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  {Updated}Houston's Best Chicken for National Fried Chicken Day

  July 2 at 4 a.m.

  This Saturday, July 6, 2019, is National Fried Chicken Day. For some, fried chicken conjures up memories of grandmas and cast iron skillets. For others, the drive-thru at KFC. Either way, fried chicken is the comfort food that fills us with guilt and pleasure. If you're going to be bad,...

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  Double Your Pleasure with Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo

  April 30 at 5 a.m.

  Could there be a better way to start off May than a weekend of mint juleps and margaritas? We think not. While our proximity to our South of the Border neighbor and large Mexican-American population makes our affinity for Cinco de Mayo understandable, we are also jumping on that Southern Derby...

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  Acts We'd Like to See at RodeoHouston 2020

  March 21 at 4 a.m.

  How to top the record-breaking year the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo had in 2019 with its entertainer lineup? We know the three-week event just ended with a paid concert attendance totaling 1,337,725 between February 25 and March 17. Of those performances, three landed in RodeoHouston's all-time top 25 for...

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  Valentine's Day Preparations Take Two

  February 11 at 6:17 a.m.

  No need to stress over the Valentine's day spread because here at the Houston Press, we've got you covered. Compiled below is a list of seal the deal treats and what’s this— chocolate is nowhere to be found. Because unless that word is followed by “fountain,” it’s just not sexy...

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  King Cakes for a Houston Mardi Gras

  February 4 at 5 a.m.

  It's February and it's time to go down to the Mardi Gras. For some, that means beads and boobs. For others, it's a license to get loaded on Hurricanes and daiquiris. And for the devout, it's time to prepare for the Lenten period and load up on all the sweets,...

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  15 Shows to Kick Off Your Podcast Habit in 2019

  January 28 at 5 a.m.

  Stop us if you've heard this before — the podcast industry is booming. Sometime around 2014, podcasts went from niche to mainstream overnight thanks in no small part to Sarah Koenig and her unfathomably popular true crime podcast, Serial. While podcasting had, in theory, been around since the 1980s and in...