A Box of Sangria and Thou
Sometimes companies send unsolicited stuff to the Houston Press office hoping that we’ll try these items and, of course, write about the experience. Occasionally, that works, especially if it turns out to be a good product (but there are never any guarantees). Past deliveries include review copies of books and…
The Escatones Are No Longer Out of Sight, Out of Mind
When I met up with Connor Pursell and JT Popiel of The Escatones on a recent Wednesday night at Union Tavern, they were in good spirits; their fun mood and joking was probably further fueled throughout the evening by the fact that it was 75-cent drink night. Pursell handles vocals and guitar…
Houston Press Monthly Mixtape: July Edition
After a long week of celebrating U.S. independence, it’s time to get back to the 24/7/365 glorification of the great nation of Texas. This mixtape serves up heavy helpings of Lone Star State music, from shoegazing Austin rockers Ringo Deathstarr (July 20, Satellite Bar) to the righteous women of Giant…
Do Fido and Fluffy Have a Secret Life?
What happens with Fido and Fluffy when we go to work? We can deduce certain activities through forensic analysis of strewn trash, gnawed Jimmie Choos and the occasional upchuck, but we decided to go the video route for this one. We threw in some recreational vids as well, both with…
Openings & Closings in Houston: Good-bye to Dog-Friendly Gratifi and Rise No. 2 Is Warming Up
Montrose classic Maria Selma Mexican Restaurant, 1617 Richmond, has finished rebranding to Texas Shrimp Shack, where you’ll find Gulf shrimp sold by the pound alongside the same micheladas and margaritas that Maria Selma used to serve. Luv Me Tenders’ much-awaited brick-and-mortar location is now open at 4400 Yale with the…
Viggo Mortensen Is a Flower-Power Survivalist in Captain Fantastic
Don’t let the publicity photos of the ensemble cast clad in ’70s-era tuxes and flower-child dresses, or even the cloying Mumford-mimicking soundtrack on the trailer, fool you: Captain Fantastic ain’t some twee, cutesy Wes Anderson romp or a Little Miss Sunshine knockoff. This dramedy marking the feature debut of longtime…
Still Moving: Our Little Sister Director Hirokazu Kore-eda on His Latest Family Drama
On both an emotional and narrative level, a Hirokazu Kore-eda film pulls you in slowly, almost unexpectedly. The acclaimed Japanese director, whose works include After Life (1998), Still Walking (2008) and Like Father, Like Son (2013), makes movies about things like loss, abandonment and death, but his distinct touch —…
Stirred and Shaken: The Japanese Martini at Anvil Bar & Refuge
M is for Monday and M is for martini so, obviously, martinis are for Mondays. Some truths are self-evident. Mondays at 7 p.m. at Anvil Bar & Refuge are wonderful because hardly anyone is there. The weekend drinkers spent their money already, so it’s possible to saunter in, have the…
Assessing the Dwight Howard Era (and Four Other NBA Free Agency Observations)
In terms of pacing, sequence, and the overall agenda, the NFL and NBA offseasons are two completely different animals. The NFL’s offseason is a chaotic free agency period which serves as a tandem car to the months-long buildup to the NFL Draft. The overall pace is relatively slow, almost glacial,…
Zero Days Director Alex Gibney Prepares for the Malware Takeover
Alex Gibney will be ready if the power grids fail. “We have a place in Maine now,” the director says. “We just installed solar panels. We can fish. We have water. With a little bit of Sterno, we’ll probably be OK.” After a long career dredging up the dark side…
Mike and Dave Need a Better Movie
Sometimes a movie seems like it was more fun to make than it is to watch. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is one of those movies. Zac Efron and Adam DeVine are Dave and Mike Stangle, two troublemaking brothers with a knack for walking the tightrope of party-makers/breakers. With…
Five Excellent International Eateries in North Houston
For people who live on the north side of Houston long enough, it might seem the options when it comes to unique culinary experiences are almost non-existent. In an ocean of tiresome chain restaurants, greasy fast food and watered-down, Americanized cuisines, it can be difficult to experience real flavor without…
Outsider Artist Inspired by Muse Wife Creates Symbolic Collages in “Together We Can Dream This Life Away”
