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June 22, 1995
Wide open town
Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government
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June 5, 1997
Going against typecasting
Don't call Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys a blues band
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December 21, 2006
Local Talent
Go ahead, laugh at Dean Lewis
Dining
November 25, 2004
Purring Gears
The upscale casual Houston's is a well-oiled machine
News
March 11, 2004
The Icebox Revisited
Houston had one of its most shocking race murders 45 years ago. But exactly whose tragedy was it?
Dining
March 8, 2001
Maître Deals
Does tipping the maître d’ get you a better table?
Dining
November 2, 2000
Naughty Takeout
At restaurants, what isn't nailed down likely will be stolen
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January 14, 2010
H To Tha D
At restaurants, what isn't nailed down likely will be stolen
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March 17, 2010
Radio Rumor: Gavin Returns to 105.3. Well, Sorta.
Actually, it's not a rumor. It's fact. But it's not that Gavin. As in Gavin Spittle, the guy who served for years as fodder for Russ Martin's shenanigans before moving to Houston. No, this time the new face at 105.3 The Fan is Gavin Dawson. He apparently will arrive from Portland on March 29 ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
We Highlighted (Almost) Every Mention of Dallas in State of Metropolitan America Report
While Andrea was having an inexplicably good time at City Hall -- where, apparently, it's open bar during committee meetings now -- I was been reading the Brookings Institution's The State of Metropolitan America report released yesterday. It's been getting lot of attention, for the most part, be ... More >>
Music
June 10, 2010
DJ Sober Brings The Vinyl Trend To The Cavern
While Andrea was having an inexplicably good time at City Hall -- where, apparently, it's open bar during committee meetings now -- I was been reading the Brookings Institution's The State of Metropolitan America report released yesterday. It's been getting lot of attention, for the most part, be ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Name Change at Houston's in Park Cities Worries Fans
From Hillstone.comHouston's in Preston Center is now officially Hillstone, a name change that executive general manager Francis Luttmer reports has provoked some worried inquiries from longtime customers. "Their concern is we're going to take away their favorite dish," Luttmer says. "We're telli ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Pro-Vodka Advocates Get Down With the Texas Vodka Throwdown
Serious bartenders may sneer at vodka, but there's plenty of the spirit distilled in Texas - and an enterprising Houston blogger is asking the public to determine which brand's the best. Seven companies are slated to participate in the Texas Vodka Throwdown in Houston on July 10, including Tito' ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Rafael Anchía, Anderson Cooper Amused By Houston Rep. Riddle's "Terror Baby" Claim
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to this Texas-sized showdown last night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 concerning "anchor babies" -- or, as Houston's Rep. Debbie Riddle calls 'em, "little terrorists." Offered on the other side without comment except to say it takes a good four minutes ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Three Good Reasons to Visit Houston.
No, Really.
According to my handy Frommer's statewide guidebook, Houston is "not usually considered a tourist destination." Sounds like the folks doing the considering don't let their guts lead, since -- as I discovered on my first trip there this weekend -- Houston is an incredibly exciting town for ea ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Houston Press Writes Blog Post Saying Dallas Music Sucks, Presumably Because There Was No Interesting Houston Music News To Report.
Listen: I'm not one to get into too many Internet flame wars. Especially not inter-city ones. (We've got plenty of petty bullshit to put up with here, thanks.) But, OK, since these dudes think I should say something about the post written yesterday by our pals at the Houston Press music blog call ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Dallas Cowboys 53-Man Roster Projection: 8.23.10
The Cowboys are 2-1 in the preseason. They've suffered numerous injuries but only one serious (tight end John Phillips). The defense has been at times dominating. The offense has been sporadic at best. Kickers Mat McBriar and David Buehler look reliable. Add it all up and - with meanin ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Thai/Vietnamese Joint Coming to West Village
Look, sometimes we just draw a blank trying to find photos for these things.Two veterans of the restaurant group that includes Houston's have announced plans to open a Thai-Vietnamese restaurant in West Village. Braden Wages -- who most recently served as general manager of R D Kitchen -- an ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
About That Dallas-to-Houston Bullet Train ...
About a year ago there was some big back-and-forthing over the viability of a high-speed rail connecting Dallas and Houston. But since then, we've heard next to nothing. Except: Our sister paper in Houston directs our attention this morning to news of a Monday-morning meeting during which Yoshiyu ... More >>
News
October 21, 2010
Making racist remarks even though you've made a Mexican friend? Still wrong.
