TCU. It was my sophomore year at UH, March 1, 1986. I don’t remember much…
Recipe of the Week: Argentine Chimichurri
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. This week, we’re mastering a traditional chimichurri. Widely known as the “ketchup of Argentina”, the origin of the condiment’s name is unclear. Some say it’s the bastardization of the name of…
No One Shot Bigfoot, But Here’s 5 Texas Cryptids You Could (With Weapon Suggestions)
Did you hear about Rick Dyer, the man who supposedly shot a Big Foot in San Antonio and is offering the carcass as proof of the famous cryptozoological marvel? In fact, you’ll be able to see it yourself as Dyer prepares to take the show on the road, offering you…
Deputy, 60 Others Arrested in Prostitution Sting Operation
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office managed to round up 61 people in a prostitution sting over the course of last week including nine women (alleged prostitutes) and 48 men on prostitution charges and four others on various charges including drug possession and driving without a license. One of the men…
Opera in the Heights’s Don Giovanni Has Sass and Sexy Charm
The setup: Over the years I’ve seen many productions of W.A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s eternal masterpiece, Don Giovanni, but never one with so much sass and sexy charm as Opera in the Heights’s. The young cast captures the work’s comedic drama and shakes it vigorously. Maestro Enrique Carreón-Robledo…
The Black and White Years at Fitzgerald’s, 1/31/2014
The Black and White Years, BLSHS Fitzgerald’s January 31, 2014 They say in the business that it’s all about who you know, and that couldn’t have been truer for Austin art-rockers The Black and White Years. One day you’re playing a sparsely attended gig in your hometown and some stranger…
What Are You Famous For? Houston’s Best Baked Potato at Old Hickory Inn
A restaurant should be aware of what makes them “famous”.
Super Snooze: “Best Matchup in Years” Turns Into Boring Rout
I know that players on the winning team are elated when the final seconds tick off the clock in a championship game. But is there anything more anti-climactic than confetti raining down on players who knew the outcome of the game for more than a full quarter? As excited as…
Doctor Who: 5 Reasons the First Cybermen Were the Scariest
I recently got a chance to see the newly released “The Tenth Planet” DVD, which featured an incredibly brilliant animated version of the missing fourth episode. Though a lot of people find the story to be a little slow and listless, a common complaint in many early serials, I consider…
Top Five Frozen Yogurt Shops in Houston
In 2005 in California, Pinkberry frozen yogurt shops began selling the concoction. Pinkberry began with just a few flavors, including the Original tart yogurt. As the popularity of the brand’s product grew, so did the number of flavors and individual frozen yogurt establishments. Maybe the reason for the popularity of…
A New, Down-Home Festival Houston Can Be Proud of
Houston is justifiably proud of its reputation as an international city, a reputation as hard-earned as the millions of dollars that change hands here each day and one that seems to be growing as quickly as the city itself. But if there’s any kind of downside to that reputation (even…
Five Great Musical Duos-In-Waiting
Last month at Starbucks, waiting on my Grande Pike, I spied on the sales counter a curious item. It was a CD featuring duets by the dude from Green Day and Norah Jones. “Weird combo,” I thought, took my coffee and went on with my day. Then, maybe a week…
What the Hell Is Djent Metal Anyway?
Metal has so many subgenres and classifications it can be impossible to keep up with them all. It’s so complicated at times that some bands don’t even know what kind of music they play, and some self-described fans of certain subgenres have no idea what they’re talking about. Not to…
The Best YouTube Videos, as Rated By a Six-Year-Old
Note: In his weekly column, Houston’s award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano, recent co-author of Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book, writes about his life and times. Late last month Houston was properly pummeled by Meltankos (Norse God of Ice, obviously). A nasty frost forced the closure of the…
The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: John Egan, Bill Kirchen, Mike Stinson, Ash, etc.