For the viewer, there’s no “I like this but not this” option with the collages by outsider artist Bruce New at Redbud Gallery. The pieces in “Together We Can Dream This Life Away” are all done with the same style: pen and ink drawings of symbols layered over newsprint, and…
Asian Market Know-How: Seven Sauces for Cooking and Eating Asian Food
In the world of Asian cooking, there are a few essential cooking sauces and condiments that accompany every Asian dish. The familiar find at pho restaurants is hoisin, sriracha and for the more adventurous, nuoc mam (fish sauce). Southeast Asian eaters love to create individual dipping sauces at the table…
With Election Year, the Purge Series Reaches Its Term Limit
James DeMonaco’s Purge series, about a near future in which all crime is legal for one annual 12-hour period, began as a disturbing setup for basic genre thrills: 2013’s franchise-starter was essentially a home-invasion thriller with a dystopian twist. By the time Purge: Anarchy rolled around a year later, the…
You Won’t Find Dory in The Secret Life of Pets, but You Can Bop Along with Dancing Hot Dogs
In one of many throwaway gags in The Secret Life of Pets, a group of dogs gathering for an all-important rescue operation is momentarily sidetracked by a butterfly, which sends them into a riot of leaping and yelping. Pets are easily distracted, you see. And you know who else is…
Houston Fourth of July Celebration Turns Fatal: Child Among Wounded in Shooting That Killed Three
A Fourth of July celebration turned deadly when three or four armed men rolled up to a home where many had gathered to watch fireworks and opened fire, killing three men and wounding a child and another man. According to the Houston Police Department, the crowd was gathered on Robin…
This Week in Houston Food Blogs: A Poke Pop-Up and Tailor-Made Treats
This week, we’ve got some pool-party-perfect recipes, a review of the latest seafood craze and a visit to one of our favorite Indian eateries, plus scoop on some perfect desserts. “Hot in Houston Now” paid a visit to newly-minted Steak 48, 4444 Westheimer in the River Oaks District. The blogger…
Kevin Durant Leaves Oklahoma City for Golden State, Twitter Reacts Gloriously
Twitter never forgets. Be mindful, people — if you tweet something, especially something judgmental, and years later you’re guilty of similar behavior as that which you are judging, people will sift through your mountain of thoughts from the past several years and wave the old tweet in your face. Changing…
Why Are So Many Alief Residents Opposed to a “Little Saigon”?
Hoang Tran came to the United States six years ago, fleeing the communist and oppressive Vietnam government like so many others. He was immediately drawn to Alief, home to a large Vietnamese community, and before long, he was working at a Vietnamese restaurant along Bellaire Boulevard, Kim Phat. He said…
Burger King’s Mac n’ Cheetos Don’t Have Much to Do With the Latter
We’ve all been burned by fast food advertising at one age or another. The people behind it are wizards. They use their craft to take banal dishes and turn them into diners will fork over money for, even if they know better. The burger is never going to look as…
Just Around the Corner, The Barking Pig Knows Just What It’s Doing
On a balmy June night just starting to turn pleasant, a hair before dusk, the patio at The Barking Pig is dotted with couples and families. At one table, a pair of tweens ignore each other over iPhones. A toddler, perched in a stroller, picks from her parents’ plates nearby…
Houston Rockets Agree to Terms With Free Agents Anderson, Gordon
For a while, during the first 24 hours of free agency, it looked like the Houston Rockets might get left at the free agency altar, with Kent Bazemore (their first meeting at 12:01 a.m. EDT Friday morning) opting to stay in Atlanta and their meeting with Al Horford not creating…
The Prettiest Texas Environmental Atlas You Might Ever See
While engaging in the laborious five-year book project that resulted in The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, co-author David Todd marveled at Texas’ long history of environmental fisticuffs. “I was really struck by how many conservation efforts were going on way before I was born and before the environmental…
Want to Swim in the Pool With Your Dogs? Consider Rummy’s Beach Club in Spring.
