Results tagged “hipster”

Houstonist had a thought yesterday as we were boarding our 7 AM flight to Dallas for yet another business trip, "This sucks," which got us pining for the way-too-few days sandwiched between our college graduation and our 8-to-8 gig inhabiting cubes around the country. Then a scene from Ben Stiller's 1994 release, Reality Bites, flashed through our head: Winona Ryder's character, LeLaina a.k.a. Lainey, is "show[ing] some ingenuity" by using her dad's gas card to...

The beauty of Missed Connections is that so many are clearly total bullshit while others are endearing works of sincerity and a few make you wonder if they are true or not. Of course stalkers and way too many schlong shots freak us out. Speaking of, some guy wants to feed his hotdog to a JCI fan. When I Saw You, You Had Caught My Eye - 46 You were holding some trendy drink...

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Did you see The Police reunion tour at Toyota Center Friday night? I know you like all that old crap. You’re only as old as you feel, sir. And yes, Dilettante saw the show. Sigh. Here’s the deal. The Police broke up before I was old enough to go to concerts. So for the past twenty-something years, I’ve regretted never having seen them...

The third Friday of the month is upon us, which means that Movers + Shakers will takeover The BackRoom @ The Mink tonight at 9 pm. Houstonist sat down for a beer with DJ & Producer Dave Wrangler, mastermind of the party. How long have you been DJing? How did you get started spinning? I first started toying with turntables in 99’. My first musical projects were hip-hop/mash-up tape edits that my brother and I...

We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we're sensational, but it's very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we've decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite posts from this week. Torontoist Special Report: Rosie to Trump: "Fire 300 Bicyclists for Fraud!" On DCist: Students Go Wild for Slogans, Secrets and Sexual Harassment The action was thick...

The Art Car Parade requires about 400 volunteers, in order to go off without a hitch. The parade is Saturday, May 12th, and the volunteer recruiting is getting off with a bang tomorrow with a Kick-Off Party at the Whole Foods in West University, located at 4004 Bellaire Boulevard @ Weslayan. Essentially, there will be a big parking lot party from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. with food, music, schwag giveaways and some art cars...

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor Hipster Gigante. Deep blues and the reflections of the lights really draw you in to this image. Shot while waiting for a shuttle outside Terminal B at IAH this is one of those views that you usually take for granted as you look up, sigh and wonder where that dang shuttle is. If you have a passion for Houston and photography,...

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor Hipster Gigante. A sign of things to come? It's Friday folks and tonight is our Light Rail Pub Crawl. Will we be at The Mink? We're not telling yet, but we hope you will tell your friends about the LRPC and join us on our adventure. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining over 200 of Houston's...

Houstonist is hip - but you already knew that. Well, now we're proving it: we're on MySpace. We like to keep a finger on the pulse of the city, and MySpace is a great way to keep up with local bands and events around Houston. Plus, we hear it's a good place to meet older men. But seriously, this isn't just a competition to see if we can get more friends than Austinist (although we...

Call us inspired by this week's arrival of the MET's French Masterpieces exhibit at the MFA, but this week we sought out some of the many art & theather events, performances, and exhibitions going on in the city. Hey, we're hip! Monday, Feb 5 MFA's Hitchock's Blondes Film Series: To Catch a Theif This film series complements the Alley Theatre´s production of Hitchcock Blonde (February 23—March 18), a cinematic mystery that combines theater and...

Free is the word of the day, people. Free as in "having no obligations (as to work) or commitments." For example, "Susie Spanktastic's schedule was free after she clocked out at the 24 hour modeling studio so she thought she'd have a drink with Houstonist." We will be celebrating Texas Independence Day in style and want you to join us. Bust out the Sharpie right now and scrawl Houstonist on Friday, March 2nd in your...

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing)...

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants its money back. LAist are a big bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for...