By Amanda Hart Illustration by Blake Jones How many times have you been sitting around with friends sharing some beers and wished that not only was there a beer fairy to replenish your stash but also one that would bring you some food? Well, wishing is now a thing of the past. Allow me to introduce Liam Musgrove and his genius business adventure, Clutch Delivery. What is Clutch Delivery? Clutch Delivery is the go-between for people that want to travel less and [still get] the things that they need.  Anyone can send us a shopping list and Clutch Delivery will ... Read More »

  Sometimes Houston can feel like featureless flat sprawl of concrete and metal.  It doesn’t help that most of us experience this flat featureless sprawl from the further insulating bubble of our car. It is easy to paint Houston as a sterile and isolating place but you would be ignoring that Houston has the diversity and cultural wealth deserving of the fourth largest city in the United States.  To cash in on these attributes, we need to remove the car window barrier and create some shared experiences. While the individualistic structure of an auto-centric city can make community events more ... Read More »

By: Erin Dyer I know you’ve been waiting for the perfect night to debut your brand-spankin’-new pair of tighty-whiteys, and Saturday is the perfect day– as long as they are underneath your pair of white linen pants and white shirt. Saturday, August 4, is the 6th annual White Linen Night in The Heights; a celebration marked by the traditional donning of white clothing, and an evening gathering in the Heights neighborhood to celebrate all things local. From 6-10pm, this year’s theme, “Local Faces, Local Flavor, Local Fun!” will focus on Heights-thriving businesses, musicians, and artists. White Linen Night (WLN) will ... Read More »

By: Erin Dyer Houston’s Woodland Heights resident and homeowner, Lauren Garcia, 30, is fully aware and educated about Houston’s new noise ordinance. When she was arrested on her own property she decided to speak up and warn her fellow Houstonians about how far the Houston Police Department is willing to take this noise ordinance and stretch their power as law enforcers. Garcia hosted her thirtieth birthday party at her house a few blocks outside of the Houston Heights on June 9. HPD crashed her birthday celebration around 11pm on account of an outdoor DJ playing loud music. After moving the ... Read More »

by Andrea Afra We live in a city where the residents watch daily as our history is demolished; where lack of zoning has created a gangsta’s paradise for the developer who has the funds to sweeten the mayor’s pot; where the suburbs sprawl in Roman proportions and the people’s efforts to create a thriving metropolis are snuffed out by the very representatives they elect. Everything and everyone has its price in Houston, and Walmart has sniffed out our weakest politicians like hyenas on wounded antelope. Now they are moving in for the big kill. Having conquered Exurbia and Suburbia nationwide, ... Read More »

Part one of a series covering Walmart’s new developments in Houston and the company’s negative impact locally and abroad by Andrea Afra This July, Walmart launched WalmartHouston.com as a damage control effort due to the public uproar against the new proposed location just south of I-10 at Yale, just 5 miles west of the new Silber location, marking the first urban Walmart store in Houston. More traffic and crime are two of the residents’ concerns, but the problems run much deeper. As it turns out, it won’t just be a 15 acre Walmart, but a 23 acre development by Ainbinder ... Read More »