Imagine you and your dog or dogs together in a swimming pool. Imagine that you don’t have to worry about any other people or their dogs and that for one hour you and your dogs can just be happy together in the Texas heat. Your dogs don’t swim? They’ll give…
Houston Is Sinking
Subsidence, the slow-on-the-go caving of a land area, isn’t a new or even unnatural phenomenon in the Houston area. It’s how humans accelerate this sinking that’s not all that normal or awesome. In the 1980s, Brownwood, the Houston Ship Channel-area subdivision that once housed Humble Oil (now Exxon) big wigs,…
Building Houston’s Perfect Cheeseburger
A great burger may not be as much an artistic product as it is an architectural one. Usually, the only thing that has to be cooked before assembly is the patty. While it’s entirely possible to cook it improperly, either not enough or too much, using well-considered, quality ingredients increases the…
Bonnie Bishop Takes Over as New Queen of Country Soul
It’s a bit of an understatement to suggest that Nashville wasn’t exactly kind to Bonnie Bishop. A Houston native and graduate of Stratford High School, Bishop moved to Nashville after signing a publishing deal to hone her skills as a musician. After six years of singer-songwriter nights, producing albums, and…
You’re Never Too Old to Play With Toys at Krista Birnbaum’s “Courage” Exhibit in Houston
Just as nature morphs with the changing of the seasons, new works by Krista Birnbaum have shifted from her previous fascination with mice and plants to a new playing field, this time influenced by motherhood and her little girl. In her “Courage” exhibit at Gspot Contemporary Art Space, literally two…
Lucid Definitions for 10 Hazy Musical Terms
CRUNCHY adj. Refers to the grit of a given sound. Overdrive on a guitar, heavy clipping on a snare recording, and low bit-rate dirty samples can all fit this description. The crunchiest sounds can have legitimately negative effects on your teeth. “Agh! This synth module is so crunchy it’s hurting…
Houston’s 10 Best Date-Night Bars
Date night can take many forms. For long-time couples, it may mean a quiet night away from work, kids, friends, or all of the above. For newer couples, it may mean a lively spot and a late night (or a long day). As for first dates, well, it may just…
Legislator Who Gets Money From Fireworks Lobby Suggests You Celebrate Today With Fireworks
What’s the Fourth of July without the red, white, and bandaged blend of alcohol and hand-held pyrotechnics? It’s a tacit endorsement of ISIS, that’s what it is. Which is why we’re glad that the Texas Observer hipped us to the awesome press release from State Rep. Jason Isaac of Dripping…
Report Blames Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride and Others for Manure in Texas Waters
The concentration of thousands of animals in factory farms (instead of hanging out all free range-style like the chicken pictured above) has created a massive concentration of animal feces that ends up in waterways across Texas and across the country, according to the results of a study recently conducted by…
Save America’s Pastime by Destroying Its Players
The Houston Astros currently have 292 players spread across the organization’s various minor league rosters. Of those 292 players, 15 are counted as part of the Astros 40-man roster, which leaves 277 players, many of them from foreign countries, and many who were selected in the lower rounds of the…
Will DeAndre Hopkins Become the Highest-Paid WR in Football?
Certain aspects of roster construction have come easier than others for the Houston Texans on general manager Rick Smith’s watch, and when someday the book is written on Smith’s reign over personnel, one of the very positive chapters will be his supreme success with first round draft choices from 2008…
Dish of the Week: Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Wings
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 putting a spin on basic grilled chicken with a recipe for grilled teriyaki wings. With “teri” referring to shine or luster,…
Jupiter’s Auroras Put On a Show as NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Approaches
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is slated to start slinking into line with Jupiter’s orbit on Monday, marking the end of a five-year journey to reach the gas giant and the beginning of about a year of Juno conducting scientific experiments and sending back fresh up-close images of the planet. Meanwhile, it…
Money Ain’t a (Seemingly Attainable) Thang on Fullmetal’s New Single
Independence Day seems like a fairly appropriate occasion to shine a spotlight on some new, independent hip-hop out of H-Town, don’t you think? So, before your ears are shattered by the colorful mortar fire tonight down at Freedom Over Texas in Eleanor Tinsley Park, give a listen to the latest…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Fourth of July & Summer Wines
Monday, July 4 Independence Day Celebrate our nation’s independence and the 1776 version of #Brexit with a cold drink and hearty American fare, like a milkshake, fried chicken or a heaping burger. Not sure where you should celebrate America this year? Check out our Fourth of July dining guide for…
Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday Bring Emo Into the Summer
Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Saosin, The Early November Revention Music Center July 2, 2016 If music genres could be classified as seasons, emo would be winter. It’s music for broken hearts, which means cold hearts and cold colors. Emo fans huddle together and scream the lyrics back to the…
Shows of the Week: Red, White and Blue Make Purple at Freedom Over Texas
FREEDOM OVER TEXAS Eleanor Tinsley Park (150 Sabine), July 4 In the act of celebrating America’s 240th birthday (my, how time flies), the City of Houston is setting an independence-minded mood for its free annual July 4 bash by offering a more eclectic and exciting musical lineup than most people…
A Peek Behind the Fireworks Curtain of Freedom Over Texas
Freedom Over Texas, the City of Houston’s annual July 4 celebration, is nearly 30 years old. Drawing approximately 50,000 citizens of the Bayou City every year to Eleanor Tinsley Park, the six-hour festival is the crown jewel under the wide umbrella of the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, the City…
Another Case of the Rather Alarmingly Named “Flesh-Eating Bacteria” Reported
When a Lake Jackson man headed down south to go fishing at Port Aransas last week, he ended up returning with a severe rash on his leg. Anyone who has tuned into recent stories about what the media loves to alarmingly call “flesh-eating bacteria” knows this is a red flag:…
Where Are the Women’s Voices in Radio Sports Talk?