John Egan The Big Easy, February 3 Solo bluesman John Egan sings in a tone that suggests someone is constantly walking over his grave, and his lyrics are loaded with bad mojo like nature gone haywire and apocalyptic visions. All he needs live is his National Resonator, one of those…
248 Dogs Face Uncertain Future, and Their Rescue Organization Won’t Tell Us Why
Until last December, Hewitt-based Happy Endings Dog Rescue paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to board dogs at the Lavon-based Camp Diggy Bones kennel. But word went out among the animal rescue community that Happy Endings, run by a woman named Linda Robinson-Pardo, suddenly lost a major contributor…
Super Bowl Best Bets: The Wagering Bloodbath Finale
Every week, when I do the “Best Bets” post, part of the process is going back to the previous week’s “Best Bets,” gathering the data, and cutting and pasting my revised ongoing record for the season. As you can gather, if you’ve been betting my picks this season, that’s been…
The Meeting Imagines a Meeting of Length Between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
The setup: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met just once, for only one minute, at a press conference at the U. S. Senate on March 28, 1964, but playwright Jeff Stetson has done well to imagine a longer meeting at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem. Both men…
Check Out Sienna Bernal, Our Favorite Primordial Dwarf, on 20/20 Tonight
Sienna Bernal, a kick-ass kid we wrote about in 2010, who happens to one of about 200 primordial dwarfs in the world, is scheduled to be on 20/20 tonight — Sienna and her family are incredible people, so we urge y’all to check it out. (ABC, 9 p.m.). Folks with…
Planning Ahead: Top 5 Special Edition Valentine’s Day Candies
As a control freak proponent for celebratory compartmentalization, I always get annoyed when corporations want to combine holidays for the sake of marketing purposes, or worse yet, glaze over one festive date in favor of promoting another. This tug-of-war happens frequently between Valentine’s Day and Easter, for although these two…
BATTLE-DRINK, SUPER BOWL: Manning, Sherman and Weed! OH MY!
Well, it finally happened! After a week’s worth of exhaustively discussing the Seahawks depth on defense, Peyton Manning’s wobbly spirals, and Marshawn Lynch’s reluctance to use his words, we finally got a nice, juicy hooker story to spice up Super Bowl week! Granted, no NFL players were involved (other than…
The Good Thief: A Powerful One-Man Drama When Predator Becomes Prey
The setup: Playwright Conor McPherson, born in 1979 1971, attracted attention with this early play, The Good Thief, first produced in 1994 by the Dublin Theatre troupe he founded, the Fly By Night Theatre Company. McPherson went on to write The Weir, winner of the Olivier Award as Best Play…
Five Ways to Eat Chocolate for Breakfast
In honor of February, Valentine’s Day, and what is basically (for us at least) a month of unashamedly consuming chocolate, we’re bringing you five delicious chocolate recipes that are completely acceptable as your first meal of the day. From chewy oatmeal bars to cocoa-punched pancakes, here are Five Ways to…
Harden, Howard Named to Western Conference All-Star Team
Every professional league has its quirks when it comes to naming all stars. In the NBA, that quirk is allowing fans, including Internet voters, to name the starters. Coaches then pick the reserves. Every year, there is at least one bizarre snub by fans or oddball choice. This year in…
How To: Make Super Bowl Jell-O Shots in Your Team’s Colors
The Super bowl is back this weekend, and though our beloved Texans won’t be there this year (or ever again if we have another season like this past one), it’s still a great time to cheer on our new favorite team with junk food and far too much alcohol. We’ve…
Houston Grand Opera Announces Its 2014-15 Season Filled With Romance (Often Thwarted), Heroics (Death-Defying & Otherwise) and Murder (Most Foul)
Youll be up to your armpits in blood, death, betrayal and also laughter (on occasion) in a 2014-15 Houston Grand Opera season filled it with options both classical and innovative, premieres and debuts galore with both established and emerging talents. Most of all, HGO promises beautiful and masterful voices as…
Reviews for the Easily Distracted: That Awkward Moment
Title: That Awkward Moment Did Any Particular Awkward Moment Stand Out? When I realized I had just watched a naked Zac Efron lying on a toilet and failed to hurl napalm at the screen. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant to the Film: One and a half fedoras out of five…
Alejandra Gueldner, 72, Beaten to Death in Downtown
HPD is investigating the beating death of Alejandra D. Gueldner, 72, of Houston. She was found at 1200 Hardy Street, an industrial area near the warehouse district, at 4:45 a.m. January 17. The victim had been working at the Hilton Americas at 1600 Lamar Street until midnight. She was seen…
UPDATED: Freud’s Last Session: A Swift and Literate Battle Over Religion and Other Great Thoughts
Update: Performances of Freud’s Last Session have been extended through March 2. The set-up: In London on the day when Germany invades Poland in 1939, superstar father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, an unrepentant atheist, invites the brilliant young university professor C.S. Lewis, a devout Christian, to his home for a…
100 Favorite Dishes 2013-2014: No. 38, Spicy Tamale Plate at La Mexicana
This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus® issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks are the most awesome, most creative and, of course, most delicious in town. It’s a…
The 5 Best Things to Eat or Drink This Weekend: Beer & Trivia at Kirbside Bar & Making Chocolates at Sur la Table
Food Truck Friday @ Houston Press Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2603 La Branch Grab a pita sandwich from Pocket to Me this Friday during Food Truck Friday at our office. Last week was unfortunately cancelled because there was some ice, but the weather is nice and perfect now for a…
Weekend Weather: Hey, It’s Not Snowing Outside!
