Saturday, November 7th, 2009
This weekend is the annual Giant Omelette Festival in Abbeville, Louisiana. The highlight is a 5,025-egg omelet that will be cooked on Sunday...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
For over twenty years in the Fifth Ward, Adrian's Burger Bar dished out a handful of soul food items daily and some of the very best, and...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The other day I finally visited Huynh, a well-regarded Vietnamese restaurant on the other side of Highway 59 from the George R. Brown Convention...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Buying coffee at the main Spec's on Smith Street the other day, the person helping me mentioned that Halloween is their busiest holiday outside of...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The Philadelphia Phillies are making a historically extremely rare appearance in the Fall Classic. Though they won the Series last year, it was only...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Within the space of a just over a couple of weeks, Houston will be blessed with visits from the two greatest rock bands ever to hail from the Emerald...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
A few weeks ago I got the chance to join friends for dinner at John Sheeley's Mockingbird, one of my favorite local restaurants. The food and...
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
"Tuscan" is one of the most widely abused adjectives when it comes to describing decor and food, at least Italian food. There was a wave of...
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A couple of days ago I received a notice that the new Italian-themed restaurant from the folks at Reef (and Little Bigs) and Jason Gould was set to...
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"I served Calvin Coolidge and Al Capone. Boy, Capone was a nice guy, and a great tipper, too. Coolidge was a cheapskate," is what Amerigo...
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