The 18-wheeler retreated with a snort, then rumbled forward again. The driver finally succeeded in finessing the vehicle's bulk onto the narrow road and coasted slowly past the...
Most people remember November 7 as the day of indecisiveness. An all-night duel ensued between two ambitious presidential candidates, who campaigned down to the last ballot in...
In France, having a salad for lunch doesn't necessarily mean you are on a diet. For instance, the plate of greens with sautéed chicken livers and a poached egg that Joan...
About halfway through the megabudget mountain-climbing adventure Vertical Limit, even the most rugged, thrill-hungry disaster movie fans may find themselves going numb. Not...
The middle-aged members of Bere'sheet Ballet may describe themselves as survivors of cancer, abuse, cult brainwashing and struggles with addiction, but according to the group's...
Back in 1970, when Stephen Sondheim's musical Company first opened on Broadway, hardly anybody except long-haired hippies had the audacity to question the sanctity of marriage....
If you want to survive prison, there is only one way to do your time: Mind your own business. Prison culture demands that you keep to yourself and show no weakness, emotion or...
Even though Jack Ingram didn't start playing guitar and writing songs until he hit college, making Texas-style country music is, for him, as natural as breathing. Growing up in...
According to informed sources, Heraclitus, the fifth-century BCE Greek philosopher, once observed that "one cannot step into the same river twice." No doubt the less subtle...
Be not deceived by the Merchant Ivory name attached to Ratcatcher; those in search of repressed emotions among the corseted well-to-do will be in for a nasty shock. For this is...
Sure, we have Jim Carrey's broad new interpretation as well as the classic cartoon version featuring the voice of Boris Karloff, but there are still a few of us who first came...
When you think about it, there are a lot of similarities between the Alley's perennial production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and a fruitcake. Both mercifully come...
Cary Rasberry is 19, old enough to exercise that most serious and awesome responsibility of all those living where he does: voting for the City Council -- nay, even the mayor...
"Hey, ain't your name Nelly?" the 11-year-old boy asked the brotha with the big black sports bag. "What?" the brotha asked back. "Nelly? Ain't your name Nelly?" "Yeah." He...
Speaking off the toque: Michael Cordúa is the executive chef and owner of Américas [1800 Post Oak Boulevard, (713)961-1492], Amazon Grill [1800 Post Oak Boulevard,...
Day One: It was just part of the job, just another movie on another afternoon. This one promised to be no more special than any other, save for the casting of Meg Ryan and...
Picture a still life -- shiny fruit, pretty flowers, cleverly arranged objects -- the most innocuous of artistic genres. At their peak in Holland during the 16th and 17th...
In the 1998 Houston Press Best of Houston issue, entrepreneur Macario Ramirez told how he enjoyed the city's diversity. "I feel the combining of ethnic and racial groups is...
Reckless Kelly's third sampling of self-described "hick rock," The Day, leans a little more toward the rock side of that terse description. In contrast to Acoustic: Live at...
French immigrants in New Orleans may have invented the pecan pie, but Southern cooks perfected it. Just check out the interpretation offered up by Ouisie's Table [3939 San...
