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Elisabeth Carroll Parks @ECscribbles

Writer, Charlie Rich enthusiast, @BojanglesMusic lug nut

Joined March 2011
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Such a fun piece to write
Emma Balter@EmmaBalter
14 Mar 2024
I cannot wait for y'all to see this one in print, but here's a sneak peek at @ECscribbles's wonderful piece in @HoustoniaMag about the world travels of @MenilCollection curators, with incredible illustrations by @LarsLeetaru. houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cu…
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The Daily Show
@TheDailyShow
24 Jan 2024
Here it is, your Moment of Zen
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Talking to @hougrandopera’s Richard Bado for @houstoniamag supported a correlation I’ve noticed: the most brilliant & accomplished are usually the most humble & kind, too. Thanks to @EmmaBalter and @DanieljRenfrow1 for letting me write about Bado. houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cu…

Richard Bado Reflects on 35 Years at Houston Grand Opera

With three and a half decades of seasons under his belt, the chorus director is intent on showing audiences that opera is for everyone.

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Wrote about Rodney Crowell for @TheBGSituation. We live a couple of miles from the house where his parents lived when he was born. Winding through 2nd Ward streets listening to his music got me thinking more about place & how it shapes the people in it. thebluegrasssituation.com/re…

From 'Heartworn Highways' to Chicago, Rodney Crowell Keeps Getting Better - The Bluegrass Situation

There is a crossroads of 1970s folk, blues, and nonconformity in Texas. Ask students of it about Rodney Crowell, and chances are, visions of a lean, baby-faced guitar picker belting out “Bluebird...

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So grateful to @andrewdansby for this look at what Shawn and I have been up to @BojanglesMusic. The lede is so good it makes me never want to write again. houstonchronicle.com/lifesty…

Houston's Bojangles Music School expands with new location

Bojangles Music School sought some of the best instrumentalists in the city to instruct on the rock 'n' roll staples like guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. 

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When Randy Hines was a consultant living in DC, he missed kolaches. But he didn’t find a way to ship them from Texas. He learned how to bake them. People like Randy make me feel lazy. My latest for @Chron: the heartwarming history of @Kolache_Shoppe. chron.com/food/article/kolac…

You're about to see a lot more of this kolache shop in Houston

Why is Kolache Shoppe getting in the franchise game? Look to its history.

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5 Apr 2023
Very worth reading this @nytimes op-ed from @KetchSecor a thoughtful call to action for country music in the wake of Nashville’s school shooting (& those across the nation) nytimes.com/2023/04/05/opini…

Opinion | Country Music Can Lead America Out of Its Obsession With Guns (Published 2023)

Gun violence in Nashville needs to be a wake-up call to the country music community.

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Saw a 4-year-old in a Levon Helm tee yesterday at @HKDMHtown. I said, “Dude, what a shirt!” He smiled as his grandmother grinned, shrugged, and said, “He loves the Band.”
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Art deco nods to Mayan pyramids, the headquarters of a daily published 1924-32, the home to 200 pieces by Texas artists: Houston’s downtown hotels preserve and make history in a city that often razes its past. Had a good time writing this one for @Chron. chron.com/life/travel/articl…

10 downtown Houston hotels close to the NCAA Final Four

From historic charm to modern luxury, these stays will make your trip a dream.

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This is such an entertaining read, whether you’re planning to stuff your face at the rodeo or abstaining altogether.
Emma Balter@EmmaBalter
7 Mar 2023
I tasted 27 food items at @RODEOHOUSTON so you don't have to. chron.com/food/article/best-…
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we are frighteningly well resourced@poisonjr
28 Feb 2023
texans are so scary bc they have a very mild accent so you think they're normal and let your guard down and then you offer them an orange and they say "i've never eaten fruit"
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Here’s to Pioneer Wagon, the Houston rodeo vendor proving nightmares can be *scrumptious.* My latest for @chron: chron.com/food/article/houst…

This Houston rodeo food vendor wants you to eat his rattlesnake

Pioneer Wagon will serve two to three tons of snake meat this year.

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So Yuli is not at spring training somewhere else, right? So there’s still hope. Right?
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My first piece for @chron celebrates Yale Street Grill’s 100th birthday. Shawn took me there after we started dating. Then, we took Gus, who built castles out of tabletop coffee creamers. Then, we added Guy, who knocked down the castles. chron.com/food/article/yale-…

This 100-year-old Heights diner is like real-life 'Cheers'

Yale Street Grill provides Houstonians with pancakes and a sense of belonging.

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The result of reading our three-year-old @SpaceCityWX and @mattlanza every morning on the way to school
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Akilah Hughes@AkilahObviously
8 Aug 2021
Schools “can’t enforce masks” but sure did enforce not letting us wear shorts or spaghetti straps.
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Happy, happy birthday to the coolest motherfunker on the planet. 79 and feeling fine.
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Sarah Smith 🦙@sarahesmith23
30 Apr 2021
Two men are sitting outside a coffee shop loudly discussing startup ideas. Nature is healing.
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Sister Helen Prejean@helenprejean
16 Jan 2021
The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. Over nearly 40 years of visiting death row facilities across the United States, I have never met a single person with money or resources. Capital punishment means “those without the capital get the punishment.”
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