Why Does Manhattan Have Such Sucky Mexican Food?

Dear Mexican: As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: What the FUCK is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we’re used to getting owned by California and Texas and even Chicago when it comes to getting kick-ass, cheap, regional Mexican food. But I just got back from…

Craig Myers, Thank You for Your Courage

As I’m sure you’ve come to realize, I have thick skin. In this here blog and on 105.3 The Fan I’m bombarded daily with insults, criticisms and cheap shots. All part of the game. I realize it. I take none of it personal because, come on, I don’t know you…

Whitt’s End: 8.6.10

Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Since you guys salivate over local radio news, here’s a zesty taste: Starting August 16 the new program director at 105.3 The Fan will be Bruce Gilbert. Yep, the same Bruce…

Intense Sweetness and Pizza at Horne & Dekker

Hanna Raskin focuses this week’s Dish on Horne & Dekker, and the sweet (flavor), cutesy fun (as well as a Duck Goat Pizza) they have therein: Horne & Dekker Strives for Cutesy. Turns out, they could use a little less cloying cuteness, and little more flavor punch. Read the review,…

The Spookiest Joint in San Antonio

[jump] If I didn’t know better I’d have thought the guy at the bar last night was a paid actor, charged with lathering guests with history and stirring up the spooks. It took him two seconds to buy me a drink. He was a burly Joe Pesci, dressed in a white suit…

Whitt’s End: 7.30.10

Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Bengie Molina. Cliff Lee. Jorge Cantu. Considering transactions like these this month, the Texas Rangers should be in bankruptcy every year. *If you remember the NFL back when it was a violent,…

The Common Table Has Good Beer. The Food?

We didn’t exactly love the Common Table, as Hanna Raskin points out in her Dish Column, but it sure is a good place to drink some beer. In their well-curated selection you can find a bottle-conditioned Maudite (priced at $89) and American micro-brews like Dogfish Head and Dale’s. Read Hanna’s…

Whitt’s End: 7.23.10

Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *OK, OK,  I get it. So I write that Dez Bryant almost assuredly wouldn’t be signed by Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys’ training camp. “Barring an 11th-hour agreement … ” I…

Why Are So Many Mexicans Becoming Mormons?

Dear Mexican: I heard Mormonism is a quickly spreading religion down in ye olde Mexico. What is it about this religion that a lot of Mexicans find so fascinating? —Jack Mormón Dear Gabacho: Historically? Mexico has long had the second-largest community of Mormons in the world after the United States—official…

Lance Armstrong, I Still Believe You

Floyd Landis says he doped. Greg LeMond says he doped. The entire country of France says he doped. But did Lance Armstrong ever dope? I want to believe. I need to believe. I’m desperate for just one of our sports heroes – Roger Staubach and Nolan Ryan notwithstanding – to…

The Top 10 Things I Learned on Staycation

10. Going to Vegas, London, Mexico, etc. is nice and all, but sometimes staying put feels right. 9. 36 holes of golf in one day is plenty. 8. SMU worked hard to attract a special coach like June Jones. I hope they work just as hard to keep him. 7. We’re…