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::OpMom Web 2.0 Launch Party at Benjy's:: Three things we love: Moms, Web 2.0, and Benjy's. Can't go wrong here. And Houstonist has your ticket to this private launch party. Unless you've been living under a Web 1.0 rock, you are probably aware that Houston has recently been a hot bed for Social Media Startups, as Brad Hem reported this weekend. One of these ventures, the locally-based OpMom, tonight celebrates their own jaunt into Web...

Houstonist has seen them: crawling around the bathroom, flitting through doors, hovering in the kitchen. And Houstonist has felt them: at dusk, after a rain, or mysteriously, in the middle of the afternoon. The bugs have returned in force, and we recommend you do something about them. Educate: The Texas Bug Book: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a top-notch tome, with up-close pictures and information on life cycles, habitats, economic importance,...

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor Jeff Balke. "Taken at the Houston Air Terminal Museum. This sofa was well covered with plastic wrap, protecting it from the decay around it." And Houstonist is glad you took this image before the couch decayed as well. Great shot, composition and lighting. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining over 200 of Houston's best photographers in...

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the...

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are...

Former Enron investor relations head Mark Koenig went on the defense yesterday as Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling's lawyers tried to attack his credibility by asking why he didn't get himself fired. Last week, Koenig testified to prosecutors that he helped artificially inflate Enron's profits to fool investors and analysts — and he said Lay and Skilling were active in that deception. Which left the natural question for the defense: Why didn't Koenig tell anyone,...

Headed to the Galleria on Friday? There's more to worry about than finding a parking place: The megamall had the highest crime rate of all local malls last November and December. There were 38 crimes at the Galleria during the 2004 holidays, including four assaults, three robberies, seven thefts and 10 auto thefts. And Houstonist thought the only crime was wearing last season's Prada shoes! Zing!