The past couple of weeks have been pretty strange for Houstonians. Here, we are used to worrying about how quickly we can get from our air-conditioned car to our air-conditioned house or which pair of flip-flops we’ll wear today. But with temperatures dropping into the 20s and even a few…
FYI: Decriminalization of Cannabis Does Not Mean Weed Will Be Legal in Texas
Well, Rick Perry wants to decriminalize pot in the state of Texas. But don’t start sparking up that celebratory joint just yet. It may not mean quite what you think it does. If you haven’t heard the news, Rick Perry threw out his support for marijuana decriminalization in Texas during…
The American Dream Is a Myth in Most Places, But Not Necessarily in Houston
On Tuesday, in his State of the Union address, President Obama told us: “What I believe unites the people of this nation is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all–the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.” It is an idea that we…
Upcoming Events: Lunar New Year Celebrations & Last-Minute Valentine Cupcakes
Chinese New Year celebrations are under way and there will be a bunch of parties, dinners and events around town during the next few weeks. But, one of the most exciting events will take place at Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar during Happy Hour. The Asia Society of Young Professionals…
100 Creatives 2014: Jonathan Blake, Fashion Designer
What do you do when you’re the parents of two successful entrepreneurs? If you’re Jonathan Blake, the answer is simple: you become one yourself. And by any barometer, the 23-year-old fashion designer is definitely a success. Jonathan discovered the magnetic pull of the fashion world while still in high school…
Will Nolan Ryan Save the Astros From Themselves?
Nolan Ryan met with Astros owner Jim Crane, Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, and his son, Astros president of business operations Reid Ryan, earlier this week. The parties, looking for a way to bring the Baseball Hall of Famer into the organization, announced the meeting as a success. Ryan, stating he…
Let’s Celebrate 93.7 The Beat’s Geto Boys Concert With an Insane Bushwick Bill Story
Gas up the chainsaw, because some bloody cool Geto Boys stuff popped up this week. Most importantly, news began spreading that the men who put Houston on the hip-hop map would be headlining 93.7 The Beat’s “Welcome the Houston” Concert next month at Arena Theater. While ‘Face, Bushwick and Willie…
The Top 5 Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Faith Healer, The Mark Morris Dance Group, The Nina Simone Project and More
One is the story of a no-name criminal who is hiding out not only from two different crime bosses but from charges of kidnapping and murder as well. The spotlight is on actor Santry Rush in The Good Thief as his character becomes the prey, rather than the hunter, leading…
Openings & Closings: Midtown Gets a New Bar & the Month in Openings & Closings
As we enter February, The Woodlands residents prepare for the closing of Hubbell & Hudson Market and the Viking Cooking School. The cooking school classes will conclude on February 28 (all are sold out), followed by the market’s closing on or before March 12, according to a press release from…
Gemini on the Wane: Main Street’s Bar Twins, Dean’s & Notsuoh, Head in Opposing Directions
“Excuse me, but do you hear that too? Is that people having sex? What the hell is that noise?” A large group of men in suits has just entered a small downtown bar, and they’re looking around with confusion, presumably puzzled by the voices drowning out Pimp C’s rapping. As…
23 Things You Won’t See at Shows in the Suburbs
I have a love-hate relationship with my suburban lifestyle. For instance, I love sitting in my backyard, drinking cold beer and tending to something sizzling on the smoker. I hate getting threatening letters from the hypercritical HOA doofuses who apparently have nothing better to do than measure how high the…
Football Music: Looking Back on NFL Jams
Super Bowl XLVIII is this weekend and though it’s probably still stinging for many Texans fans that their Super Bowl dreams went up in smoke sometime around week three of the regular season, most of them will still be tuning in to see the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks go…
The Top 10 Bars Where Your Dog Will Be Welcome, Too
10. Celtic Gardens Sure, Celtic Gardens is smack-dab in the middle of the concrete jungle, but that’s part of what’s so great about it being dog-friendly. There isn’t much green space in the city for Fido to take advantage of, but there’s plenty of room for your buddy to lounge…
The Best Concerts in Houston This Weekend: Aaron Lewis, Creole Festival, Skinny Puppy, etc.