I read a startling statistic last week: Of the more than 200 regular sports talk hosts in the country’s top 20 markets, only seven are women. That number seemed a little low, but when I thought about that, and about how none of Houston’s sports talk stations had a show…
NFL Hands Manziel Four-Game Suspension for Substance Abuse
They say that part of the bargaining an addict goes through is that he or she sets deadlines and milestone dates out on the future for when they’ll get started on fixing themselves, as if sobriety is a school assignment like a diorama they’re making for art class. That mentality…
City, HPD to Combat Houston’s Kush Problem With More Uniformed Presence in Parks
After 16 people overdosed on Kush in Hermann Park last week, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a new plan to combat the drug in Houston and create a larger uniformed presence at parks and areas where users often hang out. The 16 who overdosed on Kush — which is sometimes called…
G-Eazy, Logic & Friends Bring Houston a Taste of Endless Summer
The Endless Summer Tour Feat. G-Eazy, Logic, Yo Gotti & YG Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion June 29, 2016 On the surface, the Endless Summer tour looks random and uncohesive. In what universe does it make sense to pair a party rapper from Oakland with an underground lyricist from Maryland, or…
Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia de Havilland, a.k.a. Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind
If Olivia de Havilland’s name doesn’t register in your brain straight away, no worries because you absolutely know who she is. “Not everyone knows Olivia de Havilland by name,” says Marian Luntz, film and video curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, “but a lot of people know Melanie…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Kolaches Are Coming
Sabores CDMX at Américas, Café Annie, and Arnaldo Richards’ Picos Friday – Saturday Américas, 2040 West Gray Café Annie, 1800 Post Oak Pico’s, 3601 Kirby There’s still time to enjoy the last two nights of this special three-night event, where Houston diners will have the opportunity to order authentic Mexican menus from Mexico…
Air Alliance Houston Report Shows High Benzene Levels in Galena Park
It’s been known for years that the air in Galena Park is laced with benzene, but a new study from Air Alliance Houston has shown varying amounts of benzene have been found at different sites in the town, each site clocking benzene emission levels higher than those considered acceptable by…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: The Legend Of Tarzan
Title: The Legend of Tarzan Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Homer: “Eh, I’m sick of this Tarzan movie.” Lisa: “Dad, it’s a documentary on the homeless.” Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Three Jimmy “Baltimora” McShanes out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: Half-naked man strikes blow for anti-colonialism, capri…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: All American Burgers and Cherry-Kissed Sweets
This month, the newly opened Hopdoddy Burger Bar, 4444 Westheimer, is going all-American with its July specials. Get a Pinetop Pimento Burger($11), a high-stacked specialty burger topped with homemade pimento cheese, three crispy slices of applewood smoked bacon, an over-easy egg, onions, tomato, watercress and Hopdoddy’s famous Sassy Sauce, all…
Openings & Closings in Houston: City Acre Arrives and Rumors of Kubo’s Return
Good things come to those who wait, and, in this case, we’ve been waiting for about four years. It’s finally time to see the grand debut of City Acre Brewing, 3241 Folger, which was originally set to open in October 2012. The slow-down was caused by (apparently excessive) red tape,…
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Patriotism, Wine and a Bat Boy
Colton Berry’s Bat Boy is kind of like a car wreck: you know it’s wrong, but you just can’t look away. The glowing reviews for this musical put it on our “must-see” list, but America’s birthday gives us a three-day weekend with all kinds of great ways to celebrate. In a…
Family: Sheriff’s Office Wouldn’t Let Dying Inmate Donate Organs UPDATED
Christopher Hendricks’ family learned of his suicide through a Harris County Sheriff’s Office press release. On June 17, 37-year-old Hendricks hung himself in a shower inside the Harris County jail’s medical detox tank, where his sister says he was likely placed because he suffered from alcoholism. According to the Harris…
A Week In the Life of Houston Street Rap
Originally, this column was going to start off discussing the massive gamut of EPs we’ve received in the last two weeks or so. hasHBrown decided to take a Power Nap, which condenses the best of him into seven tracks plus an instrumental. Ingrid, Beyoncé and Parkwood Entertainment’s secret weapon, balances…
Introducing Daed and His Adventures in Glitchcore
On Halloween in the Year of Our Lord 2013, Krewella nearly destroyed the entirety of electronic-music history in less than four minutes during an episode of Good Morning America. “We’re gonna go hard!” yelled one of the Yousaf sisters. They fist-pumped. Lights stabbed away at good taste. They pressed a…
Friday Free For All: Love, Twenty One Pilots, Scotty Moore, Cl’Ché, etc.
