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Comcast SportsNet Houston faces yet another obstacle: A la carte pricing changes the game

Hangover III could be year's most disappointing movie: Why it's so bad

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

City Life

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Arsonist breaks into creepiest grin ever after getting caught: Molotov cocktail attack rocks apartments

The Procrastinator's Guide to Memorial Day Weekend

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

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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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The great Houston restaurant showdown: You decide which hotspots should reign supreme

Polarizing restaurant loses its chef: Goro & Gun gets a kitchen change a few months after opening

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

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

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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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Ready, set, grab! Securing top artworks becomes a game in this unique DiverseWorks fundraiser

Craziest wedding party ever? Always a Bridesmaid bash pushes the envelope at Rienzi

Carnaval hits Houston: Young visionaries rock Brazilian-themed party

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

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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Houston airports among most expensive in the entire country: Hobby fares skyrocket

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

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Veteran Houston restaurant owner teams up with opera singer on new wine & beer playground

By Whitney Radley

05.15.13 | 5:19 pm

Paul Petronella has a full plate between running a restaurant, industry organizing with OKRA and recently launching PaulFEEDS — and now the young Houston restaurateur is set to open a wine an ...

Best Breakfast Ever

Best breakfast ever? This Houston restaurant's square dish just may qualify

By Whitney Radley

05.11.13 | 9:02 am

When Blacksmith opened earlier this year, the coffee shop had a number of factors working in its favor: Real estate on the ever-improving stretch of Lower Westheimer, in the former home of a b ...

Tacos & Tequila

Lower Westheimer entrepreneur takes aim at Mexican fare with new taco and tequila spot

By Darla Guillen

05.08.13 | 11:31 am

The man who is taking aim at a lower Westheimer occupation that could compete with the Anvil (Clumsy Butcher) group’s enclave of bars and restaurants has now opened a shrine of sorts to a gun ...

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Prolific entrepreneur opening a new Mexican restaurant & a Texas beer bar on Lower Westheimer

By Whitney Radley

02.13.13 | 7:27 am

Between his recent retail takeover, his food trucks and his successful bar and restaurant ventures on Lower Westheimer, California native Shawn Bermudez seems to have quite enough to keep him ...

The empire of Shawn Bermudez, Part 1

Houston entrepreneur breathes new life into lower Westheimer retail scene with revamped stores

By Whitney Radley

02.02.13 | 12:24 pm

As Shawn Bermudez tells it, he never expected to stay in Houston for long. The California native moved here at 25, dropping his job as a financial accountant in Orange County in favor of a six-mont ...

Foodie News

Feast is closing: Groundbreaking, critic-beloved restaurant to shutter in a matter of months

By Sarah Rufca

11.30.12 | 1:51 pm

Feast was the first restaurant to make nose-to-tail dining a feature in Houston and one of the first restaurants to include the farms and other purveyors on the menu, so diners could see where thei ...

Hometown Glory

Houston's new funky restaurant row gets a shout out from a major magazine

By Sarah Rufca

11.27.12 | 10:02 am

Southern Living, also known as your mom's favorite magazine that doesn't feature Oprah on the cover every month, has a feature on Houston's Lower Westheimer strip in the December issue. ...

Eat well, give back

Small Business Saturday: Food trucks flock to Lower Westheimer boutiques for "A Moveable Feast"

By Whitney Radley

11.23.12 | 2:00 pm

If you're anything like us, you've had quite enough of family by Saturday, thank you very much. Local businesses are to the rescue, with a good (and do-gooding) excuse to get you out of the ...

Foodie News

Lower Westheimer insider shoots for a winner with Pistolero's restaurant/bar — and more

By Sarah Rufca

09.21.12 | 4:52 pm

When you've got a neighborhood as trendy and popular as Lower Westheimer, nothing stays empty for long. So it's not suprising that the much-publicized sale of Nabi led to competing offe ...

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Is Houston cool but not hip? Our Hipstrict barely makes Forbes' hippest hipster neighborhoods

By Whitney Radley

09.21.12 | 3:25 pm

There goes Forbes again, pretending to be a compass for what is cool. The business and finance magazine has once again relied on a Merriam-Webster entry to define the term for what's hip, this ...

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CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Late Night Bites

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Free Museum Days	Hotel Bar Great Escapes

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	The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat
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Swell Party Venues	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	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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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Happy Hour treats

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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Imperiled Architecture	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Quirky Houston attractions	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Places to see an art house movie	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	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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Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	Cool hotel pools for chilling

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Ready, set, grab! Securing top artworks becomes a game in this unique DiverseWorks fundraiser

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The great Houston restaurant showdown: You decide which hotspots should reign supreme

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Arsonist breaks into creepiest grin ever after getting caught: Molotov cocktail attack rocks apartments

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Polarizing restaurant loses its chef: Goro & Gun gets a kitchen change a few months after opening

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Comcast SportsNet Houston faces yet another obstacle: A la carte pricing changes the game

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