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Gardening Tips and Tricks

Bayou Planting Guide helps your garden grow: Five foolpoof plants that thrive in the Houston climate

By Marika Rafte

05.25.13 | 02:01 pm

After tirelessly finishing up spring-cleaning, its time to kick off summer. Make the outside of your home as beautiful as the inside by planting a garden. With help from the ...

creative community space

Inside The Tinderbox: New craft shop emerges amid the restaurants and bars of Mid-Main

By Whitney Radley

05.23.13 | 12:16 pm

Frequent visitors to Mid-Main might have noticed a new tenant among the music venues, restaurants and bars lining the trendy strip: The Tinderbox, an artisan craft studio and shop, has ...

12 Houston Ronda Rice Carman event May 2013 Lynne T. Jones, Ronda Rice Carman, Amber Reddoch

Designing woman

Inside great designer homes: Lifestyle blogger Ronda Rice Carman gives everyone house envy

By Shelby Hodge

05.21.13 | 11:31 am

Oh, how we love looking at the way other people live, our curiosity sated with home tours, design magazines and now a glam coffee table book that takes us into ...

Crafty Commerce

The coolest gifts online: Houston entrepreneur aims to make handmade chic & cheap

By Rachael Abrams

05.15.13 | 03:17 pm

Online shopping is easier than ever — just a few clicks and your package is on its way. But when it comes to buying chic yet affordable handcrafted goods made in ...

Houston Design Center Talk

Hometown girl turned celeb tastemaker Ronda Rice Carman lets you inside her drawers

By Joel Luks

05.13.13 | 12:08 pm

To know the Rice folks is to have an extended family. You're instantly adopted — and you don't have a choice or say in the matter (if you know ...

5 Decorative Center Houston Stars of Design May 2013 Bill Stubbs, Charles Cohen

Shelby's Social Diary

Billionaire developer swoops in from NYC to present Decorative Center Stars of Design awards

By Shelby Hodge

05.03.13 | 10:35 am

It's been two decades since New York-based billionaire developer Charles Cohen embraced the design field by orchestrating the first Stars of Design awards program at the Pacific Design Center ...

Design Stars

The design event of the year: Your cheat sheet to Decorative Center Houston's Spring Market

By Barbara Kuntz

04.30.13 | 03:01 pm

Spring Market at the Decorative Center Houston (set for Wednesday) will fill the day with keynote speakers, showrooms displaying the latest in home furnishings and products, a sculpture exhibition and ...

14 Houston Design Fair kick-off party April 2013 Haley Lightcap, Pamela Thompson

First dibs

Lawndale Design Fair early-bird shopping spree party highlights new vendors and cool crowd

By Joel Luks

04.27.13 | 10:34 am

The golden rule of shopping for one-of-kind fab finds was in the air at Lawndale Art Center Friday night when design-savvy patrons occupied the galleries for this year's Design ...

Houston Design Fair 2013 exhibitors Forma Revivo console

Window shopping

Insider's guide to Lawndale Art Center's Design Fair: How to plan a successful shopping spree

By Joel Luks

04.25.13 | 10:47 am

Lawndale Art Center's yearly Design Fair is among the cultural offerings that have contributed to Houston's ever-flourishing obsession with design. For one weekend only, the forward-thinking art hub ...

Jonathan Adler Houston April 2013 Lauren Rottet, Jonathan Adler, Leslie Hull

Smiley faces

Home furnishings wizard Jonathan Adler has a happy time at opening of new West Ave store

By Clifford Pugh

04.20.13 | 03:49 pm

Jonathan Adler sure seems like a popular guy. The home furnishings wizard was mobbed by admirers throughout most of the evening as he welcomed Houstonians to his big new store ...

Nantucket Showcase Home Tanglewood featuring Lucinda Loya Interior design

Interior Design Power

The ultimate showcase home: An inside look at the $1 million art townhouse

By Whitney Radley

04.19.13 | 10:28 am

Desperate to find some home inspiration this weekend? Look no further than Tanglewood, where the Nantucket Showcase Home will be open for its final weekend run. The 5,000-square-foot townhome ...

Prestige Builders Nantucket Showcase Open House

CultureMap & KHOU

The townhouse of style: This Tanglewood stunner is a designer's dream

By Whitney Radley

04.13.13 | 10:14 am

A Tanglewood townhouse has become a standout in style and philanthropy — and CultureMap's Shelby Hodge took KHOU Ch. 11 News to the scene at 1310 Nantucket for a preview ...

East Montrose home tour giant oak tree in Shiffick Park

Home & Art

A hippie slice of Houston gets its day: Flavorful, tree-hugging neighborhood highlighted

By Joel Luks

04.12.13 | 01:11 pm

Threaten one tree and risk ruffling the feathers of a whole community. It wasn't long ago that East Montrose residents banded together to save a magnanimous oak tree that ...

Hometown Glory

Real designing woman: Courtney Hill Fertitta lands a huge national magazine honor

By Shelby Hodge

04.11.13 | 08:34 am

Since launching her namesake interior design business in 2001, Courtney Hill Fertitta has quietly been going about her business — Courtney Hill Interiors — building a silk-stocking clientele and a solid reputation ...

Gallery Furniture Chef Collection, April 2013, Philippe Schmit and Cleverley Stone

Wine & Food Affair

Foodie furniture: Houston's top chefs and Mattress Mack mesh their talents for Sugar Land

By Jodie Eisenhardt

04.10.13 | 03:19 pm

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and his wife Linda welcomed Houston chefs and supporters of the upcoming 10th Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair to the Gallery Furniture Post Oak store Sunday ...

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The new green: Shop, swap and recycle at innovative flea market

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A hidden Houston is revealed: 10 stories of the city that will surprise you

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Highlights of Hidden Houston: The 10 most surprising stories of the city

25 \| may at 7:30 pm	Black Lab Theatre presents Chinglish
Asia Society Texas Center
25 \| may at 7:30 pm	Landry's Memorial Day Weekend Dinner Cruises
Landry's Seafood
25 \| may at 8:00 pm	Alley Theatre presents Warrior Class
Alley Theatre
25 \| may at 8:00 pm	Alley Theatre presents Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club
Alley Theatre

Downtown Watering Holes	Quirky Houston attractions

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Cool hotel pools for chilling	A-List Art Deco

Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Happy Hour treats	Indie Coffee Joints

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	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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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Late Night Bites

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Cupcake Heaven	Imperiled Architecture

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	Places to see an art house movie

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)	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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Free Museum Days	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

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	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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Shops for the Hip H-Town Man	Swell Party Venues

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