Ask Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal the ubiquitous informal question "How're you doing?" Chances are he'll give this straight-faced reply: "I'm blessed." Those...
There are no second acts in American lives," F. Scott Fitzgerald said, but that's not really true. Most of us have second -- and third and fourth and, if we're really lucky,...
There are plenty of dense, chewy Chinese brown mushrooms tossed with the penne pasta. And just as I requested, the tomato sauce is heavily spiked with fiery chile peppers. The...
The last time a director known for dystopian sci-fi dreamscapes decided to bring his quirky sensibility to a more "real world" project, the outcome was Amélie, a movie...
It's my car's birthday so we blowin' them candles / More speakers in the trunk than my ride can handle -- Ludacris, "Act a Fool" The average joe goes to car shows to see all...
This summer has been unusually generous to theater-loving Houstonians. Jammed full of glimmering little gems -- nothing serious, just trinkets -- the season has been one of the...
Like ancient tribes confronting their worst fears by climbing their island's smoking volcano, a group of 75 Houstonians gathered earlier this month near the banks of Brays...
Kenna is a man with many dirty little secrets. His latest album, New Sacred Cow, is a labyrinth filled with enigmas. One such is the fact that the album was co-produced by...
Try the bow-tie tuna ($13.99), and be grateful that the water glasses are especially large. The dish has won King Biscuit Patio Cafe (1606 White Oak Drive, 713-861-2328) an...
There's magic in Northfork -- both in the movie, by twin brothers Mark and Michael Polish, and in the Montana town soon to be drowned by the opening of the dam keeping the...
Thursday, July 31 It probably wouldn't be a good idea to stare at a Roberto Matta painting after taking a hit of acid. The Chilean artist moved to Paris in the '30s and hooked...
When the Art Car Museum presented the thought-provoking exhibition "Secret Wars" shortly after September 11, 2001, it had the FBI dropping by to search out supposedly...
A couple of months ago Houston minority leaders cheered their apparent court victory over Les Alexander and the Houston Rockets. They had sued the basketball franchise owner to...
We pause now for this breaking news. With more than a million copies of the Deftones' White Pony now sold in the United States, and half as many copies already sold of the...
You're coming off like you're Van Damme / You've got Kenny G in your Trans Am / You've got names like Billy Ray / Now you sing "Hip Hop Hurray" / Put your Oakleys and your...
David Wolstencroft moved from London to Los Angeles in November, and not only so he could rise each morning for a game of tennis--though there is that, and that might have been...
Texas Southern law professor James Douglas, the former TSU president, hosted an evening confab of African-American power brokers last month at his spacious home in the...
Singer-songwriter Steve Young, a fine soloist but perhaps more famous for writing Waylon Jennings's "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" and the Eagles' "Seven Bridges Road," once told...
SAT 8/2 Hot-food fanatics, pepper sauce swillers and other gastronomic masochists will assemble this weekend for a gathering of the chilehead cult. The Houston Fiery Foods and...
Robert Reyna used to drink warm beer seven days a week. He says he kept two cans of Budweiser in his pockets to heat them up and one in each hand. The 32-year-old started...
