50 Things We Learned From the 2013 Year in Movies
One of the best performances of the year was from the tiny lifeboat in Captain Phillips.On Thursday, this year’s Oscar nominations will be announced, also known as national Gah! What Were Those Idiot Voters Thinking Day. We can’t wait, so in the meantime, we give you this: 1. Marvel Films…
Five Things to Know About the Houston Marathon’s Security Measures
A lot has changed since the final person loped across the finish line for the Houston Marathon last year. Namely, a couple of bastards decided to bomb the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring scores of people. The bombing also altered how marathons across the country are now handled, and…
Texas Women Keep State Respectable in 2014 Pazz & Jop Poll
To paraphrase Hank Williams Jr., thank God for Texas women. Houston native Beyonce, whose surprise eponymous album was released after many writers had already turned in their 2013 best-of list, and Lindale’s Kacey Musgraves — whose Same Trailer Different Park was a thoughtful and tuneful counterpoint to the bro-country spewing…
Top 5 Waffle Iron Recipes NOT for Waffles
If you’re the proud owner of a waffle-maker but on occasion worry you’re not maximizing the value of your purchase because you don’t eat waffles morning, noon, and night, never fear. This wondrous invention can do so much more than mold batter into breakfast or brinner fare. Check out these…
We Like War Movies in East Texas…Maybe a Little Too Much
A good movie is a good movie, whether it’s a romantic comedy, a drama or an animated feature. It can be about love or hate, war or peace, joy or sadness. It’s all in how it gets its point across. In the case of Lone Survivor, it’s the story Marcus…
Reality Bites: Friday Night Tykes
There are a million reality shows on the naked television. We’re going to watch them all, one at a time. “Remember this shit? Playing pee-wee?” “Yeah, it was fun.” “No, it wasn’t. I remember getting yelled at: ‘Too fat, Billy Bob!’ ‘Too slow and dumb!’ We were just little kids,…
Sesame Hut: This Korean Beef Is Cheap, and It Is Delicious
Can Korean beef for $5.99 be any good? Sesame Hut proves it can be.
WWE Hall of Fame Announces It Will Induct the Ultimate Warrior (w/ VIDEO)
While we are a mere few weeks away from the Super Bowl, we are also just a few months away from Wrestlemania. Both events represent the mecca of their respective genre. In the 29 years its been existence, WWE’s Wrestlemania has essentially morphed into the Super Bowl of professional wrestling,…
Tenor Stephen Costello Plays the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto for HGO
American tenor Stephen Costello loves Verdi’s music. As for the character of the Duke of Mantua who he’ll be playing in Houston Grand Opera’s upcoming production of Rigoletto? “Not so much,” Costello says. “The duke just really treats women like crap,” Costello assesses in this tale of revenge and betrayal…
This Week in Food Blogs: Have Your Cheesecake and Eat It, Too
H-Town Chow Down: The guys from H-Town Chow Down decided to check out the rebirthed Bennigan’s that opened a week ago in The Woodlands. While we said goodbye to Bennigan’s in 2008 after the franchise declared bankruptcy, the restaurant has returned to the Houston dining scene, bringing back classic dishes…
New Politics at Warehouse Live, 1/14/2014
New Politics Warehouse Live January 14, 2014 Formed in 2009, New Politics are hardly a new band. And as far as I can tell, they aren’t much of a politically-driven group either. At least, definitely not in any brash way. Instead, their unconventional, upbeat indie-rock has been developing its popularity…
How to Buy a New Car in 45 Minutes or Less
For nearly 15 years, I drove the same vehicle, a Toyota pickup truck. I purchased it new in 2000 and it was still going strong thanks to a very sturdy make and the fact that I drove it less than 10,000 miles per year. With only just over 170,000 miles…
100 Favorite Dishes 2013: No. 46, Parma 600 Pizza at Pizzeria Solario
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…
MasterMinds 2013 Revisited: Karen Stokes and Karen Stokes Dance
Winning a MasterMind award last January was the kickoff to a very good year, says Karen Stokes, founder of Karen Stokes Dance (KSD). “The big thing that happened lately is that we got a capacity building grant from Houston Arts Alliance, which gives us income to help us up build…
