At 13 years old, Thuy Vu accompanied her father to City State bank to help him apply for a loan. Tu Viet Vu, known as Big Tu, didn't know much English then, but the Palacios...
Most pop music is such a succotash that it's all but impossible to identify the single source of any particular style. But there is one group that can be pinpointed as the...
Abdul picks up the Styrofoam bowl and begins eating the spicy pink yogurt with a plastic spoon, so I follow his lead. The cold yogurt soup has some minced tomato and cucumber...
Blink -- or, more likely, doze -- and you will miss it, this tiny beautiful oasis in the middle of an otherwise barren wasteland. For a moment -- a precious, frustrating moment...
With 3,993 tabletop games in Tony Elam's collection, one would hate to think that two years ago Horizon Games purposely set up shop down the street from Elam's house just to...
The call to a Dallas evangelist came from Cincinnati, Ohio. On the line was a Jewish man seeking spiritual answers -- of the Christian variety. The Reverend Jim Sibley, a...
Most musicians do not know how to spend their downtime. Instead of running through scales or jotting down riffs or pounding the pavement, most, like Jeremy Gaskill of Geek,...
The Houston Press's new food critic, Robb Walsh, has written about the gastronomic scene in Texas for more than a decade. He has served as food editor of The Austin Chronicle...
Don't assume too much from the title: Driver 23 isn't a nifty new game for your Sony PlayStation, or a direct-to-video knockoff of Gone in 60 Seconds. In fact, don't even...
Crafting music that's both sophisticated and accessible has been Bob James's modus operandi for decades. Who could ever forget the theme song, that sweet melody on flute, that...
Convicted contract killer and insurance swindler Michael Lee Davis has a gift for making money off other people's mortality. Now someone finally might make some from his...
On stage at Blanco's open mike night late last month, Clay Farmer -- sporting trendy Buddy Hollyesque eyeglasses -- talked a little about his grandmother, about how she...
With all the speed of a Taco Bell and all the fresh ingredients of a Ninfa's, the recently opened Chipotle Mexican Grill [5600 Kirby Drive, (713)666-9769] could very well steal...
So, when was the last time you shared a woman with your dad? You know, just some woman that you and your dad both dug, who perked you up a bit. It's probably been a while, huh?...
From the porch of her red brick home in Hughes Springs, poet Leafie Mason could stand watch over the energy that kept alive the small town she called home. Just beyond West...
Supagroup -- Devotees of New Orleans' Supagroup describe the band as the potential savior of full-on rock and roll. Well, yippee-fuckin'-skippie. Like we need another one of...
Hot But Sweet: Don't be scared off by the guajillo chilies in the Shrimp Santa Fe ($13.95), one of the most popular dishes at the River Cafe [3615 Montrose, (713)529-0088]. The...
This is a story that breathes life into an old saw: No good deed goes unpunished. It also proves that you can't believe everything you read in the papers or see on the evening...
Every Sunday morning Frank Minton saves people. He immerses sinners in holy water and helps them take Jesus into their hearts. But of the hundreds he has saved, the 65-year-old...
The Houston Harpies play hockey year-round, a fact that surprises Canadians and other northern immigrants. Canadians believe that hockey is a winter sport. They don't yet...