About a year ago there was some big back-and-forthing over the viability of a high-speed rail connecting Dallas and Houston. But since then, we've heard next to nothing. Except: Our sister paper in Houston directs our attention this morning to news of a Monday-morning meeting during which Yoshiyu ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2010
Noodle House: A Generic Name
For a Unique Treat
I was extremely curious when I heard that one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Houston, Sandong Noodle House, recently opened a Plano outpost. My curiosity turned into delight when I discovered the rumors were, indeed, true. Sandong is famed in Houston for its mind-blowing Northern ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
U.S. Department of Transpo Forks Over $5.6 Mil to Study OKC-to-DFW High-Speed Rail Line
U.S. Department of TransportationThis morning, as expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood passed out $2.4 billion in funding to 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states. Among the recipients: the Texas Department of Transportation, which'll take home $5.6 million intended to allow a fu ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
To Drink Beer is Divine: St. Arnold Releases
Its English Barley Wine
This is officially old news in Houston, but Dallas drinkers have been surprisingly quiet on the topic of St. Arnold Brewing Company's Divine Release No. 10. The Houston brewery annually releases an English barley wine, tweaking the recipe each year. It arrived at major groceries and select p ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Calorie Count Evasion: For a Limited Only,
the Really Good Stuff
How can I tell it's fattening if it doesn't say so on the menu?Thanks to a quirk of the new health care law, eaters may soon have to dash to chain restaurants to claim the unhealthiest foods on their menus. Starting next year, chains with 20 or more outlets will be required to add calorie co ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Way to Go, Frisco, You're the 14th-Safest City In the United States of America!
We can look at CQ Press's just-released City Crime Rankings 2010-2011 two ways: from safest to most dangerous or vice-versa. But either way -- based upon the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports that include "the violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault and the property crimes of bu ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Upon the Death of Irvin Kershner, a Look Back at Bobbie Wygant's Empire Strikes Back Review
Bobbie Wygant reviews The Empire Strikes Back from Atombomb.tv on Vimeo.I went to The Bobbie Wygant Archive first thing this morning hoping to find an interview with the now-late, great Leslie Nielsen; no such luck, sadly. At which point news broke that Irvin Kershner had died -- and right there, fr ... More >>
News
December 9, 2010
Homesick Restaurants: How Dallas Became a Dining Nowhereville.
Bobbie Wygant reviews The Empire Strikes Back from Atombomb.tv on Vimeo.I went to The Bobbie Wygant Archive first thing this morning hoping to find an interview with the now-late, great Leslie Nielsen; no such luck, sadly. At which point news broke that Irvin Kershner had died -- and right there, fr ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Another Act With North Texas Ties Joins SXSW's Early Performers List
Yesterday, the folks down at Austin's SXSW announced yet another round of performers who have been confirmed to play the annual March festival. And, though at first glance, it doesn't appear as if any other North Texas have been added to the lineup that already features Erykah Badu, Bowling For S ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Once Back in the Pack, Dallas Now the Top Destination for "Young People" After Austin
There was a piece in this morning's New York Times about how Austin's now the top destination for the young American, all right. So notes Brookings Institution demographer William Frey, who adds Dallas to the list of Top Five destinations for the highly coveted 25-to-34-year-old. Only a few years ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Last Night: Leg Sweeper, B L A C K I E and Xry at Canton Co-Op
Leg Sweeper, B L A C K I E, XryCanton Co-OpJanuary 18, 2010Better than: seeing a show at a venue that actually makes me pay for beer.Josh RobertsonLeg Sweeper's Justin "Boots" Gomez crowd surfs during his band's final song of the night. Tuesdays sometimes seem like the neglected middle child day ... More >>
News
February 17, 2011
Bake Sale Bandits
Local Movement Fights for Cottage Food Bill.
Blogs
March 22, 2011
SMU Advances in the CBI While the Final Four Comes to SMU. Wait, What?
Last night the SMU Mustangs quietly tip-toed into the semifinals of something called the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) with a seven-point win at Northern Iowa. It's not exactly March Madness - more like March Mediocrity - but considering the Mustangs and head coach Matt ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
TxDOT Really Wants to See That Whole Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail Line Happen
I just stumbled across this piece out of Houston, which says the Texas Department of Transportation has submitted docs to the feds asking for around $43 million to expedite that long-discussed and even longer-debated Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail line. I called Jennifer Moczygemba, who overse ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
What Would Happen if the Proposed Beer Legislation Becomes Law?
