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Good morning, Houston. How better to end the week than with a little soul searching — and when better to do it than on Evaluate Your Life Day? Yeah, we know, it used to take hours (days, even) to find your true self, but the good news is that you can get things taken care of much more quickly these days: using online quizzes, you can figure out whether you're CEO material, which celebrity's...

Houstonist loves good pop music. We’re not talking about Britney, or anything else you’d hear on local pop radio for that matter. We’re talking about good indie-pop. Catchy melodies, clever lyrics, and overall sophisticated (yet, fun). Well, that basically describes Chicago-based Office. Office (not to be confused with the popular TV shows) originated in 2001, but Office leader Scott Masson didn’t get serious about it until 2004 – that’s when he left his job waiting...

Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday. Monday: While the name of the show might be hitting a little close to home after this weekend's ACL sunburn, the Eastman Gallery's Skin exhibition is a neat way to check out local artists and the way they view the human form. Hit the...

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market...

Houston Zoo lovers are saying goodbye to Bu the Southern white rhino who died late last week. Bu (short for Samburu) was a 4,000 pound Zoo celebrity and one of its oldest inhabitants at age 39. Apparently, in a bit of zoo drama, Bu had fallen into depression after losing lifetime plutonic rhino pal Marci last March and never recovered. We'll miss the big guy. Does anyone else have 'The Circle of Life' stuck...

We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We're not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual -Ist lightheartedness – we just wanted to take a moment and recognize those affected last week. After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did a little research and found that Massachusetts...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus If you've got a kid, access to one, or just the jones to relive childhood memories, you're in luck. The circus is in town! They opened yesterday and will be here at Reliant Park only until July 22, so hurry up and get your tickets, which are fairly inexpensive. Unless, of course, you'd like to be a "Circus Celebrity" for $125. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily...

It'd be nice to be outside right now, eh? (Yes, it's hot, but at least it's not fluorescent.) Don't bolt for the door just yet. First, let us know what you believe is the best outside experience in Houston. We want your thoughts and opinions, so please comply. Simply follow the link to get back to the Top 10ist prompt of the week. Add your nomination for the best outdoors experience by making a comment....

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay...

If there's one thing we've never heard Galveston compared to, it's The Hamptons. Houston's Clear Thinkers was equally surprised when they encountered this comparison in a New York Times article. We guess it makes sense, since there has been a boom in beach-house building and buying among Houstonians in the past several years. Has the world finally "discovered the Gulf Coast?" We'll see. This blog says that we'd be better off watching for hurricanes, not...

Lindsay Perth is a transplanted Canadian artist who now resides in Scotland. She is one of the artists whose work is exhibited in the Never Been to Houston show. On the right is one of her photographs from the exhibit. Lindsay answered a few questions about Houston and the show for us. Read on: What was your perception of Houston before you started this project? My perception was of lots of glass and reflections and...

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. There are two male penguins at Moody Gardens who are raising an abandoned penguin hatchling. Finally. New York has had its gay penguin celebrity couple for years now. It's about time we had one down here. Uh, you didn’t ask a question. Anyway, Dilettante was a bit behind the times on her penguin sexuality, so she googled “gay penguins” (without the quote marks)...

We probably wouldn't buy Britney Spears' recently shaved off hair, but we would peer pressure our other millionaire friends to do so. Perhaps the City of Houston should step up to the plate on this one. Just think, Houston would be all over the world news, tabloids, and internet scene, and with a population of just over 2 million, it would only cost fifty cents per citizen. There are numerous other ways to spend...

Via HouStoned, we see that everyone's favorite corporate scandal may be coming to the big screen soon: Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to produce and star in a film adaptation of Conspiracy of Fools, Kurt Eichenwald's book about EnronEnron's collapse. Entertainment Tonight reports that DiCaprio will play a newcomer to Enron "who discovers the corruption that leads to its bankruptcy implosion in 2001." So that would make him, what, maybe a male version of Sherron Watkins?...

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. What a week for females in the news. A crazed and diapered astronaut. A celebrity death and subsequent who’s the daddy discussion. And the Texas governor demanding that sixth grade girls get vaccinated against a sexually-transmitted virus. Does there have to be...

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. Happy December 31st! Since our resolutions pretty much stay the same from one year to the next (lose weight, get a better job, spend more time with the kids, get the drinking under control, stand up to that troll under the bridge), we need another way to note the passage of time. People in...

Beyonce is all over the news again. There are reports that she’s jealous over her “Dreamgirls” co-star Jennifer Hudson. And from what Beyonce said to defend herself, it sounds like she really is barely jealous at all. (Please note the sarcasm.) "I'm already a star. I already have nine Grammys. Everyone knows I can sing," Knowles said. "I did this because I wanted people to know that I can act and I can play someone...