The Black & White Years Fitzgerald’s, January 31 The Black and White Years were blessed with good luck almost from the get-go. No less than Jerry Harrison, the former Talking Heads guitarist, took a shine to the Austin indie-rockers at their 2007 SXSW show and produced the eponymous album that…
American Horror Story: Coven: The Hamlet Approach
Somewhere in the thousands of hours of television I have consumed in my lifetime, I once heard an adage that goes something like: “Everyone dies, not everyone truly lives.” I have never seen that sentiment more perfectly, if slightly ironically, expressed than in the season finale of Coven. First things…
NFL May Luck Out With Weather on Super Bowl Sunday
When the NFL announced that it would host a Super Bowl in New York New Jersey in MetLife Stadium, which has no roof, there were more than a few raised eyebrows. The first weekend in February isn’t exactly balmy along the upper east coast, and one of the big concerns,…
30 Seconds With Los Rakas
Los Rakas are a bilingual hip-hop duo from Oakland, California. The group consists of Panamanian cousins Raka Rich and Raka Dun, and their music is a mix of Panamanian and Caribbean music such as salsa, reggae, dancehall, and merengue, with hip-hop, R&B, and soul sprinkled on top. We spoke briefly…
Popcorn Is the New Cupcake: The 10 Best Flavors at Houston’s Popcorn Bar
Cupcakes have had their heyday, and now it’s time to move on. The desserts first grew in popularity–according to Business Insider–in 2000, when Carrie and Miranda ate cupcakes at Magnolia Bakeryin an episode of “Sex and the City.” Sprinkles Cupcakes was one of the first (if not the first) cupcake…
Staged Reading of 1946 at Main Street an Entertaining and Effective Way to Raise Funds
For one night only this week, Main Street Theater presented a staged reading of 1946, a new play by Tom Hagemann. Main Street had given a full production to Hagemann’s Breakfast at Eight in 2010, and both these plays are part of a what will be a trilogy when the…
Houston Heights Association Cans Board Member Who Built a Beloved Playground Train
If you’ve driven through the Heights recently and thought, “Gee whiz, I wish this historic, beautiful neighborhood could become really douchey,” you’re in luck: The nonprofit Houston Heights Association, whose volunteers once created a jogging trail, planted trees, and created playgrounds, just dismissed a 74-year-old founding member and former president…
Five Reasons You Should Go to the Russian General Store
Tucked away in a small strip center at Hillcroft and Braeswood is the Russian General Store, an unassuming shop that looks small from the outside but contains a multitude of treasures on the inside. From the moment you walk in, you’ll hear Russian being spoken. In fact, there’s a good…
Helen Sung Headed Back to Houston to Sing at Cezanne Jazz Club This Weekend
Classically trained Houstonian Helen Sung, who’s on her way back to Houston to sing at Cezanne Jazz this weekend, was bitten by the jazz bug early on in her musical career – an event that dramatically changed her vision on music. “I thought I wanted to be a concert pianist…
Want Cheap Gas? Study Says Fill Up on the Weekends
In what might be the most counterintuitive finding you’ll hear this week, GasBuddy, a tech company that tracks gas prices across the U.S. for inclusion in its app, found that 65 percent of states saw lower average fuel prices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday than Monday through Thursday. Additionally, prices…
