When you think of New Jersey, wistful romance may not immediately come to mind. But it's there - after all, the Garden State is the birthplace of Frankie Valli and Frank Sinatra. It's what inspires singer/songwriter and Jersey native Nicole Atkins' music, which carries a certain flair for both nostalgia and matters of the heart. Atkins has become quite the critic's darling, and with good reason. Her dramatic smoky croon and searing lovelorn lyrics are......

Movies Houstonians Love: Richard Linklater presents Some Came Running Best known for his superb recreation of the 70's slacker era in 1993's Dazed and Confused (writer & director), Richard Linklater could quite possibly be responsible for writing some of the most quoted movie lines of all time. Just thinking about it makes us "wanna dance!" In 2006, Richard Linklater´s back-to-back films A Scanner Darkly and Fast Food Nation received enormous critical and popular acclaim.......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor slight clutter. I'll let the photographer's comment on this image speak for this photo... Beyond Borders Just a little tidbit about the place I call home... Often overlooked as a world-class city, Houston is one of the most culturally-diverse cities in the United States with a demographic in which everyone is part of a population-based minority (37.9% Anglo, 37.8% Hispanic, 17.8%......