The restaurant I work for, St. Pete's Dancing Marlin is nominated for several categories in citysearch.com's 2006 best of Houston restaurants contest. Voting will last until July 22nd, so you have just a couple of weeks left to obey me by voting for SPDM every single day between now and then (pretty, PRETTY please!) Vote for St. Pete's in Cheap Eats, Comfort Foods, People-Watching, Lunch Spot, Business Dining, Steak, French Fries, Hamburger, Seafood and Raw Oysters categories. Vote daily in each category if you would. In the meantime, come in and "order-up some vittles" (as Granny Clampitt would say) and see how delicious St. Pete's has been for the past six years. Whoever emails me to say they have voted for St. Pete's will receive a free happy hour party and my undying appreciation for your vote. See more of St. Pete's at both www.myspace.com/spdm and www.dancingmarlin.com.

Sean Carnahan and I have teamed up to do some large-scale events together at the Meridian. The first of many will be this month, so join 77002.com and www.houstonqueenofclubs.com for FOUR PLAY on July 15th at the Meridian (1503 Chartres.) The colossal event features two guest DJs and live music by Oh! Beast and Awesome Cool Dudes. For presale tickets, visit 77002.com to purchase. This is an 18 and up show! 2 bands + 2 DJs = 4 PLAY! What's that you say? Want to hear about more 77002.com events? Well, I will tell you about a few, but I highly recommend you subscribe to 77002.com's newsletter so you never miss an event. King Yellowman is on July 14th and is a strictly enforced 18 and up show. The doors open at 9PM for this show at the Meridian. Special sponsors and promotional support for this show are www.houstonbeats.com, www.bluntedinfo.com, www.texasdnb.com, www.77002.com, www.myspace.com/txdnbrecords and www.mkultra.us. You can find out more by calling 713-225-1717.

If your birthday is in July, R&R Partnership would like to make sure your celebration is a memorable one and that you ride in style and safety for your birthday party. Call Carla DiBartola at 713-977-0088 to book your limo, party bus, sedan or shuttle and save 10% off your fare if the date of your trip is within 7 days of your birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM R&R PARTNERSHIP, INC. See more of R&R at www.randrpartnershipinc.com and add us as a friend for future discounts or invitations to events we sponsor at our MySpace webpage www.myspace.com/randrhouston. Has anyone seen the July copy of Barstool yet? Oh, might I add R&R won best limo company of 2005 on www.citysearch.com.

By now, most people have seen the "Evolution of Dance" video which was taped at one of Judson Laipply's speaking engagements. It has been viewed more than 27 million times on the video web site YouTube, see it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg. It's a great way to spend six minutes and it now holds the record as that site's most-viewed video ever. Being the MySpace addict I am, I even found Judson on MySpace at www.myspace.com/lifeischange and there is talk he is putting together an Evolution of Dance part two. While you are browsing around on You Tube, check out this Simpsons Show intro scene using real actors instead of cartoons. Someone did a great job on this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IDp76kjPw.

LOCAL BAND OF THE WEEK: Savoy Special recently opened for Zwee at St. Pete's Dancing Marlin and since I'm learning more about live music I decided to add a weekly feature about one of the bands I've met along the way. Besides, the boys from Savoy were cool as shit and they even gave me a Savoy Special "New Age Hustle" CD to prove it. Give them a listen and check out their calendar listings of where they will be playing and go see a few of their shows. Hey, speaking of local bands, can someone out there tell me when the Houston Press 2006 Music Showcase will be? That's always a fantastic event.

I need to sharpen my pimpin' skills and mention a MySace page that needs more pretty girls added to his friend list, find screen name Outlaw in my top 24 and add him. He is new to MySpace and doesn't "get the hype" and gets bored with it all. MySpace boring? Never! Add some excitement to his virtual experience and add him as a friend. I've known him for about five years and can vouch for him that he is a cool guy.

Eat, drink and be merry at Tranquility, which is a Mediterranean Dinner Club serves dinner every evening from 6:00PM-10:30PM is located at 6101 Westheimer. Should you wish to make reservations or host an event there, contact Rebecca at 713-975-0705. I've never been to Tranquility but was thrilled when Rebecca contacted me to tell me about her new job there, so I did a little research on a great site called b4-u-eat.com. Here's the profile for Tranquility and there are two positive reviews written about the place as well, www.b4-u-eat.com/profile.asp?r=3978. You'll find Pamela St. Cyr, formerly of Mia Bella on Lexington at Tranquility too.