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Houston (Texas)

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    A Brief Primer On Riff Raff, The (Really Good) Houston Rapper Who Will Be Portrayed On Screen By James Franco

    If Noz and The Onion collaborated, they might come up with a scenario like this one: Gucci Mane and Selena Gomez star in a Harmony Korine-directed film alongside James Franco, whose character is loosely based on the little-known YouTube rapper Riff Raff. But, of course, this is the era of trollgaze, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2012

    RETNA Mural Goes Up At Bowery and Houston

    A new muralist is taking work to Bowery and Houston, following FAILE's creation installed in October. On Thursday Bowery Boogie blogged that the FAILE was in the midst of being painted over in white. Now, artist RETNA -- Marquis Lewis -- comes to the location, working in his signature style.

  • Columns

    February 22, 2012

    The Continued Insanity That Is Arizona

    A new muralist is taking work to Bowery and Houston, following FAILE's creation installed in October. On Thursday Bowery Boogie blogged that the FAILE was in the midst of being painted over in white. Now, artist RETNA -- Marquis Lewis -- comes to the location, working in his signature style.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Our 10 Best Things to Eat Between Houston and Delancey Streets

    Rebecca MarxIl Laboratorio del Gelato's mango and plum sorbets are some of the many culinary delights to be found between Houston and Delancy streets.​ In addition to being home to an impressive number of underage-drinking crackdowns, the four short blocks between Houston and Delancey streets ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Things to Eat Between Houston and Delancey Streets

    Lauren ShockeyWill the Meatball Shop's chicken parmesan sandwich make the list? What do you think?​In addition to being home to an impressive number of underage drinking charges, the four short blocks between Houston and Delancey Streets boast an equally high concentration of restaurants. From ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Terrence Gallivan Has Found Life After Alto. In Houston.

    "Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to break free..."​When Chris Cannon abruptly shuttered Convivio and Alto in March, the closures left plenty of people unemployed. Among them was Terrence Gallivan, who had quit his job as August's executive chef to take over the kitc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Vietnamese Restaurants

    Lauren ShockeyBaoguette Café offers a tasty chicken and sausage dish over rice, but is the restaurant good enough to make it into the top 10?​While we do have plenty of banh mi peddlers, New York City isn't an enclave for Vietnamese expat communities, so it doesn't possess a bounty of full-sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Woman Rescued After Being Hit By F Train at 2nd Avenue

    ​A woman was "clipped by a train," reports the New York Post, today at Houston and 2nd Avenue, shortly before 11:30 a.m. She either fell or jumped to the tracks, with early indications pointing to a suicide attempt. She was rescued and is now at Bellevue Hospital, where she's in critical condi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Endeavour Lands in its Final Mission [Video]

    Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed its final mission. There's something so old-school nostalgic, yet amazingly powerful, about this video, taken in the dark of night, when the shuttle landed at 2:35 a.m. Maybe it's the quiet tones spoken from mission control; the "Houston, Endeavour: Wheels stopped" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Fork in the Road's Favorite Sushi in New York City

    flickr/ragingwire​It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Food Scandal Exploding -- Literally -- in China; Previewing Smorgasburg

    ​Recipe search engines, such as the one Google launched earlier this year, are useful for finding recipes. But just how good the recipes are is debatable. [NY Times] Murray's Cheese, which already has a store in Houston, Tex., has signed a deal with supermarket chain Kroger to distribute its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Is This the Biggest Curb Moat You've Ever Seen?

    Rebecca Flint Marx/@forkintheroadvv​One of our intrepid coworkers sent us this picture of a curb-moat monstrosity encroaching upon and nearly covering Houston and Allen Streets. Beware the southwest corner! Says our tipster: "People would walk up to it, stare, and walk away. The thing was prob ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2010

    Nitzer Ebb

    Rebecca Flint Marx/@forkintheroadvv​One of our intrepid coworkers sent us this picture of a curb-moat monstrosity encroaching upon and nearly covering Houston and Allen Streets. Beware the southwest corner! Says our tipster: "People would walk up to it, stare, and walk away. The thing was prob ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 20, 2010

    Some of Their Best Friends are Mexicans

    Rebecca Flint Marx/@forkintheroadvv​One of our intrepid coworkers sent us this picture of a curb-moat monstrosity encroaching upon and nearly covering Houston and Allen Streets. Beware the southwest corner! Says our tipster: "People would walk up to it, stare, and walk away. The thing was prob ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2010

    HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

    Shepard Fairey recruits youngsters

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    New York Women Like Their Men to Smell Like the Inside of a Starbucks

    ​Well, this is interesting. Smell purveyor AXE body spray took it upon themselves to survey ladies in various cities to find out how they'd like their menfolk to smell. (Note to men: Two of three women say they are actually more likely to make out with a guy on the first date if he smells good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Twist Is All Over the Freshly Painted Deitch Wall

    Click to Enlarge​That didn't take long. Last week, the Shepard Fairey mural was removed from the Deitch Projects wall at Houston and Bowery, and now Barry McGee, a/k/a Twist, has already redecorated it with graffiti, sticking with Fairey's red and white color scheme. It definitely looks more i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Poll: New York City Has the Worst Airports in America. Related: Sky Often Blue.

