SHORT TALK
Next time you’re pulled over by a Highway Patrol officer in Missouri, don’t bother to drop your beer. As long as you don’t raise it to your lips, you’re good. And your passengers are welcome to keep boozing.
July 01, 2009
You can stuff your face with free food alongside the family, or you can indulge in some floating shenanigans with buddies this Fourth of July. You choose.
Pros: If your family likes to go big, you can look forward to free BBQ, shrimp plates, snow cone machines and potentially illegal fireworks.
Missouri law allows open containers for everyone but the driver
Next time you’re pulled over by a Highway Patrol officer in Missouri, don’t bother to drop your beer. As long as you don’t raise it to your lips, you’re good. And your passengers are welcome to keep boozing.
June 24, 2009
Miss Hooters International 2009 interview
Vox sat down with newly crowed recent MU grad Raechel Holtgrave
(Web Exclusive) She said everything with a smile, a laugh and often-invisible question marks at the end of sentences that dominate the speech of many-a-sorority-sister. And despite what stereotypes might go along with being Miss Hooters, most people would probably realize that she’s a pretty nice girl after talking with her in person.
Eat this: Surf and turf steak sandwich
Room 38’s most popular sandwich combines the forces of beef filet with lobster and crab. “You can’t go wrong with good quality beef and top it with seafood,” says chef and managing partner Jeremy Bowles.
It figures: You can count on Columbia summers
Now is the time for air conditioning and ice cream eating. Vox can’t reduce the humidity, but we can offer you a few interesting figures that define Columbia summers.
Get gold, guitars and guns down at the pawn shop
A line of 27-inch televisions — the old-school kind with convex screens and massive backsides — are set to ESPN. On the screens, basketball players silently pass and jump. In the room, piped-in ’70s classic rock favorites replace their shouts and thuds until a man with a chainsaw enters. The loud, dull buzzing of the saw momentarily drowns out a guitar solo.
June 17, 2009
Five things to do for discounted dad dates
Attention procrastinators: Father’s Day is this weekend. Whether you’re clueless about what to do for him or don’t have the green to spend, we’ve scavenged a few free or cheap options to wow Dad.
Eat this: Brock's green pepper rings
The crunchy, sweet and slightly spicy flavor of Brock’s Green Pepper Rings at Murry’s might have you falling in love at first bite. The appetizer easily convinces customers to lick the last morsels off their fingers with complete satisfaction.
You take the high wall, and I'll take the low bench
Think of it as getting from A to B in the fastest possible way by climbing walls, vaulting railings or leaping across buildings. No, this isn’t the opening scene in Casino Royale; this is the too-cool-for-school art of parkour.
Checklist for parkour beginners
June 10, 2009
Area used- car lots serve the fast and the curious
A Vegas hypnotist has nothing on the stereotypical used-car salesman in the persuasion department. A hypnotist might make you look like a fool, or you might walk out of a used-car dealership holding the keys to an ’80s muscle car and contemplating a mullet.
June 03, 2009
Looking for a way to unique way to stylize your body? Weigh out the street cred and the permanence of two options: tattoos and piercings.
A subtle stigma for getting inked remains after tattoos' mid-’90s rise to Main Street.
Often considered the mark of criminals and social deviants, tattoos have a long, sordid past in contemporary society. Fathers have forbidden daughters to permanently blemish their bodies and invite judgment. Prisoners decorate their biceps with gang signs and hate messages. Yet people continue to inscribe names, music lyrics, works of art and other sentiments on their bodies, and the popularity of tattoos is growing.
May 27, 2009
You need an accessory to go with your new skinny jeans, but you also enjoy taking your music with you. What goes better with your faux hawk? Vinyl or iPod?
Columbia’s odd (and sometimes dirty) jobs and the people who do them.
It’s the perfect summer day. On the golf course, you drive your cart to the next hole. You take a swing and your ball splashes into the nearby lake. Besides being over par, you’re overheated and decide to head inside for a beer and leave the ball to sink to the bottom of the lake bed (or maybe get swallowed by the gator that took Chubs’ hand).
May 20, 2009
New state legislation opens a discussion on helmet use for motorcyclists 21 or older.
On Saturday, May 16, the Missouri General Assembly sent legislation to Gov. Jay Nixon about helmet use for motorcycle drivers 21 or older when they’re not riding on highways. VOX examines both sides of the issue.
Lifestyles of mid-Missouri’s famously named
How much do you love your name? One day someone might taint it by becoming obnoxiously famous.
May 14, 2009
The economy gets a boost from jobs for the next generation
Millions of Americans are losing their jobs each day due to budget cuts as a result of a failing economy. Now, an older, more experienced generation is competing for the entry-level jobs typically sought by inexperienced college grads. In an attempt to brighten this bleak picture, Vice President Joe Biden and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon presented young Missourians with what they hope is the light signaling an end to this jobless tunnel.
Step out of Columbia and into the Mediterranean world of Casablanca. With authentic Middle Eastern music playing in the background, the small restaurant has a homey feel.