The Friday Free For All relays albums, artists, videos and vibes the Houston Press Music staff has been grooving to over the past week. LOVE The vocal in the recorded performance of Love’s beautiful song “Message to Pretty” is so intentionally maudlin, so syrupy and sunk-shouldered, that it drips insincerity…
Former Houston Cop Gets 30+ Years for Helping Mexican Cartel
For at least four years, a Houston police officer — who swore to uphold the law and protect the public — aided a Mexican drug cartel to expand its empire in the United States. Noe Juarez, a former Marine who received excellent performance reviews from his HPD superiors, deceived his…
Chris Isaak Breathes New Life Into Vintage Sounds at House of Blues
Chris Isaak House of Blues June 29, 2016 Hot June nights beg for a summery soundtrack – the kind that makes you feel warm, delighted, and just a hair nostalgic. Seemingly born to create music that suits this desire, Chris Isaak was the perfect amount of breeze to refresh humid…
HCSO Deputies Who Ordered Cavity Search at Gas Station Indicted [UPDATED]
A year after Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies took off a woman’s pants in a gas station parking lot to search her vagina for marijuana, a grand jury has indicted two officers for their conduct. Deputies William Strong and Ronaldine Pierre face one count of official oppression, a misdemeanor offense…
Pappa Charlie’s and Feges BBQ Join Forces With Chef Erin Smith for Upscale Barbecue Dinner in Houston
Two well-regarded pitmasters—Wesley Jurena of Pappa Charlie’s Barbecue and Patrick Feges of Feges BBQ—are joining forces with Feges’ fiancé (and recent “Chopped” winner) Erin Smith for one night of “elevated ‘que” on July 18 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at Pappa Charlie’s. The one night feast is…
Mayor Turner Announces New Houston Glass Recycling Partnership
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that the city has come up with a plan to recycle more glass— but don’t get too excited: You still can’t put your beer bottles into your green curbside bin. The plan is nothing too new — the city is just increasing the number of…
Houston Actor Joel Sandel Will Take on the One-man Play: RFK: A Portrait of Robert Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was a man different from his brothers, a son whose father didn’t think much of him for a long time and who was closest to his mother. He was also a member of a clan equal parts mythic and tragic in American history and as such, continues…
We Got a Taste of Snap Kitchen’s New Meat-Lovin’ Menu
Snap Kitchen, the quick-stop, healthy-meal restaurant, asked us if it could bring us some brisket—and so of course, we said yes. The restaurant just revised its nutritional menu, featuring six new items: slow-roasted brisket tacos, brisket hash, Thai coconut curry beef, Turkey picadillo stuffed peppers, shakshuka, and beef sweet potato…
NFL Crime Is Way Down. Is Roger Goodell’s Conduct Policy Actually Working?
