January 9th, 2010
Ah, we finally come to the end of our Bestus Prospectus series with our Restaurants of the Year. It’s been a fun ride, and we hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did. We have an eclectic group below for your pleasure. There are even a couple that we managed to write experiences about before this list (which is something that we hope to turn into a trend). So, without any more of these words that we tend to love so much, here are our ten best (plus one, but who’s counting?).
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— Paul
January 8th, 2010
I’ve been chastised by our group on several occasions for not having enough coffee shops on our list of places for The Loop Scoop. As it turns out, I’m like Abe Froman, the Coffee Shop King of Houston. There’s no reason to be snooty. Snooty? Snotty. They’re coming soon enough. For now, here are our top coffee shops of 2009. Did we leave your favorite off the list? Too bad.
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— Paul
January 7th, 2010
We do our fair share of drinking. We’re not alcoholics or anything (at least we’re not in the position to admit it), but we have a decent grasp of what’s going on around the city. Unfortunately, we’re not much into the club scene – if you’re up for contributing let us know – so you won’t find a swanktastic mention below. Without further ado, here are our ten favorite bars of 2009. If you got a problem with them, you know what to do [hint: it rhymes with "berate us in the comments"].
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— Paul
January 6th, 2010
Don’t think that just because we published a “2009 Bestus Prospectus: Albums of the Year” list yesterday that we forgot about our roots. We surely haven’t. In fact, we owe all of our success to our roots in Texas and, more specifically, Houston. With that in mind we took a little different spin with this “Bestus Prospectus” and eliminated all the hoopla and hype from the national and world music scene. Let’s take a look at the best music from our home state and home city. We know we missed a couple, so remind us what we should be listening to in the comments section.
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— Richard
January 5th, 2010
There are many things that I procrastinate on: Paying bills, writing “Thank You” cards, seeing movies in the theater, taking a right on red, et cetera. One of those things has never been buying new music. Especially after I discovered Cactus Music back in my college days. I used to make monthly (if not weekly) pilgrimages up to the record shop. That tradition has held strong for a long time. After having an email sent to me by a friend of a “Top Ten Albums of 2009″ list, I thought to myself, “self, you should do something similar to that.” So, here it is. If you think it’s late just because it’s already 2010, you’re wrong. If we hadn’t waited this long one of these albums would never have made the list.
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— Paul
