Subject: Texas

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2004
  • Blogs

    October 13, 2004
  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007
  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008
  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    The Early Word -- Marfa

    When I heard that newly opened Marfa was attempting a chicken fried steak, I waited a respectful two weeks then hopped on my bike and peddled furiously over there.             Named after a small town on the high desert plains in West Texas tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Things get so strange when you travel to unfamiliar parts of the country. Especially in the most rural areas. While American cities have to a certain extent become homogenized -- with the same franchised restaurants and the same nationally distributed brands -- rural parts of the country ... More >>

  • People

    February 26, 2008
  • NYC Life

    March 18, 2008

    Whistlin' Dixie's Texas Tavern on Eleventh Avenue

    How to be a Lone Star lush in NYC

  • Columns

    March 4, 2009

    !Ask a Mexican! Another Pinche Column!

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    September 27, 2005

    What's the Deal With the Tom DeLay Indictment?

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Film

    September 28, 1999

    Life's Rich Pageant

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    July 18, 2006

    Shame and Sensibility

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    Nation

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Film

    September 28, 1999

    They Have Many Straight Friends

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    May 16, 2000

    Nation

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Our Man Sietsema: ''Lean' is Too Lean'

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    June 20, 2000

    Nation

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    June 27, 2000

    Nation

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    August 29, 2000

    Sports

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    October 10, 2000

    Hot-Button Issue: The Death Penalty

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    The Other America 2000

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Theater

    December 26, 2000

    Theater

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    May 14, 2002

    U.S. Border Patrol Put on Lookout for Hijacked Cyanide Truck

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    August 5, 2003

    The Long Road Home

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    October 21, 2003

    The Bush-Cheney Gazillions Tour

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    November 18, 2003

    The Last Supper, Texas-Style

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Books

    January 13, 2004

    Paper Clips

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    February 10, 2004

    The Review of Norah

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Specials

    September 28, 2004

    Letters

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Specials

    October 5, 2004

    Letters

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Books

    October 19, 2004

    Lone Star Fate: From Losing Side of Civil War to D.C. Shaker

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Dining

    December 21, 2004

    Hatchet Job

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Dining

    January 18, 2005

    Letter From Lockhart

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    November 15, 2005

    Burly Men

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Theater

    November 29, 2005

    Smith at Work

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    February 6, 2007

    Quiet-Loud-Quiet-Loud Thunderstorms With Passion And Stamina

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    March 20, 2007

    Noise from the Front

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Dining

    April 17, 2007

    Poking the Fat Pig

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Dining

    July 17, 2007

    Coveting Clod

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    May 2, 2006

    Letters

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Rita and Weep

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Music

    March 15, 2005

    Beauties of Suburban Adolescence, in More Ways Than One

    More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Weekend Special--From The Fork In The Road T-Shirt Collections

    Four months after we bought this t-shirt at legendary Peak Bro's. Bar-B-Que in Waverly, Kentucky (mmmm--smoked mutton!), the joint burnt down! click through to see more t-shirt food art

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Tequila With a Side of Texas

    When Mayahuel opened back in April, it elevated tequila from the vomitatious realms of frat boy revelry to decidedly more rarefied, even artisanal climes. Now, Hill Country's showing the agave plant even more love with a tequila and barbecue pairing next Wednesday, July 22. The three-course dinner w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Texas Coasters Dissuade Wannabe Rapists

    ​A company in Texas is manufacturing coasters that can detect whether or not drinks have been spiked with GHB and ketamine, which are more commonly known as date rape drugs. The coasters, which are made by Drink Safe Texas, cost about 40 cents apiece and feature pink and green dots that, like ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2009

    Robert Earl Keen+Todd Snider+Bruce Robison

    ​A company in Texas is manufacturing coasters that can detect whether or not drinks have been spiked with GHB and ketamine, which are more commonly known as date rape drugs. The coasters, which are made by Drink Safe Texas, cost about 40 cents apiece and feature pink and green dots that, like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Revisit: Bacon Naan and Other Delights at Tabla in Madison Square

    ​The richness and smokiness of the newfangled bacon naan is not to be underestimated. Seven years ago, when Tabla first opened, I respected the restaurant, but didn't love it. It was too fusion-ey for me. Nevertheless, I noted, "Despite his profound culinary departures from an authentic India ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2010

    Great Barbecues of Texas: The Salt Lick in Driftwood

    ​What's that curious yellow fluid? Read on to find out. In many ways, the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que in Driftwood, Texas is the odd man out among Central Texas barbecues.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Rightbloggers Find New Texas School Curriculum a Boon to Re-Education

    The Texas Board of Education accepted this week, on a preliminary basis, the recommendations of conservative advisors to make the state's textbooks read more like Glenn Beck transcripts. They'd been working at this awhile. Earlier this year, conservatives had advised changing the Texas science c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Week In Review: Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay

    My compatriots are either in Texas for SXSW or Mexico for MtyMx (reminder to Zach: Do not buy or sell drugs) at the moment, but it's beautiful out in NYC right now so I am surprisingly not bitter about being left here to recap a week marred, unfortunately, by the death of power-pop god Alex Chilto ... More >>

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