This Week in Deliciousness
Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where the dingoes ate your baby and then complained that the babies used to be so much tastier than they are now and nobody knows how to properly tenderize a baby anymore and why does nobody remember how to…
What Rocks Off Is Cooking Up For Memorial Day
First of all, a bit of news: John Mayer is playing the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with Owl City Sunday, September 5. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5 at livenation.com. Yay. Now, Rocks Off knows many of you are anxious to start your Memorial Day weekend -…
Galveston Woman Loses Lower Lip In Drunken Seawall Donnybrook; Claims Clubgoers Ignored Her Distress
Loretta Pearl Ramos, 32, and her beau Carlos Alberto Hernandez-Munoz, 27, were tearing it up yesterday on the Seawall in Galveston when Hernandez-Munoz decided he wanted to kick things up a notch or two.Ramos later told police that Hernandez-Munoz was “extremely intoxicated,” so in a way, it kinda makes sense…
Openings and Closings
Just in time for summer, a cool-sounding restaurant with an even cooler concept has come along. Oceans, the ceviche-only restaurant that took over the old Bistro Vino location, is officially open to the public. We took a first look at Oceans a few weeks ago and found its patio gorgeous…
Reckless Robber: He’s Reckless No More (Probably)
The FBI thinks they’ve got the man they dubbed the “Reckless Robber.” Well, they didn’t get him — Fort Bend Sheriff’s deputies did when they killed him in a shootout May 22.Mouafak Kazza, 26, was killed during a bank robbery where he was apparently even more reckless than usual. The…
The Week In Photos
It’s time for our weekly dip into the cool waters of the Houston Press Flickr pool, in preparation for the steaming hot Memorial Day Weekend ahead. Want to see your work featured here? Dive into the pool yourself and submit your photos! As usual, for more information about a subject…
Memorial Day Party Planning, Part 3
The weekend is upon us (praise be!), and Memorial Day deliciousness lies ahead. You’ve invited the people and bought your preliminary supplies, so your workload should be pretty straightforward. Here’s a couple of food ideas, plus a quick checklist:…
FAIL: Crystal Bowersox, Bee Gees, Dave Matthews, M.I.A.
American Idol Runner-Up: Kick Her While She’s Fail: In case you haven’t heard, Crystal Bowersox was kicked off American Idol when it was revealed that her entire career path had simply been one of Hurley’s delusions while still locked up in the psych ward, and that Seacrest Island had never…
Anti-Obama People: Your Ride Is Your Billboard
The Bayou blog posted this picture of a Texas SUV sporting a carefully thought out debating point. We would sigh and say “Only in Texas,” but it turns out a lot of people are using their vehicles to display whatever thoughts Fox News and Rush are delivering to them. A…
Shirataki Noodles
Shirataki noodles are a traditional Japanese noodle or noodle substitute that you can find in most health food sections of your local grocery store. They are perfect for pasta cravings, and are being advertized by fitness experts as a “wonder noodle” or “noodle substitute” for low-carb dieters…
Whatchoo Talkin’ Bout? R.I.P. Gary Coleman
The Diff’rent Strokes curse has struck yet again. Gary Coleman, who played Arnold Jackson on the ’70s-’80s sitcom and made “Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis” a national catchphrase, has died in a Utah hospital from a brain hemorrhage he suffered earlier this week. Unlike his co-stars Todd Bridges and the late…
Game Time: Roy Oswalt — Is It Possible He’s Pitching Just a Little Too Well?
