Results tagged “nature”

If you're anything like Houstonist, you love Hermann Park (or, at the very least, you recognize that the little statue of Sam Houston which is prominently displayed on our logo actually resides in Hermann Park).

Calling all pooches! Oliver, a friendly (obviously, he's hosting this soiree) Golden Retriever is having a little canine social event, the Bow-Wow Bash at the Houston Arboretum this Saturday from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Please RSVP quickly here, to ensure your participation. There will be music and refreshments in the meadow and dog owners get poochie punch and a doggie bag with bottled water and a treat for their "party animal". Please be sure that your dog is on a leash, and feel free to bring lawn chairs/blankets - provided we have nice weather. The cost to attend is $8 for PAWS members and $10 for non-members. There will be more fabulous canine parties this spring, we'll keep you in the know. You can also find the Party Animals on myspace.

Houstonist has an active and amazing Flickr photo group. We receive many, many photos of Houston and the surrounding areas every day and unless you are an active visitor to our photo pool many of these photos go unnoticed. So in a weekly effort to bring you more amazing photos from Houstonist readers and photographers, we are going to feature a block of photos submitted to our Flickr photo group. The images will be dug up from deep within our photo pool archives and we hope to expose you to even more wonderful Houston photography.

Mother Nature has been teasing us – toying with us even. Here it is, late October and nary a sweater touched, a wool sock adorned, a scarf wrapped. The hair is still frizzy and the a/c continues to crank. But, by golly, the optimist in us has gone into full-fledged autumn-mode: dining al fresco. Every year, about this time of year, Houstonist wills the weather to get cooler by changing our dining strategy to all-al-fresco-all-the-time....

Tokyo Police Club @ Meridian We love when a band with critical-acclaim like Tokyo Police Club stops by the Bayou City. Sure, albeit on a Monday night, probably headed to or from Austin, but we are glad to have them nonetheless. We caught TPC at a few festivals this year and every set we've seen has been stellar, even in the hot, hot heat of a 2:00pm set time at Cocahella, they still got the...

Interested in getting in touch with your most animal nature? This will probably be the healthiest avenue to do so: Tuesday evening, the Jung Center of Houston kicks off its Student/Member Lecture Series with a presentation entitled, Creature Comforts: Animals, Nature and Healing. If you've got nature on the brain after thinking about the Top 10ist topic of the week, then this may be the perfect satiating experience. According to the Jung website, "[a]nimal-assisted...

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 paper by design. It's a gorgeous spring image taken near Woodlands Parkway and Cochran's Crossing. The photographer also has another image of this area which can be viewed here. If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining over 250 of Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group. If Houstonist uses your photo for Photo Of The...

A quiet walk through the Houston Arboretum.

The Internet has changed everything: Now, your friends and family can receive e-mails from you even after you die. We can't decide whether that's really interesting or really disturbing — or, you know, both. The service is provided by David Eagleman, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine. It's called Deathswitch, and the Chronicle tells us all about it today. Here's the skinny: While you're alive, you subscribe to Deathswitch...

The shot from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor phototainable.

As a wise individual once said, "I've got to get me some of that sh*&!"

The shot from flickr user and houstonist photo contributor Jeff Balke. He's also a Houstonist contributor. This is at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, HANC, which reminds me... the 2006 Summer Camp series is going on all this month. If you're looking for something to do with the little ones you should check it out. If you would like to join Houston's best photographers in the houstonist photo group, click here....

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy’s most recent visit to LA in one two three posts. They also found the best possible use for...

Hurricane season officially ends today — and what a season it's been. But at the last minute, just as we were letting our guard down, Mother Nature threw one last punch: Tropical Storm Epsilon, which formed in the Atlantic about 800 miles east of Bermuda on Tuesday.