Monster Mash
Musicians keep this town fun. Case in point, last Saturday night. After a couple of entertaining but relatively mundane stops on the party train,...
Where the Boys Are
I don't get out much during the week, but I would have felt bad blowing off my buddy Tom, who told me I just...
Communication Breakdown
Look around a lot of bars these days, and you'll find more people talking by text than actually interacting verbally. Texting certainly has advantages:...
The Rant
Being objective about bars is kind of a stretch when you gravitate toward a particular kind. Here's what I mean: If you prefer intimate...
Taxing Weekend Ends Well
Someone please 'splain "tax-free weekend" to me. The list of what's "eligible" for tax exemption and what isn't seems so ... random. Spendy Vans...
Teed Off
Allegedly in golf parlance, the final approach is the part of that whack-the-little-white-ball game when you're within spitting distance of that little patch of...
Mashups
Like polyphonic ringtones, mashups are the real underground music. Any DJ who's able to lay, say, Christina Aguilera's vocals over a Scorpions song and...
At Your Service
It's reader-service week here at Chow, Baby headquarters - not in the traditional journalistic "we're here to serve the reader" use of the phrase,...
Home Run
There are a million - and by "a million," I mean, two billion - sports bars in the world, and probably half of them...
High Speed on Ice
For a native Yankee and hockey fan like me, there's no more heartwarming feeling than walking into a Texas sports bar during the playoffs...
