Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Ken Caminiti's last night out

October 14, 2004 Kevin Whited

New York’s Newsday runs a depressing account of former Astro Ken Caminiti’s last night alive: As the two drove around Brooklyn, Caminiti’s conversation jumped to a number of issues – “love, life and everything,” as

Your secret will be safe with Bev (and her staff?)

October 14, 2004 Kevin Whited

If you’re a politico or other “important person” down in Fort Bend county, you might not want to share any sensitive information with Fort Bend Star columnist Bev Carter. So says friend Chris Elam, and

Food and drink (10-14-2004 edition)

October 14, 2004 Kevin Whited

Food journalism in town gets a boost this week, as Robb Walsh and Alison Cook both return after taking last week off. Robb Walsh writes that Bellaire’s new Lemongrass Cafe is hit-and-miss: [Chef Fah] Vora’s

Weekend music roundup (10-14-2004 edition)

October 14, 2004 Kevin Whited

Smart readers of blogHOUSTON already know that David Cobb provides a great roundup of local rock music each week. This week’s installment was posted yesterday. I like to supplement his list with the alt-country/Americana/Texas music

A forthcoming correction

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, I emailed Chronicle reader representative James Campbell and letters editor Judy Minshew regarding that letter containing an inaccurate assertion about Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal that ran earlier in the week. Today, both Campbell

Kirkendall comments on the Nigerian barge trial

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall checks in again on the Enron-related Nigerian barge trial. Why do we keep linking to Kirkendall on this topic? Because he offers a view we haven’t seen from dinosaur media: Left unstated in

Benzion returns to the Houston airwaves

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rumor has it that one David Benzion will be making his return as a Houston talk radio host today. We hear the former executive producer and occasional host from KPRC-950 in its pre-Clear Channel days

The kid will be fine

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rookie Brandon Backe will start the first game of the National League playoff series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. Manager Phil Garner had this to say about his rookie: “Sometimes young people get so

Houston, entrepreneurial city

October 12, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston has long been regarded as a city where “bidness” gets done. Now, a national study has recognized Houston’s entrepreneurial spirit: Houston ranks No .4 in the nation in the entrepreneur category of Visa International’s

Houston Metblogs reviews Onion Creek

October 12, 2004 Kevin Whited

Karen over at Houston Metblogs writes a great review of Onion Creek coffeehouse/cafe/bar in the Heights: Onion Creek, located at 3106 White Oak Boulevard in the Heights, has become a local favourite