Callie Markantonis, Author at blogHOUSTON

Bach and beer

October 13, 2004 Callie Markantonis

What could be better than a Bach Society presentation of Bach Vespers? A Bach Society presentation of Bach Vespers and beer: The Bach Society will present “Bach Vespers” at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353

Hold the patty

October 11, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Once again, PETA is doing its part to place Houston in the ranks of world class-dom. It seems we’ve made the top-ten list for vegetarian-friendly cities: Houston has some of the best vegetarian restaurants around

Tolerance at Houston's Baptist university

September 30, 2004 Callie Markantonis

How tolerant of my alma mater: “Mainly the purpose was to clear up some misconceptions about Islam,” said Khalid Bhatti, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and graduate student at the University of Houston.

The relevance of Marvin

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Kudos to Eileen Faxas of KHOU’s Defenders for her story about making health department inspections public. This week, 11 News Defenders revealed how City Hall quashed plans to publicize health inspections by putting them online.

A giant, crippled chicken will cross Westheimer?

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

The PETA freaks are at it again. No half-naked women in this protest though. If PETA protests become run-of-the-mill in Houston, we may just qualify as being world class.

A little appreciation for our downtown tunnels, please

September 25, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Anne Belli Gesalman gives a <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12914935&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=541543&rfi=6 “>pretty decent history and overview of downtown Houston’s tunnel system in the September 15th Edition of The Greater Houston Weekly: Each week day, thousands of office workers, tourists