Entrepreneurialism ain’t easy, man. Sometimes you have a great idea, a seemingly sure thing. Unfortunately, if that supposedly “sure” thing is dependent on the performance (or in this case, the malfeasance) of others, then success and failure, to some degree, are out of your control. I am finding this out the…
Even if Gandalf Planned to Fly to Mordor With the Eagles, He Was an Idiot
There’s a prevailing fan theory out there that in the Lord of the Rings Gandalf had a secret plan to get the Fellowship of the Ring into Mordor by using the eagles to fly there. The best version of the theory goes like this. After passing the Misty Mountains, Gandalf…
The 10 Best Snacks for Road Trips
With Texas being an enormous state, some road trips include long stretches of lonely highways with nary a Buc-ee’s in sight. Take, for example, I-10 West, where there’s not much more than tumbleweeds and the occasional military base between Kerrville and El Paso. Obviously, a cooler opens up some options…
NASA’s Juno Probe Is Closing in on Jupiter
After five years of traveling through deep space, the final frontier, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is expected to reach Jupiter on Monday. If everything goes well, Juno, a 400-pound titanium box strapped to a 66-foot-long solar panel, will dig up more information about the massive gas giant than we’ve ever had…
10 Great Music Documentaries Now on Netflix
Netflix’s streaming service has replaced conventional rental services for many of us. The convenience of being able to access thousands of movies almost instantly has definitely changed the way I enjoy my down time, and allows me to watch a lot of material I probably would have a hard time…
My Girl Wants Me to Take a Lie Detector Test. Help!
MY GIRL WANTS ME TO TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST Dear Willie D: My girlfriend is extremely insecure. She can’t stand it when I visit my parents’ house because my ex lives directly across the street. We are childhood sweethearts, and our families are very close. She still visits my…
The 10 Best Houston Releases of 2016 (So Far)
The year is almost half over, and in the face of the musical talents we’ve lost since January — David Bowie, Prince, Phife Dawg, Bernie Worrell, Guy Clark, Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley and Scotty Moore, among many others — it almost seems cruel, or futile, to think about the year’s…
Police: Katy Mom Killed Daughters to Make Husband Suffer
After Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls sat down with Jason Sheats — whose wife, Christy Sheats, killed their two daughters before a police officer fatally shot her — Nehls made public what Jason believed may have led to the tragic event. “We asked Mr. Sheats for a motive in…
“Please Don’t Shoot Us”: Chilling 911 Calls Released in Katy Mother’s Fatal Shooting of Daughters
The graphic 911 calls detailing a Katy mother’s decision to kill her two daughters were released by police on Tuesday. One was from 17-year-old Madison Sheats, who can be heard with her sister and father begging their mother, Christy Sheats, not to kill them. The other came from a neighbor…
Harris County Will Get the Bulk of the San Jacinto Waste Pit Settlement Money
When Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan joined up with the state to sue the companies technically responsible for creating the San Jacinto Waste Pits, it seemed likely the county would get a portion of any resulting settlement while the state would also get a hefty cut. But that’s not how…
“It’s Like Trying to Stop a Train”: Therapy Providers Want Medicaid Rate Cuts Halted
Two years ago, seven-year-old Jaime Soto couldn’t tell his mom if he was hungry, or that he was in pain, or the answer to any of her simple who-what-where questions. Three years ago, he didn’t know how to get dressed or how to put on socks and shoes, how to…
If You Always Wanted a MasterChef Competitor to Cook for You, Here’s Your Chance
Chef Alvin Schultz, a former MasterChef competitor, doesn’t have his own restaurant, but he’s a familiar face around Houston’s restaurant scene. Sometimes, like at the recent Wagyu Throwdown at Soma Sushi, he shows up to help other chefs. Other times, diners might catch him grilling on a bar patio on…
What to Eat and Drink in Houston on the Fourth of July
Traditional Fourth Of July Foods and a Swank View Of the Fireworks at B&B Butchers, 1814 Washington We recently complimented B&B Butchers on the fabulous view of downtown from their second-floor patio and can’t imagine a better way to take advantage of it than during the Fourth of July fireworks…
Independence Day: Resurgence Is a Week Early — and 15 years Late
Very few advance screenings preceded Independence Day: Resurgence’s arrival in theaters on the evening of June 23. That’s eight days ahead of the July 4th weekend that in simpler times — like 1996, when Independence Day was the year’s biggest hit — was traditionally reserved for the biggest, ka-blammiest movie of the…
Dispute Between South Texas College of Law and UH Heads to Court
Balloons and a new banner adorn the recently renovated and renamed Houston College of Law (formerly South Texas College of Law) atrium on San Jacinto Street in downtown Houston. But the party may soon be over. Houston College of Law changed its name from the South Texas College of Law…
The Corkscrew Wine Bar in Houston’s Greater Heights Is Closed
Popular wine bar The Corkscrew in the Greater Heights announced that it is closed Facebook today “due to an immediate issue regarding the location/extension of current lease.” It’s a sad development for the wine bar and piano lounge that was a Houston Press pick for Best Wine Bar in 2013…