5 Good Groups That Always Get Lumped in With Nutbars
The problem with America is that unlike almost every other type of democracy in the developed world we decided two teams were all we needed. Sit down, Libertarians, Green Party members and registered Independents, because when the chips are down, no matter what you consider yourself to be, much of…
Melodic Ingredients: Music at the Saint Arnold One Pot Showdown
My brother, Anthony, enjoys cooking and he is also quite good at it. I enjoy drinking beer and am also quite good at that. So, Saint Arnold Brewery’s One Pot Showdown seemed like a great, local event to partake in to boast our respective talents. Last Sunday afternoon, we joined…
Recipe: 5-Ingredient Red Pepper Alfredo Sausage Tortellini Macaroni & Cheese
Where would food pornography be without Pinterest? This venerable website has made curating your own personal collection of gustatory glamour shots socially acceptable, if not advisable. I thank God for you, Pinterest, especially a few Sundays ago when I discovered this board dedicated to the assembling noteworthy variations of macaroni…
Disclosure at Warehouse Live, 1/29/14
Disclosure Warehouse Live 1.29.14 Wednesday night’s Disclosure show was a confusing and somewhat disorganized experience, but nonetheless an amazing performance that certainly pleased the overstuffed Warehouse Live crowd. Unless I had been huffing glue in my sleep and dreamt this, the first time I went to the Warehouse Live page…
App of the Week: WunderMap Makes Weather Simple
App: WunderMap Platforms: iPhone, Android, iPad, Kindle Fire Web site: http://www.wunderground.com/download/index.asp Cost: Free We southerners don’t often have to deal in degrees when it comes to the weather. A high temperature of 90 is just as uncomfortable as 92. But, when the weather is near freezing and there is moisture…
Here’s a Secret: Gluten-Free Doesn’t Mean Calorie-Free
I’ll never forget watching the Heisman Trophy announcement the year Robert Griffin III (RGIII) won. While my Baylor friends and I watched our quarterback on TV, hoping he would be awarded with the trophy, we were enjoying a spread of snacks, including two types of cookies. One was the peanut…
Rest in Peace: Don Luis, The Old Violin Man of Southeast Houston
Qui cantat laudem, non solum cantat, sed et amat eum quem cantat. (He who sings praise, not only sings, but also loves Him whom he is singing for.) –Saint Augustine In every town, no matter how large or small, there are certain characters which we encounter that become icons of…
From Sketchbook to Storytime: Life Artists Show at Pictures Plus
In November while at Fun Fun Fun Fest, I spotted a guy in front of me in the crowd, drawing in a sketchbook while watching the Subhumans play on the Black Stage. I surreptitiously took his photo, wrote about how neat I thought it was for Rocks Off, and went…
Rockets Rolling Into All-Star Break Despite Injuries
The Rockets completed a pair of back-to-back wins against the Spurs and Mavericks Tuesday and Wednesday, completing a run of 7 wins in their last 10 games. Their only losses in that stretch were a pair against the Grizzlies and one complete fluke loss to Oklahoma City in which they…
Confession: I am an American Anti-Decanter
Previous entries in our “how-to wine” series have included How to Open a Bottle of Wine, How to Prime Your Stemware, and How Much Wine to Pour and When. The world of wine is often divided between the decanters and the anti-decanters, in other words, those who like to decant…
Pop Rocks: The Death of CNN?
