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The year the city turned brown

66 million trees expected to die in the Houston area: City's canopy will never look the same

By William James Gerlich

09.01.11 | 11:49 am

Houston, a city long defined by its gigantic live oak trees and lush landscaping, is changing for the worse as the relentless, thrashing sun has taken a toll on all things green and growing. Th ...


Triple digit trouble

How hot was it Sunday? Bellaire feeder road at 610 closed as off ramp buckles in heat

By Clifford Pugh

08.28.11 | 11:54 pm

Weeks of triple-digit temperatures finally took their toll on a Houston roadway. Texas Highway Department officials closed the northbound feeder road at Interstate 610 West and Bellaire Sunday beca ...


Cari's Rules

How to get a hot body without heatstroke: Your summer workout survival guide

By Cari Shoemate

08.24.11 | 12:04 pm

Although summer is winding down, it’s hotter than ever! So, how are you supposed to keep that beach body when it’s 100-plus degrees outside and all you want to do is sit inside and guzz ...


Kibbles & bites

Nowhere to run: Coyote on the loose in Memorial Park tries to eat a dog

By Fayza A. Elmostehi

08.23.11 | 4:46 pm

If it's little and you love it, you'd better watch it closely if you're bringing it to Memorial Park. Even the cutest of companions in our city's largest urban oasis aren't ...


Now this is a fun run

Hotties in underwear vie to be Houston's Best Un-dressed

By Jayme Lamm

08.23.11 | 1:31 pm

At Houston's second annual Hot Undies Run, I learned something very important: The simple term underwear is now synonymous with boxers, boxer briefs, loincloths, Spanx, spandex, long johns, cor ...


Have a better idea?

Looking to legends to bring some rain: The end of one drought brought Texas bluebonnets

By Terry St. John

08.23.11 | 8:24 am

Emails from MoveOn.org urge me to help make Texas a blue state. That's hard to do, because we all know Texas is a red state in more than just politics these days. The weather graphic of the ...


An Adjustment Period

The 100 Club: Houston's record-breaking heat leaves transplants Texas cockroach stunned

By Caroline Gallay

08.22.11 | 2:45 pm

Houston is set to break its record for subsequent scorchers that breach 100 degrees, not including heat index. The last comparable streak was back in 1980, when Houstonians endured 32 days of 1 ...


Hometown Hot

Hot hoax: Melting playground equipment myth throws the city into extreme heat mania

By Caroline Gallay

08.12.11 | 11:27 am

You know that Perrier commercial where the whole city is melting, and this girl's only relief is her bottle of ultra-expensive water, which then also melts? If not, here: It's ...


Shelby's Social Diary

A host of hotties keep their fashion cool in triple digit temps

By Shelby Hodge

08.11.11 | 2:39 pm

How do fashion-focused femmes manage their cool looks when the mercury continually surpasses the century mark? We asked a handful of sophisticated lovelies who gathered at Atrium on Wednesday n ...


Brrr

Laugh at the heat: What record? The best air conditioned escapes in Houston allow you to chill easy

By Steven Thomson

08.09.11 | 12:49 pm

Several days have passed since Rick Perry's Response, and we're still suffering from record high temperatures. Why not take a chill pill and step off from the sizzling sidewalk into these c ...


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