Mother Nature has been teasing us – toying with us even. Here it is, late October and nary a sweater touched, a wool sock adorned, a scarf wrapped. The hair is still frizzy and the a/c continues to crank. But, by golly, the optimist in us has gone into full-fledged autumn-mode: dining al fresco. Every year, about this time of year, Houstonist wills the weather to get cooler by changing our dining strategy to all-al-fresco-all-the-time.......

The shot from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor phototainable. We'd be shirking our duty if we didn't include this great, timely shot that captures the abundance of rain dropped on the city. Most of the area to the left side of the bayou is walkable, if that gives you any idea of just how bad the short-lived flooding was. Excellent detail from the photog: "This picture is taken from a bridge looking onto......

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy’s most recent visit to LA in one two three posts. They also found the best possible use for......

Hurricane season officially ends today — and what a season it's been. But at the last minute, just as we were letting our guard down, Mother Nature threw one last punch: Tropical Storm Epsilon, which formed in the Atlantic about 800 miles east of Bermuda on Tuesday. Epsilon isn't expected to make landfall, but it could make for dangerous surf conditions in Bermuda in the next few days. So at least we, New Orleans and......