A Texas version of a national monument, Mount Rush Hour (as it is affectionately known) is the artist David Adickes take on the classic South Dakota landmark. Located in the First Ward area where I-10 & I-45 intersect, the Presidential Heads are a welcome diversion to just sitting and rotting in traffic at this notorious [...]

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Whatever your political beliefs might be, you have to appreciate the cleverness and wit of the legendary 45th Governor of Texas, Ann Richards. She passed away in 2006 at the age of 73, but her sometimes sharp, but plain spoken words will definitely live on… I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt [...]

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Last week, you may remember that I wanted a Maserati.  We’ll I don’t anymore, I’ve changed my mind.  I think what I really want now is a WHY Yacht instead.  A recent collaboration between the high tech yachting company Wally and the luxury goods company Hermes, these two companies have combined forces to produce, WHY [...]

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Located in the Reliant Park section of town, there is a Texas bootmaker by the name of David Wheeler. His unassuming shop, The Wheeler Boot Company, doesn’t appear to be a place that you can just enter, but once inside its an entirely different story. Handcrafting some of the best cowboy boots in the country, [...]

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Did you know that Chili Powder was invented here in Texas? Back in 1896, in the town of New Braunfel’s, one story maintains that a German immigrant named William Gebhardt created the very first chili powder. Inside his café at the back of a place called Miller’s Saloon, he took the same method used for [...]

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This Friday at the William Reaves Fine Art Gallery in conjunction with Houston Mod, a reception for the exhibit “Back to the Future: Elements of Modern in Mid Century Texas Art” will be taking place. During the middle years of the twentieth century dynamic changes were taking place across the nation, as well as in [...]

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Back in the early eighties, Chef Robert del Grande, brought Houston cuisine to new heights with his original Cafe Annie. As one of the fathers of New Southwestern Cooking, he indelibly changed the culinary landscape with his fine American fare. Winning every type of award there is, Chef del Grande, is considered one of the [...]

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After the shambles of last weeks MTV Video Music Awards, there was one elegant lady who really overshadowed the proceedings in real Texan style.  Houston’s Beyonce Knowles, exhibited true class, and showed the world all about good Texan manners.  Born and raised here, this singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, choreographer, video director, actress, and model, [...]

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