1. The area is defined by many oil industry related companies and large corporations, such as ExxonMobil and Shell. Also it is home to residential neighborhoods, restaurants, and parks.
2. A district located along Memorial Drive and Eldridge Parkway where much of Houston's oil industry is localized.
Refers to the gentrifying effect of the University of Pennsylvania on the West Philadelphia area.
(noun) A longtime election straw poll conducted among the patrons of Duke's Rotary Barber Shop with a reputation for accurately predicting the outcome of local elections.
Coffee laced with chicory. Rumored to have originated in New Orleans during the Civil War, when the city was under a federal blockade and could not import enough coffee, which necessitated blending the coffee with chicory root. Chicory is added to coffee in other parts of the world, including Madras and Belgium. Made famous at Cafe Du Monde on Jackson Square.
A Brooklyn event that's kind of like the Alaskan Iditarod, only instead of dogs and sleds, they use people (idiots) and shopping carts. Idiotarod 2010 takes place on January 30th.
