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On the heels of Tilman Fertitta’s Houston Rockets advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs, the hospitality magnate’s Post Oak Hotel blows neighboring contenders out of the water with its just announced Five Star rating from Forbes…
Read MoreAs most of us realize, restaurants and bars are not the only entities suffering from the COVID-19 economic upheaval. Entertainment venues are also suffering tremendously from the necessity of social distancing. In response to that disaster and in suppo…
Read MoreIn April as a result of the devastating financial fallout from COVID-19, the Tilman Fertitta family provided $1 million in seed money for the Fertitta Entertainment/Employee Relief Fund. Now, the billionaire hospitality magnate is stepping up to the pl…
Read MoreIn an unprecedented move, the Houston-based Welch Foundation is making a 10-year $100 million commitment to Rice University for the creation of The Welch Institute, which will focus on advanced materials research. It is research that is expected to tra…
Read MoreLike everything else at this time, the fact that the Kentucky Derby takes place this Saturday seems somewhat unreal. We should be watching college football games and cheering on the Houston Astros. But postponed due to COVID-19 from the original Runnin…
Read MoreTypically, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Women of the Year fundraiser involves 10 young professionals willing to host creative events geared to bringing the most funds in order to win the coveted title. No surprise, the 2020 pro…
Read MoreAs restaurants and bars across the country continue to slowly but surely shutter forever due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston-based Southern Smoke Foundation has joined forces with the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation in an appeal to Con…
Read MoreWe’ve been loving the menus put forth by restaurants participating in Houston Restaurant Weeks and are happy to report that the veal short ribs at Amalfi and the New Orleans barbecued shrimp at Brennan’s and all the other delicious HRW menu…
Read MoreHurricane Laura might have blown away the benefit “Car-nival” launch of the gleeful House of Cards installation at Discovery Green, but with no damage and no time to waste, the artful card trick will still open to the public on Saturday. Co…
Read MoreNo one expected the 17th annual Women of Wardrobe Summer Soirée to resemble those of years past in happier times when social distancing and mandatory masks could never have been imagined. And so it was that the recent evening at Tootsies, held in the s…
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