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Vote for Best Houston Blogger

Wanna help me out?  I’ve been nominated as one of Click2Houston’s Best of Houston Local Bloggers.  I’d love to get your vote if you love my site.  Simply vote online here to help me reach the top spot.  Vote in other categories for Best Restaurants, Museums, Shopping, Nightlife, and more.  I get nothing more than [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Monday, June 21st, 2010

Vote: Houston Finalist as Smashburger’s Biggest Fan

Hey Houston!  Help support a local Houstonian selected as one of the 8 finalists in Smashburger’s Biggest Fan contest.  Folks submitted videos from around the country for the “big title” and the top 8 were selected.  Vote for this Houston favorite — in return you’ll be entered to win free Smashburger for one year.  Houston’s [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Contest Winner for H-E-B Gift Card…

Congratulations to #55 out of the 273 eligible comments.  Kelly E. is the lucky winner of the H-E-B gift card.  Please contact me so we can arrange for the prize to be sent to you.  Thanks to everyone for participating! More contests on the way, for sure…  In fact, Bud at Royers Round Top Cafe [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Friday, May 7th, 2010

Congratulations to the Royers’ Pie Winner!

ANOTHER exciting contest has come and gone… Thanks to all 175 folks who participated!  Random.org selected #86 as the winner — so congratulations go to Annette!  Your special pie from Royers Round Top Cafe will be delivered to your door — in time for Mother’s Day if I hear from you quickly! Don’t forget there [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Mother’s Day at H-E-B: Win $20 Gift Card

CONTEST ENDED. YOUR neighborhood H-E-B has a variety of options on Mother’s Day to please the Mother or special woman in your life.  Consider chocolate-dipped strawberries (available for a limited time), floral arrangements, and ingredients for your delicious Sunday meal. Use the $3 off in store coupon for hand-tied bouquets or floral arrangements or get [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Contest: Win a Pie from Royers Round Top Cafe

CONTEST ENDED. HOW WOULD YOU like to indulge in some famous pie for Mother’s Day weekend? Our latest contest features a chocolate chip pie from the famous Royers Round Top Cafe.  This quaint cafe sits on Main Street in Round Top with population 77, about half-way between Houston and Austin.  The town is famous for [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

10 Contest Winners for Da Camera Performance

The contest for tickets to Da Camera’s May 1 performance has ended… Here are the 10 winners from 61 eligible entries: – Frank B., Michele, Melanie, Raul, John, Michelle, MJM, Monica, Leslie, KW Please be careful of duplicate names.  I have e-mailed the winners directly.  If you haven’t received the e-mail, then it’s a different [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Contest: Win Tickets to Da Camera’s Twilight of Romanticism May 1

CONTEST ENDED at 4 PM. IT’S BEEN awhile since our last contest — so let’s add a little excitement here again!  Thanks to the generous nature of Da Camera, 10 readers can win a pair of tickets to Da Camera’s performance “The Twilight of Romanticism” this Saturday, May 1, at 8 p.m.  The performance features [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Win Free Tickets for a Year from StubDog

OUR FAVORITE folks at StubDog are running an exciting promotion… How would you like to win a pair of tickets each month for a year?  It’s not difficult to be entered to win.  Just share your love for StubDog.com’s half-price ticket site with family and friends.  When you refer two friends who sign up to [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

And the Contest Winner is…

ARE YOU TIRED after the weekend time change?  Well, participate in today’s National Napping Day!  Mattress Giant is encouraging this activity with its new Simmons mattress in my contest giveaway. Thanks for all the wonderful napping stories in the contest post.  Lots of fun to read your silly and embarrassing moments…  Let’s announce our winner.  [...]

Posted by: Vicki Powers on Monday, March 15th, 2010