Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hey Houston, Who Has the Best Tailgate Party?

Well, we're all going to get to find out!

This from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ entry by Priya Rao)

http://online.wsj.com/home-page

Who says the winner of a football game is only determined in the stadium?

According to Joe Cahn, the commissioner of tailgating at the Tailgating Institute of America, which has six employees and is based in Manhattan, the real champions are found in the parking lot. "Fans don't lose there," Mr. Cahn explained. "They may not be able to redo a kick, but they can make an awesome hot dog."


Just announced: the Bing National Tailgating Championship, sponsored by Mr. Cahn and the search engine. The competition consists of six regional challenges in Houston, Denver, New York/New Jersey, Phoenix, New Orleans and Seattle, where entrants will be judged on cooking, tailgate spirit, parking lot agility and sports knowledge. The winners from those areas will have a chance to duke it out on a national level in Dallas before the Super Bowl. (The East Coast portion will occur before the Jets and Texans game on Nov. 21 at the Meadowlands.)

"We're in an era of competitiveness," said Mr. Cahn, who founded the organization in 1996 because he was interested in the sociology of tailgating.

Conspicuously absent from his contest is drinking. "I like to remind people that water is an adult beverage, too, and the brewery is not going out of business tomorrow," Mr. Cahn explained.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Houston Makes Forbes Most Affordable Cities List

Houston was ranked No. 7 on a list, compiled by Forbes, of the U.S. cities where dollars will stretch the farthest.

Oklahoma City took the top spot followed by Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., Nashville and San Antonio.
 
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