→ February 28, 2010
So, there are a billion Mexican restaurants in Topeka. Okay, maybe that’s a high estimate, but still, if you want to eat a mess of beans, cheese, guacamole, salsa and/or meat, you probably already have your tried-and-true handful of favorite Mexican joints to choose from. But don’t neglect to add Tacos El Sol to that [...]
→ February 28, 2010
-photos by EJ Drake “You play someone a great record and they don’t react to it, you know it’s time to get them out of your house.” - Miriam Linna, former Cramps drummer When vinyl chloride was discovered in the late 19th century, the resulting versatile plastic was tossed out as a useless rigid material, as [...]
You, too, can eavesdrop – We know you already do. So send us those crazy sayings heard around town and where you heard them. Bonus points if you describe the person or situation - especially if it adds humor. Email them to Erin. He’s a man’s man! @Dutch Goose Well, if I’m not doing it, it must not be [...]
→ February 27, 2010
Homosexuality, bigotry, ethical responsibility for genetic research… How much have we really progressed as a society to know what power these stereotypes have and how they do or do not effect our everyday lives? Subliminal choices and ideas push and pull us in every decision from gays in the military to something as simple as [...]
→ February 27, 2010
Intoxication and immediacy: That’s what the RowHouse Poetry Revue is all about. Intoxication in the way your senses are completely enveloped in every fashion. Immediacy in the way that you can’t escape the atmosphere of creativity and, even if you could, you wouldn’t want to. This event is a non-stop consumption of art. When you [...]
→ February 27, 2010
Let the games begin. Participating Teams College Hill Tavern Sharkey’s Tiki Bar Oscar’s For more information, email topekabarwars@gmail.com
→ February 9, 2010
You no longer have the contingency of having to wait at the train crossing to get to C.W. Porubsky’s Deli, so there is no excuse not to make it for lunch regularly, not to mention that as of October 1, it’s chili season. Porubsky’s chili starts on a small gas stove behind the ages old [...]
→ February 9, 2010
Beauty is all around and sometimes you just have to take time to stop and notice it. Sure, it’s cliché, but it’s also true. And it’s an idea Kansas landscape painter Paul Hotvedt seems to take to heart when scouting locations for his little landscape paintings. First, consider how the majority of Kansas landscape painters [...]
When I was a newlywed and searching for an hors d’oeuvre to complete the four course dinner I was serving my husband, as I did every night, I ran across this recipe. I was looking for shrimp puffs, little soufflé like bites, when I found a recipe for “crab puffs”. One look at the recipe [...]
