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Whitney RadleyStaff WriterWhitney Radley grew up in a small town where the Piney Woods meet the Gulf Coastal Plains. After studying English at the University of Texas and Spanish at the University of North Texas, she tried her hand at a couple of careers in a few different locales before ending up in Houston, and on CultureMap's doorstep, in August of 2011. You'll now find her exploring the city. Voraciously. |
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Better signs, better business?
Mayor Parker pleads with citizens to support shops & restaurants along light rail construction
By Whitney Radley
05.22.12 | 2:14 pm
No matter which way you travel in central Houston, it's tough to avoid a light rail in some phase of construction — but some argue that Houstonians shouldn't try ...
Airport Wars Ammo?
Skyrocketing: Airfares at Hobby have risen 38 percent since 2000, but IAH still much higher priced
By Whitney Radley
05.22.12 | 7:34 am
Fourth quarter airfare data is in from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the numbers are predictably dour for travelers: The cost of flying ...
Worlds Collide
Erin Andrews and Tony Romo to be linked forever? It's all in the sports family for Chace Crawford
By Whitney Radley
05.21.12 | 11:22 pm
Who's the newest unlikely celebrity couple? According to Us Weekly, it's Chace Crawford and Erin Andrews. The two have recently been spotted together at parties and intimate dinners ...
Better than Dallas
The 13th best high school in the country is in Houston — City gets props in Newsweek rankings
By Whitney Radley
05.21.12 | 4:09 pm
Newsweek has released its annual America's Best High Schools list, with one Houston school earning high accolades. Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School, a selective enrollment secondary school in the ...
CultureMap Exclusive
A behind the scenes look at dinosaur heaven: Inside HMNS' new Paleo Hall with Leon the Hadrosaur
By Whitney Radley
05.21.12 | 6:04 am
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is understandably excited about its new Hall of Paleontology, a bigger, better space with room for 60 major mounts, fossils and dinosaurs that trace ...
Just move to Houston . . .
Sugar Land gets its own Ashby high rise drama: The Imperial Sugar Mill apartments fight
By Whitney Radley
05.21.12 | 5:46 am
Something is rotten in the City of Sugar, and Diana Miller won't have it. A realtor and a Sugar Land resident, Miller is outraged that the City Council has ...
Hometown Glory
The most frugal city in America? Houston No. 1 in the country for coupon use
By Whitney Radley
05.20.12 | 11:01 am
Houstonians: Are you thrifty? Because SaveEveryday.com, a mobile couponing site that tailors coupon deals according to each customer's interests and locations, says so. Houston ranked No. 1 among ...
An unforgettable night
Sugar Land teen is national winner in prom makeover contest
By Whitney Radley
05.19.12 | 3:15 pm
Oh, high school prom. Left to one's own teenage devices, an unflattering up-do, an off-color cummerbund or any number of other mistakes that can cause emotional despair in the ...
Taking Off?
Southwest lands important allies in the airport war: GHP & Convention Bureau both support international flights at Hobby
By Whitney Radley
05.18.12 | 4:32 pm
The Houston airport battle continues to heat up: On Friday, the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) and the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau both publicly supported an international terminal at ...
Immigrant rights
UH-Downtown students reveal their undocumented status in support of DREAM Act legislation
By Whitney Radley
05.17.12 | 5:40 pm
The DREAM Act — legislation by which undocumented underage immigrants could receive a fast track to U.S. citizenship by enrolling in college or joining the military — has been in congressional ...
Up in the air
The United argument: Southwest international flights at Hobby will hurt Houston, benefit Dallas and Atlanta
By Clifford Pugh, Whitney Radley
05.17.12 | 12:32 pm
Like a feuding couple, the new United Airlines and Houston are in a rocky relationship. Picking Chicago over Houston for the combined airline's headquarters left a lot of hurt ...
Watch the Video
The talk of the art world: Yasuaki Onishi's stunning Rice Gallery work draws national attention
By Whitney Radley
05.17.12 | 12:01 pm
Ever since Yasuaki Onishi's reverse of volume RG at Rice Gallery opened, the site-specific installation has drawn media attention from outlets as varied as Fast Co. Design, Gizmodo and ...
Kicking Cancer's Butt
A breast cancer breakthrough at M.D. Anderson? New vaccine helps prevent relapse
By Whitney Radley
05.16.12 | 6:25 pm
Good news for breast cancer patients: A post-treatment vaccine currently in its second phase of clinical trial at Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has proven to prevent disease ...
Cycle Power
Sweating by candlelight: DEFINErevolution puts a new spin on the old gym routine
By Whitney Radley
05.16.12 | 10:12 am
From the outside, the newly-opened DEFINE: body & mind studio on Bissonnet Street appears more like a boutique than a gym. That aesthetic carries into the lobby, past the ballet barre ...
How about that high-speed rail?
Houston leads the nation in super commuters — including 51,900 who drive to work from Dallas
By Whitney Radley
05.16.12 | 9:27 am
As if the need for an efficient, high speed rail system in Texas weren't clear enough, take a look at these figures. A study published by the Rudin Center ...
Girl Scout Power
The next Rebecca Black? Meet the 11-year-old Houston girl who won a national YouTube video contest
By Whitney Radley
05.15.12 | 8:24 am
Congratulations are in order for Houstonian Cameron Dasher, an 11-year-old first year Cadette with the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto, who won the Voter's Choice Award for her entry ...
US Weekly loves him
Helicopter stud: Houston villain Kalon Joseph Reid McMahon credited with saving bland Bachelorette
By Whitney Radley
05.14.12 | 1:40 pm
The eighth season of ABC's The Bachelorette doesn't premiere until Monday night, but Houston's Kalon Joseph Reid McMahon is already shaping up as the show's villain ...
The Toll
Last summer's drought cost Texas $253.1 million before the wildfires: $7.62 billion in lost crops overall
By Whitney Radley
05.14.12 | 11:32 am
Last summer's drought and resulting wildfires were devastating, and the financial toll should come as no surprise. Still, a report recently released by the Texas' Legislative Budget Board shows ...
Queen Bey
Shoulda put a signature on it? Beyoncé's stunning $100 million lawsuit
By Whitney Radley
05.13.12 | 4:00 pm
Beyoncé probably felt like she was making a smart move when she dodged a $20 million video game deal with Gate Five LLC in December 2010. But that decision has ...
Calling All Oil Barons
The race to deflower the 70-year-old virgin is on: Only tall, dark and handsome millionaires need apply
By Whitney Radley
05.11.12 | 1:50 pm
The time has come: The Sexational Pam Shaw, a 70-year-old cabaret singer from the United Kingdom, told the Sun that she is now finally ready to lose her virginity. Shaw ...
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