With kidnappings in Tennessee, JP Morgan pissing money away and the President’s stance on same-sex marriage stirring the pot, let’s remember that we’re all on the same freedom-lovin’ side. Have some ‘Merica with that coffee and get on with your Friday.
Psychomagnatheric What?
The slime outbreak started in New York back in the 1980’s. After 20 years it’s showing up in Houston. Sounds about right, we’re usually a couple decades behind. The biggest concentration thus far has been found at HISD. MFAH, be mindful of the sewers. You’re next. Visit MyFoxHouston for more.
Judge to HOA, Sus Domesticus IS for the Rest of Us
Back in August 2011, we made a prediction that these potbellied pig haters (HOA in Spring) would get the trounce when the law stepped in. We were correct. A judge ruled that this 70-pound piece of pork is A-OK. Visit KHOU for more.
Car Kills. Speed Kills. Everything Kills.
According to the American Journal of Preventative Medicine and the Houston Chronicle, long car rides are greedily eating our “active” time like Kobayashi inhales franks. Drive slow and it’s heart disease. Drive fast and you’re crushed like a pop can. Visit TheChron for more.
Man Continues the Childhood Fire Fighter Fantasy into Adult Jail
Dakota Runes Short was caught by the Law Dog as he impersonated a Spring Volunteer Firefighter. Was he wearing the gear, boots and helmet? No, he merely had some flashing lights on his car dashboard. Anticlimactic, no? Visit MyFoxHouston for more.
Rice is Still in Houston
Rice University Police Chief Johnny Whitehead wants everyone to know that the campus is open to one of the largest cities in the nation. That’s after a student was robbed at gunpoint in a parking lot. Clever thief. Visit KHOU for more.
Gene Inman snapped this vibrant shot up in the Heights. He did not write a song for you. If he had, it wouldn’t be called Yellow. The color of this flower is as close as it gets to Coldplay. Ugh, Richard referenced Coldplay.
Brittany and a few others found Pauldo easily enough at the Museum of Natural Science; mesmerized, no doubt by the hypnotizing pendulum. Episode 109 remains the proverbial pebble in the seeker’s shoe. Where was he?
And now, where is he? Who knew Pauldo was partial to the classic arcade games.
In 6 Words: Passion, Walnut, Hodgepodge, Wine, Fresh, Local
Underbelly opened its heavy glass-panelled doors earlier this year and in doing so unclasped the cover to the Story of Houston Food. Since and well before then, a lot has been publicised about the Bobby Heugel and Chris Shepherd lead Hay Merchant and Underbelly tandem. Houston’s love affair with all things Heugel is well documented—probably to death on our end. This might lead those not familiar with his past concepts to the question, “Who’s Chris Shepherd?” To answer that, there’s no better way to learn of Chris Shepherd, than by experiencing his painstakingly designed dishes and atmosphere.
It’s a Wednesday evening and we find Underbelly at 1100 Westheimer, across from the blazing neon of El Real. The interior, with its wood panelling, exposed lumber and light concrete floor, warms the senses, in spite of its industrial nature. The wine bar is inundated with numerous people consumed in conversation, all indulging in the kind of appetites that cling to the week’s mid-section as well as our own.
Earth Day Activism Taken Too Far
An innocent man was shot multiple times while pumping gas at a Walmart on FM 1960. While theories for the suspect’s motives are kinda flimsy at this time, authorities are not ruling out radical conservation tactics. Visit KHOU for more.
Former Rice Pitcher, Philip Humber has Perfect Game
For those not in the know, that’s no walks, no hits and no errors. Mr. Humber is only the 21st player in Major League Baseball history to achieve this anomaly. Humber’s White Sox beat the Mariners 4-0. Visit TheChron for more.
Bad Fish—No Blue Gills or Tommy Cods
Bigger boat? This father and son fishing duo have been reeling sharks from a pair of kayaks for over a year. If you’re swimming off Galveston’s pocket parks and you hear the unmistakable tune of “Spanish Ladies” being sung by a nine year-old, head for shore. Visit TheChron for more.
Shipley’s Repelled Krispy, Can the Same be Predicted with Dunkin’ at the Gates?
Houstonians like their donuts soft with a slight sugar glazed flaking and shaped about like the tires in a 1950’s Disney cartoon. They also like kolaches. That’s not D’n D. Visit TheChron for more.
FBI Asks Houston to Look for the Woman in Scrubs
Easy enough. TLS asks you to check for fillings while you’re at it. Visit MyFoxHouston for more.
This image by ZERO CEM was taken at the First Look Festival, hosted by and in celebration of the Asia Society of Texas on April 14th and 15th. Asia Society of Texas? Yes. It’s that stunning, new Yoshio Taniguchi-designed 40,000-square-foot building at the corner of Caroline and Southmore.
If you’re interest has been grabbed, view some of the highlights in this video.
Congrats to Lindsay, jgbiggs and Mike Rastiello for knowing the location of April 5th’s Pauldo sighting. Although, technically Mike didn’t guess, he just claimed that Romano’s has the “Best pizza in the city.” I can neither confirm nor deny that; I haven’t had them all.
Last week’s puzzle remains unsolved. It’s not Rabelais or Cavatore. Whatever the case, let’s get on to this week’s challenge.
Usually we keep the lines between Street Art of the Week and Photo of the Week well apart from each other, which is why if you’ve ever loaded the likes of Shreddi or Coolidge into The Loop Scoop Photogs group, it’s never been chosen for POTW. Today the lines are blurred. They’ve been blurred in the past. Take cybertoad’s shot from August 2010, where the “street” in street art was taken quite literally by artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Today’s no different. This peach of a picture can be found on the wall of Alva Graphics at the corner of Shepherd and Center streets. We can thank VeronicaGS for this capture, titled Texas. It’s street art, but not in the traditional sense—it’s legal.
Episode 107 is as of yet, unanswered. Who hath the might and courage to answer that visual riddle? If ye has the will to continue beyond that chapter, ye must then face Episdoe 108. Who can match the master of elusion?
