Houston is BIG and it can be hard to find good live music. Oh, there’s live music: you can see everything from your nephew’s garage band to Queen Bey at the Toyota Center. But, if you’re looking for, ahem, enjoyable live music (no offense to your nephew) without the hundred dollar price tag, Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top Lounge and […]
Archive | September, 2014
Cloverleaf Elementary, Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders
Introducing Your New Addiction: BRC Gastropub
It’s hard to miss the Big Red Cock off Shepherd as you pass over Allen Parkway into the Rice Military District. And that rooster is the harbinger of good eating: BRC Gastropub has a knack for everything you didn’t know you wanted. Lance Fegen, Culinary Director and Executive Chef, started the restaurant with the intention […]
ComedySportz Houston, The Home of All Things Funny
ComedySportz Houston has delivered family-friendly entertainment for years in the Houston community—23 years, in fact. Offering Friday and Saturday shows at their City Centre location, they’ve always had excellent family-friendly ‘improv’ entertainment (short for improvised; meaning there’s no script and none of the players know what they’re going to do beforehand). It’s in much the same vein as “Who’s Line […]
The Houston Heights Continues to Expand and Impress
When choosing your next destination you may want to consider a Houston neighborhood that will be a great investment in the years to come. The Houston Heights has changed faces and hats many times in its history, a piece of Houston’s ancestral quilt that brings a new color and shape to the city: part of […]
Once Upon a Time, I Visited The Hobbit Cafe
In a hole in the wall, there lived a Hobbit’s Cafe. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor not quite dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means real, down home comfort. The Hobbit […]
The Houston ISD School Selection Process
We may just be starting the 2014 -2015 school year, but NOW is the time to plan for where your child will attend NEXT YEAR! It is nearly a year in advance that Houston ISD starts the application process for the next school year. In just 2 months, applications will become available for the 2015-2016 […]
Get Your Next Ultimate Adrenaline Rush at Track 21!
Sometimes you’ve got let go and let the need for speed take over, and Track 21 is more than equipped to meet the challenge! Opening its doors in 2004, this place was designed to be over-the-top and give you the real experience of being a race car driver. With 3 incredibly designed tracks, indoor karting is […]