Greg Abbott: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
If you have occasion to meet or see Greg Abbott, it’s impossible not to notice that he is in a wheelchair. In a freak accident, a tree fell on him when he was 26 years old and rendered him a paraplegic. However, this has not stopped him from ascending the…
HBO’s Girls Filled With Drama That’s Not Even on the Actual Show
There was way too much television on Sunday night, so I was finally able to watch the season premiere of HBO’s Girls Monday and boy was it “OK.” I have written before of my love/hate relationship with the show and it persists. I love the conceptualization behind it, I love…
Houston’s Top 5 Bike-Friendly Bars & Restaurants
We must start by saying how much we love this freaking city. Only in Houston can we put out a Bike-Friendly Restaurant list in the middle of January. We’re also happy to say that our fair city has come a long way in terms of bicycling accessibility in recent years…
Let’s All Stop Embarrassing Texas Now, Please
Texas, we’re starting to earn our reputation. When we look at the recent headlines out of Texas that have made national news, it’s pretty easy to see why folks outside the Lone Star State think that we all ride our horses to work. Our antics are becoming the punch line…
100 Creatives 2014: Jacquelyne Jay Boe, Dancer
Dance is not for the faint of heart, or the scatter-brained for that matter. Just ask Jacquelyne Jay Boe, a company member of Hope Stone Dance and Frame Dance Productions. “A dancer living in Houston has to be organized for scheduling purposes,” she explains. “A dancer has to be able…
Rest of the Best 2013: Top Ten Drive-Throughs in Houston
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…
Arian Foster Screams Down FOX 26 Reporter Looking For A Scoop (w/ VIDEO)
Since breaking yesterday, Arian Foster-Brittany Norwood affair/pregnancy/abortion pressure/restraining order/reality TV show drama has grown legs quickly. When we all woke up Monday morning, we all thought that Arian Foster was a happily married, faithful father of two, recovering from back surgery and hoping (like many Texans) to get back to…
The 10 Craziest Raver Costumes on Holy Ship!!! 2014
Note: this article was written by Kat Bein of Rocks Off’s Miami New Times sister blog Crossfade. Photos by Ian WitlenCrazy costumes have always been a big part of the electronic-music party scene. But these days, you’re nobody unless you’re pretending to be somebody you’re really not. Perhaps it’s the…
5 Reasons People Need to Stop Complaining About List Articles
In list form, because pfffffffft. Lately it seems my newsfeed on Facebook is full of a charmingly hipsterish attitude regarding list articles. The words “hack” and “not real journalism” seem to come up a lot, but I’m a perfectly professional writer who is more than capable of laughing off such…
Business Casual? Man Turned Away From Da Marco for Wearing Sneakers
On Tuesday afternoon, a person who frequently interacts with Eating…Our Words on Twitter tweeted the following statement: Just got tossed out of Da Marco. Friend was wearing sneakers. “Do you have another pair of shoes?” What a bunch of dicks.— Misha (@tastybits) January 14, 2014 We went to the Da…
Why the Rodeo Is Houston’s Coachella
The past week or so, music news has been dominated by two big announcements: first the 2014 lineup of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in the California desert about three months from now, and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo’s entertainers for its 83rd season this coming March…
Carmine Appice Drums Up Lost Music on Rocker Records
They were one of the most underappreciated hard rock ‘n’ boogie bands of the era, but few would have predicted their short, but prickly story would still not be finished in 2014. Formed in 1969 and hailed (somewhat prematurely) by Creem magazine as “the American Led Zeppelin,” Cactus was a…
For Once Kanye’s Anger Was Totally Justified
I like that Kanye West fellow. He may be the most fatheaded, arrogant jerk of all time in most of his interviews, but every once in a while he puts out a great album and makes us forget all the stupid things he said to Jimmy Kimmel or Zane Lowe…