Oh how the mighty have fallen. There was a time when if someone said “cable news,” the first thought would be CNN. No longer is this the case. The monthly ratings were released this week, marking CNN’s third lowest rated month in a row. How low were their ratings, you…
Guy Who Hid Body in a Trunk Won’t Get a New Trial
Steven Weinstein, the guy who killed a man, hid his body in a trunk and proceeded to try and hide the smell of rotting flesh for months with air fresheners, won’t be getting a new trial, the Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled. Jerry Glaspie, 28, disappeared on January 29,…
37 Things We Hope to See in Season Two of Guy’s Grocery Games
Early this month, we learned that Guy Fieri was casting for the second season of his new TV show, and we realized we forgot something: Guy has a new TV show! Guy has a new TV show much of the time, but it’s not like us to simply ignore a…
Cheap & Good Eats: Top 5 Budget Lunch Spots in Chinatown
We’ve been rounding up our favorite budget lunch spots in different neighborhoods around town (See the complete list at the end of the post). This week, we’re moving to the dining mecca that is Chinatown. With its huge number of incredible and authentic restaurants — from family favorites like Fung’s…
Super Bowl Notebook: It’s All About the Hate
Well, we are three days in Radio Row in New York City, and we are still waiting for our first solicitation of a prostitute from an NFL Man of the Year candidate. Or drug bust. Or hotel assault. Something. Because right now Super Bowl build-up week is a whole bunch…
Bartender Chat: Dale Ellington of Kata Robata
Welcome to Eating…Our Words’ Bartender Chat, in which we sit down with local bartenders and get to know their style. Whether they’re slinging beers or mixing complex cocktails, bartenders are our buddies and confidants, but we’re turning the tables and the camera on them to find out what they’re passionate…
Rest of the Best: 10 Best Urban Legends About NASA
The fact that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is located here is a source of great pride to Houstonians. In addition to making us Space Lords (The second coolest type of Lords), it proves that we are a hub of innovation, science, engineering, and other things that only smart…
Vote or Die: The Last VJ’s Top 5 Videos of the Week
Welcome back to The Last VJ, music fans. Some local love managed to make its way into the selection of most triumphant videos this week. Also, get ready for evil dancing, mad science, and heroin. You like heroin, right? No? Well, that’s OK. Even without heroin it’s a great round-up…
The Meeting
What if two of the most powerful — and polarizing — leaders of the black civil rights movements met and found they had more in common than anybody ever thought? That’s the premise in Jeff Stetson’s stage play The Meeting. Martin Luther King Jr., a pacifist and Baptist minister, and…
“Libbie Masterson: Still: A Study of Texas in the Evening”
Photographer Libbie Masterson, recently named one of the top ten photographers in Houston on Art Attack, the Houston Press arts blog, showcases work from her series of nighttime images of Big Bend National Park in “Still: A Study of Texas in the Evening.” Masterson had previously focused on massive ice…
Don Giovanni
Mozart’s Don Giovanni has a typical start for an opera: a big fat death scene. It’s the middle of the night and Don Giovanni, having just taken advantage of a young woman, Donna Anna, gets into a sword fight with her father. A complete cad, Giovanni kills the man, leaving…
That Awkward Moment, a Surprisingly Good Dude-Bro Version of Sex and the City
While our ingenues scurry toward teen best sellers and David O. Russell flicks, here’s the next generation of talented leading men swaggering into a dude-bro Sex and the City. At night, best friends played by Zac Efron, Miles Teller, and Michael B. Jordan — aka the player, the goof, and…
Cold in July
We’ve been wondering where all the elements that made violent action movies amazing in the ’80s went. With Cold in July, now we know. They were just hibernating until director Jim Mickle came along and revived them. Cold in July is based on Joe R. Lansdale’s novel of the same…
Dallas Black Dance Theater: The Nina Simone Project
Nina Simone wasn’t just a singer; she was an innovative songwriter who blended musical genres, and she was a trailblazing civil-rights activist. When legendary choreographer Dianne McIntyre was first approached about creating The Nina Simone Project, an evening-length dance work about the singer, she decided to focus on the woman…
Mark Morris Dance Group
The Mark Morris Dance Group is known for its artistry, technical expertise and a long tradition of performing to live music. Coming to Houston courtesy of the Society for the Performing Arts, the Mark Morris Dance Group is mounting a program that includes The Argument, set to Robert Schumann’s Five…
Adams Conducts Adams
Hard-boiled detectives in trench coats. Tough-talking dames. Rain-slicked city streets. Dead bodies in sleazy alleys. And smoking — lots and lots of smoking. These are all well-known visual touchstones in film noir. But those movies just wouldn’t be the same without the soundtrack of a wailing, lonely saxophone or a…
Jen Lancaster: Twisted Sister