    ​Things every New Yorker just knows: New York City's airports suck. You practically need a visa just to get there, the process of getting there is terrible, the people who work there are pissed off and hate you, flights never leave on time, with few exceptions there's nothing particularly rema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Anthony Bourdain Meditates on the Concept of 'Foodie-ism'

    ​"The biggest problem I have with this "foodie"-ism is the lack of a sense of humor. You know? Those foodies who don't have a sense of humor and who are angry or proprietary about their choices. That's less fun. People who collect dining experiences like butterfly collectors rather than enthus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Stressed-Out New Yorkers Perhaps Not as Stressed as They'd Have You Believe

    ​While you may think you're stressed (who's stressed? It's Friday!), and spend a lot of money telling your therapist you're stressed, New York is actually way less stressed than a number of other cities, according to a Forbes report that analyzed U.S. metropolitan areas based on high unemploym ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Shepard Fairey's Joaquin Phoenix: Comeback, or Final Blow?

    ​Shepard Fairey, creator of the frequently vandalized mural on Houston and Bowery, is back in the game with a series of street installations depicting bearded crazy person/actor Joaquin Phoenix. Vulture reports that the Joaquins have been spotted in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Another Fire in the East Village Scorches Commercial Building

    via EV Grieve​Smoke was pouring out of 628 Broadway this morning, and downtown bloggers were all over that fire beat even before NotifyNYC gave anyone the low-down. The fire's reportedly been put out, but there are several businesses in the East Village commercial building that may be out of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Large Fire Reported on the Lower East Side, 240 East Houston

    Update, again: Confirmation on scene that the building is 240 E. Houston. 188 firefighters from 33 units arrived to put out the flames. We have reports that two people were taken out in stretchers, and the blaze is said to have started on the roof. No injuries are currently reported. Update: NBC 4 ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2010

    Gay Print Media on the Wane

    The Internet spells doom for many long-established periodicals

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2010

    Shepard Fairey Mural Totaled in Epic Bombing

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  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Shepard Fairey Talks About His New Mural, Authenticity, and Pretense

    Guess what? Shepard Fairey likes Houston and Bowery, the site of his new mural, "because it's busy" -- and he used to do illegal stuff there. He's so artsy! And busy! Watch and learn.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    To the Sales Clerk at Me&Ro Who Was Too Busy Being a Dick to Help Me

       We see you, dick.​Hello. If you are the guy with the handlebar mustache working at the Me&Ro jewelry store on Elizabeth Street between Houston and Prince who wouldn't make eye contact and barely spoke a word to me, even after I asked, nicely, for some assistance: Why are you such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

    Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Ruby Tuesday Tries to Move On Up

    NNECAPA/flickr​As the economy has festered, fast-food and casual dining restaurants have been whipping out their mascara wands to class up their image while reassuring diners that the food is still cheap and the portions still monolithic. Burger King embarked on a bachelor pad-fabulous make-ov ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 13, 2008

    Girls Love Gay Male Porn

    Brokeback Mountain was just the beginning . . .

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Mossimo at Target: Eh

    Brokeback Mountain was just the beginning . . .

  • News

    October 17, 2006

    Stealing the Show

    New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while

  • Film

    January 10, 2006

    'The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam'

    New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Any Profit in a Storm

    Stormy weather allows big oil to practice a crude sort of blackmail

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Rita and Weep

    Texas, home to the country's largest refineries, has yet to be declared a disaster area by Bush

  • News

    September 6, 2005

    FEMA Nixes Grassroots Radio Station for Hurricane Evacuees

    Bureaucracy KO's info source at the Astrodome

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Outrunning the Competition

    Adidas' new megastore opens in Soho with smart sneakers and a McCartney

  • NYC Life

    January 11, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Shedding Light on a New Lower East Side Spot to Get Lost In

  • Music

    August 17, 2004

    Attack Dog Bites Man

    Steve Earle weighs in on the issues that look like winners

  • Music

    November 18, 2003

    Not Screwed Yet

    Jog-brawl hip-hop slows down Soul Sonic's perfect beats

  • NYC Life

    September 16, 2003

    Dancing Shoes at Home

    Jog-brawl hip-hop slows down Soul Sonic's perfect beats

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Bush's New Federal Math Leaves Kids Far Behind

    A Texas Hoax May Be the President's Waterloo

  • NYC Life

    August 12, 2003

    Listings

    A Texas Hoax May Be the President's Waterloo

  • NYC Life

    June 3, 2003

    Broadway Local

    What $50 Buys from 8th to Houston

  • Dining

    December 17, 2002

    Ordeal by Beef

    What $50 Buys from 8th to Houston

  • Music

    June 11, 2002

    Very Much Like a Death

    What $50 Buys from 8th to Houston

  • Music

    April 23, 2002

    Slow Ride

    Houston Screws Off the Cough-Syrup Cap

  • News

    August 7, 2001

    The Liberty: Beaten at Their Own Game

    Houston Screws Off the Cough-Syrup Cap

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    Fish Rots From the Head

    Pacifica Falls Into Corporate Hands

  • News

    April 25, 2000

    Hasid Jazz?

    Orthodox, conservative, or reformed, klezmer's back and marching

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