THE BLVD: Houston's City Guide
A Houston City Guide
Don’t say nothing else about music being dead. It’s alive, it’s living, it’s accessible. It may not be on television, or the radio, but it’s here. That soulful, relatable, can’t help but groove with it kind of music. Sometimes it needs to take a break, grow up and poke around in life in order to [...]
By now you’ve read the Washington Post’s profile of Helena Andrews, the blogger whose upcoming memoir (can you have one of those at 29?), “Bitch is the New Black” has already been optioned as a film. There’s room for volumes of cultural critique of the WaPo’s portrayal of her travails in love and life but [...]
It’s freakin magic! Feel free to email the B-girls at techno@theblvdmag.com for Google Wave invites.
In a culture where we are always on a time crunch, for many people breakfast has become an afterthought. The Breakfast Klub has been a popular niche restaurant since 2001, but sadly it was this Houston native’s first time trying the place. I didn’t know what I was about to get into, so I was [...]
Black Friday took the guilt out of shopping, if only for one day. Houstonians pulled out in droves to get a great bargain. Wives and mothers trashed the men’s area to get the two-for-one suit deals at SAKS Off 5th. Recession aside, it was great to see people not afraid to shop for the people [...]
There may be no statistical evidence to prove this, but it is widely accepted that November through February is when a disproportionate number of new relationships begin. Temperamental weather conditions and a slew of commercial holidays make finding a reliable snuggle buddy a top priority for a lot of winter singles. But be careful. Sometimes [...]
The holidays are great because I love spending time with my family and friends. There’s nothing like hearing the laughter of my cousins and catching up with my aunts and uncles. Let’s not forget the delicious foods that show up on the Thanksgiving dinner table – candied yams, roasted root vegetables, and my all-time favorite [...]
Recent travels to Memphis, San Francisco, a three-day roadtrip to and from South Carolina just before the Thanksgiving holiday, got me thinking about one of my favorite things: travel shopping. Everyone can agree that travel shopping is fun, but it’s not a cakewalk to know where to go and what to buy. The mindset one [...]
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers is in a peculiar place. Her Grammy-nominations in 2006, two gold-selling albums, and her knack for churning out dance floor mainstays have not moved her past R&B enigma. She doesn’t have Beyonce’s pipes, or the musicianship of Alicia Keys. What she does have is an ability to consistently release DJ must-haves such as [...]
