“I Can’t Believe My Grandmother Felt Me Up”
As a teenager, I was along for the John Hughes ride. His slang-filled, self-consciously hip adolescent movies coincided in near perfect chronology with my...
Shack Attacks
This morning, I saw my first RadioShack TV commercial about its new nickname “The Shack.”
It was only 15 seconds long but almost put me...
Avoid The Chesapeake Chop
Cows are tough critters. If you don’t believe me, watch Rawhide.
Cows once walked on four legs across the toughest terrains imaginable in slushy winters...
Dinner Roll: Restaurant Round-Up…
... the abridged version. I usually like to do this on Fridays,...
Just Can’t Get Enough
As this week’s ”Eats” review attests, a burger shack – in this case, the downtown Jake’s location – needn’t commission a multi-million dollar ad...
Observations on the TABC Report
Having gone through the 32-page TABC report on their agents’ actions at the Rainbow Lounge, not much to report. The three agents did...
TABC Admits Policy Violations At Rainbow Lounge
Today the news media is getting the results of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) investigation into the Rainbow Lounge raid, and after a...
Adios Abdul? One Can Only Hope
With any luck, Paula Abdul will be gone from next season’s American Idol, and I say that not because of any dislike for Abdul,...
In Park?
The 2,000-acre patch of tall-grass prairie near Lake Benbrook that Jarid Manos took on as a cause four years ago still hasn't been bought...
Night and Day
WED ? 5
For everyone who's found Mozart's The Magic Flute to be impenetrable from a storytelling perspective, perhaps an English-language libretto might clear up...
