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Real estate's new craze: Million dollar townhomes in Houston are being bought up before they're even built

By Desiree Alvarez

06.15.13 | 7:12 am

The steady boom in real estate happenings in Houston just keeps going, particularly within the Loop where pre-sales are becoming the norm. Case in point is Bancroft Place, a prime re ...

Houston's Most Expensive

The most expensive houses in Houston for rent: Living large month-to-month

By Whitney Radley

06.05.13 | 9:02 am

Do you have a dozen or so friends with well-paying jobs and mild temperaments looking for a home? Then you might be interested in a custom-built Moroccan-style manse in Rivercrest that has rec ...

Houston to Austin

Liberty Kitchen owners weigh in on expansion and that continuing Alison Cook food feud

By Layne Lynch

05.25.13 | 12:45 pm

One of Houston's most popular oyster bars and seafood restaurants, Liberty Kitchen Oyster Bar, is opening an Austin location in early 2014. Just a stone's throw away from Larry McGuire' ...

A Replacement Bar

A new bar rises from the grave of another in River Oaks: And this craft beer spot is very local

By Jodie Eisenhardt

03.23.13 | 2:16 pm

Local Pour — a new so-called “classic American tavern” in River Oaks plaza (in the spot that formerly housed Sherlocks and The Laff Stop before that) — is hardly r ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Hot models, good food and fevered shopping rule at a revamped Louis Vuitton for the Alley Theatre

By Shelby Hodge

01.27.13 | 12:55 pm

Schmoozing through the to-die-for fashions at the freshly-refurbished Louis Vuitton salon in the Galleria, Alley Theatre patrons savored early hints of the Alley's upcoming stylish fete, " ...

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Upping the fancy: Private River Oaks club is getting a massive, $22.5 million makeover

By Whitney Radley

12.26.12 | 5:48 pm

The corner of Westheimer Road and Timmons Lane is about to get even more tennis courts, as The Briar Club sets its sights on a Feb. 2013 start date for a $22.5 million capital improvement ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Staged for fun, this Alley Theatre holiday get-together proves a glam night for patrons

By Shelby Hodge

12.17.12 | 9:58 am

More fun than Santaland Diaries and more uplifting than A Christmas Carol (both currently on stage), the Alley Theatre's holiday bash proved to be a colorful, festive celebration of the se ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Designer trees by national celebs win high favor at Children's Assessment Center holiday coffee

By Shelby Hodge

12.15.12 | 3:30 pm

It isn't every day that a non-profit can claim such celebrity affiliation as that of Kenneth Cole, Rachel Roy and Jessica Simpson. But that's just was the Children's Assessment Center e ...

Shelby's Social Diary

The fallback holiday party of the year? $180,000 raised in little cocktail party after venue switch

By Shelby Hodge

12.07.12 | 4:53 pm

What a lucky thing for Melissa and Michael Mithoff that his parents live in one of the swankiest, party-friendly houses in River Oaks. For that was the default location for Legacy Community Health ...