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Dear Dilettante - A “new” Beatles album, the soundtrack for the latest freak show Cirque du Soleil has created for the discriminating palates of people visiting Las Vegas, was released a couple of weeks ago. This Friday is the 26th anniversary of...

Just when we thought morons weren't born every minute, we watched the Celebrity Stupidity Race heat up last week with racial comments from Michael Irvin arriving on the heels of Michael Richards' racially charged comedy club meltdown. Irvin appologized yesterday on the Dan Patrick Show for the comments he made last week on the same show. In case you missed it, last Wednesday Irvin suggested that Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo may owe his...

Believe it or not, the hottest video on iTunes right now is from “Weird Al” Yankovic (it’s also in the top ten most downloaded songs). It’s “White & Nerdy,” a parody of Houston’s Chamillionaire’s hit “Ridin’.” It’s not Al’s first rap parody (remember “Amish Paradise" from the 90’s?) but it pushed his new album into Billboard’s top 10 – a career high for him. Weird Al first came onto the scene 25 years ago...

Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it. Austinist knows that few things in life are scarier than zombies, people with way too much money, and politicians who try too hard to be funny. Slightly less scary, depending on whom you...

Local lawyer John O'Quinn, who made millions in tobacco settlements in Texas, had a lovely weekend at Kruse International's annual Labor Day car auction, the Chronicle tells us. He purchased a $500,000 Lamborghini Gallardo signed by such varied celebrities as Samuel L. "Motherf****ing Snakes" Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Regis Philbin. (Does he even count as a celebrity at this point?) Profits from the one-of-a-kind car went to benefit the Child Safety Network, whose mission is...

If it's true that celebrity deaths happen in threes, look for another local political figure to keel over at any moment: The first two, Harris County Treasurer Jack Cato and former U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, have paved the way. Cato, a former newsman and HPD spokesman, died yesterday of heart failure while undergoing tests on his heart at St. Luke's Hospital. Cato was born in Chicago in 1935 and came to Houston in the 1950s....

We here at Houstonist are a sucker for animals, especially strong willed cute ones that have lived through hell and survived. Perhaps you remember Harley; a black lab mix who was found wandering the streets after Hurricane Rita with his back badly burned from a fire. The kind people at the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took the poor guy in and got him back to good health. He became a...

Mayor Bill White talked online about the city's Wi-Fi initiative yesterday afternoon in a chat hosted by the High-Tech Local Celebrity Michael Garfield. The official transcript hasn't been posted on Garfield's blog yet, but most of the questions seem to have been about the business end of the new system. While most of the chat answers could have been found on Google, White handled a few curves. For example, houstonmacbro brought up the problem of...

Y'know, sometimes there's just not a nice way to say something, and this is one of those times: Young Americans, in general, are stupid. This doesn't have anything to do with our foreign policy or our infatuation with vapid celebrity couples — it's about a new National Geographic poll that shows we have no idea where the hell anything is. Among the findings of the poll, which surveyed 510 Americans between the ages of 18...

Houstonist remembers the old days of the Westheimer Street Festival, when lower Westheimer was closed for most of the weekend while freaks locals took over the street, selling crap you don’t need art, playing music, showing off their boa constrictors around their neck, and providing beer for visitors. Those days are gone, but the Houston Free Press is working to keep the spirit alive with the Westheimer Block Party. Rain or shine (which, unfortunately, looks...

There's nothing Houstonist likes more than Houston. But if we had to pick something we like second most, it would have to be people who like to write about Houston. So if you're Houston proud and want to let people know, why not write for Houstonist? We're looking for motivated people to join our team of contributors. You should have a working knowledge of Houston and what's happening in it — whether you're into news,...

Today's Chronicle has more on Lucky Strike, the upscale "bowling lounge" that recently signed on as a tenant in the proposed Houston Pavilions complex downtown. Houstonist has long been a fan of Palace Lanes, so we were interested to hear how Lucky Strike will stack up: Unlike tenpin alleys of the past, Lucky Strike allows people to sip martinis on elegant modern couches. In fact, Lucky Strike calls itself a bowling lounge, not a bowling...

It wouldn't have been news during the All-Star Game, but Houstonist recently bumped into Houston Rockets assistant coach Patrick Ewing sampling the flavors at Central Market with who we assume is his wife. Nothing special other than Ewing's calm demeanor and ability to eat fruit off the displays without a hint of embarrassment. Less famous, more infamous: Greta Van Susteren was spotted sitting behind Astros super couple George and Barbara Bush at an Astros game....