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Danielle Bradbery's amazing Voice win hits home — and now League City wants a piece

Big change at MFAH: Rich Kinder elected new chairman of renowned museum's board

The Heights' feel-good yarn art is destroyed by a vicious old woman vandal: This happened

Drake dials up the arrogance for his new concert tour — and Houston is in his cross hairs

City Life

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Bikini Season 101: How to stay sane and love your hot body — no fat questions allowed

A hybrid that actually looks good? Lexus shakes up the gas-saving game with its CT 200h

Teenage lifeguard drowns while trying to prove his underwater swimming prowess in Katy

Hazmat suit team pulls off a bold Woodlands jewelry store robbery: They got it at Jared (quickly)

Fashion/Style

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The hottest looks for summer: Ditch that boring, basic black for summer pastels

Who needs high heels to be sexy? 10 wedges that will blow away any boring shoe notions

Must-shop Houston boutiques: Break free of the chains to shop local

H&M partners with hip Paris designer for new collection

Food/Drink

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In-N-Out Burger threatens a high-end Houston chef in burger flap — and the response is hilarious

How Texas' new beer laws are changing the local craft beer scene: Everything you need to know

Houston bar king rails against spirit rep "hookers" and other Big Liquor games

New Midtown bar promises to serve only "American" craft beer: Is the USA, USA chant next?

Home/Design

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Color your world: Sofas in bold shades are among popular new furniture trends

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

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

Real Estate

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Houston home sales break an all-time record: Has a white-hot market reached its peak?

Galveston ups its luxury game: New multi-million homes to include private helipad access

Mansion fever grips the real estate market: Is a $200 million home on the way?

A $6.7 million party house? Six bedrooms, a Zen vibe and not your ordinary design up the cool factor

Social Scene

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A red letter night at the Louvre with Diana Ross and Princess Charlotte brings in $3 million

Murder, super powerful Texas women and liver transplants all touch the Houston party scene

Young professionals raise a glass to Houston Ballet finale — and to never growing up

Party in Paris: Gypsy Queens rock Luxembourg Palace but Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes won't sing

Sports

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Johnny Manziel has a point on College Station: Is Twitter or the truth hurting Texas A&M?

Racists on Twitter taught a lesson by the NBA Finals 11-year-old National Anthem hero

Astrodome debate continues: 19 ideas for redo; nominated to National Register of Historic Places

Ed Reed stands up to Obama: Questioning his heart is absurd — Houston fans should know better

Travel

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United Airlines ups the Dreamliner ante, orders more new stretch planes — and look at that fuel burn

Galveston to get a new bridge? Historic old bridge seen as an economic block

With love from Paris, romantics lock up a controversial new tradition on Seine bridge

Carmen Electra's boobs to be bronzed for breastaurant Hall of Fame: You're surprised?

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She ain't no Lois: Houston Zoo's corpse flower opens with no wait, no drama, no craziness; smelly today, gone tomorrow

By Tyler Rudick

09.13.11 | 4:26 pm

Wow, that was fast . . . Against all odds, Corpse Flower Pewtunia burst into full bloom at the Houston Zoo at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the zoo let people know it eve ...

Too Soon?

Houston has another blooming corpse flower: Pewtunia on pace to open this weekend at Zoo

By Tyler Rudick

09.12.11 | 11:23 pm

It’s happening again . . . Houston has itself another corpse flower that's set to bloom. Out of the blue, the Houston Zoo revealed Monday that it has its own Amorphoph ...

The thrill is gone (replaced by balloons)

"Why is there a dead flower here?" The day after is never pretty, not even for corpse flower Lois

By Steven Thomson

07.26.10 | 7:01 pm

The rush of corpse flower visitors at Houston Museum of Natural Science has slowed to a steady trickle. This afternoon, a teenaged girl in a crisp Lady Gaga "Monster Ball Tour" T-shirt wa ...

Trendysomething in somo

Confessions of a corpse flower: Mysterious Twitter star @CorpzFlowrLois comes completely clean

By Steven Thomson

07.25.10 | 9:04 pm

The world of celebrity Twitter has always intrigued me: Miley Cyrus's meltdown and account deactivation, Lindsay Lohan's tale of getting punched by a waitress, Johnny Weir's dreams ...

Less than 24 hours left

Corpse flower Lois has fallen and she can't get up: It's all over but the greenhouse march

By Chris Baldwin

07.25.10 | 7:59 pm

Ding dong, the corpse flower is dead. OK, Lois has just fallen over (her spadix, the long pointy center to be more precise). But like Humpty Dumpty, the flower that's gripped Houston f ...

But seriously

Corpse flower mania is leaving us with questions that need answering — like, can we eat it?

By Caroline Gallay

07.23.10 | 6:43 pm

So, a corpse smells like my fridge after I go on vacation? The "Stink-O-Meter" at The Houston Museum of Natural Science (an unscientific, non-electronic big green board with a red arrow ...

About that supposed full bloom ...

Can't get enough of the corpse: Flower crowd swells so much that HMNS opens Planetarium for free

By Chris Baldwin

07.23.10 | 1:37 am

Any notion that Houston is growing sick of the infamously waffling corpse flower that rules the Houston Museum of Natural Science evaporated like an ice cube would in the tropical climate that the ...

My Big Smelly Day

Corpse flower Lois has some Chelsea Clinton in her: Meet the incredible wedding destroying duo

By Caroline Gallay

07.22.10 | 12:52 pm

The Lois-crazed Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cockrell Butterfly Center has not one, but two weddings slated for this weekend — one Saturday, one Sunday. Jessica Zabala and John ...

Crowds swell on hope

False bloom alarm: TV creates a rush, but corpse flower Lois hasn't dropped her petals

By Chris Baldwin, Clifford Pugh, Rachel Hanley

07.22.10 | 1:21 am

When most of the local Houston TV stations — all with varying degrees of unsourced certainty — started declaring that Houston's corpse flower "is blooming" in a rolling ru ...

Getting close with a death odor

This stink is on: Corpse flower Lois lets her odor loose as Zac Stayton says full bloom within 24 hours

By Chris Baldwin, Rachel Hanley

07.21.10 | 2:27 pm

The wait for corpse flower Lois' stinky stank is over and Houston Museum of Natural Science horticulturist Zac Stayton says that the infamously waffling rare flower will fully bloom within &quo ...

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Happy Hour treats	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Cool hotel pools for chilling

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	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	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Cupcake Heaven	Places to see an art house movie

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	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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Downtown Watering Holes	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park
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Late Night Bites	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky La Tapatia Taqueria	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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A-List Art Deco	Imperiled Architecture

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Free Museum Days

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	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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Quirky Houston attractions	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Swell Party Venues	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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The Astrodome is saved?! Your first look at a $194 million reimagined Dome with power player backing

06.19.13

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Galveston hotel rape lawsuit puts high-profile companies on the defensive

06.19.13

03:17 pm

This is no ordinary class reunion: Power players feted on Chevron Tower's 50th floor with musical wows

06.19.13

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French diplomats open up their River Oaks manse to celebrate cave man life

06.19.13

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Bikini Season 101: How to stay sane and love your hot body — no fat questions allowed

20 \| jun at 12:00 pm	Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture: Maude Brown's Baby by Richard Cunningham
The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park
20 \| jun at 12:00 pm	Noontime Gallery Talk: "A Closer Look at Things Byzantine"
The Menil Collection
20 \| jun at 12:00 pm	Film screening and book signing with Chuck Smith: Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
The Menil Collection
20 \| jun at 1:00 pm	2013 Houston Summer Boat Show
Reliant Center