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Transit Booty

METRO loves big buses: More massive accordion buses are taking over Houston's streets

By Whitney Radley

05.21.13 | 06:10 pm

After several years of overcrowded bus routes, METRO is bringing back long buses to Houston's streets. (KUHF's Gail Delaughter first reported the news.) At a midyear budget briefing ...

Pix of the Day

Computer geeks seek innovative solutions to city problems at first annual hackathon

By Whitney Radley

05.21.13 | 01:27 pm

Hackers and government may not seem a likely match, but the City of Houston's first annual Open Innovation Hackathon over the weekend drew more than 280 civic-minded computer nerds ...

Houston Greek Festival Niko Niko's gyro eating contest May 2013 eating

Pix of the Day

Gyro Hero: Winner sets world record in Greek sandwich eating contest

By Barbara Kuntz

05.20.13 | 06:00 pm

The heat was on this weekend as 12 brave men and women stepped up to the challenge at the Houston Greek Festival: Eat as many gyros as humanly possibly in ...

Mickey Leland Federal Building, 2006 photo

All is safe

Downtown tower evacuated when workers fall ill after suspicious package arrives

By Clifford Pugh

05.20.13 | 05:13 pm

The eighth floor of the Mickey Leland Federal Building in downtown Houston was evacuated Monday afternoon after six workers in the mailroom complained of headaches after examining a suspicious package ...

DEA agent shot outside Houstonian May 2013

Tranquility Interrupted

Bullets fly in undercover drug sting on grounds of luxury hotel

By Whitney Radley

05.20.13 | 02:06 pm

The normally-tranquil grounds of the Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa were interrupted this weekend when an undercover officer from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency fired multiple shots at four suspects ...

Katie Louisiana Revisited part 6 May 2013 Workers on Grand Isle

Secret Oil Spill Cleanup

Secrecy still surrounds Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup: Please don't look at those tar balls!

By Katie Oxford

05.19.13 | 05:01 pm

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...

Hometown Glory

The best city for young families? The Woodlands runs away with that honor in new rankings

By Whitney Radley

05.19.13 | 12:32 pm

Once the basic needs of food, water and shelter are out of the way, young families invariably look to public school systems, cost of living and economic growth in determining ...

Super Guppy

Mystery solved: Bizarre mega-aircraft at Hobby Airport is part of Space City's forgotten past

By Tyler Rudick

05.19.13 | 07:30 am

A strange piece of Space City history was unlocked this week after a local Reddit user posted an image of one of the oddest aircrafts ever flown this side of ...

Hipster Christian Housewife

Epiphany at the Villa: How a serene retreat of silence turned into a terrifying encounter with God

By Cameron Dezen Hammon

05.18.13 | 02:30 pm

In honor of Mother's Day last Sunday, I elected to spend a day with some unusual mothers last week. It was a day of silence, actually, which, again is ...

CultureMap Moment

Houston Food Bank partners with local artists on a hunger-fighting mission

By Whitney Radley

05.18.13 | 09:30 am

Each year, the Houston Food Bank finds supportive sponsors in Whole Foods Market, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and the arts community for an important annual event — Empty Bowls ...

Surprise Hospital Cuts

M.D. Anderson enacts austerity measures amidst Houston's booming economy

By Tyler Rudick

05.17.13 | 01:33 pm

While Houston continues to receive national attention for its strong economy and employment numbers, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center announced it will be enacting austerity measures ...

An arson attack?

Mystery only deepens around West Texas explosion: Blast compared to Oklahoma City

By Claire St. Amant

05.17.13 | 01:21 pm

Authorities have revealed the latest details of the ongoing investigation into what caused a fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas last month. The April 17th blast ...

Empty Bowls Houston May 2013 Karen Fiscus with Bowls

Houston Food Bank Benefit

Filling empty bowls: Messages of hope from artists on a hunger fighting crusade

By Joel Luks

05.16.13 | 03:28 pm

An empty bowl is a bittersweet symbol of scarcity and hope, particularly as an emblem that cradles the motivating force behind one fundraiser that benefits the Houston Food Bank. The ...

Big Business

High rolling: Houston dominates Fortune 500, but Wal-Mart is still No. 1

By Whitney Radley

05.15.13 | 04:48 pm

The new 2013 Fortune 500 is out, and Texas companies — many of them oil and gas-related — took 52 spots on the prestigious ranked-by-revenue list. Twenty five of those were based ...

woman mad and swearing while on the phone

Texans Have Manners

A well-mannered win: Texas ranks super low in swearing, it's no potty mouthed state

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13 | 02:48 pm

With all our yes ma'ams and no sirs, we Texans are a well-mannered bunch . . . and now there's statistical data to prove it. According to a new study, the ...

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Riverstone
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Junior League of Houston
22 \| may at 1:30 pm	Sketching in the Galleries
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	Formula One technology hits the streets: A sneak peek at McLaren's new supercar Revving up summer in the 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible: Does the top down love stack up? A sporty new Range Rover that's big on style: CultureMap previews the new Evoque The Ford Mustang GT convertible is the original pony car, but is it the best? An exotic tour of the town with Houston Motor Club: Inside the culture of hot car swapping Volvo S60 T5 strives to be a little naughty, but with nifty features it sure is nice The comeback kid: Chrysler experiences a renaissance with the 200 and 300
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Places to see an art house movie

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30
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Imperiled Architecture	Late Night Bites

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Cool hotel pools for chilling

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Indie Coffee Joints	Happy Hour treats

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)
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Cupcake Heaven	Quirky Houston attractions

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery
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A-List Art Deco	Downtown Watering Holes

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Free Museum Days

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	The Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science Children's Museum of Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Blaffer Art Museum
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Swell Party Venues	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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