Happy Halloween, dear readers! For today's Friday Afternoon Video, we're taking a trip down memory lane back to one of our fondest Halloween memories from our youth: dressing up like a demented French maid and singing along -- loudly -- at midnight showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show. You know how to do the Time Warp, don't you? It's just a jump to the left... Want to do the real thing and catch a midnight......

Houstonist defends our fair city to naysayers all the time. They say, "Houston sucks. I was stuck at the airport and then at my relatives' place in Pearland." "That's Pearland, jackass. Not Houston," we reply. "You should hang out with us instead. We'll show you our Houston." The Greater Houston Convention & Visitor's Bureau has formalized this approach in the form of the "My Houston" publicity campaign that will involve local celebrities (HELLO! Where's......

From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits... • A bicyclist is in serious condition after being struck and dragged by MetroRail in the Medical Center. The bicyclist was wearing headphones and riiding between platforms. The incident occurred Friday afternoon around 4:45pm. • A car crashed into the State Grille on Alabama after losing control of the vehicle and jumping a curb. The driver had to be cut out of his......

• Is Houston the only city in the U.S. with two competing Martin Luther King Day parades? The downtown parade starts at 10 a.m. while the second parade on Allen Parkway parade starts at noon. • A Houston couple want a state representative tested for STD's after they claim the woman was forcibly kissed by the legislator. • Three people were killed in three separate accidents over the weekend. • A prison inmate of......