Results tagged “southamerican”

Well, the Astros article hiatus sure didn't last long, but this was too good to pass up. As you're no doubt familiar, Major League Baseball has a player development in Europe, grooming the European baseball stars of tomorrow, today. (No, real grooming, not metaphorical. Like position-specific haircuts and the finer points of growing a playoff beard.) Anyway, the Astros signed a Dutch shortstop yesterday from the MLB European Academy. His name is Jan Baldee,... more ›

A reader e-mailed us because he was upset that we didn't have a shelterporn last week — more specifically because we missed the chance to feature the West Mansion, which was sold a few days ago to a real estate development firm that plans to preserve the historic house. And yes, we did drop the ball on that one, we suppose. But don't worry: Here's an even larger house for your consideration, and unlike... more ›

There was a long weekend, you see. Consquently, we woke up on Thursday, though it was Wedneday, and you were left last night bereft, unable to figure out the best thing to do with your ten dollars. Remind us when it's Thursday next time, y'all. Friday, September 8 Since the sad demise of Actor's Theatre of Houston, our theatre scene's been missing something around here: now maybe we've gotten it back. Pendulum Theatre's first production... more ›

Tuesday 25 years ago, the English Beat was becoming a pioneer in the British ska/punk movement. The band also spunoff several other more successful bands, including General Public and Fine Young Cannibals. Vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger team up again, playing such hits as “Save It For Later” and “I Confess.” 9 p.m. at the Meridan | tickets and info Wednesday The man behind Dashboard Confessional, Chris Carrabba, has made the young girls... more ›

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff "World's Funniest Taser Videos" and the possible cancellation of their pervs' "World's Grossest Bathroom Videos" and PBS trains cams on cows at, uhg, MooTube. Also,... more ›