Three bills bouncing around the Texas Legislature are being trumpeted as game-changers for the state's beer industry. In quick review: HB 660 would permit brewpubs to sell directly to wholesalers and distributors; HB 2436 would allow small breweries to sell their product for on- or off-site c ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Feds Roll Out $15 Million to Begin Studying Feasibility of DFW-to-Houston High-Speed Rail
About a month back we looked at docs the Texas Department of Transportation submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration in the hopes of landing some federal money dough for that loooooong-discussed Dallas-Fort Worth-to-Houston high-speed rail line. Long story short: The state wanted $18 mill ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Picture Show: Burgers Across Texas
JC Reid / Houston PressEating Our Words says Houston's Hubcap's bacon burger is one of the best. Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered mons ... More >>
News
June 9, 2011
Searching for the Soul of Austin
The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.
News
June 16, 2011
Holy Crap: Does Perry Have a Prayer?
Dear, God, let's hope not.
Blogs
July 21, 2011
So, Wait, Rick Perry May Not Speak at The Response? Well, That Seems a Bit ... Odd.
That's what CNN's reporting, anyhow -- that Rick Perry, who called for that ''day of prayer and fasting" down in Houston on August 6 and has been the face of the franchise, could wind up on the sidelines during The Response at Reliant Stadium. That's according to Eric Bearse, spokesman for the Am ... More >>
News
August 4, 2011
On Bended Knee at The Response
What will Perry's prayer meeting be like? Science hooks an answer.
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Time For Another John Wiley Price Rally. This One, With Politicians and a Bounce House.
Click to embiggen your invitationSpeaking of a certain Dallas County commissioner ...The Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front, which is not to be confused with the People's Front of Judea, sends word of a daylong rally scheduled for August 20 at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore n ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2011
Over The Weekend: Trae tha Truth, JMack and Big Hud at Trees
Trae Tha Truth, JMack, Big HudTreesAugust 13, 2011Better than: trying to act like Dallas has a hip-hop pedigree to compete with Houston.Trae Tha Truth There wasn't much of a build-up to Trae The Truth's entrance at Trees on Saturday night. After a particularly high-energy set from JMack and a fun ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
West Nile in Southeast Dallas! That Means It's Time to Bust Out Minty-Fresh Mosquito Spray.
A couple of months back, ABC News noted that even in the midst of Texas's historic drought, Houston was seeing a "sudden surge" in the number of mosquitoes carrying West Nile. Why? Because it's Houston. But now, it's Dallas's turn -- or, at least, your turn if you live in the area of town bounded ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Dallas-Fort Worth's Air Now Dirtier Than Houston's? Yep, Air Quality Watchdogs Say.
In Texas, Houston and filthy air have always been synonymous. But the Armpit of Texas has just been dethroned. For concentrated, ozone-laced air pollution, Dallas-Fort Worth has outstripped the country's petrochemical hub as the EPA's worst offender. According to watchdog group Downwinders a ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Read TxDOT's Rationale For Need For High Speed Rail Between Houston, DFW (Or ... Not?)
Click to enlarge potential routes for high-speed rail routes between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston.On Tuesday we noted that the Texas Department of Transportation is looking for a firm to ID would-be routes for a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, using $15 million in Fed ... More >>
Music
November 17, 2011
Indian Jewelry, Prince Rama, Darktown Strutters, New Fumes
Friday, November 18, at Rubber Gloves
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Built to Spill Added to 35 Denton Lineup
Are you ready to fly your flannel flag? Built to Spill, Boise, Idaho's second finest export, were just added to the 35 Denton roster. It's shaping up to be a pretty eclectic one, too -- they join Houston baller Bun B, dub duo Peaking Lights, UK post punks the Raincoats, the Mountain Goats, T ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
The Wild Cards Are Finished: Watching the NFL Through Food
FlickrThink this would be good on a burger?What a weird weekend in football. While I'm glad New Orleans trumped Detroit (what do people in D-town eat besides sadness?), I'm devastated by Pittsburgh's loss to Denver, another town whose culinary culture is difficult to define. What Would Tebow ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Whole Foods Market to Close Local Bakehouse and Ship from Houston Instead
Whole Foods MarketWhole Foods Market announced recently that it will close its Dallas bakehouse, located on University near Central, which for the past 12 years has produced breads and pastries for its eight area stores, as well as Little Rock, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. After the spring closur ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Dallas and Houston Swap Spit Tonight at Green Elephant
Tonight at Green Elephant, Poor Vida Productions sets off another installment in their Get Your Own series, which brings Houston hip-hop acts to Dallas for one night of synergy. Poor Vida's Joel Salazar says the showcase's aim is simple: "Over the last year I've been traveling down to Houston, wor ... More >>
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