I’LL TAKE SOME TEX WITH THAT MEX “Tex-Mex is the American original cuisine,” says Robb Walsh, food historian, author of The Tex-Mex Cookbook, and owner of Houston’s Tex-Mex El Real. “It’s not messed-up American food by a bunch of dumb gringos.” In fact, no no no. It...

EVERYTHING’S BIG IN TEXAS Last night Jack and I landed in the country’s fourth largest city, Houston, Texas. The city welcomed us with big trucks, bigger accents, bigger still personalities, and the biggest thunderstorm I have ever experienced. Because, when Texas...

JOEY ARIAS IN STRANGE FRUIT This is a video that Peter and I shot in 2009 of Joey at The Triple Door with Eliot Douglass on piano. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

STRANGER THAN PARADISE One of my favorite humans on earth dropped into our sleepy little hollow this weekend and shook it up at Theatro Zinzanni for their late-night Halloween cabaret, Witching Hour starring The Mistress of All Hallow’s Eve – Joey Arias. Now, Joey is...

FALLING TOGETHER October is just so good. Trees prepare for winter in a firey blaze. Sunlight slants sideways with a sexy wink before lights out. Stoves warm meaty stews with carrots, potatoes, onions and leeks. Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin oatmeal (hello...