The Houston Center of Photography will be holding their annual print auction tonight, Thursday, February 25th. Artists works by local, national, and internationally acclaimed photographers will be available for purchase by both silent and live auction. The photographs that up for bidding have been on view for the past month and I’m sure gallery-goers have [...]

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I’m not a very big fan of cupcakes…why have a tiny little treat when you could have a whole cake?
I also think that cupcakes are one of the more interesting food trends to happen in quite awhile – you can’t seem to turn a corner these days without hitting a cupcake truck. I suppose it [...]

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On December 2nd, the Houston organization called Nameless Sound is hosting the second evening in their concert event series called the Nameless Lounge. This years fundraiser is going to be in honor of Curley Cormier, the legendary proprietor, band leader and host of The Silver Slipper, a 5th Ward Blues club. The Silver Slipper is a [...]

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Kelly Hamilton recently forwarded this YouTube clip to me of outspoken Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach. Coach Leach is very candid in answering a freshman’s questions about taking a girl out on a first date.
I think I’ll just let Coach Leach speak for himself:

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It might be a little early to mention this great event, but perhaps you may want to do some forward thinking to plan ahead. This years 2009 Via Colori Street Painting Festival is scheduled for the weekend of November 21st and 22nd to benefit The Center for Hearing and Speech. Its a big street party [...]

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A recent editorial in the New York Times mentioned this 1933 film Wild Boys of the Road to suggest parallels between children’s problems during the depression to what kids are going through today. While its easy to look at this clip with golden eyed nostalgia, it is quite interesting that it does mirror some [...]

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