UPDATE: Our Village Voice sister paper in Palm Beach will be live blogging from the game tonight.
Pop Quiz:
A) I'm jazzed about tonight's BCS National Championship Game, pitting the two best teams in college football this season.
B) I'm mildy interested, even though I think Southern Cal, Texas and Utah are just as deserving of this year's title.
C) I always root for the Big 12.
D) I always root against Oklahoma.
E) Dudn't matter.
F) I doubt if Pacman Jones could play for either t
How can Phil Romano, the "Steven Spielberg of the food business," become even more successful? By opening more restaurants, making more money--and feeding the homeless.
We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we've already hyped. Tonight's the Phoenix Project benefit show at Reno's that Jesse just told you about and, also, the Backside Pick CD release show up in Denton at Hailey's.Saturday's a pretty big day:
This week, Veggie Girl braved the crowds of plastically enhanced Women Who Lunch to try out Houston's. Rumored to have one of the best house-made veggie burgers in Dallas, Houston's is part of the Hillstone Restaurant quasi-chain that includes R D, across the street in Preston Center, and a few others scattered from Manhattan to Palm Beach. I knew, in other words, that it wouldn't be cheap, but I was determined to try the veggie burger.
The servers at Houston's wear all black, with black a
I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October?
But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards?
You know, the top teams rewarded with international play and/or advancement and the worst facing relegation to the league below. I can see the initial extended excitement. Actually a reason to watch Pirates-Nationals a
