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The year of Queen Bey: Houston singer makes Forbes list of World's Most Powerful Women

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

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Best memories: Eight powerful performances that made this arts season special

City Life

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Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

Everything is bigger in Texas: Houston is second-fastest growing city in the nation

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — bras and bridesmaids galore!

New Urban Harvest executive director aims to plant seeds of growth

Fashion/Style

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Designer Toni Whitaker makes a dramatic comeback after a forced hiatus from fashion

Diamonds, pearls & 1920s flair mark Tiffany & Co. collection for The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby movie flapper gown can be yours — for a mere $19,000

Fashion with a conscience: Chan Luu creates jewelry line from a world perspective

Food/Drink

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Houston restaurants dominate region's best list: Oxheart beats Austin's best easily

Another in-town Mexican restaurant announces closing after 15 years in business

Brewpub freedom: Texas House loosens craft beer restrictions; Gov. Perry will decide

Revamped Heights ice house is a craft beer and food truck Drive Inn haven — and it's not too hip

Home/Design

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

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

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

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

Real Estate

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Houston is getting a new live music restaurant — and it comes with Montrose cred

Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise; no slowdown in sight

Defying the demolition craze: New $80 million downtown hotel to save a 102-year-old skyscraper

Historic Heights church to be bulldozed as more restaurants and stores move into 19th Street district

Social Scene

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Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

Art flies off the walls at this first-time gala: Montrose gallery draws a happy crowd

Rubber duckies rule as young professionals cowboy up at a hot restaurant

Hot men, cool cars and cigar girls: This Boys Night Out is beyond sizzling

Sports

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

Houston Super Bowl to include a rocket ship ride, a Space Needle and big-name concerts

Astrodome future not tied to Super Bowl, judge insists: But forget those neat save it ideas without money

Travel

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Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

Making flying sexy: Hooking up at the airport is easy thanks to a new niche dating website

National magazine dubs Houston one of most affordable travel destinations in America

Punk times are back: New NYC fashion exhibit shows off spiked hair, safety pins and more

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Beyond the Boxscore

Reid Ryan a better pick than Nolan Ryan for Astros, but Luhnow still ultimately controls franchise's fate

By Chris Baldwin

05.16.13 | 7:26 pm

Reid Ryan isn't his father. He's not a baseball legend who can do no wrong in Houston. He's not a cowboy riding in on a white horse to save the day. But he's actually the better ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Astros owner Jim Crane and Franci Crane take bows at Center for Contemporary Craft benefit

By Shelby Hodge

05.09.13 | 10:32 am

Unbeknownst to Jim Crane, or at least according to his wife Franci Crane, the owner of the Houston Astros has been supporting the Houston Center for Contemprorary Craft for years — thank ...

Beyond the Boxscore

No Mike Rice tirades will hit the worst team in baseball: Bo Porter vows calm amid Astros whiff city

By Chris Baldwin

04.03.13 | 6:17 pm

It hits Minute Maid like a cold, hard morning — slapping the fans who show for the first afternoon game of the season, slapping anyone who wants to believe these total rebuild Houston Astros ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Owner's suite is celeb central at Astros opener: Lyle Lovett, J.J. Watt & others celebrate big win

By Shelby Hodge

04.01.13 | 12:01 pm

Once J.J. Watt had tossed out the ceremonial first pitch in Minute Maid Park and after Lyle Lovett had sung the national anthem, the two stars of two very different worlds made their way to the upp ...

Astros Opening Night Surprise

Rangers stunned by Astros intensity: No payroll team punches first, uses a football fever

By Chris Baldwin

04.01.13 | 12:45 am

When it's over, with the Houston Astros having made the good kind of history, their first bit of American League history, Bo Porter's 25 guys come together one more time in the center of th ...

Opening Day

J.J. Watt flashes a serious fastball: Rock star Texan throws heat in Astros first pitch

By Chris Baldwin

03.31.13 | 7:41 pm

J.J. Watt didn't throw a strike, but no one at Minute Maid Park cared. The Houston Texans defensive end did what he promised, bringing a serious fastball to a ceremonial first pitch that ha ...

The Skipper

Bo Porter strips in dugout to make a point: Astros new manager goes bold on Opening Day

By Chris Baldwin

03.31.13 | 6:22 pm

Bo Porter will do anything to drive home his point. The Houston Astros new manager is not above props, slogans or even a little shirt shedding. Porter took off his long-sleeved top in the dugou ...

J.J. Watt's Baseball Adventure

J.J. Watt even brings crazy intensity to Astros first pitch duties: NFL star goes to extremes

By Chris Baldwin

03.30.13 | 5:56 am

J.J. Watt is simply not wired like the rest of us. The NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year refuses to let up, refuses to give into lowered expectations — even when it comes to ...

Shelby about town

Partying with the Houston Astros new big hire and with Secretaries of State keeps the scene rocking

By Shelby Hodge

03.27.13 | 1:46 pm

We've seldom seen a more formidable group of Houston women than that gathered at the home of Franci and Jim Crane on Monday when Franci and Terri Havens hosted a welcome lunch for Meg Vaillanco ...

Fun Feherty Times

Round of golf with Astros owner Jim Crane sells for $40,000; a golf legend is accused of doing crack

By Chris Baldwin

03.06.13 | 11:11 am

The bid comes from the very back of the packed Hilton Americas-Houston ballroom, from a table where the stage at the front sometimes only seems like a rumor. The table is so far back that the aucti ...

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Quirky Houston attractions	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	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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Downtown Watering Holes	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	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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Places to see an art house movie	A-List Art Deco

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	Free Museum Days

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	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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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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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Indie Coffee Joints

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Swell Party Venues	Happy Hour treats

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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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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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Cupcake Heaven

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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Carnaval hits Houston: Young visionaries rock Brazilian-themed party

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Big name Houston restaurant suddenly closes after only a year, cites "legal reasons"

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The Procrastinator's Guide to Memorial Day Weekend

05.24.13

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New low-calorie, high-end chain restaurant tries to measure up to Houston's foodie powers

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Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

24 \| may at 1:30 pm	2013 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures at MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
24 \| may at 6:00 pm	Art opening reception & lecture: "Morning Coffee"
Community Artists' Collective
24 \| may at 6:00 pm	Pura Vida Tequila Bottle Signing with Sully Erna, Lead Singer of Godsmack
Spec's Liquor Warehouse
24 \| may at 6:00 pm	Trill Comedy Festival
Station Theater