Share NOTE: There will be no Thoughts this week. Thoughts will return to its regularly scheduled slot next week. There was an article in the Outlook section of today’s Chronicle from a resident of the neighborhood of Southampton, center of this week’s latest dispute between developers and local residents. For the record, I am against [...]

Share Passing the time before the doors open!

Share Another season begins!

Share In my attempt to keep you up to date on the latest trends and applications for your online lives, I would like to introduce what has become my Editor’s Assistant here at Urban Houstonian. Remember the Milk (RTM) is an online application I discovered while reading an article in Slate Magazine. It’s basically an [...]

Share I am beginning to realize that if I am going to make this column a regular part of the Urban Houstonian, I am going to have to raise the entertainment quotient of my social life. Due to a combination of lack of funds, lethargic attitude and unabashed laziness, I just haven’t really been as [...]

Share What say you about the new look of Urban Houstonian? For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you might recognize the new color scheme from my recently added profile image. That great logo was designed by my good friend DFish. I plan on asking him to design a more formal logo for [...]

Share Warren-13Originally uploaded by urban_houstonian Lost in Place Photography, Film and PhilosophyThursday September 27th, 6:00pmReception to follow from 6:30 – 7:30pm A panel discussion exploring the interrelations ofpainting, photography, film, and philosophy Speakers include:Andrea Grover, Executive Director and Curator of Aurora PictureShow, Houston’s award winning micro-cinema dedicated to short,artist-made films and videos.Aurora Picture Show Madeline [...]

Share NOTE: This is a continuation of last week’s Thoughts. So, you know the rules, now its time to start developing a little stable of galleries to visit. There are two major resources that I would suggest to check out first before we get to my personal choices and recommendations. One thing you’re going to [...]

Share You’ll see some changes to Urban Houstonian during the rest of September. I am tinkering with design and color options, as well as, reorganizing the entier blog. I know, I know, when am I not reorganizaing my blog? You can, of course, expect to see an explanation of all that is old and new [...]

Share Our now beloved Texans are certainly setting themselves up for a future Thoughts. For now, I just wanted to let you know what they are saying about our team on the weekly ESPN Power Rankings, where the Texans had the greatest jump of the week; from lowly 25 (out of 30 teams) to knocking [...]