Author Jen Lancaster mixes sibling rivalry, reality television and body swapping in her newest novel, Twisted Sisters. The sharp-tongued Lancaster made a mark for herself with her first title, 2006’s Bitter Is the New Black. Just eight years later, Lancaster has ten books to her credit and is a New…
My Girlfriend Is a Groupie. 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 WANT TO MEET MY SPERM DONOR FATHER Dear Willie D: I recently found out that…
Freud’s Last Session
One is near the end of his life, a world-renowned psychoanalyst who is physically ailing but resolute in his atheism. The other is a young Oxford don who has yet to become known for his writing, but he’s committed himself to Christianity. In Freud’s Last Session, playwright Mark St. Germain…
The Rocks Off 200: DJ Good Grief Knows How to Have Fun
Who? This local vinyl junkie is known as DJ Good Grief. He has been involved in mixing & producing live music since around 11 years of age. He is Mmostly known for catering to Houston’s hip-hop audience and DJing behind local celebrity and upcoming rap artists. “I dabble in all…
Jason Reitman’s Labor Day Takes Too Much Work to Believe
Quick, somebody check Jason Reitman’s house to see if the real man has been turned into dust by a body snatcher. Though his name’s on the poster, it’s impossible to believe that the sardonic boy wonder of Juno, Thank You for Smoking and Young Adult would direct this stilted romance…
The Ten Films to Watch for from Sundance
For Robert Redford, Sundance’s opening day was a bummer. He woke up to learn the Academy had snubbed him for a (deserved) Best Actor nod for the sparse yachting drama All Is Lost, and had to spend his typically triumphant morning press conference swatting down questions about being sad. Luckily…
First Look at Espresso Rescue
Caffeine With the influx of food trucks to the Houston mobile dining scene, we seem to be missing one type of truck. The city is blessed with numerous wagons that will satisfy the late-night munchies, the sugar cravings in the afternoon and everything else in between, but we don’t have…
Fly Like an Eagle
We Want the Airwaves! This past New Year’s Eve afternoon, as classic-rock fans across Houston were putting on their faux pre-distressed Led Zeppelin ’77 tour T-shirts to head out and ring in the new year (and presumably to rock and roll all night), they might have been shocked when tuning…
Capsule Art Reviews: “50 Shades of Green,” “The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,” “Funnel Tunnel”
“50 Shades of Green” The influence of the impressionists is very much at play in the new collection “50 Shades of Green,” at the Archway Gallery. The show is composed of the works of painters Judy Elias and Harold Joiner. The collaborative collection features a variety of oil paintings, mostly of outdoor…
‘Plumbing’ Problems
Highlights from Hair Balls Political Animals Congressman Louie Gohmert is at it again. The East Texas representative is known for spouting his opinions with little regard for minor things like facts or reason or not making it look as if everyone in Texas is a bigoted, racist idiot, and he…
Capsule Stage Reviews: Failure: A Love Story, Faith Healer, Next to Normal, Rigoletto, We Will Rock You
Failure: A Love Story Playwright Philip Dawkins’s work requires inventive staging and offers a challenge to the producing theater. It deals with events in the clock-making Fail family of Chicago, chiefly the deaths of the parents and of three daughters, in separate accidents, in 1928. The deaths are depicted in…
Tourism and Front Yards
Dear Mexican, I am a butt-white Irish guy, happily and stoked to be married to a beautiful Chicana. Her familia is from a gorgeous rancho deep in the corazón of Zacatecas, and I’ve been wanting to experience all of the ranchero lifestyle I keep hearing about from my acquired familia mexicanos (and from those songs at…
The First 48 Makes Millions While the Innocent Have Their Lives Ruined
In July 2009, 18-year-old Cameron Coker’s life was ripped apart for future viewing by a national audience. Coker, who’d previously been convicted of dealing drugs, was now the prime suspect in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy at an apartment complex just east of Highway 6. For this homicide…
Grub Burger Bar, From Aggie Country, Slings Some Fine Patties and (Loaded) Milkshakes
On any given day, you’ll probably see someone standing outside Anthropologie’s rustic storefront or across the street by the gurgling water feature and grassy expanse surrounding Ruggles Green handing out coupons to passersby, shoppers and businesspeople, enticing them to come in for a bite. You’ll accept a slip of paper…
One Couple’s Trash Makes for Unabashedly Fun Work at Rice Gallery
If Dr. Seuss and Antoni Gaudí made a sculpture together, it might look something like “Garden Object,” which is on display at Rice Gallery. It’s actually created by the London-based design studio El Ultimo Grito. The designers behind it, husband-and-wife team Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado, are Spanish, as was Gaudí, and…
Main Street’s Bar Twins, Dean’s and Notsuoh, Are Still Connected Even if They’re Heading in Different Directions
‘Excuse me, but do you hear that, too? Is that people having sex? What the hell is that noise?” A large group of men in suits has just entered a small downtown bar, and they’re looking around with confusion, presumably puzzled by the voices drowning out Pimp C’s rapping. As…
