THE BLVD: Houston's City Guide
A Houston City Guide
Hey Houston, it’s Fall and it’s beautiful. The weather’s finally cooling off and the leaves are falling off the trees. We’ve made our clocks fall back, and hopefully you’ll be falling into the arms of people who love you, and maybe falling in serious like with the person you’re choosing to snuggle with over the [...]
Some vintage trends should stay buried for a little while longer. In this case its shoulder pad, circa the late 80s to mid 90s. Three of the hottest pop-divas are photographed flawlessly styling “Accentuated Shoulders” courtesy of the Dynasty era. Question, do ugly trends seem to work better with celebrities? Yes and no. Yes, because [...]
In the current economic climate, where 8.5 percent of Houstonians are losing or go without jobs monthly, the job search climate can seem daunting at best. Now, picture being a functionally illiterate person facing the same problem. Suddenly, prospects become bleaker. You’re well into your twenties or thirties but must depend on a parent, sibling, [...]
Precious is not an Indy Film. It’s a major motion picture release that has been blessed by Oprah and Tyler Perry, but that’s not why you need to see it. In fact, pretend that you don’t know that they’ve touched it. This film is so raw in honest emotion and dialogue about how broken so [...]
Holiday season is here, which means some spiked eggnog might lead you under some mistletoe if you’re lucky. The quickest way to find yourself standing there by your damn self is by having funky breath. That’s right folks, this post is about keeping the mouthpiece fresh, especially during this time of close contact. Think about [...]
This past week Google launched Google Music, a search feature that enables the user to search and discover songs from the search engine. Google partnered with Myspace (iLike), Rhapsody, Pandora, and Lala to provide mp3 files in their search results when the user searches for a particular song, artist or related music. User’s can then [...]
Often Houstonians, upon seeing a strange two-wheeled, pedal-powered machine and its apparently human rider, ask themselves, “why bike?” Why subject yourself to the hotter-than-Hades, muggy, when it-rains-it-pours, car-happy labyrinth of narrow death gauntlets that is this city? Even walking to your destination is often scoffed at with the similar disbelief or misconstrued scorn as cycling. [...]
You probably haven’t heard of the Noisettes, but no worries, you will. The Noisettes newest album Wild Young Hearts will make sure of it. Wild with its funked up rhythms, young with its ode to the nightlife in tracks like Saturday Night and Don’t Upset the Rhythm, and heartfelt with lyrics drawn from a well [...]
Remember those house parties you used to have when your parents were out of town? Well going out to Avant Garden on a Friday night will bring those good times back. Located at 411 Westheimer in Midtown. When you walk in it’s literally a humongous, beautiful, Victorian style house that has been transformed into a [...]
As I pulled into Mama’s Café on Westheimer, I noticed that the words “Steaks-Beer” were perched on top of the rusty restaurant sign. I knew I’d come home. Upon entering, I noted that the décor was a comfortable Houston retro. Old beer cans with forgotten brands lined the walls, dusty old Texas license plates painted [...]
