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Sadly, Wal-Mart motor shopping carts aren't a good highway car: Lessons from a botched joyride
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 12th, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Here's a math problem for you: If someone steals a motorized shopping cart from the Wal-Mart in Porter, Texas, and drives it at the cart's maximum ...
WHERE'S MCGRUFF?
Choo-choo trainspotting: 7-year-old brings pot to Houston elementary
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 12th, 2010 at 11:11 AM
To quote Clueless's Cher Horowitz's opinion on drugs at school, it is one thing to spark up a doobie and get laced at parties, but it ...
THAT'S SO WAC
Squatting in the abandoned Landmark Chevrolet parking lot to make a furniture statement
By Steven Thomson
Mar 12th, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Watch out, Mattress Mac. You've got a guerrilla retail ambush in your backyard. Earlier this week, the furniture visionary, wacdesignstudio, hosted a daylong event at the now-abandoned ...
COCKTAIL HOUR
Passing the bar (knowledge): New spots to wine, dine, sip & shoot
By Caroline Gallay
Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Now that we've heard the news that drinking might actually be good for you, we're going to have to try out a few of the myriad ...
THE VANITY FAIR LUNCH INTERVIEW
Five things we didn't know about Joel Osteen
By Clifford Pugh
Mar 11th, 2010 at 1:14 PM
We thought we knew everything about Houston's Joel Osteen. But in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Osteen lunches with writer John Heilpern and reveals several ...
THE GILDED AGE
The billionaire next door: Nine Houstonians rank among the world's richest
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 11th, 2010 at 12:30 PM
As Warren Buffett says, "When it's raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble." The financial upheaval has made a mess of the global economy over ...
BRONC TALE GROWS
Rodeo Hall of Famer: Runaway bull would have reached the fair if not for cowboy hero
By Chris Baldwin
Mar 10th, 2010 at 7:00 PM
You don't Taser a bull. They don't put that in police manuals, but any cowboy worth his stirrups knows that's about as sound an idea ...
RECESSION, SCHMESSESION
Is the Great Recession no match for Houston?
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 10th, 2010 at 12:23 PM
If you're looking to ride out the Great Recession, Houston is a great place to do it, according to Forbes magazine. Houston ranked fourth on the magazine ...
ONLINE BLABBER
Are you a member of a lame Facebook group?
By Bill Van Rysdam
Mar 10th, 2010 at 8:21 AM
OK, I admit that I probably look at Facebook way too much (I really need to find gainful employment). I enjoy seeing what my family and friends are ...
CHEERS, LADIES
Red alert: A few glasses of wine are good for your hips
By Caroline Gallay
Mar 9th, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Pop the champagne, ladies — it's time to celebrate. A new study is showing that a drink or two a day isn't cause for guilt — in fact ...
PEDAL TO THE METAL
Another Toyota attacks! After being turned down for a recall, a Prius runs away
By Steven Thomson
Mar 9th, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Looks like we might have another reality TV star in the works. A blue 2008 Prius' accelerator became stuck while 61-year-old driver James Sikes was speeding up to ...
HALLELUJAH!
Historic Heights church saved in last-minute change of heart
By Caroline Gallay
Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Well, it won't be turned into a quirky Texas art museum, but Immanuel Lutheran church won't be demolished, either. Phew! Swamplot is reporting that the congregation ...
Home and Deranged
Toasting out-of-towners: How I fell back in love with Texas
By Caroline Gallay - March 12th, 2010
Recently, I had the pleasure of squiring some first-timers around my fine state, and I didn't realize just how fond I am of the place and the people until ...
TRENDYSOMETHING IN SOMO
Missed Connections: The social casino of Chatroulette
By Steven Thomson - March 11th, 2010
It was September of 2006, and Facebook had just made the crucial crossover from college connector to international networking site. No longer was a .edu email address an obligatory first ...
Tattered Jeans
Feeling caged in at the Houston rodeo
By Katie Oxford - March 10th, 2010
I’m an animal advocate and the only ones I eat (on occasion) live in the ocean so the likelihood of me going to a rodeo is sorta similar to ...
POPP CULTURE
Raise a glass of green beer to the real history behind St. Patrick's Day
By Steve Popp - March 10th, 2010
Next Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day. Now the average party-goer at Keneally’s or the Dubliner will probably, and rightfully, care more about what substance made their beer green ...
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
A nighttime ride with Houston's street skate community
By Peter Barnes - March 5th, 2010
They glide through the night-blanketed streets of Montrose, the Heights and even Clear Lake, their skates clicking, bike bells chiming and headlamps bobbing across the smoothest asphalt in town. It ...
Home and Deranged
A crazy little thing called love
By Caroline Gallay - March 5th, 2010
“She crazy.” I’ve heard that simple phrase sum up entire relationships. While women need to go over every passing remark with a fine-toothed comb, an army of confidantes and ...
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