| | | Hurricane Ike: Then and Now BY JEFF BALKE  Highlights from Hair Balls Last Friday was the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Ike. When it swept through Houston in 2008 — and was subsequently swept under the rug by national media thanks to a collapsing economy — it packed much more of a punch than anyone expected. A massive storm that, at one point, filled almost the entire Gulf of Mexico, Ike was, by traditional measures, we... more >>
| | | | | | How a Boy Named Horst Became an Internet Sensation Known As Riff Raff BY BEN WESTHOFF  Becoming Riff Raff As a prepubescent boy in the early '90s, Horst Simco was enamored of Vanilla Ice. Like millions of other kids, Horst fell for the white rapper's slick dance moves and outrageous style — Evel Knievel-style jumpsuits, blow-dried, gravity-defying hair, slits cut into his eyebrows. But before long Ice fell out of favor, amid questions of his authenticity. Though the man bor... more >> | | | | | | | | The Fine Finger Food at Batanga Is Full of Surprises BY KAITLIN STEINBERG  Want a closer behind the scenes look at Batanga? Check out our slideshow. When I ordered tapas for lunch at the bar, I was expecting a few plates with overly conceptualized seafood and duck and a pile of spindly, desiccated "eggplant fries." To my surprise, everything I ordered appeared simultaneously and looked beautiful and quite balanced, but it was the rafts of battered eggplant stacked one ... more >> | | | | | | | | Rush's Racers Draw New Life from Ron Howard BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK  It's 1976, a year when all the groovy girls are traipsing around in tiny suede skirts and all the cool guys have Badfinger hair. One of those guys was English racing driver James Hunt, the charismatic rapscallion who won that year's Formula One World Championship — the embroidered badge on his driving suit read "Sex, the Breakfast of Champions." His nemesis, Austria-born Niki Lauda, was som... more >> | | | | | | | | Eating Our Words Before we go any further, I want to make it clear: These are not Spanish tapas. These are Houston tapas, baby, and here in Texas we go big or go home. Big ideas, big flavors, big plates -- whi... Hair Balls It would appear the Chron has a new head boss. Nancy Barnes, the former editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune will take over as Editor and Executive Vice President on October 15. Barnes, 52, rep... Rocks Off Mumford & Sons Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 17, 2013 It's hard to think of a band that's been so heavily vilified over such a short period of time as Mumford & Sons. Even perennial ... Art Attack There are a million reality shows on the naked television. We're going to watch them all, one at a time. According to the FAA, 80 percent of all plane crashes are caused by human error. That bei... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coupons >> |
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