October 2006 - Page 8 of 9

Food and drink roundup (10-06-2006 edition)

October 6, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Oh my, how time flies. It’s been ages since a roundup went up. Let’s get started, shall we? Alison Cook loved the burgers at Christian’s Tailgate Bar & Grill in Midtown. I don’t know if

Two councilmembers asked for payroll-related records

October 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The latest developments in the investigation related to the Mayor Pro Tem’s office got buried somewhat by yesterday’s power outage at Chron.com. As Matt Stiles reported for the Chronicle, the DA’s office has asked for

Cy-Fair ISD to raise tax rates; trustees don't feel residents' pain

October 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

So, officials in Cy-Fair ISD (home of the fabulous $70 million Berry Center) want to raise the property tax rate and some local residents are none too happy about that idea (KTRH-740): The school district’s

Parts of downtown without power

October 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 is reporting that parts of downtown are without power this morning because of a fire at a power substation. We’re told that the outage has affected the offices of the Chronicle. The Chron.com main

Sarnoff returns to Chronicle

October 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

Back in June, we whined about the news that Chronicle real-estate columnist Nancy Sarnoff had left the newspaper. We were happy to see the news on James Campbell’s blog that Sarnoff will be returning to

Opa!

October 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

The 40th annual Greek Festival put on by Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opens Thursday and continues through Sunday. Although the other Greek Orthodox church in town also puts on a festival, this one is still

Council taxi move to boost downtown's World-Classness?

October 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

The City of Houston took another step towards World-Classness today, if we are to believe the local media’s celebration of a big hike in downtown cab fares. Here’s how the Chronicle described the move: In

Stinking up the editorial page

October 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

On his Chron.com blog, reader representative James T. Campbell recounts the serious discussions that have taken place down at 801 Texas Avenue relative to the newspaper’s use of the term “fart” in a headline on

KTRK Crime Tracker: Crime up at METRO's park-and-pillage lots

October 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 breaks out its “exclusive Eyewitness News Crime Tracker” to take a look at the situation at METRO’s Park-and-Pillage lots: METRO reports some 119 crimes occurred since the start of the year. The good news

Take a ride in an HPD helicopter

October 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

This seems rather strange: the city is holding an online auction (that’s not the strange part) to raise money for its municipal campaign, and one of the items up for bid is a ride in