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Good morning, Houston. Did you know that we're now in a bold new Fluorescent Age thanks to Mayor Bill White and his colleagues in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso? The collective His Honors gathered in San Antonio on Friday to name the compact fluorescent bulb the "state bulb of Texas." If that doesn't make you want to switch to CFLs, try this: December is Compact Fluorescent Light Month in Texas. What's so...
Good morning, Houston. If you're hoping that the United States will one day be free of its dependence on foreign natural gas — and we're sure at least one of you is — this isn't your lucky day: According to a report from the Energy Forum at Rice University's Baker Institute, there's no end in sight to our use of imported gas. Natural gas accounted for 22 percent of total primary energy use in...
Good morning, Houston. It's November now, and you know what that means: We're at the beginning of nearly two straight months of Christmas. Retailers put their holiday decorations up early in hopes that shoppers will see them and get in the buying mood — but will it work? Not necessarily, if most shoppers are like Sharon Baker, who the Chron found at Macy's downtown. "I do like Christmas, but I need time to celebrate...
Good morning, Houston. Seriously, what is it with North Texas these days? Yesterday we had the story of the 18-wheeler full of human heads, and today there's the Fort Worth man who accidentally shot himself in both legs in his cubicle at work. According to police, the 47-year-old man put his .45-caliber gun into his jacket pocket Tuesday morning, then draped his jacket over the back of his chair at an insurance office. When...
Good morning, Houston. We thought that ding someone put in the door of our 1983 Diatribe in the Starbucks parking lot the other day was bad, but then we heard about the $150,000 Aston Martin damaged last week when a car went out of control and slammed into a southwest Houston car dealership. It happened when a pickup truck hit Leonard Ross' car while he was on the Southwest Freeway feeder road near Fountain...
The local blog roundup may be a day late, but we can't be a dollar short if we're going to eat at Truluck's. Food in Houston reviewed the popular eatery this week and was not terribly impressed, although their wallets were. Truluck's offers swank without the risk, according to this post. Check out the full entry for a run-down of how Truluck's offers quality food and a fine-dining atmosphere while avoiding that snobby feel. No...
The easiest way to give back, or pay it forward, as well as the least expensive, is to give some of yourself and your time to a good cause. We have apprised you of the International Festival's need for bodies to make the festival a success. Now, we have a little environmental action for you, and it's educational, in addition to the warm fuzzy you'll get. Much of the litter that makes it's way...
The shot from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor OneEighteen.
H-Town is seriously busy! This weekend brings Lights in the Heights, The Citrus Festival, the XMAS Tree Project, The Tree Lighting Downtown, The Houston Blues Society Holiday Ball, ensuring the homeless have plenty to eat, and shopping for either gifts, or that perfect ensemble to wear to Houstonist's Birthday Party. But wait, there really is more - and more, and more - 'tis the season, after all. If you are not imbibing on the company...
Robert Durst, the eccentric millionaire who chopped his neighbor into pieces and dumped him in Galveston Bay, was acquitted of the neighbor's murder and later was arrested and imprisoned for other things, will soon be as free as you and me: His parole is set to end Wednesday, and his lawyer said Durst just wants to get out of the public eye. Not that Houstonist can tell the future, but it seems to us that the anonymity ship has already sailed.
There's been no peace of mind for our friends in Texas City lately: First they had to deal with exploding apartments, then Jesse Jackson came back, and now there's word that the city's levee system might not stand up to a powerful hurricane, which could affect nearly 5 percent of the nation's oil refining capacity and thousands of homes. And we thought the Jesse Jackson thing was bad! The Chronicle looked at the Texas...
State tourism officials rejoice: Everyone's favorite neighbor-cutter-upper, Robert Durst, is now free to go anywhere in the state, parole officers said.
Robert Pambello, principal of Reagan High School, was disciplined today for flying the Mexican flag on the school campus Wednesday A man who stopped to help people whose van was broken down in Fort Bend County ended up having his car stolen by the people he had stopped to assist The Houston plastic surgeon on trial for a hit-and-run that severely injured two women in the Galleria area last year drew the attention of a...
Remember how a naming contest is supposedly planned for Houston's MLS franchise? Well, have a look at this:
In a new twist to one of the most bizarre stories in recent years, New York real estate heir Robert Durst was arrested yesterday after he visited Galveston, violating the terms of his supervised release. Durst, you'll remember, was found innocent in 2003 of murdering his neighbor in Galveston even though he admitted to cutting up the neighbor's body and dumping it in Galveston Bay. Though he was acquitted of murder, Durst was jailed for...