Do you all remember that time last year when El Paso hosted thousands of visitors for the 2010 United States Bowling Congress Open Women’s Championships? Whether it’d be via billboards or seeing friendly strangers at your local mom-and-pop restaurants, El Paso was impacted in more ways than just making a few extra friends. Due to the substantial flow [...]
Once again, El Paso is making headlines for one of those “tall” problems. Seems this time, though, its not our looks or terrible job market, its discrimination.
This morning, El Paso Community College announced the arrival of the school’s new mascot- Tejano Jack. The El Paso Times added that that T.J. wants to be the face of the school- as well of the face of local Tejanos and Tejanas. We’re wondering what your thoughts are on the mascot’s new look and feel. [...]
It turns out that Men’s Health, a magazine that once ranked El Paso as the 27th most-sex-happy city, has a quite a different opinion of the Sun City when it comes to social networking. Thanks to a reader tip, TSM found out that El Paso was officially given a score of ‘F’ and placed dead [...]
We love blogs! And the only thing we love more than visiting our favorites daily, is adding more to our list. Here are a few blogs authored by amazing El Pasoans. Read, comment and bookmark! 1. True Love Nation by Erika Ann. Erika grew a deep appreciation for weddings when planning her own. Now happily married, Erika [...]
If there was ever a time when we wished we could read lips it was when we watched this 3 minute clip posted by the Huffington Post which recaps the anger and frustration that took place on the sidelines.
In a disappointing turn of events, game developers have decided to capitalize on the cartel violence that has plagued Mexico for years and has resulted in the death of thousands of people in our neighboring city, Juarez. Two new games are set to be released this summer, ”Call of Juarez: The Cartel” and “Smuggle Truck.” According to [...]
City Council: We love you! On Tuesday, the big boys (and girls) who give us permission to do stuff around here approved city permits and agreed to fork up $20k for our wonderful city to host the much-anticipated Neon Music Festival. The festival, to take place in the San Jacinto Plaza and Cleveland Park areas, will [...]
More likely than not, you’ve seen an ecstatic post on Facebook about one of the delicious eateries that have been trucking around El Paso. Food trucks become somewhat of a trending topic on both the local and national level. If you tune in to FoodNetwork and you can catch an episode of The Great Food Truck [...]
Whether you have actually been interested or not, everyone has been talking about American Idol. Season 10 premiered last night to criticism, acclaim and even indifference. Since, the reviews are all over the map, we took to Sidereel.com to watch a replay of the show & give our 2 cents.
By David Pacheco Inspiration can come from anywhere at any time, just ask local artist Josh Arthur. Somewhere in between walking along the sandy shores of Pacific Beach, riding a ferry across the Puget Sound, or standing in the front row of an Ice Cube concert, Josh Arthur got the inspiration to become an artist. [...]
Words & Photos by Danielle Urbina It’s a fairly warm Sunday morning in downtown El Paso, and everything seems to be as it should. The banks are closed, the bustle of the busy streets is almost non-existent and there are small groups walking to and from church. Driving down Mesa is seemingly the same as [...]
Words by Farzad Farrokhnia I felt almost as excited as I used to get in 5th grade when I’d rush home after school to catch old episodes of The Justice League on Cartoon Network. It was only 2pm and I was already well into my work day. I was excited because earlier that day, I [...]
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