Sending all of you off with a brief nugget to ponder as you begin your drunken, Memorial Day haze. Here goes….As of this morning, these are the things we know:1.) The Astros suck; they’re 16-31, and they rank last in the National League in every statistical (as in numbers) and…
Human Sushi Trays Come to Houston
Although the practice of nyotaimori, or using a human body as a sushi serving platter, is considered terribly declasse in Japan, that hasn’t stopped clever restaurant and club owners from importing the practice to the United States. Combining “exotic” Japanese cuisine like sushi and sashimi with sex is a no-brainer,…
Five Worst Memorial Day Weekend Movies
Memorial Day weekend officially marks the beginning of summer, and the beginning of summer blockbuster-movie season.Recently studios have been pushing the blockbuster season earlier and earlier — Iron Man 2 has been out for months, it seems — but Memorial Day Weekend is still a date where they plant their…
Fat Tony Leaks New Freestyle Track
Thursday night, local rapper Fat Tony sent us this leak of a freestyle he recorded back over the Christmas holidays with Tom Cruz, June James and Smash Bro. Shit like this makes us feel like badasses while sitting in our cubicle drinking coffee and fielding e-mails from PR people. Tony’s…
Soap In Fountains: A Sure Sign School’s Out For Summer
People driving through the Museum District this morning probably noticed soap suds floating in the fountains at the Main/Montrose/Hermann Drive roundabout. Perhaps they gave a little chuckle and thought, “Classic.”But we saw something far more serious. This is real, tangible evidence of the fallout from an economic crisis. Budget cuts…
Buxton Hits A Home Run At Discovery Green
For more photos from Thursday, see our slideshow here. Playing before what was probably the youngest and most family-oriented crowd the band had ever seen (save the odd crawfish festival), Buxton emerged from their studio sessions at SugarHill Studios Thursday night to headline Discovery Green and debut a handful of…
Robb Walsh’s 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #32 Cheese Enchiladas with Fried Eggs at Los Dos Amigos
Over the course of the next few months, I’m counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in the comments…
Get Him To The Greek: Win Free Tickets; Three Questions The Movie Needs To Answer
Get Him to the Greek stars Russell Brand as a drug-infested rock star and Jonah Hill as the uptight assistant whose job it is to get him to a gig at the Greek Theater in LA.Three questions that can be resolved only by seeing the movie:…
Girls Rock! Screens For Houston’s Own Rocker Girls
Girls Rock!, the 2008 movie about the students of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Ore., will screen next Thursday, June 3, at Beaver’s Icehouse as part of a fundraiser for the first Girls Rock Camp Houston. The Portland camp, which started in 2005, was the first…
BBQ Porn: Miles of Meat
In honor of the bevy of barbecuing that will undoubtedly be taking place this Memorial Day Weekend, we’ve combed our photo archives as well as the Houston Press Flickr pool and put together a slideshow of the most mouth-watering meats we could find. If you don’t feel like firing up…
UH Makes Matters Clear In The Confusing C-USA Tournament: They Suck
The scoreboard at Cougar Field appeared to suffer a malfunction last night. There was “one” run showing for Rice in the first-inning column, yet under the total runs column, the number was “11.”The problem was that the top of the first inning had just ended, and Rice had just finished…
Health Dept. Roundup: Cafeteria Edition
We’re going back to school this week on Health Department Roundup, visiting the city’s institutional cafeterias. At Yes Prep-North Forest (9709 Mesa Drive), a May 21 pre-opening inspection found equipment not adjusted in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications, a failure to provide water at 110 degree Fahrenheit, floors not constructed of…
6 Songs You Never Want To Hear At Graduation
It must be that time of year again. Seniors are suffering from GTFO Syndrome, and their loved ones are bracing themselves for several hours of obligatory, coma-inducing celebrations of learning known as “commencement.” Yes, it’s graduation season. Yet it could be worse. Surprisingly enough, there are actually a few songs…
Is Z-Ro Too Big To Get Big?
Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we’ll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. We’ll incorporate the number five in there somewhere. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. A lot of the time, it’s easy to pick what to…
Viet Tran, Young & Recessioned: You Can’t Be Afraid To Be Goofy
Today’s installment of Young & Recessioned features Viet Tran, a 27-year-old University of Houston grad who has used reality TV, YouTube episodes and street corner stunts to find his dream job. I went into commercial real estate right after I graduated. I did that for about three years. I had…
Gulf Oil Spill: Stop Worrying, Industry Says In Galveston
Boy, you’ve really gotta hand it to the oil & gas industry folks. I mean, after all, we’re just shy of 40 days since the start of BP’s crude ooze in the Gulf, and already a consortium of energy elites has launched a propaganda blitz via America’s WETLAND Foundation.And who…
Delicious Drinks: Dulce Vida Tequila
I think most people who enjoy an alcoholic beverage from time to time have likely experienced a period in their life when too many tequila shots led to questionable behavior. Because of this, you generally find two schools of thought on this particular liquor: total abstinence or devotion. Now when…
Pedicab Drivers Pedal The Lawless Downtown Frontier
Pedicab driving is a job for shisters. That much became clear to Rocks Off after just a 10-minute conversation with a driver. And during our two-hour ride along with Houston bike cabs working the Taylor Swift concert and downtown’s hotspots, a certain phrase kept playing in our head: Rick Ross’…
DWI: They’re Coming For You This Weekend By Land And By Sea
As you make your long-weekend plans, one thing to keep in mind: Harris County is having another one of those “No Refusal” campaigns designed to nab drunk drivers…and drunk boaters.”If you plan to be driving a motor vehicle or at the helm of a boat, we ask that you act…
Windpower Woodstock: George W. Bush, Limitless Swag & A Burgeoning Success Story
We used to love when oxymoronic news broke because a former editor would always exclaim, “Dogs are sleeping with cats! Film at 11!” Canines definitely hooked up with felines at Windpower 2010 this week in Dallas, where former President George W. Bush re-wrote his own personal history in the keynote…
